---
title: 'Episode 79: Dr Michael Williams - Pathology, Engineering, and the Diversify In Path Podcast'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-79-dr-michael-williams-pathology-engineering-and-the-diversify-in-path-podcast'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2021-09-27'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jdg2hn/Dr_Michael_Williams_-_9_26_21_708_PMb0cum.mp3'
---

# Episode 79: Dr Michael Williams - Pathology, Engineering, and the Diversify In Path Podcast

Today my guest is Pathology Fellow Dr Michael Williams What we discuss with Dr Williams: His early interest in comic books, and the famous blue hat His experience studying chemical engineering, and how he carried those skills into pathology Medical schoo...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathology Fellow Dr Michael Williams

What we discuss with Dr Williams:

- His early interest in comic books, and the famous blue hat

- His experience studying chemical engineering, and how he carried those skills into pathology

- Medical school and how he first chose surgery as a specialty

- His switch to pathology and his subspecialty interests of neuropathology and forensic pathology

- Why he started the Diversify in Path Podcast

- How having conversations about diversity can help to promote it throughout the field

- The use of social media to promote pathology

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)

[Lab OPEX Live - Making and Cultivating Professional Relationships](https://youtu.be/c-if9A2iJbI)

Dr Michael Williams on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/bluehatcomics85)

[Diversify in Path Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/7ISB3WSdHbhFJvb84lrA9m)

Dr Williams on [Battle Cry Podcast](https://overcast.fm/+cGxZ8Dm9k)

[Challenging Stereotypes, Changing Medicine - An Interview with Dr Michael Williams from ASCP](https://www.ascp.org/content/news-archive/news-detail/2021/02/23/challenging-stereotypes-changing-medicine-an-interview-with-michael-williams-md-phd)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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

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