ISSP 2025
Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk, County Louth.
PROGRAM
Friday 03 October 2025
09:00 Registration, coffee, croissants
09:15 Welcome
Session 1
09:30 Challenges in autopsy training.
Esther Youd, Glasgow
10:00 WHO 6th edition female genital tumours: process and new updates.
Glenn McCluggage, Belfast
10:30 Potential pitfalls in lymphoma reporting.
Lakshmi Venkatraman, Belfast
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 2
11:30 Medicolegal aspects of pathology.
James Lucas, Belfast
12:00 Colonic polyps.
Iris Nagtegaal, Nijmegen, Netherlands
12:30 The spectrum of non Spitz melanocytomas.
Eduardo Calonje, London
1:00 Networking lunch
Session 3
2:00 Trainee oral presentations
Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Adenomyoepitheliomas of the Breast.
May Almezen
Improving Accuracy of HER2 Testing in Breast Cancer: A One-Year Quality Improvement Project at Kingston.
Sareh Nili Ahmadabadi
A Diagnostic Pickle-Getting Ahead of a Complex Differential in Penile Ulceration
Fearghus Kelly
When a DILI is not a DILI: Turmeric associated liver injury cases in a National Liver Unit.
Laoise Coady
Calculation of risk of malignancy upon application of WHO system for reporting pancreaticobiliary cytology to a retrospective cohort in a national hepatobiliary centre.
Matthew Gibbons
Insights from Cancer of the Pancreas Screening-5 (CAPS-5) Study:Advancing Early Detection in High-Risk Individuals in Ireland.
Victoria Kaplan
Complex Diagnostic Pathway of a Right Frontal Lesion in a Post-Transplant Patient with T-cell/Histiocyte Rich Large B Cell Lymphoma.
Arooj Fatima
Mapping and targeting the c-Myc interactome in Burkitt Lymphoma through co-immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry and time course drug treatments.
Eoghan O'Connor
3:30 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 4
4:00 Trainee oral presentations
What Lies Beneath: A Case Series of Cutaneous Epithelial Cysts - Proliferating Pilar Tumours and an Epidermoid Cyst with Malignant Transformation.
Alanna McMullin
Kidney biopsy on-site adequacy evaluation audit.
Tamara Wanigasekera
Comparison of PD-L1 SP263 and 22C3 assays in Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) and Head and Neck (H&N) cancers.
Catherine Stacey
Expression of S100A14 and S100A1 Proteins Drives Disease Progress in Prostate Cancer.
Sara Dakir
Resuscitation-Induced Thoracic Trauma Identified at Autopsy in a Large Irish Centre: Patterns of Injury and Patient Characteristics.
Niamh Roche
Are there global disparities in healthcare equity when applying the diagnostic essential criteria of the World Health Organisation Classification of Tumours?
Martin Craughwell
The Workout of Workflow: Push vs. Pull in Diagnostic Pathology - A literature review.
Nesa Samuel Karunadhas
Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence in Histopathology Training: Insights from a Regional Study in the United Kingdom.
Pratyusha Saha
5:30 AGM
7:45 Drinks reception followed by Gala Dinner (Dress code: smart casual)
Saturday 04 October 2025
Session 5
Molecular Pathology Mini-Symposium
Sponsored by the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology
09:30 Melanocytic.
Antien Mooyaart, Netherlands
10:00 Pulmonary.
Matt Evans, Birmingham
10:30 Gastrointestinal.
Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, London
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 6
11:30 Salivary gland tumours.
Esther O'Regan, Dublin
12:00 Gastrointestinal stromal tumours.
Adrian Marino-Enriquez, Dublin
12:30 Digital pathology and artificial intelligence.
David Clark, Nottingham
13:00 Close
9 CPD credits (Accredited by The Irish Society of Surgical Pathologists)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS ~ ISSP 2025
Validation of Folate Receptor 1 Protein (FOLR1) Immunohistochemistry and Assessment of Folate Receptor Status in Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
Adam Freegrove
Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Aoife Cunningham
Pathological reporting of early invasive Cervical Carcinoma (FIGO stage I) in Galway University Hospital (GUH) , 2020-2024
Arooj Fatima
Jack of all trades, master of some? A critical review of the advantages and disadvantages of subspecialisation in surgical pathology
Cara M. Pirie
A Re-Audit of the Change in Volume of Breast Pathology Workload in University Hospital Waterford Histopathology Department from 2013 & 2020 to 2024
Catherine Stacey
A Review of Intradepartmental Consultations in Surgical Pathology in a Tertiary Referral Centre; Diagnostic Impact and Documentation Quality
Ciara Brennan
The Effect of Automation on Breast Tissue Re-processing Rates at Beaumont Hospital
Gavin Williams
Unmasking PTEN Hamartoma-Tumour Syndrome: A Case Report of a Multisystem Presentation from Macrocephaly to Malignancy
Holly Beckett
ROS1 fused Spitz lesion- a tale of too many cooks
Oluwaseun Juliet Adenipekun
Signet-ring type mucinous adenocarcinoma of the cervix– primary or metastatic disease?
Ruth Murphy
The Autopsy Report – A Timely Intervention.
Claire Roberts
Audit of reporting of transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) in a tertiary hospital.
Richard Liddy
A Re-Audit of Frozen Section Reporting in Beaumont Hospital Histopathology Department Following the Introduction of a Template
Eilís Ní Chinnéide
Combined BRCA mutation and homologous recombinant deficiency testing broadens therapeutic scope in high grade ovarian cancer.
Grainne O’Keeffe
Renal Mass Biopsies: Retrospective Evaluation of Histopathological Findings
Hannah Ashe
A late arrival: a case of cervical squamous cell carcinoma metastasising to the colon after 12 years, with a molecular and immunophenotypical analysis.
James Meeke
The Significance of Designing an Immunohistochemistry
Manual Lailie Makotro
Immunotherapeutic Challenges in Dedifferentiated Melanoma: A Case Report
Leya Motala
Prostate Biopsy Immunohistochemistry Audit
Leya Motala
Comparing the rates of PD-L1 reporting in University Hospital Galway Pathology Department throughout 2024 to the literature and international standards.
Louise Murray
Incidental Schistosomiasis Within a Rectal Polyp: A Hidden Parasite in a Common Lesion
Megan Ryan
The Prognostic Value of PAB1 (by IHC) in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Meta-analysis
Mohammed Abdalmalk Abdalla Mahdi
The Prognostic Value of Regression Change in Cutaneous Melanoma
Mohammed Abdalmalk Abdalla Mahdi
The Digital Pathology Accuracy Compared to Traditional Microscopic Pathology: A Meta-analysis
Mohammed Abdalmalk Abdalla Mahdi
Lymph Node Yield in Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer – A 10 year retrospective analysis.
Niamh Roche
Incidental uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor and concomitant atypical endometrial hyperplasia
Purvi Mathur
Histopathological Insights from Neck Lump Referrals under the Head and Neck Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) Pathway: A Retrospective Observational Study.
Sahar Alghnaimawi
Potential pitfalls interpreting PRAME Immunohistochemistry in Melanoma Diagnosis: A Literature Review
Samira Osman
A Rare Case of Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease as a Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma
Sean Treacy
Audit of Cervical Screening Proforma Dataset Reporting Against NHSCSP Standards – 2024
Shelly Ling
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in a Young Male with Lynch Syndrome Family History: A Case of MSH6 Loss
Shelly Ling
Keratacanthoma in Muir-Torre Syndrome – The Importance of Clinical History in Pathological Diagnosis
Srinivasan NMA
The Little Grey Cells – The Most Important Cells of All
Srinivasan NMA
Evaluation of donut analysis in oesophageal and gastric cancer resections
Tamara Wanigasekera
Initiation of a new Molecular Test Panel for Non-Small Cell Carcinoma (NSCLC); a Review of the First 6 Months
Victoria Malone
The Incidence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in Ireland.
Yvonne Langan
Histological review of surgically resected hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma cases reported over a 20 year period in a National Liver Transplant Centre.
Erinn McGrath
Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk, County Louth.
PROGRAM
Friday 03 October 2025
09:00 Registration, coffee, croissants
09:15 Welcome
Session 1
09:30 Challenges in autopsy training.
Esther Youd, Glasgow
10:00 WHO 6th edition female genital tumours: process and new updates.
Glenn McCluggage, Belfast
10:30 Potential pitfalls in lymphoma reporting.
Lakshmi Venkatraman, Belfast
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 2
11:30 Medicolegal aspects of pathology.
James Lucas, Belfast
12:00 Colonic polyps.
Iris Nagtegaal, Nijmegen, Netherlands
12:30 The spectrum of non Spitz melanocytomas.
Eduardo Calonje, London
1:00 Networking lunch
Session 3
2:00 Trainee oral presentations
Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Adenomyoepitheliomas of the Breast.
May Almezen
Improving Accuracy of HER2 Testing in Breast Cancer: A One-Year Quality Improvement Project at Kingston.
Sareh Nili Ahmadabadi
A Diagnostic Pickle-Getting Ahead of a Complex Differential in Penile Ulceration
Fearghus Kelly
When a DILI is not a DILI: Turmeric associated liver injury cases in a National Liver Unit.
Laoise Coady
Calculation of risk of malignancy upon application of WHO system for reporting pancreaticobiliary cytology to a retrospective cohort in a national hepatobiliary centre.
Matthew Gibbons
Insights from Cancer of the Pancreas Screening-5 (CAPS-5) Study:Advancing Early Detection in High-Risk Individuals in Ireland.
Victoria Kaplan
Complex Diagnostic Pathway of a Right Frontal Lesion in a Post-Transplant Patient with T-cell/Histiocyte Rich Large B Cell Lymphoma.
Arooj Fatima
Mapping and targeting the c-Myc interactome in Burkitt Lymphoma through co-immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry and time course drug treatments.
Eoghan O'Connor
3:30 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 4
4:00 Trainee oral presentations
What Lies Beneath: A Case Series of Cutaneous Epithelial Cysts - Proliferating Pilar Tumours and an Epidermoid Cyst with Malignant Transformation.
Alanna McMullin
Kidney biopsy on-site adequacy evaluation audit.
Tamara Wanigasekera
Comparison of PD-L1 SP263 and 22C3 assays in Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) and Head and Neck (H&N) cancers.
Catherine Stacey
Expression of S100A14 and S100A1 Proteins Drives Disease Progress in Prostate Cancer.
Sara Dakir
Resuscitation-Induced Thoracic Trauma Identified at Autopsy in a Large Irish Centre: Patterns of Injury and Patient Characteristics.
Niamh Roche
Are there global disparities in healthcare equity when applying the diagnostic essential criteria of the World Health Organisation Classification of Tumours?
Martin Craughwell
The Workout of Workflow: Push vs. Pull in Diagnostic Pathology - A literature review.
Nesa Samuel Karunadhas
Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence in Histopathology Training: Insights from a Regional Study in the United Kingdom.
Pratyusha Saha
5:30 AGM
7:45 Drinks reception followed by Gala Dinner (Dress code: smart casual)
Saturday 04 October 2025
Session 5
Molecular Pathology Mini-Symposium
Sponsored by the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology
09:30 Melanocytic.
Antien Mooyaart, Netherlands
10:00 Pulmonary.
Matt Evans, Birmingham
10:30 Gastrointestinal.
Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, London
11:00 Coffee, exhibitors, posters
Session 6
11:30 Salivary gland tumours.
Esther O'Regan, Dublin
12:00 Gastrointestinal stromal tumours.
Adrian Marino-Enriquez, Dublin
12:30 Digital pathology and artificial intelligence.
David Clark, Nottingham
13:00 Close
9 CPD credits (Accredited by The Irish Society of Surgical Pathologists)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS ~ ISSP 2025
Validation of Folate Receptor 1 Protein (FOLR1) Immunohistochemistry and Assessment of Folate Receptor Status in Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
Adam Freegrove
Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Aoife Cunningham
Pathological reporting of early invasive Cervical Carcinoma (FIGO stage I) in Galway University Hospital (GUH) , 2020-2024
Arooj Fatima
Jack of all trades, master of some? A critical review of the advantages and disadvantages of subspecialisation in surgical pathology
Cara M. Pirie
A Re-Audit of the Change in Volume of Breast Pathology Workload in University Hospital Waterford Histopathology Department from 2013 & 2020 to 2024
Catherine Stacey
A Review of Intradepartmental Consultations in Surgical Pathology in a Tertiary Referral Centre; Diagnostic Impact and Documentation Quality
Ciara Brennan
The Effect of Automation on Breast Tissue Re-processing Rates at Beaumont Hospital
Gavin Williams
Unmasking PTEN Hamartoma-Tumour Syndrome: A Case Report of a Multisystem Presentation from Macrocephaly to Malignancy
Holly Beckett
ROS1 fused Spitz lesion- a tale of too many cooks
Oluwaseun Juliet Adenipekun
Signet-ring type mucinous adenocarcinoma of the cervix– primary or metastatic disease?
Ruth Murphy
The Autopsy Report – A Timely Intervention.
Claire Roberts
Audit of reporting of transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) in a tertiary hospital.
Richard Liddy
A Re-Audit of Frozen Section Reporting in Beaumont Hospital Histopathology Department Following the Introduction of a Template
Eilís Ní Chinnéide
Combined BRCA mutation and homologous recombinant deficiency testing broadens therapeutic scope in high grade ovarian cancer.
Grainne O’Keeffe
Renal Mass Biopsies: Retrospective Evaluation of Histopathological Findings
Hannah Ashe
A late arrival: a case of cervical squamous cell carcinoma metastasising to the colon after 12 years, with a molecular and immunophenotypical analysis.
James Meeke
The Significance of Designing an Immunohistochemistry
Manual Lailie Makotro
Immunotherapeutic Challenges in Dedifferentiated Melanoma: A Case Report
Leya Motala
Prostate Biopsy Immunohistochemistry Audit
Leya Motala
Comparing the rates of PD-L1 reporting in University Hospital Galway Pathology Department throughout 2024 to the literature and international standards.
Louise Murray
Incidental Schistosomiasis Within a Rectal Polyp: A Hidden Parasite in a Common Lesion
Megan Ryan
The Prognostic Value of PAB1 (by IHC) in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Meta-analysis
Mohammed Abdalmalk Abdalla Mahdi
The Prognostic Value of Regression Change in Cutaneous Melanoma
Mohammed Abdalmalk Abdalla Mahdi
The Digital Pathology Accuracy Compared to Traditional Microscopic Pathology: A Meta-analysis
Mohammed Abdalmalk Abdalla Mahdi
Lymph Node Yield in Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer – A 10 year retrospective analysis.
Niamh Roche
Incidental uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor and concomitant atypical endometrial hyperplasia
Purvi Mathur
Histopathological Insights from Neck Lump Referrals under the Head and Neck Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) Pathway: A Retrospective Observational Study.
Sahar Alghnaimawi
Potential pitfalls interpreting PRAME Immunohistochemistry in Melanoma Diagnosis: A Literature Review
Samira Osman
A Rare Case of Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease as a Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma
Sean Treacy
Audit of Cervical Screening Proforma Dataset Reporting Against NHSCSP Standards – 2024
Shelly Ling
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in a Young Male with Lynch Syndrome Family History: A Case of MSH6 Loss
Shelly Ling
Keratacanthoma in Muir-Torre Syndrome – The Importance of Clinical History in Pathological Diagnosis
Srinivasan NMA
The Little Grey Cells – The Most Important Cells of All
Srinivasan NMA
Evaluation of donut analysis in oesophageal and gastric cancer resections
Tamara Wanigasekera
Initiation of a new Molecular Test Panel for Non-Small Cell Carcinoma (NSCLC); a Review of the First 6 Months
Victoria Malone
The Incidence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in Ireland.
Yvonne Langan
Histological review of surgically resected hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma cases reported over a 20 year period in a National Liver Transplant Centre.
Erinn McGrath