Salivary gland neoplasia is one of the most challenging areas in surgical pathology. The difficulty in diagnosing these lesions has been compounded by the recent description of new tumor entities as well as an increasingly long list of tumor-defining chromosomal translocations which have shifted tumor classification schemes. I will demonstrate scenarios where knowledge of these genetic alterations can be of very practical utility, helping pathologists avoid diagnostic pitfalls.

Dr. Bishop received his medical degree from Texas Tech University then completed his anatomic and clinical pathology training at The Johns Hopkins University. After a surgical pathology fellowship, he joined the surgical pathology faculty at Johns Hopkins, rising to the rank of Associate Professor. In 2017 he joined the faculty of UT Southwestern Medical Center where he is the Jane B. and Edwin P. Jenevein, M.D. Chair in Pathology, Director of Surgical Pathology and Head and Neck Pathology.
Dr. Bishop has lectured and published extensively in the field of head and neck pathology, authoring >180 articles, 5 books, and numerous book chapters including 15 entries in the latest WHO Classification of Head and Neck Tumors. He is co-authoring the upcoming AFIP salivary gland fascicle. He serves on the editorial boards of four pathology and otolaryngology journals, and is an associate editor for Histopathology and JAMA-Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.