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Interviews with people doing interesting things in pathology and related fields
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Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Luis Plaza
What we discuss with Luis:
- How he discovered the medical laboratory field while in the Navy and training to be an MLT
- How he discovered his passion for microbiology and earning his MLS degree
- How he became interested in teaching
- How and why he started the Let's Talk Micro podcast
- The different types of episode formats he uses and how he prepares for these
- His favorite organism and why it is his favorite
- Future goals for Let's Talk Micro
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
Let's Talk Micro on Twitter
Let's Talk Micro on Instagram
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Today my guest is Dr Martin Weihrauch
What we discuss with Dr Weihrauch:
- How he became interested in computers and computer programming
- Why he decided to go to medical school and how he became interested in hematology and oncology
- The origin of Smart In Media
- How Smart In Media became involved with the European Society of Pathology and the International Academy of Pathology
- How Smart In Media branched out from education into diagnostics
- How Smart In Media integrates AI and Dr Weihrauch's thoughts on the future of AI
- What is on the horizon for Smart In Media
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
pathCast - Key Concepts In Specimen Grossing
Smart In Media website
Dr Weihrauch on the Digital Pathology Podcast
International Academy of Pathology
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Fatima Carneiro
What we discuss with Dr Carneiro:
- How her interest in pediatrics changed to pathology
- Her education in Angola, and some of her experiences there
- How she became interested in teaching
- How she started working on research in gastric cancer, and specifically hereditary gastric cancer
- Her experience as an editor for The WHO Blue Book on Tumors of the Digestive System
- How she became involved with the European Society of Pathology, and some of her accomplishments as President of the Society
- How she established a national tumor bank network in Portugal
- Why international efforts are important in pathology
- The state of pathology recruitment in Portugal
Links for this episode:
LabVine Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
Dr Fatima Carneiro on Wikipedia
The Pathologist Power List 2018
The 2019 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Digestive System
Pathological Society of GB and Ireland Grand Rounds May 2022
People of Pathology Podcast:
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Fred Bosman
What we discuss with Dr Bosman:
- How he went from being interested in surgery to pathology
- His PhD in cytogenetics and why he chose to pursue this degree
- His experience early in his career at the University of Surinam
- Some other countries where he has worked, and his experiences there
- How he came to specialize in GI pathology
- How his research combines experimental and diagnostic pathology
- Why he thinks it is essential for the younger generation of pathologists to be educated in molecular pathology
- How he got involved with the European Society of Pathology and his term as president of the Society
- Why he believes that pathology is a dynamic field
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School From Labvine
Dr Fred Bosman Wikipedia page
The Pathologist Power List 2015
Prof. Fred Bosman Talks about his #6 ranking in The Power List and His Passion for Pathology
People of Pathology Podcast:
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: