Pathology Updates 2025

Pathology Updates 2025

A Collaborative Course by the Champalimaud Foundation and Mayo Clinic Scottsdale.

By Champalimaud Foundation

Date and time

September 15 · 8:30am - September 17 · 12pm WEST

Location

Champalimaud Foundation

Av. Brasília 1400-038 Lisbon Portugal

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 days 3 hours

Pathology Updates 2025


15-17 September 2025

Seminar Room @ Champalimaud Foundation


The Champalimaud Foundation is pleased to announce the second edition of the international course Pathology Updates 2025, taking place from 15 to 17 September 2025 in the Seminar Room of the Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon.

Organised in partnership with Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, this course builds on the success of the 2024 edition and continues its mission of offering high-impact, practice-oriented updates in surgical pathology and cytopathology.

About the Course

Pathology Updates 2025 offers a focused and practical approach to the diagnostic challenges encountered in surgical pathology and cytopathology. Over the course of three days, renowned international faculty will present lectures and engage participants in case-based discussions designed to stimulate critical thinking and diagnostic accuracy.

This edition will provide updated perspectives across a broad range of topics, including:

  • Salivary gland cytopathology
  • Pancreas, breast and lung pathology
  • Mesothelioma and thoracic sarcomas
  • Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (GEP-NENs)
  • Cytology updates and uncommon tumour variants
  • Diagnostic support technologies, including zebrafish models and biophotonics

With dedicated sessions for live case discussions, this course emphasises practical learning and multidisciplinary insights.

Course Objectives

  • Identify and resolve complex diagnostic dilemmas through exposure to both routine and rare entities.
  • Interpret and apply ancillary testing to improve diagnostic confidence and clarity.
  • Promote interdisciplinary collaboration by linking pathology with clinical decision-making and oncological perspectives.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

  • Surgical and cytopathologists in clinical practice;
  • Pathology trainees and fellows;
  • Medical laboratory professionals;
  • Clinicians and researchers with an interest in pathology.

Programme

Check the programme for these three days of knowledge exchange, cutting-edge updates, and real-world pathology cases.

Registration

Registration for this course is free but limited to available seats. Admission is subject to the evaluation by the organising committee, which will assess the justification provided in the registration form. Please explain why you wish to participate in this course (maximum 200 words) in the corresponding form field.

Organization


Dr. Rafaela de Lima Rego is a Consultant in Anatomic Pathology at the Pathology Centre of Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown and Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre, since July 2023.

She is a practicing surgical pathologist with 21 years of experience in three different countries (Brazil, USA and Portugal). She served as faculty at the Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa, Francisco Gentil for 15 years and at Hospital da Luz de Lisboa for 9 years. She did her Medical Degree and Residency Program in Rio de Janeiro and her Fellowship in Gastrointestinal and Hepato-pancreaticobiliary pathology (GI-HPB) at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

As part of her activities, she performs diagnostic pathology in a complex GI-HPB consultation routine, participates in multidisciplinary consultations and therapeutic decision-making tumor boards in Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic and Liver tumors, has been a training advisor for residents at the Anatomic Pathology Residency Program, Director of many gastrointestinal and liver courses, author and co-author of several papers published in national and international scientific journals, author of 2 book chapters and participates in translational research projects, with special interests in GI-HPB pathology.

While at the Mayo Clinic, she met Dr. Alessandra Schmitt and from this friendship came the enthusiasm to create the Pathology Updates course. 2024 is going to be its' 4th edition and the firts conducted at the Champalimaud Foundation.


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Champalimaud Foundation

The Champalimaud Foundation was created by the last will and testament of António de Sommer Champalimaud and is primarily dedicated to the development of biomedical research advanced programmes, and the provision of interdisciplinary clinical care, from a translational perspective based on the build-up of synergies and collaborations in all areas of activity.

The Champalimaud Foundation focuses on cutting-edge research and strives to stimulate new discoveries and knowledge, which can improve the health and well-being of people around the world. The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, based in Lisbon, Portugal, hosts the Foundation’s activities in the fields of neuroscience and oncology by means of research programmes and the provision of clinical care of excellence. The fight against blindness is also supported through a focused outreach programme.

It is also at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown that the Champalimaud Clinical Centre (CCC) develops its activity. In operation since 2011, the CCC is an advanced medical, scientific and technological institution, where, alongside integrated and interdisciplinary provision of specialised clinical oncological care, it also develops advanced programmes for translational research. Thus, the CCC seeks to customise therapy in order to improve the efficiency levels of disease control, survival rates and quality of life. As well as specialising in oncological pathologies, the CCC offers a full range of the most advanced treatment options and diagnostic tools, including radiology, pathology and nuclear medicine, which cut across all clinical situations, including everything from the most conventional to the most specialised tests.

The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, besides being a state-of-the-art centre for multidisciplinary and translational research in the biomedicine field, also has unique facilities for hosting events. The combination of the architecture and its desirable location has made the Centre’s Auditorium one of Portugal’s most sought after venues for events and meetings.

The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown is a space created with the public in mind and where many of the spaces were designed to be used and enjoyed by all. In addition to the exotic interior garden, the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown has opened large landscaped areas for public use, which surround the buildings along the riverbank. Perfectly integrated into the local area, these green spaces are intended to continue the redevelopment of the riverfront in total harmony. Likewise, the public footpath, which rises slowly before revealing a view of the sea, the open-air amphitheatre, and the infinity pool are already a recognised part of the city’s heritage. This is a place of choice and the perfect synergy between architecture, nature and local history.

FreeSep 15 · 8:30 AM GMT+1