Episodes
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Episode 120: Dr Rodney Rohde - What You Need To Know About Monkeypox
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Today Dr Rodney Rohde returns to the podcast
What we discuss with Dr Rohde:
- How monkeypox got its name, and what type of virus it is
- A brief history of this virus, and typical mode of transmission
- The two monkeypox clades, and which is responsible for the current outbreak
- The 2003 monkeypox outbreak, and Dr Rohde's role in the response to it
- Defining epidemic, pandemic, and endemic
- New research into the mutation rate of monkeypox, and why this is interesting
- The transmissibility of monkeypox compared to other viruses
- Available vaccines for monkeypox
- How this epidemic highlights why lab testing is so important
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School from LabVine
Dr Rohde on Twitter
Monkeypox: What We Do and Don't Know About Recent Outbreaks
What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin
Monkeypox has been spotted in Texas. Here's what you need to know about this disease
Don't Freak Out: Monkeypox Has Hit Dallas, But Health Experts Say You Shouldn't Panic
Dallas County resident tests positive for monkeypox, health officials say
Outbreak New TV - Monkeypox Livestream
Lets Talk Micro Podcast - Talking Monkeypox With Dr Rodney Rohde
U.S. Monkeypox Outbreak 2022: Situation Summary
Monkeypox outbreaks: 4 key questions researchers have
Monkeypox vaccine supply is low. Should you be worried?
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ivan Damjanov
What we discuss with Dr Damjanov:
- The influence his parents had on his personality and education
- His initial choice to study psychiatry and how he eventually found pathology
- Coming to the US, and his early experiences here
- Why he tried to stay a part of both Croatia and the US
- Studying developmental biology and how he met Professor Nikola Skreb
- How he became interested in teaching and his philosophy on teaching
- The origin of Pathology For The Health Professions and how he developed the DEPPICT method
- Building bridges, and why that is important
Links for this episode:
The Pathologist Power List 2018
Pathology For The Health Professions
Above the Borderland Between Normal and Neoplastic Development
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ralph Hruban
What we discuss with Dr Ralph Hruban :
- The original idea for his new book, A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men And Women Who Reinvented American Medicine, and why he chose to write it at this time
- How the book grew from his Hopkins at Home lecture series
- Why he chose to include those with a connection to Johns Hopkins
- The writing process, and some new things he learned while researching the book
- Why it was important to show how some of the people in the book faced racism and sexism
- Why it was important to highlight not only accomplishments, but flaws as well
- How the stories of the fight against Yellow Fever and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic have parallels to the fight against COVID-19
- How his perspective of history changed as a result of writing this book
- His thoughts on what may be his next project
Links for this episode:
A Scientific Revolution on Amazon
The Great Influenza on Amazon
Lessons For Today From Nine Greats Lecture Series
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Today my guest is Medical Student Harry Gaffney
What we discuss with Harry:
- How he was inspired to become a doctor at a young age
- His interest in microbiology
- His experience with parallel rural curriculum in medical school
- Joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service and some stories from that experience
- How he decided that pathology was the field for him
- Some of the major misconceptions about pathology and how to dispel them
- Some other ways to dispel myths about pathology and raise awareness for the field
Links for this episode:
Harry Gaffney on the Royal Flying Doctor Podcast
Harry on the Destination Medicine Podcast
Harry on the Taking Care Podcast
Parallel Rural Community Curriculum: is it a transferable model?
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Olaleke Folaranmi
What we discuss with Dr Folaranmi:
- His early education and youth service that inspired him to become a doctor
- How he became interested in pathology, and his subspecialties of interest
- A typical day for him at Ilorin Teaching Hospital
- How he was interviewed for an article called Educating Beyond Borders
- The article he co-authored, The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria, and the purpose of writing this article
- Some examples of social media being used for networking and mentorship
- Some difficulties in widespread adoption of Twitter in low and middle income countries
- The potential of using social media for international collaboration
- How Twitter could be used as a model for more a formalized collaboration system
Links for this episode:
Dr Folaranmi on Twitter
The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Jonathan Jacobs
What we discuss with Dr Jacobs:
- How he switched from engineering to medicine
- Working as an EMT
- Starting in Internal Medicine and transferring to Pathology
- How he became interested in cytopathology
- Why a social media presence is important for pathology residency programs
- The paper he co-authored, Pathology Trainees Gain Clinical Pathology Experience as Lab Consultants Through Auditing Myeloid Mutation Panel Send-Out Tests, and the project on which it was based
- The response from clinicians about this project
- How the pathology residents felt about the experience they gained from this
- How this idea could be used to audit other lab tests
Links for this episode:
University of Maryland Pathology Residents:
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Lou Mendes Kramer
What we discuss with Lou:
- How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field and forensic pathology
- Her experience as a PA student
- Working as a Medical Investigator
- Her previous teaching experience and how that led to her teaching at Wayne State
- How she became program director of the Wayne State PA program and some highlights so far
- Teaching methods and how they were adapted during the pandemic
- The AAPA Forensic Task Force and her role
- Attending NAME and IACME meetings as part of the task force
- The poster she presented at the 2021 NAME meeting and how it was received
- Some thoughts on what needs to happen for PAs to be more utilized in forensic pathology
Links for this episode:
American Association of Pathologists' Assistants
Wayne State Pathologists's Assistant Program
National Association of Medical Examiners
International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday May 30, 2022
Episode 113: Dr Kurt Schaberg - Pathology Education and Kurt’s Notes
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Kurt Schaberg
What we discuss with Dr Schaberg:
- Why he decided to become a doctor of the specialties that were of interest to him
- How he became interested in pathology
- Why he chose to do AP only, and how he chose his fellowships
- His interest in teaching and his roles in residency programs
- Why he started Kurt's Notes and the original intent of the site
- Some of the features of the site, including quizzes and quick diagnostic reference guides
- His method for creating new content and how long it takes
- Some ways Kurt's Notes can be used to study for boards
Links for this episode:
Dr Kurt Schaberg on Twitter
UC Davis Department of Pathology
The Practice of Surgical Pathology
Atlas of Gastrointestinal Pathology
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Today my guests are Pathologists Dr Daniel Kurtycz, Dr Julie Lemmon, and Dr Santo Nicosia from the History of Pathology Society
What we discuss with Dr Kurtycz, Dr Lemmon, and Dr Nicosia:
- How they became interested in pathology
- How they became interested in medical history and pathology history
- How the History of Pathology Society was started
- Some of the history of USCAP and the Companion meeting with the History of Pathology Society
- Pathology specimen collections and why it is important to preserve them
- How the COVID pandemic will be important in the history of pathology
Links for this episode:
History of Pathology Society on Twitter
Dr Daniel Kurtycz on Twitter
Dr Julie Lemmon on Twitter
Dr Santo Nicosia on Twitter
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography
The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday May 09, 2022
Episode 111: Dr Ori Zelichov - Image Analysis, Spatial Biology, and Nucleai
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Today my guest is Dr Ori Zelichov, VP of Clinical Development at Nucleai
What we discuss with Dr Zelichov:
- His transition from military service to medical school
- His early work in cancer biomarkers, and some of the companies with which he was involved
- How he came to Nucleai and his role there
- How Nucleai combines spatial data with clinical data
- Spatial biology, and how it is used in image analysis
- Other possible applications of the Nucleai platform beyond oncology
- Building a spatial biology atlas and how it could be used
Links for this episode:
Dr Zelichov on Twitter
Nucleai blog
Nucleai on Twitter
Top Ten Spatial Biology Companies
Dr Ori Zelichov on Digital Pathology Today
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