The 2026 Tri-State Pathology Conference took place on October 24-25 at Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, bringing together the Alabama Association of Pathologists, the Louisiana Association of Pathologists, and the Mississippi Association of Pathologists.
After welcoming remarks from Samuel Borak, M.D., Assistant Professor, Community Practice Pathology Program, Diana Morlote, M.D., Associate Professor, Genomic Diagnostics and Bioinformatics, presented her talk titled “Lymphoma on Limited Samples: Diagnostic Challenges and Practical Solutions.”
Melad Dababneh, M.B.B.S., Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology, gave the lecture titled “Squamous & Squamous-Like Lesions of the Head & Neck.” Valeria Dal Zotto, M.D., Associate Professor, Women’s Health, gave the lecture titled “Tumors & Lesions of Intermediate Trophoblast.”
Hua Guo, M.D., Associate Professor, Women's Health, gave the lecture titled “Pitfalls in Breast Sclerosing Lesions,” and Vishnu Reddy, M.D., Wyatt and Susan Haskell Endowed Chair for Medical Excellence, Professor, Laboratory Medicine, gave the lecture titled “Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Recent Updates & Diagnostic Approach.”
Huda Haq, M.D., PGY3, presented the poster “Dicer1-Mutated Follicular Thyroid Adenomas Show Infarct-Like Hyalinization.” Nicholas Eisele, D.O., PGY3, presented the poster titled “Disseminated Colonic Schistosomiasis with 50+ Year Remote Exposure: To Treat or Not to Treat?"
Maya Handberry-Howard, M.D., PGY2, presented the poster “Recurrence of a Dicer1-Associated Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor Resembling a Pure Spindle Cell Sarcoma: A Case Report.” Edward Chung, D.O., PGY4, presented the poster “A Clinicopathologic Case of Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease-TAFRO."
Rachel Chang, D.O., PGY3, presented the poster titled “Basaloid (Matrix Producing) Subtype of HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.” Nadia Pardo, M.D., PGY1, presented the poster “Incidental Tetragenococcus Species in a Human Palatine Tonsil: A Sarcina Mimic,” and Seth Garett, M.D., PGY1, presented “Arias-Stella Reaction in Gynecologic Samples: Diagnostic Challenges in Routine Practice.”
Drs. Edward Chung and Seth Garrett tied for the attendee choice award for the poster presentation category.