---
title: 'Episode 114: Lou Mendes Kramer - Forensic Pathology and the Pathologists’ Assistant'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-114-lou-mendes-kramer-forensic-pathology-and-the-pathologists-assistant'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-06-06'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r2awe5/Lou_Mendes-Kramer_-_6_5_22_621_PM6oxlo.mp3'
---

# Episode 114: Lou Mendes Kramer - Forensic Pathology and the Pathologists’ Assistant

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 exper...

## Summary

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:

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

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

[Doctors on Social Media](http://doctorsonsocialmedia.com)

[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)

American Association of Pathologists' Assistants

[Wayne State Pathologists's Assistant Program](https://cphs.wayne.edu/pathologists-assistant/)

[National Association of Medical Examiners](https://www.thename.org)

[International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners](https://theiacme.com)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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

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