The 2019 Tri-State Pathology Conference took place Saturday, October 5, at the Hyatt Regency - Wynfrey Hotel at the Riverchase Galleria, bringing together the Alabama Association of Pathologists, the Louisiana Association of Pathologists, and the Mississippi Association of Pathologists for a stellar lineup of presentations. The event was co-sponsored by UAB Pathology and featured lectures from our faculty throughout the day, on a variety of topics representing their myriad areas of expertise.

Travis Kidd, Jr., M.D., President of the Alabama Association of Pathologists, delivered the conference's opening and closing remarks and acted as emcee for the daylong event. Kidd is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He completed his post-graduate education at Vanderbilt University Medical School. He practices full-time surgical pathology at CytoPath in Alabaster, Alabama.

R. Bruce Williams, past president of the College of American Pathologists, delivered a talk on the state of the CAP. Dr. Williams is a founding member and laboratory director of The Delta Pathology Group, LLC, and is in full-time practice of anatomic and clinical pathology in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Williams serves on the executive committee as practice manager of the mid-Louisiana region of Delta Pathology. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical School. He is associate clinical professor of pathology at LSUMC-Shreveport.

Following are some images from the event:

Dr. Anna Yemelyanova, Hazel Gore Endowed Professor of Gynecologic Pathology Frida Rosenblum, M.D., Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology X. Long Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Laboratory Medicine
Shuko Harada, M.D., Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology & Head, Molecular Diagnostics Section Genomic Diagnostics and Bionformatics  Dr. R. Bruce Williams, CAP past presidentTodd Stevens, M.D., Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology Allen Bryan Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., C. Bruce Alexander Endowed Professor, Division Director, Anatomic Pathology 
For a full event agenda click here.