---
title: 'Episode 137: Dr Aleš Ryška - The Role of Pathology in Molecular Testing, and The European Society of Pathology'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-137-dr-ales-ryska-the-role-of-pathology-in-molecular-testing-and-the-european-society-of-pathology'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-11-21'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cjjk3r/Dr_Ales_Ryska_-_11_19_22_952_PM6rt6c.mp3'
---

# Episode 137: Dr Aleš Ryška - The Role of Pathology in Molecular Testing, and The European Society of Pathology

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Aleš Ryška What we discuss with Dr Ryška: Why he decided to go to medical school and how he discovered pathology His thoughts on why students are not choosing medicine as a career, and what to do about that How he got...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Aleš Ryška

What we discuss with Dr Ryška:

- Why he decided to go to medical school and how he discovered pathology

- His thoughts on why students are not choosing medicine as a career, and what to do about that

- How he got involved in the Czech Society of Pathology and the European Society of Pathology

- his role as current President of the ESP

- The recent European Congress of Pathology and why it was a hybrid format for the first time

- The state of molecular pathology in Europe

- Multidisciplinary Molecular Tumor Boards, and the role the Pathologist should have in molecular testing

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)

[European Society of Pathology](https://www.esp-pathology.org)

[Czech Society of Pathology](https://www.patologie.info/uvod/)

[NSCLC molecular testing in Central and Eastern European countries](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29523116/)

[The leading role of pathology in assessing the somatic molecular alterations of cancer: Position Paper of the European Society of Pathology](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00428-020-02757-0)

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