People of Pathology Podcast
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Episode 79: Dr Michael Williams – Pathology, Engineering, and the Diversify In Path Podcast
Today my guest is Pathology Fellow Dr Michael Williams
What we discuss with Dr Williams:
- His early interest in comic books, and the famous blue hat
- His experience studying chemical engineering, and how he carried those skills into pathology
- Medical school and how he first chose surgery as a specialty
- His switch to pathology and his subspecialty interests of neuropathology and forensic pathology
- Why he started the Diversify in Path Podcast
- How having conversations about diversity can help to promote it throughout the field
- The use of social media to promote pathology
Links for this episode:
Lab OPEX Live – Making and Cultivating Professional Relationships
Dr Michael Williams on Twitter
Dr Williams on Battle Cry Podcast
Challenging Stereotypes, Changing Medicine – An Interview with Dr Michael Williams from ASCP
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Episode 78: Dr Ivana Kholova – Pathology Education in Finland, Cytopathology, and the Milan System
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ivana Kholova
What we discuss with Dr Kholova:
- Her education in the Czech Republic and how she discovered pathology
- Her interest in photography and how that relates to pathology
- Her role as Adjunct Professor of Pathology at Tampere University and University of Eastern Finland
- How the pandemic affected teaching methods in Finland
- Problem-based learning and how she uses this method
- Her work in cytopathology with cervical cancer and HPV screening
- The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology
- The importance of getting involved in professional societies
Links for this episode:
Dr Kholova on Twitter
Application of the Milan System for Reporting Submandibular Gland Cytopathology
European Federation of Cytology Societies
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Episode 77: Kimberly Fiock – The PathPhD, Neuropathology, and Tau Protein
Today my guest is Pathology PhD Candidate Kimberly Fiock
What we discuss with Kimberly:
- The differences between a Pathology PhD and a Pathologist
- How a neuropathology internship led to her interest in pathology
- Her research in tau protein as part of her Masters degree work
- The Iowa Neurobank Core and her role there
- Some of her creative and volunteering activities
- Her Instagram page and how she uses it to educate others about pathology
- Why it is important to acknowledge burnout and some things we can do about it
Links for this episode:
Kimberly Fiock:
Increased Tau Expression Correlates with Neuronal Maturation in the Developing Cerebral Cortex
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Episode 76: Dr Steffini Stalos – Transfusion Medicine, Blood Associates, and Lab Compliance
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Steffini Stalos
What we discuss with Dr Stalos :
- Molecular Pharmacology and how she got into this field
- How she chose pathology as a specialty
- Her foray into acting and what she learned from this experience
- Her fellowship in transfusion medicine and what interested her about this field
- Where she thinks pathology will be in the next five to ten years
- How she started Blood Associates and some of the services she provides
- The importance of lab compliance and some practical examples
- Her LinkedIn series on the role of the Lab Director
Links for this episode:
Blood Associates Website
Tune In Tomorrow Movie on Amazon
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Episode 75: Olibrian Mallari – Medical Laboratory Science in The Philippines
Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Olibrian Mallari
What we discuss with Olibrian:
- How a last minute decision steered him to the Medical Laboratory Science field
- His experience working with the Philippine Red Cross
- How he got involved with teaching
- His additional training in virology and HIV testing
- How he became a National Health Laboratory Network Assessor
- How educational programs adapted their teaching methods during the early part of the pandemic
- How thoughts on the visibility of the Medical Laboratory Science field in the Philippines
- How he promotes the field using Facebook and Instagram
Links for this episode:
Olibrian on Facebook
Slides and Lenses on Instagram
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Episode 74: Dr Sarah Coupland – Ophthalmic Pathology, Molecular Pathology, and Cancer Research
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Sarah Coupland
What we discuss with Dr Coupland:
- Her medical training in Australia, and how she relocated to Germany
- How she discovered pathology, and some of her subspecialty interests
- How she started the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group, and some of her projects there
- Her work with uveal melanoma and how that led her involvement with the Cancer Genome Atlas
- Her experience as Director of the Northwest Cancer Research Centre
- The article “From Pot to Print: Using 3D Scanning and Printing to Bring Back Pathology Specimens,” which she coauthored
- Her involvement with the
- The Royal College of Pathologists Book Club
- The importance of getting students interested in pathology
Links for this episode:
Dr Coupland on Twitter
Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group
From Pot to Print: Using 3D Scanning and Printing to Bring Back Pathology Specimens from The Pathologist
Integrative Analysis Identifies Four Molecular and Clinical Subsets in Uveal Melanoma in Cancer Cell
Royal College of Pathologists Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Northwest Cancer Research Centre
What Is Uveal Melanoma? on YouTube
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