People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 133: Dr Ian Hagemann – Advancing Fellowship Training In Selective Pathology
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ian Hagemann
What we discuss with Dr Hagemann:
- His early interest in engineering, and eventually medicine, and some similarities between the two
- How he discovered pathology, and his subspecialties
- His role as Program Director of the Gynecologic and Breast Pathology Fellowship
- How he became involved in the workgroup to update the Selective Pathology Milestones
- The paper Advancing Fellowship Training in Selective Pathology: Design and Implementation of the Milestones 2.0 and some of the changes to the Milestones
- The Milestone Supplemental Guide
Links for this episode:
Bridging The Gap Between Pathology And Computer Science
Dr Ian Hagemann on Twitter
Dr Hagemann on Wash U Ob/Gyn Rocks Podcast
Washington University Department of Pathology and Immunology
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Episode 132: Dr Abdul Abid – How To Advocate For Pathology, And The Follow Your Path Podcast
Today my guest is Pathology Fellow Dr Abdul Abid
What we discuss with Dr Abid:
- His path to medical school in Pakistan, and the specialties that were of interest
- What an observership is, and what it took to obtain them
- Why he chose to come to the US for pathology residency
- How and why he got involved in the Texas Society of Pathologists
- The CAP Residents Forum and how he became involved
- The subspecialties of pathology that he finds interesting
- How he uses Twitter and other formats as teaching tools
- The Follow Your Path podcast and how this idea developed
Links for this episode:
Dr Abdul Abid on Twitter
Follow Your Path on Twitter
From Hospital Halls to Popular Culture, Pathology in the Spotlight
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Episode 131: Dr Brittany Barreto – Women’s Health, Diagnostic Testing, and the FemTech Focus Podcast
Today my guest is Dr Brittany Barreto
What we discuss with Dr Barreto:
- How she became interested in biology and genetics
- Her internship at Luminostics during her PhD program, and what she learned from that experience
- Her path as an entrepreneur, including founding Pheramor
- FemTech and what this means
- Women’s health and diagnostics as it relates to cervical cancer screening, breast cancer screening, and endometriosis
- Medical gaslighting, and how to differentiate that from unnecessary testing
- The FemTech Focus Podcast, it’s purpose, and target audience
Links for this episode:
Dr Brittany Barreto Website
Dr Barreto on Twitter
Femtech Focus on Twitter
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Episode 130: David West – Proscia, Digital and Computational Pathology
Today my guest is David West, CEO and Cofounder of Proscia
What we discuss with David:
- How he became interested in biomedical engineering and how he discovered pathology
- Starting Pathology Cloud and how that led to the founding of Proscia
- The mission of Proscia
- The Concentriq platform and some of its features
- How Concentriq can be used in both research and clinical settings
- The importance of interoperability in digital pathology
- Some of the partnerships between Proscia and other companies
- The automated QC feature and how this can save time and money
- His thoughts on the future of digital pathology
Links for this episode:
Proscia on Twitter
Proscia Website
David West of Proscia: Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Startup
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Episode 129: David Tulman – Instapath, Digital Pathology, and Next Genration Microscopy
Today my guest is David Tulman, Cofounder of Instapath
What we discuss with David:
- His background in clinical trials and bio innovation
- The beginnings of Instapath and the original goal
- The origin of the name of the Luci system, and what the system can do
- The innovative D&E virtual staining method
- Some of the clinical and research applications of the Instapath system
- Why it is important that this system doesn’t destroy or alter the tissue
- His involvement with the Beyond the Scope podcast from the Digital Pathology Association
- His thoughts on the current state of digital pathology
Links for this episode:
Instapath on Twitter
Instapath Website
Tulane team wins International Business Model Competition
Beyond The Scope Podcast on Spotify
Targeting: College Football Podcast on Spotify
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Episode 128: Dr Alan HB Wu – A Mission To Bring Laboratory Medicine To Television and Film
Today my guest is Professor of Laboratory Medicine Dr Alan HB Wu
What we discuss with Dr Wu:
- How he became interested in clinical chemistry and analytical chemistry
- His post doctoral work and mentors
- How he became interested in toxicology and teaching
- How he got started in writing and his writing process
- His six books of short stories about laboratory medicine
- The plan to create a movie based on his book Mind Portal
- His further plan to create a television show focused on laboratorians
Links for this episode:
Dr Alan Wu website
Dr Wu’s books on Amazon
Dr Wu on the Off The Bench podcast
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