People of Pathology Podcast
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Episode 136: Dr Amanda Herrmann – CAP Residents Forum, And The Pathology Fellowship Application Crisis
Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Amanda Herrmann
What we discuss with Dr Herrmann:
- Studying microbiology in college and how she decided to pursue an MD/PhD
- Her initial interest in dermatology and how she discovered pathology
- Her experience with the residency match process
- How she knew transfusion medicine was right for her
- Getting involved with the Association of Pathology Chairs’ Graduate Medical Education Committee
- The paper that was published by this committee, The pathology fellowship application crisis: The current state and suggestions for remediation
- How she got involved with the CAP Residents Forum
- Her role as chair of the Residents Forum and why it is important to get involved with professional organizations
Links for this episode:
Dr Amanda Herrmann on Twitter
Following Herr Path on the Instapath Blog
The Pathology Fellowship Application Crisis: The Current State And Suggestions For Remediation
Association of Pathology Chairs
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Episode 135: Dr Ken Bloom – Transforming Pathology Through Technology, Spatial Biology, And Nucleai
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ken Bloom
What we discuss with Dr Bloom:
- His path from medical school to pathology
- Designing and implementing the first telepathology system
- His work in computer vision that led to working at Chromavision
- Developing an immunofluorescence system with Clarient
- His work at Human Longevity
- Spatial biology and how it can be applied to pathology
- How Nucleai is using spatial biology to transform pathology and precision medicine
- His thoughts on the future of pathology in the digital era
Links for this episode:
Nucleai Website
Future Trends In Spatial Biology
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Episode 134: Leif Honda And Jon Wetzel – Biobanking And Trimetis Life Sciences
Today my guests are Leif Honda and Jon Wetzel from Trimetis Life Sciences
What we discuss with Jon and Leif:
- Their educational backgrounds and entrepreneurial inspirations
- How they got started in biobanking and how they came to work together
- Their roles at Trimetis Life Sciences
- Trimetis Computer Assisted Pathology (TCAP) and how this system was developed
- How TCAP utilizes AI
- Trimetis ARCH system and how it can improve biobanking efficiency
- What the future holds for Trimetis
Links for this episode:
Bridging The Gap Between Pathology And Computer Science
Trimetis Life Sciences on Twitter
Trimetis Life Sciences website
Simplifying Complex Medical Sample Procurement for Tissue & Cancer
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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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