Tutorial A

Friday, 30 October 2026

Limited places available
Case-based Tutorial aimed at junior scientists and registrars

13:00 Gynaecological Cytology
Debbie Ekman

15:00 Afternoon tea

15:30 Respiratory Cytology (exfoliative)
Shailendra Gune

16:30 End of Tutorial A

Tutorial B

Monday, 2 November 2026

Limited places available
Advanced Tutorial

8:30 Cardiothoracic Cytology - tumour and non-tumour
(Part I)
Andrew Laycock
10:00 Morning Tea

10:30 Cardiothoracic Cytology - tumour and non-tumour
(Part II)
Andrew Laycock
11:30 NATA/Internal Audit
Myfanwy Blyth
12:00 Lunch

13:00 Biliary Cytology, EUS Pancreatic Cysts & FNA
Alisa Williams/Angela Wong
14:30 Afternoon Tea

15:00 Ascitic Fluid and Peritoneal Washings - practical
applications
Elizabeth Salisbury
16:30 End of Tutorial B

Debbie Ekman is a senior cytologist at Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology in Sydney, specialising in gynaecological cytology, using the Hologic Imaging System, and with a special interest in anal cyto and histomorphology. For many years Debbie has been proactive in developing teaching, continuing education and professional development educational resources. She is actively involved in in-house training and has spoken at many cytology educational forums and facilitated many cytology workshops and tutorials over the years. She has co-authored a number of journal articles and is the author of the ASC online Squamous eAtlas. Debbie remains an active member of the ASC Board of Education.

Andrew’s career started as a medical laboratory scientist, before returning to university to study medicine at the University of Tasmania. He went on to specialist training in Anatomical Pathology in Western Australia and is now a consultant pathologist at PathWest, Fiona Stanley Hospital. His subspecialty interests include Cytopathology and Cardiothoracic pathology.