Bone and soft tissue
pathology course
Barcelona, April 7-9, 2025

Course Directors

Dr. Belén Lloveras

Chief Emeritus of the Pathology Department,  Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Dr. Esther Oliva

Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Local Organizing Committee

Dr. Mar Iglesias

Pathologist. Professor. Pathology Department. Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Nikaoly Ciriaco Cortes

Pathologist. Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Gianni Ippoliti

Pathologist. Hospital del Mar. Barcelona. Spain

Ms. Sara Pérez Massó 

Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Faculty

Dr. Sílvia Bagué Rosell

Professor of Pathology, Autonomous Universitity of Barcelona.
Pathologist, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Angelo Paolo Dei Tos

Professor of Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Padua.
Director, Department of Integrated Diagnostics
Azienda Ospedale-Università Padova.
Dean, University of Padua School of Medicine, Italy

Dr. Andrew L. Folpe

Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Dr. Jason L. Hornick

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Director of Surgical Pathology and Immunohistochemistry.
Chief, Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology, Mass General Brigham Endowed Hospital.

Dr. G. Petur Nielsen

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School.
Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology.
Director of Electron Microscopy Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Course Description

The course is organized as a theoretical-practical review of relevant aspects of bone and soft tissue Pathology.

The course is designed to be very interactive. The faculty will give lectures, show typical morphologic entities and discuss how to approach specific issues in multiheaded microscopes (two 16 headed microscopes and 2 microscopes with projection screens), dividing the attendants into 4 different groups. 

The attendants will rotate through the different settings, so everyone has similar exposure to the invited faculty, cases and settings. 

The course is limited to 90 participants in order to accommodate everybody at the practical sessions. 

An option to attend the lectures only is also available with a lower registration fee and limited to 40 individuals.

An option to attend the lectures live online, is also available with a lower registration fee. The recordings will be available up to 31 days after the course.

Program

Barcelona, April 7-9, 2025

Monday

8.15—8.30

Opening Ceremony

Dr. Víctor Pérez
Medical Director

Dr. Belen Lloveras
Course Director

Dr. Esther Oliva
Course Director

8.30—9.20
Bone is hard – an update on bone-forming tumors.
G. Petur Nielsen
9.20—10.10
Why do classifications change? Lessons learned from liposarcoma.
Andrew L. Folpe
10.10—10.45

Coffee Break

10.45—12.45

Practical Sessions

13.00—15.00

Lunch

15.00—15.50
Vascular tumors: an update.
Angelo Paolo Dei Tos
15.50—16.40
Round cell sarcomas from Ewing to CIC::DUX4 and beyond.
Jason L. Hornick
16.40 —16.55

Break

16.55—18.45

Practical sessions

Tuesday

8.30—9.20
Osteoclastic giant cell-rich tumors of bone. Diagnostic approach.
Sílvia Bagué
9.20—10.10
What is new in rhabdomyosarcoma?
Andrew L. Folpe
10.10—10.45

Coffee Break

10.45—12.45

Practical Sessions

13.00—15.00

Lunch

15.00—15.50

New entities not included in the current WHO classification.
Angelo Paolo Dei Tos

15.50—16.40
Notochordal cell tumors and the tail of the ferret.
G. Petur Nielsen
16.40 —16.55

Break

16.55—18.45

Practical sessions

18.45—19.45
Mesenchymal tumors of the GI tract: what’s new?
Socitat Catalana d’Anatomia Patològica SCAP Meeting

Jason L. Hornick

Wednesday

8.30—9.20

Update on peripheral nerve aheath tumors.
Andrew L. Folpe

9.20—10.10    
Cartilaginous tumors are easy to diagnose if you know what to look for.
G. Petur Nielsen
10.10—10.45

Coffee Break

10.45—12.45    

Practical Sessions

13.00—15.00

Lunch

15.00-15.50
Next-generation IHC for the diagnosis of soft tissue tumors.
Jason L. Hornick
15.50—16.40
How to avoid diagnostic errors in soft tissue pathology: a survival guide.
Angelo Paolo Dei Tos
16.40—16.55

Break

16.55—18.45

Practical sessions

 

Accreditation

Pending

Venue

Aula Josep Marull

Campus Universitari MAR
C/ Dr. Aiguader, 80
08003 Barcelona

Registration

Registration Fees

With Practical Sessions

  • Pathologists: 500 €
  • Residents: 400 €

Without Practical Sessions

  • Pathologists: 350 €
  • Residents: 300 €

Online Course

  • Live Streaming: 180 € (includes access to all lectures)

Additional Options

  • 3-Day Lunch Package: 90 €
    Note: Lunches are not included in this year’s registration fee to minimize food waste. You can book lunch separately during registration.

Cancellation Policy

  • A refund of the registration fee is available until March 15 at 15:00, minus an administrative fee of 60 €.
  • No refunds will be issued after March 15 at 15:01.

All refund requests should be sent to info@aventik.es

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Suggested Hotels

There are some hotels near the Hospital but they are very expensive.
The suggested hotels are located in downtown Barcelona.
The Hospital is very well connected to the downtown area via subway.

Hotel Actual 
BCN Urban Gran Ducat 
Hotel Balmes 
Catalonia Portal de l’Àngel 
Catalonia La Pedrera 
Hotel Catalunya 
Hotel Constanza 
H10 Catalunya Plaza 
Hotel HCC Regente 
Hotel Praktik Garden 
Hotel Royal Passeig de Gràcia 
Hotel Royal Passeig de Gràcia 
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