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43 min
Today my guest is Coleman Stavish, CTO of Proscia
What we discuss with Coleman:
- The early days of Proscia
- Early adoption reality check
- His role as CTO
- Why now was the right time for Fifth Generation
- AI native vs Bolt on
- Open platform APIs
- How AI augments Pathologists
- Designing for scale
- Looking ahead
Links for this episode:
International Collective of Technical Professionals Conference Registration
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
People of Pathology Podcast:
Jul 20, 2026
Jul 20, 2026
43 min
Today my guest is Alex Bodell, CTO of FormaPath
What we discuss with Alex:
- Engineering roots
- Vertical farming and lessons learned
- From farms to pathology
- Formapath and AdiPress
- The origin of nToto
- Developing robotic motions through observation
- Handling edge cases
- Lab feedback
- Expanding capabilities
- Future automation and AI
- The impact of new technologies on patient care
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
People of Pathology Podcast:
Jun 15, 2026
Jun 15, 2026
36 min
Today my guest is Travis Wold from Imagenomix.
What we discuss with Travis:
- Alaska roots and noticing healthcare gaps
- NYU origins and early breakthroughs
- Tissue Failure and how it affects downstream testing
- How the Imagenomix system works
- EGFR, KRAS, and glioma testing
- Fixing clinical trial bottlenecks
- Democratizing testing worldwide
- Partnerships with Proscia and PathPresenter
- Five to ten year vision
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
Beating Tissue Failure in Oncology
People of Pathology Podcast:
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
40 min
Today my guest is Ashley Faber, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Proscia
What we discuss with Ashley:
- Ashley’s role at Proscia
- Why Proscia wrote the Digital Pathology Buyer’s Guide
- Why it’s important to differentiate between the need for an IMS vs an Enterprise Platform
- Evaluating software first not the scanner
- Why you should bring Pathologists in early
- Aligning stakeholders and criteria
- Treating pathology data as an asset
- Some thoughts on future proofing
- Don’t neglect evaluating support and after hours coverage
- Where to download the guide
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
Proscia's Digital Pathology Buyer's Guide
Report on the 2025 DICOM WSI Connectathon
People of Pathology Podcast:
May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026
45 min
Today my guest is pathologist Dr Luis Cano
What we discuss with Dr Cano:
- How personal experience led to medicine and pathology
- His early fascination with computers
- The intersection of pathology and AI
- The writing process for Getting Started in Digital Pathology
- Launching Beyond the Slide on Substack
- Using AI with a purpose
- The concept of “human in the loop”
- AI for targeted therapy
- Unlocking hidden slide data
- AI in histology workflows
- Future pathology lab vision
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
Getting Started With Digital Pathology
People of Pathology Podcast:
Apr 20, 2026
Apr 20, 2026
44 min
Today my guest is Dr Amanda Hemmerich from IQVIA Labs.
What we discuss with Dr Hemmerich:
- The work of IQVIA labs
- Her role as Global Director of Digital Pathology Innovation
- What a typical day is like in this role
- Managing challenges of global regulations
- Her career path from private practice, to academia, to industry
- Skills she learned along the way that are useful now
- How to manage rapid change in digital pathology
- Why it's important to get involved with professional organizations
- How digital pathology might evolve in the next five to ten years
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
Streamlining Clinical Development and Maximizing Trial Success with an Enterprise Pathology Platform
Next Gen Clinical Research - Interview with The Pathologist
People of Pathology Podcast:
Apr 13, 2026
Apr 13, 2026
53 min
Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Marissa Spencer for our 4th annual PA Day special episode
What we discuss with Marissa:
- Why it's important to regularly reflect on your career and your development
- How the relationship between Pathologists and PAs is evolving
- Teaching the "why" instead of just teaching the "how"
- How this method creates foundational knowledge that is transferrable to other specimen types
- The future of PA education and why it might need to change
- Opportunities for PAs to be more patient-facing
- Advice for aspiring pathologists' assistants
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
People of Pathology Podcast:
Mar 30, 2026
Mar 30, 2026
41 min
Today my guest is Dr Derrick Forchetti.
What we discuss with Dr Forchetti:
- Dr. Forchetti’s journey into pathology and the mentors who influenced his career
- Choosing hematopathology and the appeal of combining clinical and anatomic pathology
- Early interest in computers and how technology became part of his medical career
- The role of informatics in modern pathology practice
- Digital pathology and how it is changing workflows and diagnostics
- Why AI will augment pathologists rather than replace them
- Lessons from past technological advances like immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology
- Using AI and digital pathology for predictive analytics
- Research on predicting colon cancer risk in patients with tubular adenomas
- The concept of pathology evolving from a diagnostic field to a predictive field
- The importance of collaboration between physicians, engineers, and data scientists
- Advice for residents and pathologists interested in technology and informatics
- The importance of staying curious and being open to new technology
- How pathologists can help shape the future of AI in medicine
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
South Bend Medical Foundation uses AI to predict colorectal cancer risks earlier
People of Pathology Podcast:
Jan 26, 2026
Jan 26, 2026
54 min
Today Dr Meredith Herman and I interview Clara Cirks.
What we discuss with Clara:
- Clara’s journey with stage 4 lung cancer
- Using social media as advocacy and video journaling
- “Cancer questions with Clara” and cancer education on TikTok
- The therapeutic power of storytelling
- Connecting patients, clinicians, and community
- Perspective from pathology: seeing the person behind the specimen
- Identity, survivorship, and living with cancer
- Disability, independence, and self-advocacy
- The impact of community events like the Above + Beyond Cancer Gala
- Why patient voices matter in medicine
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
Clara on TikTok
Clara on Instagram
Living with Metastatic Lung Cancer: Clara’s Honest Take on Life and Treatment
Clara’s Story: Blood Donations Saved My Life
People of Pathology Podcast:
Dec 8, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
37 min
Today my guest is Yair Rivenson, CEO of Pictor Labs
What we discuss with Yair:
- His engineering and computational imaging background
- How AI and microscopy intersected to form the foundation of Pictor Labs
- The origin story of Pictor Labs and why it was founded in 2019
- What “virtual staining” really means and how autofluorescence enables it
- Training stain models: data requirements, timelines, and workflows
- The impact on tissue preservation, waste reduction, and turnaround times
- Applications in biorepositories, pharma research, and biomarker discovery
- Creating new stains based on lab or industry needs
- The future vision: virtual stains as a data layer for pathology
- How AI can turn tissue into a “hypothesis-generating machine”
Links for this episode:
Pathologists' Assistant Shadowing Network
Virtual Tissue Staining with Yair Rivenson from Pictor Labs - Impact AI podcast
People of Pathology Podcast: