---
title: 'Kristen Nead - Cytotechnology'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/kristen-nead-cytotechnology'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2020-07-20'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8v81ut/Kristen_Nead_-_7_19_20_919_PM_89qrq.mp3'
---

# Kristen Nead - Cytotechnology

Today my guest is Cytotechnologist Kristen Nead. What we discuss with Kristen:Her education and training in cytotechnologyHer trip to Peru in 2012 as part of CerviCusco / International Cervical Cancer FoundationMolecular testing in cytologyROSE pro...

## Summary

Today my guest is Cytotechnologist Kristen Nead.

What we discuss with Kristen:

- Her education and training in cytotechnology

- Her trip to Peru in 2012 as part of CerviCusco / International Cervical Cancer Foundation

- Molecular testing in cytology

- ROSE procedures and the cytotech's role in them

Links for this episode:

CerviCusco [website](https://www.friendsofcervicusco.org)

American Society of Cytopathology [website](https://cytopathology.org)

_More Than a Decade of Molecular Diagnostic Cytopathology Leading Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision-Making _article in [_Archives of Pathology_](https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.5858/apra.2017-0258-ED)

Cytotechnology training programs [here](https://cytopathology.org/page/CytotechnologyPrograms)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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

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