People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 97: Dr Ralf Huss – Immunology and Precision Cancer Medicine
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ralf Huss
What we discuss with Dr Huss:
- His path to medicine and his initial interest in surgery
- Studying immunology and transplant biology
- What it was like to be in these fields as exciting new discoveries were happening
- How he started working in the pharmaceutical industry and some of his job duties
- The early days of image analysis in pathology and how that field has evolved
- His role at the Institute for Digital Medicine, and the goals of the institute
- The origin of the book Precision Cancer Medicine: Role of the Pathologist and the intended audience
- How the role of the pathologist has changed in cancer medicine
- The need for standardization in digital and computational pathology
- Tumor heterogeneity and tumor microenvironment, and why these concepts are important
Links for this episode:
Precision Cancer Medicine: Role of the Pathologist
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Human Pathology
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Episode 96: Angela Tomei Robinson – Lab Advocacy, Licensure, and Mentorship
Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Angela Tomei Robinson
What we discuss with Angela:
- How she first discovered the medical laboratory field
- Some of the changes she has seen in the field throughout her career
- Why she says “instruments” and not “machines.”
- How she became a clinical advisor for college students
- Her role as Chair of the Professional Standards Coalition, which helped to establish licensure of lab professionals in New York
- Why it is important for lab professionals to join professional societies
- How writing a letter to Regis Philbin resulted in her appearing on his TV show with other laboratory staff
- Why it’s better to try and do something, than just complain and do nothing
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Advocacy: The Art of Professionalism
Pathology – The Beginnings of Laboratory Medicine
LabOPEX Live: Licensure, Unions, and Certifications
Using Laboratory Medicine to Support Direct Patient Care
As COVID Testing Surges, Lab Professionals are in Short Supply
Hospitals are in Serious Trouble
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Episode 95: Dr Quentin Eichbaum – Global Health Humanities, Pathology, and Medical Education
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Quentin Eichbaum
What we discuss with Dr Eichbaum:
- Why he studying law in South Africa before switching to medicine
- How he became interested in global health
- His work with the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, including the Global Health Humanities Working Group
- How and why he cofounded the Consortium of New Sub Sahara African Medical Schools
- The concept of Curriculum Sclerosis, and how new medical schools can avoid it
- The Survey of Clinical and Anatomical Pathology Laboratory Infrastructure in Mozambique paper in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Links for this episode:
Consortium of New Sub Sahara African Medical Schools
A Doctor of My Own Documentary
Survey of Clinical and Anatomical Pathology Laboratory Infrastructure in Mozambique
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Episode 94: Bamidele Farinre – Mobile Lab Testing, and Being a STEM Ambassador
Today Biomedical Scientist Bamidele Farinre returns to the podcast
What we discuss with Bami:
- Her experience in virology throughout the pandemic
- The Institute of Biomedical Science CPD system, and how she applies the knowledge she gains
- The Mobile Processing Unit Vans, and her role as project lead
- How mobile lab testing could be applied in the future
- Her continuing work as a STEM Ambassador
- The STEM People Like Me Program
Links for this episode:
Bamidele Farinre on Twitter
Sharing Member Voices – Bamidele Farinre
STEM Ambassador People Like Me Training
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Episode 93: Kristine McCluskey – Theory of Education in Pathology, and the AAPA Preceptor Program
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Kristine McCluskey
What we discuss with Kristine:
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field and her experience in training
- How she was inspired to start teaching and why this appealed to her
- The Interesting Gross Case Workshop she started at Baylor, the paper that was published from that
- The All City Anatomical Pathology Symposium in 2017
- Her role in the AAPA Preceptor Program
- How the Preceptor Program is organized, and some of the topics
- How studying High Reliability Organizations can benefit pathology education
- Why she chose to earn a Doctorate in Education and how she is applying that knowledge
Links for this episode:
Kristine McCluskey on Twitter
Interesting Gross Case Workshop to Remedy Disconnect in Surgical Pathology Curriculum
Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pathology and Immunology
Pathology Teaching and Quality Improvement Tools
High Reliability Organizations
American Association of Pathologists Assistants
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Episode 92: Dr Phoebe Hammer – One Hundred Years of the Pathology Medical Student Fellowship
Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Phoebe Hammer
What we discuss with Dr Hammer:
- How she became interested in science and medicine
- Her path to entering medical school
- How she heard about the pathology medical student fellowship, and her experience in this program
- Her experience as a tutor for medical students
- The research for the paper One Hundred Years of the Pathology Medical Student Fellowship, and some of the findings she found most interesting
- Her thoughts on subspecialties and future fellowships
Links for this episode:
Dr Phoebe Hammer on Twitter
One Hundred Years of the Pathology Medical Student Fellowship
Stanford Department of Pathology
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