SGPath - Symposium and seminar management/90th Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath/SSPath)

90th Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath/SSPath)

  Date

20.11.2025 - 22.11.2025

  Event location

Lake Side Zürich
8008 Zürich

  Organizer

SGPath - Symposium and seminar management

  Deadline for applications

20.11.2025

  Online registration

Register now

90th Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath/SSPath), 3rd Swiss Pathology Days & General Assembly 2025

November 20–22, 2025 | Lake Side, Zurich

We are pleased to invite you to the 90th Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology in Zurich. In combination with the 3rd Swiss Pathology Days and the 2025 General Assembly, this congress offers an ideal platform for scientific exchange, continued education, and networking within the Swiss pathology community.

Venue:
Lake Side Zurich
Bellerivestrasse 170, 8008 Zurich
www.lake-side.ch

Highlights:

  • Postgraduate CourseNightmare Topics in Pathology Made Simple
  • Scientific Program: Pathology in Transition 
  • Slide Seminar: Inflammatory dermatosis: a pattern-based approach for the general pathologist
  • Poster presentations and award ceremony
  • Industrial exhibition and sponsored lectures
  • Networking opportunities, including an apéro and gala dinner

Congress Language: English

CME Credits:
 

  1. Postgraduate Course: 20. November, Thursday 3 credits
  2. Congress: 20. November, Thursday 4 credits
  3. Congress: 21. November, Friday 8 credits
  4. Slide Seminar (Participation, Diagnoses) : 22. November, Saturday 3 credits + 2 credits for submitting the diagnoses

Abstract Submission: https://abstracts.medwhizz.com/e/sgpath-2025

Diagnoses Submission: www.sgpathslideseminar.ch

We look forward to welcoming you to Zurich for an inspiring and dynamic congress at the shores of Lake Zurich!

Contact:
LMM Medical Management
tl@med-management.ch

  Program      Donnerstag, 20. November 2025

Time Topic Moderation/Speaker
08:00 - 09:00

Registration for postgraduate course

 

Postgraduate course: Nightmare topics in pathology made simple

Chair: Daniela Mihic-Probst (Zurich)
Michael Schmid (St. Gallen)
09:00 - 09:30

Salivary gland tumors

Niels Rupp (Zurich)
09:30 - 10:00

Cutaneous adnexal tumors

Dmitry Kazakov (Zurich)
10:00 - 10:30

DIPNECH and pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasm specificity

Aurelie Cazes (Paris)
10:30 - 11:00

Break 

11:00 - 11:30

Young Swiss Pathologist

Marie Maillard (Lausanne)
11:30 - 12:00

Inflammatroy dermatopathology

Gurkan Kaya (Geneva)
12:00 - 13:00

Small lunch for Postgraduate course

12:00 - 13:00

Registration for annual meeting

13:00 - 13:15

Opening and Welcome (15min)

Scientific session I: H&E, still the key to diagnostic digestion

Chair: Daniela Lenggenhager (Zurich)
Claire Royer-Chardon (Lausanne)
13:15 - 13:45

Liver pathology, when signs do not equal patterns

Laura Rubbia-Brandt (Geneva)
13:45 - 14:15

Staining the truth: The power of H&E in pancreatic cancer diagnosis

Christine Sampoux (Lausanne)
14:15 - 14:45

IBD beyond the basics

Aart Mookhoek (Bern)
14:45 - 15:15

Break

14:45 - 15:15

Poster Presentation

15:15 - 15:30

Announcement EPA 

Peter Bode (Winterthur)
 

Scientific session II: Forensic meets pathology

Chair: Alexander Lobrinus (Geneva)
Umberto Maccio (Zurich)
15:30 - 16:00

Molecular Autopsy

Emilian Olteanu (Vancouver)
16:00 - 16:30

Forensic insights for Pathologists: Approaching Autopsies with medicolegal Considerations

Christine Elisabeth Süss (St. Gallen)
16:30 - 17:00

Forensic insights for Pathologists: Virtopsy

Dominic Gascho (IRM Zürich)
 

Oral Presentation Session I

 

Special Presentation

Chair: Sylvia Höller (Zurich)
17:30 - 18:00

30th anniversary of iPath platform

Patrick Adam (Ingolstadt)
18:00 - 19:00

Post board exhibition & drink

18:00 - 18:40

Institute Directors conference

  Program      Freitag, 21. November 2025

Time Topic Moderation/Speaker
07:00 - 08:00

Registration

 

Scientific session III: from PAP to Pathways

Chair: Anja Schmitt (Zurich)
08:00 - 08:30

Cervical cancer screening Cytopathology: from tree bark to AI

Sophia Taylor (Valais)
08:30 - 09:00

Next Generation Salivary Gland Cytopathology - the significance of ancillary testing

Niels Rupp (Zurich)
09:00 - 09:30

The thyroid Cytopathology Journey: Classic Principles, modern innovations

Claudio Bellevicine (Napoli)
09:30 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 10:30

Poster Presentation

 

Scientific session IV: infectious diseases: From Morphology to Metagenomics

Chair: Gieri Cathomas, Azis Chouchane (Bern)
10:30 - 11:00

Histomorphological diagnosis of infectious diseases in 2025 – putting the heart before the head?

Ula Mahadeva (London)
11:00 - 11:30

Molecular Diagnostic of infectious Disease in Pathology

Kirsten Mertz (Basel)
11:30 - 12:00

Metagenomics

Ronny Nienhold (Zurich)
12:00 - 12:30

Exact Sciences - Sponsored Lecture: Pathology in Transition

Chair: Zsuzsanna Varga (Zurich)
Helen Bailey (San Francisco)
12:30 - 13:45

Lunch

12:30 - 13:00

Industry Symposia

Roche Diagnostics
12:40 - 13:25

GA Swiss Society for molecular Pathology (SGMP/SSMP)

13:00 - 13:30

Industry Symposia

MSD
13:45 - 14:15

Oral Presentation Session II

 

Scientific session V: Molecular pathology for the general pathologist basics

Martina Haberecker (Zurich)
14:15 - 14:45

Understanding the technical Limits (focus nGS) of molecular Pathology techniques.

Illaria Alborelli (Basel)
14:45 - 15:15

Decoding Complexity: Standardizing NGS report interpretation.

Yann Christinat (Geneva)
15:15 - 15:45

Meeting Oncologists' Needs:

Alfredo Addeo, Claudio de Vito (Geneva)
15:45 - 16:15

Break

 

Scientific session VI: Molecular pathology for the general pathologist advanced

Chair: Thomas McKee (Epalinges)
Yasmine Lahoubi (Basel)
16:15 - 16:45

The role of liquid biopsy

Paul Hofmann (Nice)
16:45 - 17:15

WES/WGS for routine diagnostic, future or dream.

Albrecht Stenzinger (Heidelberg)
17:15 - 17:45

Germline Variants and Cancer risk: A Collaborative Approach for better outcomes.

Jan Rüschoff, Fabienne Christine Meier-Abt (Zurich)
17:45 - 18:00

Poster award ceremony (15 min)

18:00

Apero and Gala dinner

  Program      Samstag, 22. November 2025

Time Topic Moderation/Speaker
08:00 - 10:00

Registration

08:30 - 09:30

GA SGPath/SSPath

 

Slide seminar I: Inflammatory dermatosis: a pattern-based approach for the general pathologist

Chair: Arnaud Bakaric (Geneva), Charlotte Wiegand (Basel), Francesca Melega (Zurich)
10:00 - 11:30

Case presentation

11:30 - 12:00

Break

 

Slide seminar II: Inflammatory dermatosis: a pattern-based approach for the general pathologist

Chair: Arnaud Bakaric (Geneva), Charlotte Wiegand (Basel), Francesca Melega (Zurich)
12:00 - 13:30

Case presentation

13:30

End

Program subject to change

  General downloads

 Prices in CHF

What Seats Designation Price
Half-Day Postgraduate Course 250
Normalpreis
120.00
2 days - SGPath/ SSPath 90 Annual Congress 250
Member SGPath/SSPath
310.00
Junior SGPath/ SSPath
140.00
Non-members
480.00
1 day (THURSDAY)- SGPath/ SSPath 90 Annual Congress 250
Members SGPath/SSPath
160.00
Non-members
300.00
Residents/ Students (non-members)
110.00
1 day (FRIDAY)- SGPath/ SSPath 90 Annual Congress 250
Members SGPath/SSPath
160.00
Non-members
300.00
Residents/ Students (non-members)
110.00
Slide Seminar 150
Members SGPath/SSPath
0.00
Non-members
140.00
Residents/ Students (non-members)
90.00
Galadinner 100
Gala Dinner
100.00

 Cancellation conditions

Thank you for your binding registration. Please note our cancellation policy below.

If you cancel 30 to 15 days before the event, we charge 50% - 14 days before the event or if you don’t show up, we charge 100%. If the participant cancels before the deadlines mentioned above, we reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee for administrative costs.
Amount: CHF 30.-However, you always have the option to send a substitute. By signing up, you confirm that you have read and accepted these terms.

  Deadline for applications

20.11.2025

  Online registration

Register now

  Sponsors

Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG, Luzern
Philips GmbH Market DACH, Hamburg
Biosystems Switzerland AG, Muttenz
Exact Sciences, Baar
Medisyn SA, Kriens
Sysmex Suisse AG, Horgen
Inpeco, Frankfurt am Main
PreciPoint, Garching b. München
AstraZeneca  AG, Zug
Axon Lab AG, Baden
Basys Data GmbH, Basel
BÜHLMANN Laboratories AG, Schönenbuch
histocom AG, Zug
RUWAG Handels AG, Bettlach
Agilent Technologies, Basel
Biocartis, Mechelen- Belgium
Hamamatsu Photonics France - Swiss Office, Solothurn
Medite Service AG, Dietikon
 
 
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