Episodes
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Today my guest is Dr Amy Rapkiewicz.
What we discuss with Dr Rapkiewicz:
- Her residency at the National Cancer Institute
- Why she chose two fellowships, cytopathology and forensic pathology
- Being interviewed by the Associated Press and CNN
- Autopsy finding in COVID patients
- The paper she coauthored about these findings
- How the pandemic has stressed the importance of the autopsy
Links for this episode:
Dr Amy Rapkiewicz on Twitter
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Today my guest is Molecular Medicine PhD student Kelsey Dawes.
What we discuss with Kelsey:
- Her undergraduate program in health studies
- Her current PhD program in molecular medicine
- What is epigenetics, and her work in this field
- Idea Storm and her project in diabetes testing
- Her internship at Behavioral Diagnostics
- Machine learning and its implications
Links for this episode:
Kelsey Dawes on Twitter
- Molecular Medicine program
- Clinical Epigenetics article
- Idea Storm
- Behavioral Diagnostics
People of Pathology Podcast
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Dana Baker.
What we discuss with Dana:
- How she discovered the field of Lab Medicine
- Her path to earning an MBA
- Her Masters program in Healthcare Simulation
- Her current Doctorate program in Education
- The importance of joining professional organizations
- Teaching, mentoring, and "labvocating" for the profession
Links for this episode:
Dana Baker on Twitter
People of Pathology Podcast
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
My guest today is Dr Syeda Qasim.
What we discuss with Dr Qasim:
- Medical school in Pakistan and working as a pathologist assistant
- Moving to Canada and becoming an instructor at the Ontario IMG School
- Helping international medical graduates become licensed in North America
- Her recent article in The Pathologist, and how pathology and psychiatry can collaborate
Links for this episode:
- Health Podcast Network
- The Queen of All Poisons giveaway from Goodreads
- CAP Foundation See, Test, & Treat program
- Dress A Med scrubs
Dr Syeda Qasim:
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Today my guest is Dr Evi Abada.
What we discuss with Dr Abada:
- Her medical school training in Nigeria
- Her Masters degree in International Health Policy and Management
- 500 Women Scientists
- Avoiding burnout and why that's important
- Her article on ASCP's Lablogatory, Pathology and Global Public Health
- How we can speak up more about our field
Links for this episode:
The Queen of All Poisons giveaway from Goodreads
Dr Evi Abada:
People of Pathology Podcast
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Episode 39: Dr Christina Arnold - Coaching and Your Path in Focus
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Today my guest is GI Pathologist and Coach Dr Christina Arnold.
What we discuss with Dr Arnold:
- How she chose GI pathology as a specialty
- Her story of feeling miserable and what she did about it
- How and why she started Your Path in Focus
- Her training as a coach including Empowering Women Physicians and The Life Coach School
- Byron Katie and her influence
- The 90 Second Mini Mentor Sessions on Twitter
Links for this Episode:
The Queen of All Poisons giveaway from Goodreads
Dr Christina Arnold:
- Your Path in Focus
- Your Path in Focus Podcast
- PathPod
- The Life Coach School
- Empowering Women Physicians
- Byron Katie
People of Pathology Podcast
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Episode 38: Dr Ralph Hruban - Pancreatic Pathology and Medical History
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
My guest today is pancreatic pathologist Dr Ralph Hruban.
Wha we discuss with Dr Hruban:
- How he got into the field and some of his early mentors
- How he cofounded the National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry
- The origins of the book Surgical Pathology Dissection, An Illustrated Guide
- The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center
- His recent research on precursor pancreatic lesions
- The Nine Greats medical history series
- His involvement in the documentary film about Dr William Halsted
Links for this episode:
Dress A Med: High quality medical apparel since 1980
The Queen of All Poisons giveaway on Goodreads
- CAP Foundation See, Test, and Treat Program
- National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry
- Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center
- Nine Greats series from Johns Hopkins University
- William Stewart Halsted documentary
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Episode 37: Dr Nicola Parry - Veterinary Pathology and Mentoring
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
My guest today is Veterinary Pathologist Dr Nicola Parry
What we discuss with Dr Parry:
- How she was inspired to study pathology
- Her experience as Head of Pathology at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine
- Her recent article in The Pathologist magazine
- Her talk at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on the importance of mentoring
- Her experience of being a mentor and how to inspire others to explore the field
Links for this episode:
- Dr Parry on Twitter
- Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine
- Dr Parry's article in The Pathologist
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons talk
- Vets: Stay, Go, Diversify
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Episode 36: Dr Pranav Patwardhan - Algorithms and Pathology
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Today my guest is pathology resident Dr Pranav Patwardhan.
What we discuss with Dr Patwardhan:
- How he became interested in pathology and some of his experiences training in India
- His Facebook page Understanding Pathology
- Being named to The Pathologist Power List three times
- His article The Art of Algorithms
- The process of creating an algorithm
- Using algorithms for teaching
Links for this episode:
- Dr Patwardhan on Twitter
- Understanding Pathology on Facebook
- The Art of Algorithms in The Pathologist magazine
- University of Pittsburgh Department of Pathology
People of Pathology Podcast
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
My guest today is Dr Barbarajean Magnani. Dr Magnani is a Pathologist and Toxicologist, and is the author of The Queen of All Poisons.
What we discuss with Dr Magnani:
- Her work as a toxicology consultant and as Pathologist in Chief at Tufts University School of Medicine
- How her Master's degree in Marine Environmental Science led to her interest in toxins
- How a series of stories she wrote for the Journal of Clinical Chemistry became Lily Robinson and the Art of Secret Poisoning
- The inspiration for the character Dr Lily Robinson
- How Michael Crichton had an influence on her writing
- The visible pathologist and how Lily Robinson portrays this
- The sequel to The Queen of All Poisons, called The Power of Poison, to be released in March 2021
Links for this episode:
Dr Magnani:
The Queen of All Poisons from Amazon
The Art of Secret Poisoning from AACC
People of Pathology Podcast: