Episodes

Monday Oct 03, 2022
Episode 130: David West - Proscia, Digital and Computational Pathology
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Today my guest is David West, CEO and Cofounder of Proscia
What we discuss with David:
- How he became interested in biomedical engineering and how he discovered pathology
- Starting Pathology Cloud and how that led to the founding of Proscia
- The mission of Proscia
- The Concentriq platform and some of its features
- How Concentriq can be used in both research and clinical settings
- The importance of interoperability in digital pathology
- Some of the partnerships between Proscia and other companies
- The automated QC feature and how this can save time and money
- His thoughts on the future of digital pathology
Links for this episode:
Proscia on Twitter
Proscia Website
David West of Proscia: Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Startup
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Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Today my guest is David Tulman, Cofounder of Instapath
What we discuss with David:
- His background in clinical trials and bio innovation
- The beginnings of Instapath and the original goal
- The origin of the name of the Luci system, and what the system can do
- The innovative D&E virtual staining method
- Some of the clinical and research applications of the Instapath system
- Why it is important that this system doesn't destroy or alter the tissue
- His involvement with the Beyond the Scope podcast from the Digital Pathology Association
- His thoughts on the current state of digital pathology
Links for this episode:
Instapath on Twitter
Instapath Website
Tulane team wins International Business Model Competition
Beyond The Scope Podcast on Spotify
Targeting: College Football Podcast on Spotify
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Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Today my guest is Professor of Laboratory Medicine Dr Alan HB Wu
What we discuss with Dr Wu:
- How he became interested in clinical chemistry and analytical chemistry
- His post doctoral work and mentors
- How he became interested in toxicology and teaching
- How he got started in writing and his writing process
- His six books of short stories about laboratory medicine
- The plan to create a movie based on his book Mind Portal
- His further plan to create a television show focused on laboratorians
Links for this episode:
Dr Alan Wu website
Dr Wu's books on Amazon
Dr Wu on the Off The Bench podcast
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Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Today my guest is Medical Student Grace Li
What we discuss with Grace:
- How she became interested in forensic pathology and how she decided to go to medical school
- Why she decided to move to the US
- How she heard about the Angevine Fellowship
- An overview of the Fellowship
- Her experience in each of the rotations during the fellowship
Links for this episode:
Grace Li on Twitter
Enhancing preclinical year pathology exposure: the Angevine approach
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Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Roy Jensen
What we discuss with Dr Jensen:
- How he decided to go to medical school and how he chose a specialty
- Two of his mentors early in his career, and how he was influenced by them
- His research work in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes
- How he established a Cancer Center at the University of Kansas, and some of the work that goes into that
- Why he thinks being a pathologist helps him in this role
- The NCI designations for cancer centers and achieving his goal of Comprehensive Designation
- His thoughts on the future of cancer incidence
Links for this episode:
To NCI designation through difficulty: How KU’s Roy Jensen made it happen
Dr. Roy Jensen of The University of Kansas Cancer Center: Innovating to Break Cancer’s Grip
University of Kansas Cancer Center
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Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Today my guest is Genomic Medicine Researcher Dr Heidi Rehm
What we discuss with Dr Rehm:
- How she became interested in biology and genomics
- Studying the genetic basis of hearing loss, and why she thinks the cochlea is a thing of beauty
- How she got involved with the Broad Institute, and her work there
- Some of the barriers to the use of genetics in medicine
- Her thoughts on free data exchange among genomics researchers
- Matchmaker Exchange, and how it is important for genomics research
- The role of genomics in pathology, both now and in the future
- The Precision Health Meeting, and how she became involved
- How meetings such as this help promote technological advances in genomics
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
Dr Heidi Rehm on Twitter
Program for Medical and Population Genetics
“Matching” consent to purpose: The example of the Matchmaker Exchange
Matchmaker Exchange in Human Genetics
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Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Luis Plaza
What we discuss with Luis:
- How he discovered the medical laboratory field while in the Navy and training to be an MLT
- How he discovered his passion for microbiology and earning his MLS degree
- How he became interested in teaching
- How and why he started the Let's Talk Micro podcast
- The different types of episode formats he uses and how he prepares for these
- His favorite organism and why it is his favorite
- Future goals for Let's Talk Micro
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
Let's Talk Micro on Twitter
Let's Talk Micro on Instagram
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Monday Aug 15, 2022
Episode 123: Dr Martin Weihrauch - Smart In Media, Digital Pathology, and AI
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Today my guest is Dr Martin Weihrauch
What we discuss with Dr Weihrauch:
- How he became interested in computers and computer programming
- Why he decided to go to medical school and how he became interested in hematology and oncology
- The origin of Smart In Media
- How Smart In Media became involved with the European Society of Pathology and the International Academy of Pathology
- How Smart In Media branched out from education into diagnostics
- How Smart In Media integrates AI and Dr Weihrauch's thoughts on the future of AI
- What is on the horizon for Smart In Media
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
pathCast - Key Concepts In Specimen Grossing
Smart In Media website
Dr Weihrauch on the Digital Pathology Podcast
International Academy of Pathology
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Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Fatima Carneiro
What we discuss with Dr Carneiro:
- How her interest in pediatrics changed to pathology
- Her education in Angola, and some of her experiences there
- How she became interested in teaching
- How she started working on research in gastric cancer, and specifically hereditary gastric cancer
- Her experience as an editor for The WHO Blue Book on Tumors of the Digestive System
- How she became involved with the European Society of Pathology, and some of her accomplishments as President of the Society
- How she established a national tumor bank network in Portugal
- Why international efforts are important in pathology
- The state of pathology recruitment in Portugal
Links for this episode:
LabVine Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
Dr Fatima Carneiro on Wikipedia
The Pathologist Power List 2018
The 2019 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Digestive System
Pathological Society of GB and Ireland Grand Rounds May 2022
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Monday Aug 01, 2022
Episode 121: Dr Fred Bosman - Pathology as a Dynamic and Global Field
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Fred Bosman
What we discuss with Dr Bosman:
- How he went from being interested in surgery to pathology
- His PhD in cytogenetics and why he chose to pursue this degree
- His experience early in his career at the University of Surinam
- Some other countries where he has worked, and his experiences there
- How he came to specialize in GI pathology
- How his research combines experimental and diagnostic pathology
- Why he thinks it is essential for the younger generation of pathologists to be educated in molecular pathology
- How he got involved with the European Society of Pathology and his term as president of the Society
- Why he believes that pathology is a dynamic field
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School From Labvine
Dr Fred Bosman Wikipedia page
The Pathologist Power List 2015
Prof. Fred Bosman Talks about his #6 ranking in The Power List and His Passion for Pathology
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