People of Pathology Podcast
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Episode 114: Lou Mendes Kramer – Forensic Pathology and the Pathologists’ Assistant
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Lou Mendes Kramer
What we discuss with Lou:
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field and forensic pathology
- Her experience as a PA student
- Working as a Medical Investigator
- Her previous teaching experience and how that led to her teaching at Wayne State
- How she became program director of the Wayne State PA program and some highlights so far
- Teaching methods and how they were adapted during the pandemic
- The AAPA Forensic Task Force and her role
- Attending NAME and IACME meetings as part of the task force
- The poster she presented at the 2021 NAME meeting and how it was received
- Some thoughts on what needs to happen for PAs to be more utilized in forensic pathology
Links for this episode:
American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants
Wayne State Pathologists’s Assistant Program
National Association of Medical Examiners
International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners
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Episode 113: Dr Kurt Schaberg – Pathology Education and Kurt’s Notes
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Kurt Schaberg
What we discuss with Dr Schaberg:
- Why he decided to become a doctor of the specialties that were of interest to him
- How he became interested in pathology
- Why he chose to do AP only, and how he chose his fellowships
- His interest in teaching and his roles in residency programs
- Why he started Kurt’s Notes and the original intent of the site
- Some of the features of the site, including quizzes and quick diagnostic reference guides
- His method for creating new content and how long it takes
- Some ways Kurt’s Notes can be used to study for boards
Links for this episode:
Dr Kurt Schaberg on Twitter
UC Davis Department of Pathology
The Practice of Surgical Pathology
Atlas of Gastrointestinal Pathology
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Episode 112: Dr Daniel Kurtycz, Dr Julie Lemmon, Dr Santo Nicosia – The History of Pathology Society
Today my guests are Pathologists Dr Daniel Kurtycz, Dr Julie Lemmon, and Dr Santo Nicosia from the History of Pathology Society
What we discuss with Dr Kurtycz, Dr Lemmon, and Dr Nicosia:
- How they became interested in pathology
- How they became interested in medical history and pathology history
- How the History of Pathology Society was started
- Some of the history of USCAP and the Companion meeting with the History of Pathology Society
- Pathology specimen collections and why it is important to preserve them
- How the COVID pandemic will be important in the history of pathology
Links for this episode:
History of Pathology Society on Twitter
Dr Daniel Kurtycz on Twitter
Dr Julie Lemmon on Twitter
Dr Santo Nicosia on Twitter
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography
The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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Episode 111: Dr Ori Zelichov – Image Analysis, Spatial Biology, and Nucleai
Today my guest is Dr Ori Zelichov, VP of Clinical Development at Nucleai
What we discuss with Dr Zelichov:
- His transition from military service to medical school
- His early work in cancer biomarkers, and some of the companies with which he was involved
- How he came to Nucleai and his role there
- How Nucleai combines spatial data with clinical data
- Spatial biology, and how it is used in image analysis
- Other possible applications of the Nucleai platform beyond oncology
- Building a spatial biology atlas and how it could be used
Links for this episode:
Dr Zelichov on Twitter
Nucleai blog
Nucleai on Twitter
Top Ten Spatial Biology Companies
Dr Ori Zelichov on Digital Pathology Today
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Episode 110: Dr Uchechukwu Brian Eziagu – Medical Education and Pathology in Nigeria
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Uchechukwu Brian Eziagu
What we discuss with Dr Eziagu:
- How he decided to become a doctor and how he chose pathology
- Why he went on to earn a masters degree in anatomy
- His experience in pathology residency
- Some of the subspecialties that he finds interesting
- His research work with placentas in the setting of HIV
- How he got started in teaching
- The pathology staffing situation in Nigeria
- His thoughts on emerging technologies in pathology
Links for this episode:
University of Uyo Teaching Hospital
Dr Uchechukwu Brian Eziagu – Google Scholar
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Episode 109: Jim Perkins – Medical Illustration
Today my guest is Medical Illustrator Jim Perkins
What we discuss with Jim:
- His education in biology and geology, and his interest in paleontology
- How he discovered the medical illustrator field
- His early work as a medical illustrator, including medicolegal illustration
- How he got into teaching medical illustration, and some stories of students he has influenced
- His 27 year association with the Robbins textbooks, and how that began
- The process of creating illustrations, and how that has evolved
- Some of the other illustration he has done, including continuing the work of Dr Frank Netter
- His thoughts on the future of the field
Links for this episode:
Rochester Institute of Technology Medical Illustration Program
Association of Medical Illustrators
Pathology For The Health Professions
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations
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