People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 151: Dr Ken Gatter – The Challenges And Opportunities Of Recruiting International Medical Graduates, And Medical Legal Partnerships
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ken Gatter
What we discuss with Dr Gatter:
- His initial interest in law and why he switched to medicine
- How he discovered pathology
- His interest in the interaction of medicine and law
- Medical Legal Partnerships and how they benefit patients
- The paper he co authored The Challenges and Opportunities of Recruiting International Medical Graduates to Our Residency Programs: It Starts With Screening for Interviews.
- How having international medical graduates in pathology residency programs helps to increase diversity in the field
- Some of the difficulties in evaluating international medical graduates
- How COVID has affected this, both positively and negatively
Links for this episode:
Pathology 101 For Tissue Image Analysis
National Center For Medical Legal Partnerships
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Episode 150: Robert Lott And Joshua Greenlee – Anatomic Pathology Patient Interest Association
Today my guests are Robert Lott and Joshua Greenlee from the Anatomic Pathology Patient Interest Association
What we discuss with Robert and Josh:
- How they each got into the histotechnology field
- How they became involved in training programs
- Why they decided to move from the clinical lab into industry
- The Anatomic Patient Interest Association (APPIA) and what it does
- How the TOPS program was developed and why it is important
- How to become a member of APPIA
Links for this episode:
Anatomic Pathology Patient Interest Association
APPIA on LinkedIn
APPIA on Twitter
National Society for Histotechnology
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Episode 149: Dr Janamarie Truesdell – Critical Thinking In Death Scene Investigation And The Nutshell Studies Of Unexplained Death
Today my guest is Death Scene Investigator and Forensic Anthropologist Dr Janamarie Truesdell
What we discuss with Dr Truesdell:
- The Critical Thinking in Death Scene Investigation course at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- How she teaches a method for investigating a scene
- How she got into death investigation and forensic anthropology
- Utilizing the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death in teaching
- How she developed a fascination for the Nutshells
- Her thoughts on the “CSI Effect.”
- The upcoming summer course at UW-Parkside
Links for this episode:
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Forensic Anthropology Workshop
Critical Thinking in Death Scene Investigation
The History of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb
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Episode 148: Navid Alipour – AI In Healthcare, CureMatch, And CureMetrix
Today my guest is Navid Alipour, CEO of AI Med Global
What we discuss with Navid:
- How he got into the AI in Healthcare space
- Why he thinks there is such massive growth in the use of AI right now
- Why AI should be thought of as “augmented intelligence,” rather than “artificial intelligence.”
- How CureMatch uses AI in oncology to determine the best treatment
- How CureMetrix analyzes mammograms, and how it is also used to detect heart disease
- His thoughts on AI in healthcare in the future
Links for this episode:
Knowledge Representation And Reasoning AI
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Episode 147: Sarah Blizzard – The Intersection of Pathology, Yoga, and Mindfulness
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Sarah Blizzard
What we discuss with Sarah:
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field
- How a running injury turned her to yoga
- Some ways that pathology and yoga are similar
- Her Youtube series on yoga stretches for PAs
- Mindfulness and how we can practice it in our daily lives
Links for this episode:
Sarah Blizzard on Instagram
Sarah on YouTube
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Episode 146: Bruce Goldfarb – OCME: Life in America’s Top Forensic Medical Center
Today my guest is Bruce Goldfarb, author of OCME: Life in America’s Top Forensic Medical Center
What we discuss with Bruce:
- His background as an EMT and a journalist
- How his skillset led to his position as Executive Assistant to the Chief Medical Examiner at the OCME
- Some of the history of the OCME in Baltimore
- How the opioid epidemic created massive burden for the OCME
- The effect of COVID on forensic investigations
- How staffing and funding issues can affect medical examiners offices
Links for this episode:
Bruce Goldfarb on Instagram
18 Tiny Deaths on Amazon
OCME: Life in America’s Top Forensic Medical Center on Amazon
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