People of Pathology Podcast
Episodes
Episode 33: Dr Patrick Hansma – Forensic Pathologist and Author of The Grave Below
My guest today is Forensic pathologist Dr Patrick Hansma
What we discuss with Dr Hansma:
- His experience as a diener and how that led to becoming a forensic pathologist
- The development of the book from a short story and poem to a novel
- The inspirations for some of the main characters
- Greenwood Cemetery and how it was inspired by a real cemetery
- The use of biblical and literary quotes throughout the book
- His collection of antiquarian books
Links for this episode:
- The Grave Below on Amazon
- Interview with Dr Hansma from Fine Books Magazine
- The Grave Below on Instagram
- The Grave Below on Facebook
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Episode 32: Dr Neil Theise – Liver Pathology, Interstitium, Complexity Theory, and More
Today my guest is Liver Pathologist Dr Neil Theise.
What we discuss with Dr Theise:
- How he became a liver pathologist
- His work in redefining the microanatomy of the canals of Hering
- The paper he coauthored in 2018 on the interstitium, and some of the implications of that work
- Complexity theory and the self organizing universe, and how they relate to pathology
- The concept of Beginner’s Mind
Links for this episode:
- “Structure and Distribution of an Unrecognized Interstitium in Human Tissues” in Nature
- “Meet Your Interstitium, A Newfound Organ” in Scientific American
- “The Canals of Hering and Hepatic Stem Cells in Humans” in Hepatology
- Self Organizing Universe on Youtube
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Episode 31: Alyse Gray Returns! – Compendium Pandemica: A Guide to Horrible Infectious Diseases
My guest today is Pathologists Assistant Alyse Gray. Alyse is the author of Compendium Pandemica: A Guide to Horrible Infectious Diseases.
What we discuss with Alyse Gray:
- The status of Death, It’s a Living, her book in progress
- Why humor can be useful in education
- How studying the histories of diseases can inform our current state of the world
- How Syphilus was named from a poem, and the Tuskegee Study
- Vaccines and how they have improved our way of living
- The Horrible Infectious Diseases Survival Guide
Links for this episode:
- Order Compendium Pandemica here
- Alyse Gray:
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30. Gemma Norburn – Anatomical Pathology Technologist, AAPT, and Mortuary Gem
My guest today is Anatomical Pathology Technologist Gemma Norburn
What we discuss with Gemma:
- What an Anatomical Pathology Technologist is, and how she chose this career
- The Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology and how Gemma is involved
- Some similarities between the UK Anatomical Pathology Technologist and the US Pathologists’ Assistant
- Gemma’s blog Mortuary Gem, and the inspiration for it
- Death Cafe and how she got involved
Links for this episode:
- Gemma Norburn on Twitter
- Mortuary Gem blog
- Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology website
- Gemma on the Partly Political Broadcast on Spotify
- Gemma on BBC Sounds Jacob Hawley’s Job Centre podcast
- Gemma on BBC Radio 1xtra here
- Death Cafe website
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Dr Syed T. Hoda – Advocating for Pathology, Family Connect During COVID , and Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Today my guest is Bone and Soft Tissue Pathologist Dr Syed Hoda.
What we discuss with Dr Hoda:
- How he came to choose bone and soft tissue as a specialty
- His appearances on Doctor Radio and pathCast
- Family Connect – helping to communicate with families of COVID patients and how he became involved
- His thoughts on advocating for pathology and some things we can do
- His recent appearance on the Genius: Sciencing Our Human Potential podcast
- Being featured in the documentary film When the Shifts Change
Links for this episode:
- Dr Hoda on Twitter
- Doctor Radio episode here
- pathCast episode on YouTube
- When The Shifts Change trailer here
- Genius: Sciencing Our Human Potential episode
- Doctors Who Create website
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Cullen Lilley – Microbiology, Path Elective, and MicroMedEd
Today my guest is Cullen Lilley, a second year medical student.
What we discuss with Cullen:
- His education in biological sciences and music
- Studying microbiology and working for the CDC
- Bioethics and health policy and why this is important
- His involvement as a cofounder of Path Elective
- How and why he started MicroMedEd
Links for this episode:
Cullen Lilley on Twitter
MicroMedEd on Instagram
MicroMedEd on the Path Elective website
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