Ohio Society of Pathologists

Val Campana · Phone: (216) 375-6379 · Fax: (216) 245-3785 veliaacampana@aol.com

The Ohio Society of Pathologists (OSP) is a not-for-profit organization composed of almost 300 physicians dedicated to the promotion of the field of pathology in the state of Ohio.

Our members are involved in leadership positions at the local, city, state, and national levels. The Ohio Society of Pathologists is very active in the areas of continuing education, quality assurance, and the legislative and socioeconomic aspects of the practice of pathology.

OSP does not directly provide clinical services, including any form of testing or post-mortem examination.


Leadership

PRESIDENT

Kelsey McHugh, MD

  • Mayo Clinic
  • 13400 E. Shea Blvd.
  • Scottsdale, AZ 85259
  • Phone: (440) 539-7974
Email
PAST-PRESIDENT

Sean Kirby, MD

  • Mercy Fairfield Hospital
  • 3000 Mack Road
  • Fairfield, Ohio 45014
  • Phone: (513) 870‐7032
Email
PRESIDENT-ELECT

Sarah Reuss, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Ohio State University Memorial Hospital
  • 500 London Avenue
  • Marysville, OH 43040
  • Phone: (937) 578-2416
Email
SECRETARY - TRESURER

Susan E. Porter, MD

  • Cleveland Clinic - Hillcrest Hospital
  • 6780 Mayfield Road, Pathology 2nd Floor
  • Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124
  • Phone: (440) 312-7991
  • Fax: (440) 312-6410
Email
OSP - Governor
Shelley Odronic, MD
  • St. Rita's Medical Center
  • 750 West High Street, Suite 400
  • Lima, OH 45801
  • Phone: (419) 226-9224
Email
OSP - Governor
Wei Chen, MD, PhD
  • OSU Wexner Medical Center
  • 410 West 10th Avenue
  • Columbus, OH 43210
  • Phone: (614) 366-1041
Email
OSP - Governor
Debra L. Zynger, MD
  • OSU Wexner Medical Center
  • 410 West 10th Avenue
  • Columbus, Ohio 43210
  • Phone: (614) 293-7705
Email
OSMA Rep
Robert G. Gurdak, MD
  • Trumbull Memorial Hospital
  • 1350 E. Market Street
  • Warren, OH 44482
  • Phone: (330) 841-9346
Email
OSP - Governor
Eric Willis, MD
  • Riverside Methodist Hospital
  • 3535 Olentangy River Road RMH
  • RMH Pathology Department
  • Columbus, OH 43214
  • Phone: (614) 566-2392
Email
OSP-Governor
Dan Cai, MD, PhD
  • MetroHealth Hospital
  • 2500 MetroHealth Drive
  • Cleveland, OH 44109
  • Phone: (216) 778-5189
Email
Resident Member
Saba Shafi, MD
  • OSU Wexner Medical Center
  • 410 W. 10th Avenue
  • Columbus, OH 43210
  • Phone: (331) 903-2108
Email

Meetings

If you have any questions, please contact Val Campana · Phone: (216) 375-6379 veliaacampana@aol.com

2023 Spring Meeting

Saturday, June 10, 2023

Conference Agenda (5.5 CMEs)

Time Speaker
8:00 am - 8:30 am
  • Continental Breakfast (provided) and Exhibits
8:30 am - 8:35 am
  • Kelsey McHugh, MD
  • President, Ohio Society of Pathologists
  • Welcome and Introduction
8:35 am - 10:00 am
  • Genevieve Crane, MD, PhD
  • Director Manual Hematology, Associate Director Immunohistochemistry
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Practical Approach to Hematopathology, Including Lymph Nodes and the Cytopenic Patient
10:00 am - 10:15 am Refreshments (provided) and Exhibits
10:15 am - 11:30 am
  • Genevieve Crane, MD, PhD (continued)
11:30 am - 12:00 pm OSP Business Meeting (all attendees welcome)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  • Lunch-Attendings: Lunch (provided) and Exhibits

  • Lunch-Trainees: Roundtable and Lunch (provided)
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
  • Karen Fritchie, MD
  • Director of Soft Tissue Pathology Service
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Practical Approach to Lipomatous Neoplasms (Session 1)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Refreshments (provided) and Exhibits
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Karen Fritchie, MD (continued)
  • Utility of Molecular Testing in Soft Tissue Pathology (Session 2)
4:00 pm Meeting Adjourned

Joint Providership Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the Joint Providership of the College of American Pathologists and the Ohio Society of Pathologists. The College of American Pathologists is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
The College of American Pathologists designates this live internet educational activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclaimer
The content of this CME activity does not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the College of American Pathologists.

If you have any questions, please contact Val Campana – Phone: (216) 375-6379 orveliaacampana@aol.com

Residents are invited to attend without charge

A CD will be sent to members that subscribed -- There will be a charge of $50.00 to attend the program for physicians who are not Society members


Past Meetings

Link to our past live webinar from November 5, 2022 at: Click Here.

Speakers include Matthew S. Karafin, MD, MS, Glen Ramsey, MD, Donald Karcher, MD, FCAP, Zubair W. Baloch, MD, PhD and Phyu P. Aung, MD, PhD presenting the following lectures:

  • Can You Bank on Your Blood Supply? Using Blood Wisely and in Shortages (session 1)
  • Can You Bank on Your Blood Supply? Using Blood Wisely and in Shortages (session 2)
  • The CAP-Your Professional and Advocacy Home (***does not include CME credit***)
  • Algorithmic Approach to Everyday Thyroid Pathology
  • Pearls and Pitfalls in Dermatopathology for General Surgical Pathologists

Speakers’ PowerPoint Presentations can be viewed at: Click Here

Please note: If you did not register and attend the day of the event, you cannot receive CME by listening to the live recording.

If you did not complete the course evaluation, you can do so using this at: Click Here

Information for obtaining your CME can be found here: Click Here

For a listing of all of our past programs: Click Here


Older Meetings

Link to our past live webinar from Saturday, May 14, 2022 at: Click Here.

Speakers include Liron Pantanowitz, MD, MHA, Daniel D. Rhoads, MD, D(ABMM), FCAP, and Jesse K. McKenney, MD presenting the following lectures:

  • A Digital Future for Anatomical Pathology ***(this session does not include CME credit)***
  • Clinical Microbiology Applications of Artificial Intelligence: Now & Later
  • Flat Urothelial Lesions with Atypia: These are different for everyone! and Modern grading of prostatic adenocarcinoma: 2022 update with emphasis on clinical management thresholds

Please note: If you did not register and attend the day of the event, you cannot receive CME by listening to the live recording.


Link to our past live webinar from Saturday, October 16, 2021 at: Click Here.
You will be asked to enter your name, email address and password. A password was emailed to you after the meeting.

Olga Pozdnyakova, MD, PhD and Amy S. Joehlin-Price, MD, MS, presenting the following lectures:

  • Cytopenias and Cytoses: Myths and Facts
  • An Endometrial Pathology Update: From Nuances in the Benign Realm to Emerging Challenges in Evaluating High-Grade Endometrial Carcinoma

Please note: If you did not register and attend the day of the event, you cannot receive CME by listening to the live recording.


Link to our past live webinar from Saturday, May 22, 2021 at: Click Here.
You will be asked to enter your name, email address and password. A password was emailed to you after the meeting.

Speakers include: David F. Keren, MD and Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, MD, PhD, presenting the following lectures:

  • Detection and Management of Monoclonal Proteins: Current Guidelines
  • Small Specimens Great Outcomes: The CAP Guideline on Collection and Handling of Thoracic Small Biopsy and Cytology Specimens for Ancillary Studies

Please note: If you did not register and attend the day of the event, you cannot receive CME by listening to the live recording.


Resident Virtual Poster Competition

Ohio Society of Pathologists Virtual Poster Competition for Residents, Fellows and Medical Students

THE OHIO SOCIETY OF PATHOLOGISTS IS HOSTING A VIRTUAL POSTER COMPETITION FOR ALL OHIO PATHOLOGY RESIDENTS, FELLOWS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS AT OUR FALL WEBINAR ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022.

POSTERS ALREADY PRESENTED AT ANOTHER NATIONAL/REGIONAL MEETING IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ARE WELCOME! THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022. FOR MORE INFORMATION, select link.


Membership

If you are a physician interested in becoming a member of the OSP, please go to the relevant link listed below and print out a copy of the form. Send completed forms to the current Secretary-Treasurer:

Secretary - Tresurer

Susan E. Porter, MD

  • Cleveland Clinic - Hillcrest Hospital
  • 6780 Mayfield Road, Pathology 2nd Floor
  • Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124
  • Phone: 440-312-7991
  • Fax: 440-312-6410
Email

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Residency Programs

Ohio Pathology Residency Programs
Akron
Summa Akron City Hospital
Website
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Website
Cleveland
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Website
Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Website
Cleveland
MetroHealth Medical Center
Website
Columbus
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Website
Toledo
University of Toledo Medical Center
Website

Photos


News

CGS Proposed LCD - Special Histochemical Stains and Immunohistochemical Stains 1-19-23 PDF

Changes to the ABPath Continuing Certification Program in 2022 PDF

Proposed Rule 3901-8-17 Reimbursement for Unanticipated Out-of-Network Care 9-2-21 PDF

Ohio State University Pathology Update Course 8-5-21 PDF

Summer 2021 Newsletter 7-5-21 PDF

Dr. Victor Hinrich, MD Obituary 6-21-21 PDF

OSMA Vaccine Coalition Response to HB248-11 6-21-21 PDF

OSP response to Cigna regarding payment for professional component of clinical pathology services 6-4-21 PDF

OSP regulatory comments to Ohio Department of Insurance regarding OON law implementation 6-4-21 PDF

Winter 2021 Newsletter 1-20-21 PDF

OSP Testimony in Opposition of HB 388 12-9-20 PDF

Seeking Clinical Microbiologist for Contractor Advisory Committee 11-13-20 PDF

Spring 2020 Newsletter 6-12-20 PDF

Ohio Pathologists, CAP Oppose Out-Of-Network Legislation 5-12-20 PDF

OSP HB388 Letter of Opposition 4-20-20 PDF

Letter to Anthem Regarding the Recent Notice of Material/Amendment PDF

URGENT ACTION ALERT: From Leadership of the Ohio Society of Pathologists PDF

URGENT ACTION ALERT: From Leadership of the Ohio Society of Pathologists 7-16-19 PDF

Governor DeWine: Line-Item Veto Removing All Out-of-Network (OON) Billing Language PDF

Contributions to the Ohio Society of Pathologists’ Legislative Fund to Hire Lobbyist PDF

-2019 Dues Statement Lobbyist PDF