Program at a Glance
Friday, May 1
| 6:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Optional Workshops (additional fee required) |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Beginners Cryostat Workshop Rodney Barber, HT; Brandon Possum, HT |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Mohs Advanced Tissue Processing Lecture Jeanie Wade, HT(ASCP); Lindsey Riggs, HTL |
| 8:45 - 10:15 a.m. | General Session 1 |
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Camille Pellone-McKay, M.Ed, BSHCA |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | DFSP Cases: Processing Considerations Brandon Possum, HT |
| 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. | The Legacy of Dr. Frederic E. Mohs: Pioneering Precision in Skin Cancer Treatment Ana Dukhnina, HT, QIHC (ASCP)CM |
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Break / Exhibit Hall |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | General Session 2 |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Introduction to Immunostaining and How to Incorporate Them Jonathan Tang |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Driving Innovation: Using an Automotive Part for Level Tissue Embedding for Mohs Micrographic Surgery Zipporah Cassidy |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Exploring the Cos-MOHs: Considerations for Skin in Space Tristin Nunley |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Break / Exhibit Hall |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Optional Workshops (additional fee required) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Beginners Cryostat Workshop Rodney Barber, HT; Brandon Possum, HT |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Mohs Advanced Tissue Processing Lecture Jeanie Wade, HT(ASCP); Lindsey Riggs, HTL |
| 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. | General Session 3 |
| 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | IHC Essentials for Mohs: Melanoma and Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) Justin Jefferson, MB(ASCP)CM HTLCM |
| 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. | Behind the Pages: Leadership, Teamwork, and the Making of the Mohs Lab Manual Textbook Camille Pellone-McKay, M.Ed, BSHCA |
| 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. | New Tech Panel |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Break / Exhibit Hall |
| 3:15 - 5:00 p.m. | General Session 4 |
| 3:15 - 4:00 p.m. | Beyond the Microscope: Leveraging AI for the Cutting-Edge Mohs Surgeon David Vidal, JD |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Embedding Panel Rodney Barber, HT; Brandon Possum, HT; Jeanie Wade, HT(ASCP) |
Saturday, May 2
| 6:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Optional Workshops (additional fee required) |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Beginners Cryostat Workshop Rodney Barber, HT; Brandon Possum, HT |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Mohs Advanced Tissue Processing Lecture Jeanie Wade, HT(ASCP); Lindsey Riggs, HTL |
| 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. | Business Meeting (members only) |
| 9:45 - 10:00 a.m. | Break / Exhibit Hall |
| 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | General Session 5 |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Coming Soon... |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Many Pathways Forward: A Mohs Technician’s Journey from Histotech to Leader and Educator Camille Pellone-McKay, M.Ed, BSHCA |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Mohs Trivia Stephanie Petrow, HT; Tonya Woodard, BS, HT, CCLT |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Break / Exhibit Hall |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Optional Workshops (additional fee required) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | The Art of Staining: H&E Workshop Linda Cesario, DPM, HT (ASCP) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | IHC Workshop Justin Jefferson, MB(ASCP)cmHTLcm; Stacie Eckhout, BHSc |
| 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. | General Session 6 |
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | CLIA & CMS Rules and Regulations - Updates Effective 2025 - Are You Compliant? Camille Pellone-McKay, M.Ed, BSHCA; Jeanie Wade, HT(ASCP) |
| 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. | What Makes an IHC Slide Positive William Guo, MD |
| 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Collaborative Strategies for Mohs Laboratory Training Derek Villarreal |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Break / Exhibit Hall |
| 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. | General Session 7 |
| 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. | Troubleshooting Panel Linda Cesario, DPM, HT (ASCP); Anastasia Dukhnina, HT, QIHC (ASCP)CM; Daniel Gong, HTL,MS,MBA,C-PM,CWMP; Jonathan Tang |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Expanding Your Arsenal for Battling Stubborn Non-Conforming Mohs Layers Bryan Caroll, MD, PhD, FACMS; Angel Maden, MS, HT (ASCP)CM; Tristin Nunley |
| 4:45 p.m. | Meeting Adjourned |