Episodes

Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Melissa Upton
What we discuss with Dr Upton:
- How her parents instilled in her the importance of access to education
- How she was inspired to become a doctor, and how she chose pathology
- Her experience in Tokyo as a research fellow
- How she became involved with ASCP and her term as president
- Some of her initiatives with ASCP in the area of diversity
- Her involvement in the editorial Reversing Historical Trends
- The importance of wellness, and what this means to her
- Her opinion on if pathology is making progress in diversity and inclusion
Links for this episode:
Dr Upton on Twitter
Reversing Historical Trends: The Crisis, the Challenge, and the Opportunity
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Monday Aug 09, 2021
Episode 72: Dr Jeremy Li - Deep Tissue Microscopy and Cision Vision
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Today my guest is Dr Jeremy Li
What we discuss with Dr Li:
- Studying physical chemistry and spectroscopy
- His work in super resolution microscopy and some of the applications
- Deep tissue microscopy and how it is used
- How he developed a new technology for visualizing lymph nodes
- How he investigated whether there was a clinical need for this technology
- How the technology was refined based on feedback from those in pathology
Links for this episode:
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Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist and Author Dr Barbarajean Magnani.
What we discuss with Dr Magnani:
- How she got involved with the See, Test, and Treat program
- The paper she coauthored on starting a See, Test, and Treat program at Tufts Medical Center
- How she decided to continue the Dr Lily Robinson story from The Queen of All Poisons
- The new book, The Power of Poison, and one of the themes of people not being what they seem
- How she uses dialogue between characters to explain scientific concepts in the book
- How pathologists are the supreme puzzle-solvers
- what we can expect from the third book in the series
- Some of her other writing projects
Links for this episode:
The Pathologist Power List 2021
Dr Magnani on Twitter
Dr Magnani's Website
The Queen of All Poisons on Amazon
The Power of Poison on Amazon
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Monday Jul 26, 2021
Episode 70: Alexandra Giardina - Biobanking and the Pathologists' Assistant
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Today my guest is Alexandra Giardina, Pathologists' Assistant student and Biorepository Consultant.
What we discuss with Alexandra:
- Her research experience in neurosignaling physiology
- Cancer research and how this introduced her to pathology and biobanking
- How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field while working in biobanking
- Her work with Audobon Bioscience
- Her thoughts on the role of a pathologists' assistant in biobanking
- Her experience as a pathologists' assistant student
- How the pandemic affected her program and how the program adapted
- Why she thinks it is important to diversify your skillset
Links for this episode:
Tulane University Pathologists' Assistant Program
Episode 6: Sarah Garner - Garner's Guide to Gross Anatomy
Episode 17: Heidi Wagner - Biobanking and Medical Ethics
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Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Today my guest is Forensic Pathologist Dr Douglas Posey.
What we discuss with Dr Posey:
- Why he decided to write his new book, From Mississippi to the Morgue: A Black Doctor's Journey From Rural Mississippi to Forensic Pathology
- His experience growing up in Mississippi
- How two mentors were influential in his life
- His experience in the Army which led to Medical Technology
- How and why he decided to go to medical school
- How he became a forensic pathologist
- How through sharing his own story he hopes to inspire others to be successful
Links for this episode:
From Mississippi To The Morgue on Amazon
Dr Posey's Website
National Association of Medical Examiners
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Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Today my guest is Associate Practitioner Hayley Pincott
What we discuss with Hayley:
- Biomedical Science Day and the importance of this day
- Her career path to becoming an Associate Practitioner in Oral Pathology and Microbiology
- Her work as a STEM Ambassador and why this is important to her
- How she co-founded Show Me The Science and some of their activities
- Her thoughts on how to raise awareness for the laboratory field
Links for this episode:
Kubtec Principles of X Ray Imaging Webinar
Hayley Pincott on Twitter
The Pathologist Power List 2020 Featuring Hayley
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Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist and Parasitologist Dr Zul Premji
What we discuss with Dr Premji:
- His early years and education in Tanzania
- His personal experience with malaria and how that helped to inspire his interest in parasitology
- Studying at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and at the Karolinska Institute
- The relationship between malaria and poverty
- Public health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
- The influence of politics on the fight against malaria
- Some of Dr Premji's mentors throughout his career
Links for this episode:
Malaria Memoirs on Amazon
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Monday Jun 28, 2021
Episode 66: Barbara Day - Laboratory Medicine and Companion Diagnostics
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Today my guest is Barbara Day
What we discuss with Barbara:
- How she started her lab career as a phlebotomist
- Expanding her lab role as a Medical Technologist
- Her lab management roles, as some of her responsibilities in these roles
- How she left the clinical lab to become an Education Specialist in Companion Diagnostics
- How her lab experience helps her in her role in Companion Diagnostics
- What the future of Companion Diagnostics might be
Links for this episode:
Molecular Pathology and Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era in Companion Diagnostics
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Episode 65: Jeremy Schubert - Healthcare Strategy and Lab Relevance Compass
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Today my guest is Jeremy Schubert
What we discuss with Jeremy:
- The Human Condition Equation and how it applies to lab medicine
- His work in healthcare economics and public health
- His roles throughout his career at Abbott Labs
- The similarities between healthcare labs in other countries
- The Lab Relevance Compass and how he developed it
- How the LRC helps to identify areas for improvement in the lab
Links for this episode:
Dr Aleksandra Zuraw YouTube Channel
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Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Carla Ellis
What we discuss with Dr Ellis:
- Her journey from Pathologists' Assistant to Pathologist
- Her fellowships in Nephropathology and Genitourinary Pathology
- Her role as Director of Wellness, Diversity, and Inclusion, and creating a Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- How the Society of Black Pathologists was created
- How the ASCP and Dr Melissa Upton were early supporters of the SBP
- Some of the goals of the Society of Black Pathologists, including the importance of mentorship
- Future plans for the SBP
Links for this episode:
Dr Ellis on Twitter
Diversifying the Future of Pathology - Dr Ellis interview with ASCP
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