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• Dafna Farkas

  From AI debates in D.C. to cancer diagnostics in Malawi and high-stakes GI cases in Disney World, these stories coming up. This is Path News Network Daily Edition from the College of American Pathologists. I'm Dafna Farkas. It's Wednesday, February 25th. This spring, the CAP's House of Delegates is taking on the biggest questions facing pathology today. One of the central voices guiding that conversation is Dr. Sang Wu, private practice pathologist from Irving, Texas, and the current Speaker of the House of Delegates.

• Dr. Wu

  AI has been a big topic for several iterations of our house, but this time we're actually bringing a new kind of vantage point. which kind of asks whether all of these modern technologies, including AI, is it something that is going to help us be better at what we do? Or is there an actual... threat to our specialty.

• Dafna Farkas

  Delegates will also address long-term strategic issues, everything from maintaining the value of pathology services to ensuring the specialty is positioned to recruit and retain future generations.

• Dr. Wu

  And we share these important suggestions and these important challenges that are in front of us to CAP leadership and the board. And the Board of Governors listens and then shares ideas on how we can work together to really better our specialty and to ensure that our good work is recognized, is well compensated for adequately, and also that we're able to recruit for the brightest and the best to our field.

• Dafna Farkas

  And for members attending in person, the meeting offers a valuable chance to take CAP priorities directly to lawmakers during Hill Day.

• Dr. Wu

  It's good to be in D.C. where we can represent our specialty and be able to visit our legislators who are making decisions on our behalf. It gives you a sense of pride. It gives you a sense of community to be able to walk up to your senator or your representative who essentially worked for you.

• Dafna Farkas

  All CAP members are invited to join Dr. Wu and pathologists from across the country April 25th to 28th in Washington, D.C. and later this year. Don't miss Dr. Yuri Fedorov's Pioneers in Pathology session at CAP26, which will walk attendees through the realities of delivering cancer diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries. The session uses Malawi's National Pathology Laboratory as a case study to outline the steps and strategies involved in building a functional diagnostic service, from telepathology to workforce development and quality systems. It also highlights how global partnerships and capacity building can directly improve cancer diagnosis and patient outcomes. For this and more, make sure you register now to get early bird pricing for CAP26, taking place October 3rd to 6th at The Wynn Las Vegas. For many pathologists, continuing medical education comes at the cost of long conference days, rushed meals, and time away from family. But Pathology in the Park offers something different. Time to recharge, learn, and connect with family without sacrificing practical high-stakes pathology education. This July at Disney's Boardwalk Inn, attendees will dive into some of the most challenging GI cases, and they're doing it in a setting where they can also relax. And for faculty member Dr. Atur Singhi, that combination is exactly why he signed on.

• Dr. Fedorov

  It's easy to forget that I think we all need to just take a step back and recharge. Learning doesn't have to be... really sitting in a dark conference room for eight hours straight. You can really engage, honestly, with this venue, engage, you know, cutting edge pathology content. And then there's time to enjoy the venue with your family.

• Dafna Farkas

  That balance sets the tone for the entire meeting without sacrificing the real world diagnostic depth pathologists rely on.

• Dr. Fedorov

  I'm personally presenting four sessions with each one addressing really those cases that keep you up at night, I guess. the pancreas fine needle biopsies where You have three tiny fragments and the gastroenterologist needs to know if it's cancer or in this case pancreatitis.

• Dafna Farkas

  In this setting, participants can ask the questions they might hesitate to raise in a large lecture hall.

• Dr. Fedorov

  The small group format is really absolutely critical. We can kind of go through, you know, different scenarios. It's much more comfortable. It's more personal. You can interact with the teaching faculty as well and understand, you know, where their background is, how they would interact and how they would deal with it, and then really gauge that experience.

• Dafna Farkas

  And for many attendees, the setting at Disney World makes this level of learning not just possible, but sustainable.

• Dr. Fedorov

  Obviously, we're all traveling also for CME, which takes away time from our family in addition. So I think the venue itself, doing it in Disney World, the ability to, again, interact with peers, focus on specific areas that are changing, that are important. And then at the same time, having that time where that venue where I can at least have some of my older kids. enjoy it where I can attract them to come. Otherwise, it's just me giving a talk or me attending talks. And I'm always thinking about, okay, what's going on at home? Now I don't have to worry about that.

• Dafna Farkas

  Pathology in the Park offers more than a change of scenery. Participants will leave with practical and immediately applicable insights into cases that define their work. That's all for today. Be sure to watch your inbox for more news like this in the CAP's Advocacy Newsletter every Tuesday and our Weekly Edition Newsletter every Thursday. We'll be back tomorrow at 5 a.m. Eastern Time for another episode of The Daily Edition. I'm Daphna Farkas. Have a great day.