People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 233: Michael Fanous – Reimagining Digital Slide Scanning With Scanimus
Today my guest is Michael Fanous, Founder and CEO of Scanimus
What we discuss with Michael:
- From Bioengineering to Pathology
- Scanimus origin story
- Explaining motion blur
- Continuous scanning explained
- How to build trust with Pathologists
- Why digitization matters
- Designing for real users
- Ideal use cases for Scanimus
- Handling skepticism and misconceptions
- The intersection of scientist and entrepreneur
- Looking to the future
Links for this episode:
International Collective of Technical Professionals Conference Registration
Pathologists’ Assistant Shadowing Network
Not Quite a Microscope, Not Quite a Scanner, And Pathologists Love It
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Episode 232: Coleman Stavish – Concentriq Fifth Generation And The Future Of AI In Pathology
Today my guest is Coleman Stavish, CTO of Proscia
What we discuss with Coleman:
- The early days of Proscia
- Early adoption reality check
- His role as CTO
- Why now was the right time for Fifth Generation
- AI native vs Bolt on
- Open platform APIs
- How AI augments Pathologists
- Designing for scale
- Looking ahead
Links for this episode:
International Collective of Technical Professionals Conference Registration
Pathologists’ Assistant Shadowing Network
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Episode 231: Alex Bodell – Bringing Innovation To Grossing With Robotics
Today my guest is Alex Bodell, CTO of FormaPath
What we discuss with Alex:
- Engineering roots
- Vertical farming and lessons learned
- From farms to pathology
- Formapath and AdiPress
- The origin of nToto
- Developing robotic motions through observation
- Handling edge cases
- Lab feedback
- Expanding capabilities
- Future automation and AI
- The impact of new technologies on patient care
Links for this episode:
Pathologists’ Assistant Shadowing Network
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Episode 230: Travis Wold – Making Precision Medicine Accessible To Everyone With Imagenomix
Today my guest is Travis Wold from Imagenomix.
What we discuss with Travis:
- Alaska roots and noticing healthcare gaps
- NYU origins and early breakthroughs
- Tissue Failure and how it affects downstream testing
- How the Imagenomix system works
- EGFR, KRAS, and glioma testing
- Fixing clinical trial bottlenecks
- Democratizing testing worldwide
- Partnerships with Proscia and PathPresenter
- Five to ten year vision
Links for this episode:
Pathologists’ Assistant Shadowing Network
Beating Tissue Failure in Oncology
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Episode 229: Ashley Faber – The Digital Pathology Buyer’s Guide Every Lab Needs
Today my guest is Ashley Faber, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Proscia
What we discuss with Ashley:
- Ashley’s role at Proscia
- Why Proscia wrote the Digital Pathology Buyer’s Guide
- Why it’s important to differentiate between the need for an IMS vs an Enterprise Platform
- Evaluating software first not the scanner
- Why you should bring Pathologists in early
- Aligning stakeholders and criteria
- Treating pathology data as an asset
- Some thoughts on future proofing
- Don’t neglect evaluating support and after hours coverage
- Where to download the guide
Links for this episode:
Pathologists’ Assistant Shadowing Network
Proscia’s Digital Pathology Buyer’s Guide
Report on the 2025 DICOM WSI Connectathon
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Episode 228: Dr Luis Cano – Beyond the Slide: Where AI Is Really Transforming Pathology
Today my guest is pathologist Dr Luis Cano
What we discuss with Dr Cano:
- How personal experience led to medicine and pathology
- His early fascination with computers
- The intersection of pathology and AI
- The writing process for Getting Started in Digital Pathology
- Launching Beyond the Slide on Substack
- Using AI with a purpose
- The concept of “human in the loop”
- AI for targeted therapy
- Unlocking hidden slide data
- AI in histology workflows
- Future pathology lab vision
Links for this episode:
Pathologists’ Assistant Shadowing Network
Getting Started With Digital Pathology
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