Pathology Conference ISSP2026
09 and 10 October 2026
Salthill Hotel, Galway, Ireland
DRAFT PROGRAM
Friday 09 October 2026
09:00 Registration, coffee, croissants.
09:15 Welcome
Session 1
09:30 Utopia or Dystopia? Pathology training without an exit exam, the Netherlands model
Marijke van Dijk, Utrecht, Netherlands.
10:00 Mimics of Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease: Infection, immunodeficiency, ischaemia and iatrogenic disease.
Shaun Walsh, Dundee.
10:30 Spitzoid melanocytic lesions
Eduardo Calonje, London.
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 2
11:30 From microscope to bedside: Establishing a pathology led clinic
Laura Aalto, Galway
Danielle Costigan, Dublin
11:50 How a service model supported by specialist medical scientists helped address inequity of access to specialist perinatal pathology services
Brendan Fitzgerald, Cork
12:10 If it isn't SNOMED coded, did the tumour even happen?
Fred Mayall, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
12:35 Pathologists in leadership roles
Dermot Hughes, Health and Social Care Northern Ireland
1:00 LUNCH
Session 3 - open to all trainee histopathologists - see abstract instructions for more information
2:00 Trainee oral presentations
3:30 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 4 - open to all trainee histopathologists - see abstract instructions for more information
4:00 Trainee oral presentations
5:30 AGM
7:00 Networking event for trainees and consultants
7:45 Drinks reception followed by Gala Dinner (Dress code: smart casual)
Saturday 10 October 2026
Session 5 Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumours
Sponsored by the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology
09:30 To be confirmed
10:00 To be confirmed
10:30 To be confirmed
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 6
11:30 Neuropathology histology at autopsy for the general histopathologist
Michael Farrell, Dublin.
12:00 Grading cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Improving interobserver agreement
Síne Phelan, Galway.
12:30 The benefits of AI-powered digital uropathology
Elizabeth Astall, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
1:00 CLOSE
9 CPD credits (Accredited by The Irish Society of Surgical Pathologists)
09 and 10 October 2026
Salthill Hotel, Galway, Ireland
DRAFT PROGRAM
Friday 09 October 2026
09:00 Registration, coffee, croissants.
09:15 Welcome
Session 1
09:30 Utopia or Dystopia? Pathology training without an exit exam, the Netherlands model
Marijke van Dijk, Utrecht, Netherlands.
10:00 Mimics of Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease: Infection, immunodeficiency, ischaemia and iatrogenic disease.
Shaun Walsh, Dundee.
10:30 Spitzoid melanocytic lesions
Eduardo Calonje, London.
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 2
11:30 From microscope to bedside: Establishing a pathology led clinic
Laura Aalto, Galway
Danielle Costigan, Dublin
11:50 How a service model supported by specialist medical scientists helped address inequity of access to specialist perinatal pathology services
Brendan Fitzgerald, Cork
12:10 If it isn't SNOMED coded, did the tumour even happen?
Fred Mayall, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
12:35 Pathologists in leadership roles
Dermot Hughes, Health and Social Care Northern Ireland
1:00 LUNCH
Session 3 - open to all trainee histopathologists - see abstract instructions for more information
2:00 Trainee oral presentations
3:30 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 4 - open to all trainee histopathologists - see abstract instructions for more information
4:00 Trainee oral presentations
5:30 AGM
7:00 Networking event for trainees and consultants
7:45 Drinks reception followed by Gala Dinner (Dress code: smart casual)
Saturday 10 October 2026
Session 5 Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumours
Sponsored by the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology
09:30 To be confirmed
10:00 To be confirmed
10:30 To be confirmed
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 6
11:30 Neuropathology histology at autopsy for the general histopathologist
Michael Farrell, Dublin.
12:00 Grading cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Improving interobserver agreement
Síne Phelan, Galway.
12:30 The benefits of AI-powered digital uropathology
Elizabeth Astall, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
1:00 CLOSE
9 CPD credits (Accredited by The Irish Society of Surgical Pathologists)
The ISSP has a remit to provide a forum to discuss and promote advancement and education in the discipline of histopathology on the Island of Ireland. Registered in Dublin, Ireland, under Company Registration Number 500586. A limited liability company being a company limited by guarantee not having a share capital.