Episodes

Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Dr Constantine Kanakis.
What we discuss with Dr Kanakis:
- His background as a Medical Laboratory Scientist
- How he got involved in public health and community outreach
- His TEDx talk "Unrecognizable Medicine"
- His work on the ASCP blog Lablogatory
- His recent PathCast talk on COVID-19 Testing in the Laboratory
Links for this episode:
Dr Kanakis on Twitter
TEDx talk "Unrecognizable Medicine" here
ASCP Lablogatory here
PathCast "COVID-19 Testing in the Laboratory" here
"Ask an Expert Your COVID-19 Testing Questions" on Lifehacker
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Monday May 18, 2020
Dr Drucilla Roberts - Perinatal Pathologist
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with perinatal pathologist Dr Drucilla Roberts.
What we discuss with Dr Roberts:
- How she became involved with pathology outreach in sub-Saharan Africa
- Her involvement with the Human Placenta Project
- Categories of Placental Pathology PathCast
- The Placental and Gestational Pathology textbook
- The Amsterdam International Consensus Group
- Early research on the placenta and COVID-19
Links for this Episode:
Pathology: Functionality in Resource-Poor Settings article here
Human Placenta Project website
Categories of Placental Pathology PathCast here
Amsterdam International Consensus Group article here
Pathology of the Placenta book here
Placental and Gestational Pathology book here
Placenta and COVID-19 JAMA article here
Contact Dr Roberts here
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Monday May 11, 2020
Bruce Goldfarb - 18 Tiny Deaths
Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Bruce Goldfarb. Bruce is the author of 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics.
What we discuss with Bruce Goldfarb:
- Bruce's background and how he became involved with the Nutshell Studies
- Frances Glessner Lee and how she became involved in forensic medicine
- The origin of the coroner system
- The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death and why they were created
Follow Bruce Goldfarb on Twitter here
Buy 18 Tiny Deaths here
Resources about the Nutshell Studies:
Murder is Her Hobby on Youtube here
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Monday Apr 27, 2020
Dr Nat Pernick - PathologyOutlines.com
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Dr Nat Pernick. Dr Pernick is a pathologist and the founder of PathologyOutlines.com. This website is a free, online, pathology textbook, which began in 2001.
What we discuss with Dr Pernick
- His background in computer programming and law
- How he came up with the idea for the website
- Some of the changes to the site over the years
Visit PathologyOutlines here
Sign up for the Pathology Outlines Newsletter here
Pathology Outlines blog here
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Sarah Garner - Garner's Guide to Gross Anatomy
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Pathologists' Assistant Sarah Garner.
What we discuss with Sarah Garner:
- How she got into teaching and some of the methods she uses
- The Pathologists' Assistant program at Tulane University
- Using social media to teach pathology
- Garner's Guide to Gross Anatomy
Follow Sarah on social media:
Garner's Guide to Gross Anatomy website
Follow Tulane Pathologists' Assistants on Instagram here
Tulane Pathologists' Assistant Program website
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Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Michael Schubert - Editor of The Pathologist
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Michael Schubert. Micheal is the Editor of The Pathologist magazine, and earned a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
What we discuss with Micheal Schubert:
- His educational background and early work in cancer research
- Working as a science consultant for Marvel Comics
- The Pathologist magazine and his involvement with it
- The Pathologist Power List and the new format for this year
- His participation with I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here
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The Pathologist website
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Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Episode 4: Dr Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell - First Cut
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Dr Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell, the authors of First Cut.
What we discuss with Dr Melinek and TJ Mitchell:
- Their first book, the New York Times bestseller Working Stiff, and how they decided it was time for a new book
- Some of the characters in First Cut, and how they were inspired by real people
- Why accuracy was so important in First Cut, not only in the forensic pathology, but also in other aspects of the book
Buy First Cut here
Buy Working Stiff here
Social Media: Facebook
Dr Melinek on Twitter
TJ Mitchell on Twitter
First Cut interview at Strand Book Store here
Working Stiff interview at Book Passage here
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Saturday Feb 29, 2020
Episode 3: Dr Melanie Bois - Cardiovascular Pathologist and Podcast Host
Saturday Feb 29, 2020
Saturday Feb 29, 2020
On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Dr Melanie Bois, a cardiovascular pathologist.
What we discuss with Dr Bois:
- Being named an ASCP 40 under Forty honoree in 2017 and to The Pathologist Power List in 2018
- 3D printing of pathology specimens and the applications of this technology.
- The Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the SCVP Podcast
Follow Dr Bois on Twitter here
Follow The Society for Cardiovascular Pathology here
Society for Cardiovascular Pathology website
Listen to the SCVP Podcast here
ASCP 40 under Forty list
The Pathologist Power List 2018 here
Dr Bois' 40 Under Forty video
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Friday Jan 31, 2020
Episode 2: Maria Roussakis - My Kind of Science
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Maria Roussakis, a Medical Laboratory Technologist.
What we discuss with Maria Roussakis:
- Her path to becoming a Medical Laboratory Technologist.
- Her website My Kind of Science, which chronicles her experiences throughout her education.
- The monthly #MedLabChat on Twitter, and how that began.
- Maria's upcoming presentation on the Power of Social Media in the Medical Laboratory Profession at the Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario conference.
Maria's website My Kind of Science
Follow Maria on Twitter @medlabmaria
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Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Episode 1 - Alyse Gray
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Welcome to the first episode of the People of Pathology Podcast. In this episode I speak with Pathologists' Assistant and writer Alyse Gray.
What we discuss with Alyse Gray:
- How she became interested in the field and the beginning of her career
- The inspiration for her popular Instagram page @autopsy.pathology and a few stories about the content of the page and interacting with followers
- Her current work in progress, the book Death, It's a Living: A Guide to Postmortem Professions.
Alyse Gray's website writerwithascalpel.com
Follow Alyse on Instagram @autopsy.pathology
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