Episodes

Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Today my guest is Veterinary Pathologist Dr Aleksandra Zuraw
What we discuss with Dr Zuraw:
- How digital pathology has advanced over the last two years
- The online event, Bridging the Gap Between Pathology and Computer Science
- Why it is important for pathologists to be involved in digital pathology development
- Her new course Pathology 101 for Tissue Image Analysis
- What she thinks will be next in digital and computational pathology
Links for this episode:
Pathology 101 for Tissue Image Analysis
Digital Pathology Place Youtube
Dr Zuraw on Twitter
Dr Zuraw on Instagram
Digital Pathology Beginners Guide E-book Waiting List
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Keith Wharton
What we discuss with Dr Wharton:
- His path into pathology
- Why he decided to move into industry
- The importance of pathologists being involved in technology
- His work in multiplex immunofluorescence staining
- The pixel pathway and its implications for whole slide imaging
- Pathology data and its use in companion diagnostics and drug development
- His current role with Roche
Links for this episode:
Pathology 101 for Tissue Image Analysis
Tissue Multiplex Analyte Detection in Anatomic Pathology – Pathways to Clinical Implementation
Molecular Histopathology and Tissue Biomarkers in Drug and Diagnostic Development
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Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Marissa Spencer
What we discuss with Marissa:
- How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field
- Her teaching experience and how that led her to Tulane
- Interprofessionalism and why it is important
- How interprofessionalism leads to better teamwork and better patient care
- The method of teaching why vs just teaching how
Links for this episode:
Pathology 101 for Tissue Image Analysis
Bridging The Gap in The Pathologist
Tulane Pathologists Assistant Program
American Association of Pathologists' Assistants
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Today my guests are Autopsy Technicians Jess and Alice
What we discuss with Jess and Alice:
- Their educational paths and how that led to forensics
- The training to become an autopsy technician
- The most rewarding part of their job
- The importance of mental health
- How and why they started the Inside the Morgue Podcast
- How the use the podcast to educate people about forensics
- The CSI effect, and how it can be both positive and negative
Links for this episode:
Pathology 101 for Tissue Image Analysis
Inside the Morgue on Spotify
Inside the Morgue on Apple Podcasts
Inside the Morgue Instagram
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Today my guests are Lori Harada and Carly Newton from Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies
What we discuss with Lori and Carly:
- Their backgrounds in nursing
- How they joined Terumo BCT
- Therapeutic plasma exchange and red blood exchange, and some conditions where this is used
- How these technologies benefit patients
- Some exciting advancements coming in transfusion medicine
Links for this episode:
Pathology 101 For Tissue Image Analysis
American Society for Apheresis
American Society for Hematology
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ken Gatter
What we discuss with Dr Gatter:
- His initial interest in law and why he switched to medicine
- How he discovered pathology
- His interest in the interaction of medicine and law
- Medical Legal Partnerships and how they benefit patients
- The paper he co authored The Challenges and Opportunities of Recruiting International Medical Graduates to Our Residency Programs: It Starts With Screening for Interviews.
- How having international medical graduates in pathology residency programs helps to increase diversity in the field
- Some of the difficulties in evaluating international medical graduates
- How COVID has affected this, both positively and negatively
Links for this episode:
Pathology 101 For Tissue Image Analysis
National Center For Medical Legal Partnerships
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Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Today my guests are Robert Lott and Joshua Greenlee from the Anatomic Pathology Patient Interest Association
What we discuss with Robert and Josh:
- How they each got into the histotechnology field
- How they became involved in training programs
- Why they decided to move from the clinical lab into industry
- The Anatomic Patient Interest Association (APPIA) and what it does
- How the TOPS program was developed and why it is important
- How to become a member of APPIA
Links for this episode:
Anatomic Pathology Patient Interest Association
APPIA on LinkedIn
APPIA on Twitter
National Society for Histotechnology
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Today my guest is Death Scene Investigator and Forensic Anthropologist Dr Janamarie Truesdell
What we discuss with Dr Truesdell:
- The Critical Thinking in Death Scene Investigation course at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- How she teaches a method for investigating a scene
- How she got into death investigation and forensic anthropology
- Utilizing the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death in teaching
- How she developed a fascination for the Nutshells
- Her thoughts on the "CSI Effect."
- The upcoming summer course at UW-Parkside
Links for this episode:
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Forensic Anthropology Workshop
Critical Thinking in Death Scene Investigation
The History of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
Episode 148: Navid Alipour - AI In Healthcare, CureMatch, And CureMetrix
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Today my guest is Navid Alipour, CEO of AI Med Global
What we discuss with Navid:
- How he got into the AI in Healthcare space
- Why he thinks there is such massive growth in the use of AI right now
- Why AI should be thought of as "augmented intelligence," rather than "artificial intelligence."
- How CureMatch uses AI in oncology to determine the best treatment
- How CureMetrix analyzes mammograms, and how it is also used to detect heart disease
- His thoughts on AI in healthcare in the future
Links for this episode:
Knowledge Representation And Reasoning AI
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Sarah Blizzard
What we discuss with Sarah:
- How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field
- How a running injury turned her to yoga
- Some ways that pathology and yoga are similar
- Her Youtube series on yoga stretches for PAs
- Mindfulness and how we can practice it in our daily lives
Links for this episode:
Sarah Blizzard on Instagram
Sarah on YouTube
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