---
title: 'Episode 103: Dr Vinay Kumar Part 2 - Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease and Evolving Teaching Styles'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-103-dr-vinay-kumar-part-2-robbins-pathologic-basis-of-disease-and-evolving-teaching-styles'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-03-14'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3nm3k9/Dr_Vinay_Kumar_-_part_2_-_3_13_22_936_PM9obl2.mp3'
---

# Episode 103: Dr Vinay Kumar Part 2 - Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease and Evolving Teaching Styles

Today my guest is once again Dr Vinay Kumar What we discuss with Dr Kumar: Proving that Natural Killer Cells are distinct from T cells. How "it's better to be right than to be first." How Dr Stanley Robbins asked him to be a coauthor of his textbook The ...

## Summary

Today my guest is once again Dr Vinay Kumar

What we discuss with Dr Kumar:

- Proving that Natural Killer Cells are distinct from T cells.

- How "it's better to be right than to be first."

- How Dr Stanley Robbins asked him to be a coauthor of his textbook

- The process for revising the textbook, and that "there is no good writing, only good rewriting."

- How revising the textbook became a form of research

- The evolution of his teaching style, incorporating flipped classrooms and online interactive elements

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[The Accidental Pathologist: A Curiosity-Driven Journey from Plant Evolution to Innate Immunity](https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-pathmechdis-012419-032855)

[All India Institute of Medical Sciences](https://www.aiims.edu/en.html)

[Functions of Natural Killer Cells](https://www.nature.com/articles/ni1582)

[Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease](https://www.elsevier.com/books/robbins-and-cotran-pathologic-basis-of-disease/kumar/978-0-323-53113-9)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)