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ACR Institute for Radiologic Pathology™ (AIRP®) Case Submissions

Your case submissions help the AIRP with educational excellence.

Case and Slide Submission Instructions

Residents attending the four-week course must submit a case report demonstrating radiologic-pathologic correlation. Ideally, this case report will encourage multidisciplinary interaction with your surgical and pathology colleagues.

Your submissions are vital to maintaining the AIRP case archive. The diversity of high-quality cases in the archive allows for continued study of disease processes with pathologic correlation and provides teaching material to emphasize radiologic-pathologic correlation for current and future attendees. It is through your efforts that we can continue AIRP educational excellence.

We understand that completing the case submission can be difficult and we are available to help. Please reach out to individual section chiefs for assistance. Note: It is possible to buy a waiver in those rare cases that a case submission cannot be completed; please contact AIRPregistrations@acr.org for additional information.

Please review the case and slide submission instructions and the FAQs before beginning your case submission. Additionally, review the instructions by organ system below prior to selecting a case for submission. Cases are due two weeks after registration. Any case submission later than 30 days before the start of the course will need to follow case waiver procedures.

Please note that plagiarism or the use of others' work without attribution is unethical. Please review the American College of Radiology® Code of Ethics.

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Case Submissions

Course Dates Case Submission Due Format
March 17 – April 11, 2025 Feb. 17, 2025 In-person and Virtual
Aug. 4 – Aug. 29, 2025 July 17, 2025 Virtual
Sept. 8 – Oct. 3, 2025 Aug. 11, 2025 In-person
Oct. 13 – Nov. 7, 2025 Sept. 15, 2025 Virtual
Feb. 9 – March 6, 2026 Jan. 12, 2026 Virtual
March 16 – April 10, 2026 Feb. 16, 2026 In-person and Virtual
Aug. 3 – Aug. 28, 2026 July 6, 2026 Virtual
Sept. 14 – Oct. 9, 2026 Aug. 17, 2026 In-person
Oct. 19 – Nov. 13, 2026 Sept. 21, 2026 Virtual

*Cases submitted later than 30 days prior to the start of the course will need to follow the case waiver process.

If you're unable to submit a case and wish to waive the submission requirement, please obtain a letter from your program director granting permission to waive this requirement. A $500 fee applies for waiving. Forward the letter to airpsupport@acr.org.

The case summary describes the clinical characteristics, imaging features, pathology findings, treatment and prognosis, along with representative radiology and pathology images from your patient. A case with an excellent summary may be selected for an online publication with AIRP.

Representative images

Representative images are the most critical component to a successful case summary. Please include all appropriate imaging modalities in your submission. Imaging planes should match gross images to best appreciate radiologic-pathologic correlation. Images must be anonymized, cropped and free of PHI components.

For all representative images:

  • Images must be in JPEG format only.
  • Two identical sets (one clean image and one annotated image) of representative images are required for gross, histologic and radiologic images.
    • The first image should be a clean image. The caption should state only the imaging modality (and appropriate sequence, if applicable) for radiology images, and the magnification and stain for histology images.
    • The second, identical image can be marked using an annotation program or other photo editor such as Photoshop or Microsoft Paint. Use arrows, circles, etc., to indicate the areas of significance in each image.
  • Use captions to describe the annotated findings.
  • Captioning image examples provided on pages 2-3 below.

For gross and histologic pathology images:

  • Two identical sets (one clean image and one annotated image) of representative JPEG images are required. The images should illustrate the features of the radiologic studies.
  • Specimen numbers must be removed.
  • For histology images, note the magnification and stain.

For radiologic representative images:

  • Two identical sets (one clean image and one annotated image) of representative JPEG images are required.
    • US should include gray scale and Doppler.
    • CT should have appropriate windows, or sometimes multiple windows for the same image slice.
    • Radiographs should include images from more than one plane when possible.
    • MRI should have at least one image depicting appropriate sequences such as T1, fluid-sensitive sequence (T2 or STIR), pre- and post-contrast, etc.

Literature references:

References must come from either peer-reviewed journals or from textbooks. Reference websites only if they are registries for the diagnosis (e.g., Pleuropulmonary Blastoma Registry). Use AMA style for reference citations.

Discover how to effortlessly complete your case summary.

For virtual courses, all cases must be accompanied by a histologic slide, which can be submitted in one of two ways.

  1. Mail glass slides to:
    AIRP Slide Submissions
    1100 Wayne Ave, Suite 1020
    Silver Spring MD, 20910
    Enclose a paper copy of the verification/consent form signed by your pathologist. You may print the form from the Case Data Entry page after uploading a pathology report online. Please ship your slide(s) in a hard plastic case or similar container to ensure they arrive intact.
  2. To submit virtual slides, send an email to airpcasesubmission@acr.org with your case ID number. You will receive a link to a ShareFile folder where you can upload your slide submission and a PDF copy of your verification/consent form. You can download the form from the Case Data Entry page after uploading a pathology report online.

Acceptable formats:.svs, .ndpi, .mrxs, .bif or.vsi format.

Unacceptable formats: .jpg and .png

Other formats: To use .tiff files and formats available through a browser-based viewer, email airpcasesubmission@acr.org for more information.

If you cannot provide us with a slide submission, have your program director send an explanation by email to airpcasesubmission@acr.org.

Instructions by Organ System

Faculty contact:

Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, FACR (cherie_kuzmiak@med.unc.edu)

Breast imaging cases using multiple imaging modalities are particularly valuable. Gross photographs are required. The provision of a quality gross photograph of the resected specimen greatly adds to the teaching value of the case.

Exceptions to the gross photograph requirement are made for rare diagnoses or presentations, but only with advance permission. Email Dr. Kuzmiak for permission before submission.

Faculty contact:

Aletta A. Frazier, MD (anniefrazier@me.com)

Cardiovascular cases require histologic or culture proof. Gross anatomic images are also helpful, if available. Exceptions must be cleared by Dr. Frazier (see below). Complete anatomic and functional imaging evaluations (CXR, CT, PET CT, MRI, echocardiography, angiography) should be provided as appropriate. Any well-correlated case will be accepted. However, the following subject areas are of particular interest:

  • Acute aortic syndromes (intramural hematoma, aortic dissection, penetrating aortic ulcer).
  • Infiltrative myocardial diseases.
  • Cardiomyopathies (dilated, restrictive, hypertrophic).
  • Myocarditis.
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
  • Congenital heart disease (pediatric and adult).
  • Valvular heart disease.
  • Cardiac or vascular neoplasia.
  • Vasculitis (large, medium, small vessel disorders).
  • Vascular malformations.
  • Pericardial diseases.

Faculty contact:

Maria Manning, MD (mmanning@acr.org)

All cases require histologic or culture proof. No cases will be accepted without gross pathology unless previously cleared by Dr. Manning (see below). The best correlation with pathologic material is provided by working with your pathologist and sectioning specimens in similar planes to imaging. Please upload the complete imaging studies, not just the selected images. We are especially interested in the following cases:

  • Diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, spleen, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts, mesentery and peritoneum with multimodality imaging correlation (especially including MRI).
  • Systemic diseases.
  • Infectious and inflammatory processes.
  • Autoimmune diseases.
  • Radiologic-pathologic correlation of staging of neoplasms.
  • Cases that include advanced imaging techniques.

Please do not submit cases of ordinary appendicitis; however, we are interested in unusual cases of appendicitis associated with tumors, parasites or other uncommon entities.

*Retroperitoneal cases are considered genitourinary.

Faculty contact:

Jamie Marko, MD (jmarko@acr.org)

All GU cases require histologic or culture proof. No cases will be accepted without gross pathology unless previously cleared by Dr. Marko (see below). Any well-correlated case will be accepted. We are especially interested in the following cases:

  • Prostate tumors (gross pathology not required for most cases, please email for approval).
  • Urachal abnormalities.
  • Cervical and endometrial carcinoma (gross pathology often not required, please email for approval).

Faculty contact:

Mark Murphey, MD, FACR (mmurphey@acr.org)

The ideal case provides direct imaging correlation between gross and histologic features and the imaging appearance. For this reason, we require gross and histology images. The best correlation with imaging is obtained with planning for intraoperative photographs and sectioned gross specimens (working with your surgeons and pathology colleagues at the time of treatment and diagnosis) in planes that complement imaging. If the lesion is only biopsied or curetted for definitive treatment, then histology alone is acceptable.

All cases should be accompanied by radiographs whenever possible. CT studies should have both bone and soft tissue windows. MR images should include some type of T1- and T2-weighted sequences. Pre- and post-contrast MR images should also be included, if available. Sonography should include Doppler evaluation, if possible.

  • MR and/or CT correlated bone and soft tissue tumors (benign and malignant).
  • Arthropathies.
  • Metabolic bone diseases.
  • Bone and soft tissue infections (with CT and/or MR correlation).
  • Developmental/congenital abnormalities.
  • Bone dysplasias/dwarfs/syndromes.
  • Systemic diseases (Sarcoid, Gauchers, Myelofibrosis, etc.).
  • Traumatic abnormalities, particularly with arthroscopic and CT and/or MR correlation.

If you submit a second case for the musculoskeletal section, the following criteria apply (in the order of preference):

  • Cases with histology and gross pathology.
  • Cases with histology only.
  • Cases with arthroscopic correlation.
  • Pathognomonic cases.

If you have questions or concerns about the acceptability of your musculoskeletal case, contact Dr. Murphey.

Faculty contact:

Robert Shih, MD (ryshih@gmail.com)

  • Cases with MR spectroscopy, diffusion-weighted imaging, perfusion imaging and other advanced imaging procedures.
  • PET/SPECT thallium cases involving disease processes of the brain.
  • Primary neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord.
  • Infections.
  • White matter diseases.
  • Developmental discorders and anomalies (with gross photos and MR).
  • Phakomatoses (especially with MR).
  • Cerebrovascular Disease (especially with MR).
  • Head and neck masses (including orbit).
  • Melingiomas are discouraged unless they are unusual or rare forms.

*All neuroradiology cases must have gross pathology, no exceptions. Gross image waiver requests will not be honored.

Please submit lesions involving the vertebral bodies under musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve sheath tumors under the organ system in which they are located.

We would greatly appreciate gross brain sections (or autopsy photographs) of both common and unusual conditions. Films submitted should portray the full extent of the lesion.

Faculty contact:

David Biko, MD, FACR (bikod@chop.edu)

The ideal case provides direct imaging correlation between gross and histologic features and the imaging appearance. For this reason, we require gross and histology images. The best correlation with imaging is obtained with planning for intraoperative photographs and sectioned gross specimens (working with your surgeons and pathology colleagues at the time of treatment and diagnosis) in planes that complement imaging. If the lesion is only biopsied or curetted for definitive treatment, then histology alone is acceptable.

If you have questions or concerns about the acceptability of your pediatric case, contact Dr. Biko.

Faculty contact:

Aletta A. Frazier, MD (anniefrazier@me.com)

All chest cases require acceptance of histologic or culture proof. Exceptions must be cleared by Dr. Frazier (see below). Cases should be accompanied by chest radiographs whenever possible. CT cases should have both mediastinal and lung windows. Any well-correlated case will be accepted. However, the following subject areas are of particular interest:

  • High‐resolution thin‐section CT of diffuse lung disease — gross specimens are helpful but not critical. There must be, however, an open lung or transbronchial biopsy. A combination of thick and thin sections is optimal. Coronal reconstruction to demonstrate the distribution is also helpful.
  • Diffuse lung disease treated with lung transplantation — if properly prepared, these cases allow gross photography of the sectioned lung. Imaging from multiple points in time is important to illustrate the natural course of disease.
  • Tuberculosis.
  • Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease.
  • Infectious Pulmonary Disease.
  • AIDS-Related Thoracic Disease.
  • Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Disease.
  • Granulomatous Pulmonary Disease.
  • Airways Disease.
  • Inhalational Lung Disease — to best correlate pathologic material with chest radiographic studies, please work with your pathologist before the pulmonary tissue is resected to arrange for inflated and fixed lung specimens. A variety of techniques are nicely detailed in Dr. E.R. Heitzman's book, The Lung, 2nd edition, St. Louis: CV Mosby, 1984 (pp. 412). Macrosections as well as microsections of the inflated fixed tissue would significantly improve the radiologic/pathology correlation. Inflated whole lung (or lobar/segmental) specimen radiographs of any pulmonary case would be greatly appreciated.

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Best Cases of the AIRP

Watch video presentations of recent best cases by organ system and see the honor roll of best case award recipients.

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Best Breast Imaging Case

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Best Cardiovascular Imaging Case

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Best Gastrointestinal Imaging Case

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Best Genitourinary Imaging Case

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Best Musculoskeletal Imaging Case

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Best Neuro Imaging Case

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Best Pediatric Imaging Case

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Best Thoracic Imaging Case

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Honor Roll of 2024

Best Case Recipients

Contributing Resident

Residency Program

Andrew Barty, DO

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Bader Almanna, MBBS

King Abdulaziz Medical City - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Lee Treanor, MD

University of British Columbia (BC), Vancouver, Canada

Contributing Resident

Residency Program

Catalina Kychenthal, MD

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Joshua Gaudette, MD

Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit, MI

Yijun Wang, MD

University of Calgary, AB Canada

Contributing Resident

Residency Program

Kristie Yang, MD

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Antonio Michael

Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal - Madrid, Spain

Luis Garza-Barrera, MD

NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

Contributing Resident

Residency Program

Maryam Haider, MD

Baylor College of Medicine Ben Taub Hospital – Houston, TX

Carlo Castro, MD

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Contributing Resident

Residency Program

Amanda Neider, MD

Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY

Tanner Lines, MD

Houston Methodist Hospital – Houston, TX

Contributing Resident

Residency Program

Alexander Munteanu, DO

Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

Marta Vidal Cunat, MD

Uospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante – Alicante, Spain

Simon Park, MD

University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Contributing Resident

Residency Program

Sarah Murad, MD

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Meryem Sabour, MD

Hopital du Valais – Sion, Switzerland

Michael Macmillan-Wang, MD

University of Manitoba Diagnostic Radiology Winnipeg, MB Canada

Previous Years Honor Roll of Best Case Recipients

Section Contributing Resident Residency Program
Breast Jennifer Lindsey, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Charissa Kim, MD Beth Isreal Deaconess, Boston, MA
Goncalo Manuel Fernandes Dos Santos, MD Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hila Tal Tamir Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel
Gastrointestinal Fangshi Lu, MD Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Casey Shumberger, MD University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Mohammed Soliman, MD New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY
Manuel Paez, MD Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain
Andrea Tonglet Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudouis, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Genitourinary Gabriel Nadeau, MD Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Canada
Sione Wolfgramm, MD Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
Maria Rodrigues, MD Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
Musculoskeletal Alyssa DiCosmo, MD University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
Vishesh Jain, MD Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Diagnostic Radiology, San Jose, CA
Rubin Mayer, MD Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla, NY
Abel González-Huete, MD Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Delaram Shakoor, MD Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Neuroimaging Morina Bringezu Inselsptal, Bern, Switzerland
Fatima Elahi, DO, MHA Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL
Catherine Wang, MD Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Quebec
Jesse Winton, MD Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
Elizabeth Fontaine, MD Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Pediatrics Isabelle Gauthier, MD Children’s Hospital of Easter Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario
Patrick Kennedy, MD New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell
Mariya Kristeva, MD St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Ricardo Fujiki, MD Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Henry Wiebe, MD The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, CA
Thoracic Anouchska S. A. Autar, MD Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Holland
Macey Brandeberry, MD Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH
David Schmitz, MD Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Andrew Ruff, MD New York University Langone Health, New York, NY
Fernanda Kara Carmo, MD Clinica Davila, Santiago, Chile

Section Contributing Resident Residency Program
Breast Alex Ward, MD UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Faiz Kusumo, MD Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Saba Moghimi, MD BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
Rachel Miceli, MD NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Cardiac Ian Leopold, MD Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Cardiothoracic John Kirby, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Gastrointestinal Vicente Belloch-Ripollés, MD Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, ES
Aleksandra Augustynowicz, MD Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Sana Basseri, MD Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON
Joseph Moulton, MD Yale New Haven, Health, New Haven, CT
Joana Granada, MD Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca Amadora, Portugal
Genitourinary Seyedeh Azizaddini, MD University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO
Toan Nguyen, MD University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Bradford Oliva, MD, BS University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Javier Palma Rojas, MD Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
Cody Schopf, MD University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Musculoskeletal John Gao, MD University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Salman Zafar, DO Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Bryce Gagliano, MD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Peter Lawson, MD University of Texas Southwestern Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Milanne Trottier, MD Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Programme de Radiologie Diagnostique de l'Université de Montréal Montréal, Canada
Neuroimaging María José Risco Fernández Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain
Derek Kim, MD Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Annie Joseph, MD Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, MN
David Wessling, MD University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Brendan Phillips, MD Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Pediatric Vincent Parenti, MD Children’s Medical Center Dallas, UT, Southwestern
Raz Davidyan, MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Kyle Kirkover, MD Wesley Medical Center, University of Kansas Diagnostic Imaging, Kansas City, KS
Christopher Wright, MD Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary Diagnostic Imaging, Calgary, AB
Benjamin Park, MD Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Thoracic Kasey Helmlinger, MD University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
Alexander Diaz, MD University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Kara Demarco, MD, BA Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA
Alexander Marchese, MD University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Section Contributing Resident Residency Program
Breast Massimo Donalisio, MD CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mark Kneteman, MD and Anne-Marie Brisson, MD University of Calgary, AB
Camila Silva Barbosa, MD Sírio Libanês Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
Nathan Palmer, DO Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Chen Haim Cohen, MD Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Cardiac Thomas Cellini, MD Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Andrew Wong, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Roberto Monge, DO University of TX Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Genitourinary Brian Tsui, MD University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Victor Babatunde, MD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Efaza Siddiqui, MD UMass Memorial Medical Center/UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
Landon Melchior, MD Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT
Gastrointestinal Andrew McCurry, MD University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Ksenia Skorohodova, MD Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle
Ramin Hamidizadeh, MD Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB
Gonçalo Freire, MD Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Lisboa, Portugal
Alyssa Stauber, MD Northwell Health/Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Musculoskeletal Kapil Wattamwar, MD Montefiore Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Bronx, NY
Kennedy Wirtz, MD Medical College of WI Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Milwaukee, WI
Caitlin Ilkanich, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Justin Hungerford, MD Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Dylan Noblett, BS University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
Neuroimaging Adam Orr, MD Spectrum Health, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Christopher Byers, MD University of Nebraska, Omaha, NB
Jennifer Clark, MD Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Rahul Kishore, MD Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Marie Duquet-Armand, MD Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal
Pediatric Reilly Zenk, DO Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA
John Hunter, MD Stanford Radiology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Alexandra Reis, MD Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Dallin Johansen, DO Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Mark Earle, MD Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Residency Program
Thoracic Felipe Belmar, MD Clínica Dávila, Santiago, Chile
Johnny Wright, MD University of Florida Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
Stephen Veideman, DO Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, DE
Samantha Phung, DO University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL
Kywon Lee, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Section Contributing Resident Residency Program
Breast John Mistrot, MD Baylor Scott and White, Temple, TX
Denny Lara Nuñez, MD Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City
Michael Swikehardt, MD SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
Nathaniel Linna, MD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Cardiovascular Jisoo Kim, MD Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston
Guillaume Hamon Pontchaillou University Hospital Center, Rennes, France
Blake Becker, MD University of Mississippi Medical Center
Will Warnica, MD University of Toronto
Genitourinary Adam Jackson, MD Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Kirang Patel, MD University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Thomas An, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Nicole Sztuk, MD University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Gastrointestinal Marc Napoleone, MD Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Sarah Khan, MD Robert Wood Johnson-St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Sarah Cheng, MD Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA
Rebecca Simstein, MD Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA
Musculoskeletal Neda Najmi, MD St. Louis University
Anne Gallot-Lavallée, MD CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Jesse Spinner, MD The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Ashley Hu, MD UCLA Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Santa Monica, CA
Arshan Dehbozorgi, MD University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Neuroimaging Roberto Kutcher, MD University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Charles Nhan, MD McGill University, Montreal
Mauro Hanaoka, MD University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Rohith Bhargavan, MD University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Pediatric Francis Fortin, MD CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal
Diana Veiga Canuto, MD Hospital Universitari I Politècnic La Fe, Vanència, Spain
Philip Cheung, MD Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford Radiology Residency
Andrew Kim, MD Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington Residency
Thoracic Olivia Li, MD Victoria Hospital, London
Michael Legacy, DO Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI
Molly Downey, MD Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
James Roberts, MD Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC

Case and Slide Submission FAQ

Find the answers to frequently asked questions about case submission and slide submission.

You must submit your case 30 days prior to the course start date. See submission deadlines at the top of the page.

We recommend that residents begin seeking a rad-path correlation case during their first or second year of residency. You should be gathering the required case materials such as reports, imaging and pathology to submit a case prior to the posted case submission deadline.

Online case submission opens 90 days prior to your course start date. You may begin your case submission as soon as your registration is confirmed and the course is open online. A courtesy welcome email is sent to registrants, but is not required to begin casework online.

Log in to the case submission system Case Submission page using your ACR login username and password.

Protected health information (PHI) includes any patient identifiers, such as name, date of birth, medical record number, account number, exam number, encounter number, ID number and any other number associated with a patient.

Physicians and institution names are also PHI and should be removed from medical case reports and imaging.

All contact information regarding the patient, doctor or hospital will be removed from case reports and imaging, such as address, phone number, email, web address, barcodes, etc.

Residents must remove ALL protected health information from every document and image related to their case, in accordance with HIPAA regulations.

After clicking “Submit Case Package,” you will receive confirmation that your case has been successfully submitted. If there is an administrative problem or if the section head requires additional material, we will notify you. We will also notify you when your case passes the online portion of case submission. Cases are NOT COMPLETE until the pathological slides are submitted with a signed verification/consent form.

It is imperative that you provide an accurate, preferably personal, email address that you check frequently. We will use this email to reach you throughout the course.

We strongly suggest that you prepare a case with gross imaging. Intraoperative and scope images are acceptable substitutes for the gross pathology images.

Each section chief has discretion to accept a case without gross pathology. Neuro section does not accept any cases without gross imaging.

If you would like to request a gross imaging waiver, please email the section chief, providing case details, diagnosis, reason for no imaging, and any other pertinent information that may help faculty decide whether to grant a waiver. If granted, you will need to include a screenshot of the waiver in place of the gross image requirement.

Your pathologist may change the number on the slides and record the new number on the pathology report. We ask that the new number labeled on the slides appears on both the signed verification/consent form and the uploaded pathology report. This will verify that the pathologic material belongs to the case you submitted online.

The pathologist may want to keep a record of the new numbers assigned to AIRP cases.

A case does not need to be a rare case to show great correlation. Having radiologic-pathologic correlation is the aim of the course and is best fulfilled by meeting the requirements of the case submission package. The components of a great radiologic-pathologic correlation case: good representative radiologic, gross and histologic images, as well as the histology slides from your pathology department.

Please use a PC, as the system does not work well on Mac computers. Be sure to download and install the Silverlight app as well.

It may help to clear the cache and browsing history, or try using a different browser.

Save anonymized DICOM images (normally in .dcm format) to your desktop first. You must upload each series from the entire case study.

We also recommend uploading smaller groups of files rather attempting to upload all files at the same time. For example, if you have 100 images, try uploading in two groups of 50 images each. You cannot put all the files in one zipped folder and upload because the naming convention in each folder may be similar, which will overwrite the other folder files. As a result, the studies will appear inadequate and require additional work on your part. See instructional video here.

Slide Submission Questions

When are my slides due?

For virtual courses, please mail us your slides to our office or upload them digitally by the case submission deadline. If attending an in-person AIRP course, you may submit them physically to us at the course during the first two weeks.

Where can I find the verification/consent form that my pathologist needs to sign?

After you have completed the Case Data Entry section of the online case submission and have uploaded a pathology report in the Upload Documents section, you will be able to print the verification/consent form.

You can print the form by clicking PRINT for VERIFICATION/CONSENT FORM in the Case Data Entry section. The form will automatically populate with the information you entered for your case.

Why are blank copies of the verification/consent form not available on your website?

Blank copies are not provided because the form is set up to automatically populate with the information you entered for your case. Therefore, the form for each case is unique. This is precisely the information that requires “verification” by your pathologist.

Can a pathologist other than the one who reported on my case sign the verification/consent form?

Yes. Any pathologist from your institution may sign the verification/consent form.

What is virtual microscopy?

Virtual microscopy is a scanned file type of the entire specimen slide. The file is very large and carried to the course on disc or flash drive. It is at the discretion of the pathologist to send one or more scanned slides.

Can I bring a virtual microscopy disc for my pathological slides instead of the actual glass slides?

Virtual microscopy discs are the preferred format for slide submission. Please submit the virtual microscopy pathology slides on a DVD labeled with your case ID number, accompanied by a print-out of the signed verification/consent form.

You may also bring your virtual microscopy on a flash drive for transfer to an AIRP computer.

My case does not have pathologic slides. What should I do?

In a few unique cases, there may be a reason for not submitting pathology slides. You must email the organ system section chief to request a pathology waiver.

Include your case ID number, the course date you are attending, and the reason your case does not have pathologic slides. You will save a screenshot or snipping tool image of the original email slide waiver in .pdf format under the pathology report section.

I only have JPEG images of the histology. Are these acceptable in place of slides?

JPEG images do not fulfill the pathology requirement. Although JPEG images are required to enhance your case, they are limited in their display of pathologic features.