Practicing academic and community pathologists, and pathologists-in-training

Upon completion of this educational activity, learners will be able to:

• Discriminate between carcinoma and its potential mimics in frozen sections and limited biopsy material
• Understand the classification and differential diagnoses of cystic and solid intraductal lesions
• Recognize and classify important inflammatory conditions of the pancreaticobiliary tree
• Develop an algorithmic approach to differential diagnosis of solid pancreaticobiliary tumors
• Generate a differential diagnosis for lesions encountered in cytology specimens

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology designates this enduring material for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

USCAP is approved by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) to offer Self-Assessment credits (SAMs) and Lifelong Learning (Part II) credit for the purpose of meeting the ABPath requirements for Continuing Certification (CC). Registrants must take and pass the post-test in order to claim SAMs credit. Physicians can earn a maximum of 11.25 SAM/Part II credit hours.

The faculty, committee members, and staff who are in position to control the content of this activity are required to disclose to USCAP and to learners any relevant financial relationship(s) of the individual or spouse/partner that have occurred within the last 12 months with any commercial interest(s) whose products or services are related to the CME content. USCAP has reviewed all disclosures and resolved or managed all identified conflicts of interest, as applicable.

The following faculty reported no relevant financial relationships: Wendy Frankel, MD, Jose Jessurun, MD, Martha Pitman, MD and Rhonda K. Yantiss, MD

The following IM Coordinator who planned and reviewed content for this activity reported no relevant financial relationships: Steven D. Billings, MD

USCAP staff associated with the development of content for this activity reported no relevant financial relationships.