---
title: 'Episode 119: Dr Ivan Damjanov - Pathology Education, Developmental Biology, and Building Bridges'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-119-dr-ivan-damjanov-pathology-education-developmental-biology-and-building-bridges'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-07-11'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7k2dgw/Dr_Ivan_Damjanov_-_7_10_22_838_PM97695.mp3'
---

# Episode 119: Dr Ivan Damjanov - Pathology Education, Developmental Biology, and Building Bridges

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 e...

## Summary

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:

[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)

[The Pathologist Power List 2018](https://thepathologist.com/power-list/2018/ivan-damjanov)

[Pathology For The Health Professions](https://www.amazon.com/Pathology-Health-Professions-Ivan-Damjanov/dp/0323654126/ref=asc_df_0323654126/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=508251227705&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2573251227405272326&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9018845&hvtargid=pla-1236599416776&psc=1)

[Above the Borderland Between Normal and Neoplastic Development](http://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/descarga/paper/120255ja)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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

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