Here you will find links and information to current, future and past meetings in topics important to the members of SCVP.
Current Meetings
USCAP and SCVP Companion Meeting 2025
The next USCAP and SCVP companion meeting will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA the week of March 22nd-27th. Scheduled events are as stated below.
— Saturday, March 22nd —
What: ‘Open Mic’ / Young Investigator Award presentations / Distinguished Achievement Award Lecture
Where: Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital
When: 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Young Investigator Talks
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Open Mic(roscope) Night
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Cristina Basso Distinguished Achievement Award Lecture
— Sunday, March 23rd —
What: SCVP Companion society meeting – “Sudden Death Investigation: The Pathologist’s Toolbox”
Where: BCEC Room 206 A
When: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Talks and presenters:
- “Does Size Matter? Insights into Relevance of Valvular Disease in Sudden Cardiac Death”
Mary N. Sheppard, MD
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - “Are We There Yet? The Basics of Myocarditis Diagnosis in Autopsy”
Sarah Parsons, MBBS
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine - “Getting it Right: Ischemia and Non-Obstructive Epicardial Coronary Arteries”
Joanna Ghobrial, MD
Cleveland Clinic - “When Balloons Pop: Investigation and Reporting of Sudden Aortic Death”
Alison Krywanczyk, MD
Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office
What: SCVP Banquet
Where: Legal Sea Foods Harborside (2nd floor)
When: 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Dinner and Awards Program
— Monday, March 24th —
What: Interactive Microscopy Session (USCAP ticketed event – fee and registration required) – “Inflammatory Conditions in
Cardiovascular Pathology: A Practical Approach and Emerging Entities”
Where: BCEC Room 155
Time: 8:00-9:30AM
What: Stowell-Orbison – Autopsy and Forensics / Cardiovascular Pathology
Where: Exhibit Hall
When: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
What: Cardiovascular Pathology Platform Presentations
Where: BCEC Room 206 A
Time: 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
— Tuesday, March 25th —
What: Autopsy and Forensics / Cardiovascular Pathology – Poster Presentations
Where: Exhibit Hall
When: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
What: Autopsy and Forensics / Cardiovascular Pathology SCVP Poster walk with Drs. Tan and D’Amati
Where: Exhibit Hall
When: 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
What: Autopsy and Forensics Platform Presentations
Where: BCEC Room 204 A
When: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
What: Short Course 12 (USCAP ticketed event – fee and registration required) – “Diagnostic Standardization of Endomyocardial
Biopsy: Heart Transplant and Beyond”
Where: BCEC Room 256
When: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Presenter: He (Peter) Wang, MD, PhD – Yale School of Medicine
What: Evening Specialty Conference: Cardiovascular Pathology – “Frontiers in Cardiovascular Pathology: New Approaches to
Diagnostic Problems”
Where: BCEC Room 204 A
When: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Presenters:
Chieh-Yu Lin, MD, PhD – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Carolyn Glass, MD, PhD – Duke University School of Medicine
James Stone, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph Westaby, MBBS, PhD – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
— Wednesday, March 26th —
No cardiovascular pathology events planned.
— Thursday, March 27th —
No cardiovascular pathology events planned.
Future Meetings
American Society for Investigational Pathology (ASIP)
The 2025 ASIP Annual Meeting will be held April 26-29, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.
International Society for Heart and Lug Transplantation (ISHLT)
The 2025 ISHLT Annual Meeting will be held April 27-30, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology (AECVP)
The 2025 AECVP Biennial Meeting will be held October 16-17, 2025 in London, UK. Click here to access the meeting schedule.
