People of Pathology Podcast

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...

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:...

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 Micro...

Today my guest is Dissection Room Technician Gina Bond. What we discuss with Gina: How a human osteology course changed her career path Her job as a Dissection Room Technician Body donation and why this is important Restoring and cataloging a pathology specimen collection Her blog, The Donation Diaries Links for this episode: Gina Bond on Twitter The Donation Diaries Barts Pathology Museum London...

My guest today is Dr Travis Brown.  Dr Brown is a Pathologist and the cohost of This Pathological Life podcast.   What we discuss with Dr Brown: How he became a pathologist and the medical school system in Australia How This Pathological Life podcast came to be, and what he and his cohost Stephen Davis are trying to accomplish with it. The differences and similarities between the Australian and US...

My guest today is Forensic Pathologist Dr Nicole R Jackson. What we discuss with Dr Jackson: Her journey into pathology The University of New Mexico Fellowship program and her experience there Starting her career as a Medical Examiner in the the middle of the COVID pandemic Increasing the visibility of Forensic Pathologists as first responders Links for this episode: Dr Jackson on Twitter New Mexi...

Today my guest is Cytotechnologist Taryn Waraksa.   What we discuss with Taryn: Her Specialist in Cytotechnology certification The International Academy of Cytotechnology Writing for ASCP's Lablogatory Theranostics in cytology Being named to the ASCP 40 Under Forty Her interest in scuba diving Links for this episode: Taryn Waraksa on Twitter ASCP Lablogatory International Academy of Cytotechnology...

On this episode I team up with the hosts of Deeper Levels, Computationally Yours, PathPod, ScopeMD, and Dead Men Do Tell Tales for a crossover episode.  We talk about podcasting, how we got started, and a few other things as well. Links for this episode: Deeper Levels Computationally Yours PathPod ScopeMD Dead Men Do Tell Tales People of Pathology Podcast Website Twitter

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Jonathan Dudley. What we discuss with Dr Dudley: Being named to The Pathologist magazine's 2020 Power List in the Big Breakthroughs category His training in pathology and molecular genetics Cell free DNA and how it is used in research His research with bladder cancer and urine tumor DNA Next Generation Sequencing The Young Investigator Award and Benjamin Castleman...

Today my guest is Forensic Anthropologist Dr Janna Andronowski. What we discuss with Dr Andronowski: How she became interested in forensic anthropology and the training that was involved. Her work at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center Her research involving bone imaging, osteon banding, and the effects of opioids on bone. The Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Hist...

Today my guest is Histotechnologist Mark Bailey.   What we discuss with Mark: His career path toward becoming a histotechnologist His teaching career His involvement with ASCP and NSH The Union for International Cancer Control His research and work in sub Saharan Africa Links for this episode: American Society for Clinical Pathology website National Society for Histotechnology website Union for In...

My guest today is Forensic Odontologist Dr Gary Berman.   What we discuss with Dr Berman:   How he became interested in forensic odontology and some of the training that was required The Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) and how it operates Dr Berman's experience with DMORT at the World Trade Center site and Hurricane Katrina site The American Board of Forensic Odontology, Americ...

Today my guest is Cytotechnologist Kristen Nead.   What we discuss with Kristen: Her education and training in cytotechnology Her trip to Peru in 2012 as part of CerviCusco / International Cervical Cancer Foundation Molecular testing in cytology ROSE procedures and the cytotech's role in them Links for this episode: CerviCusco website American Society of Cytopathology website More Than a Decade of...

Today my guest is Heidi Wagner.  She is a pathologists' assistant and the head of operations of a biobank. What we discuss with Heidi Wagner: Her career path and how it led her to biobanking How tissue is procured by a biobank Heidi's experience at the ESBB conference ISBER and the planned joint conference with UHN Her presentation on Ethics in biobanking Links for this episode: European, Middle E...

Today my guest is Dr Lori Ryan.  Dr Ryan is a pathologist, and the host of the ScopeMD Podcast.   What we discuss with Dr Ryan: How she became interested in pathology Her work in public health The Breath of Hope Lung Foundation ScopeMD Podcast  Links for this episode: ScopeMD Podcast website  Twitter A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation website Twitter Animated Patient's Guide to Lung Cancer here Peop...

Today my guest is Dr Dana Razzano, who is just finishing her pathology residency.   What we discuss with Dr Razzano: How she built a global health elective during residency Her trip to Uganda as part of her global health elective The ASCP Global Health Trainee Fellowship and traveling to Ethiopia The Global Health Opportunities for Pathologists wiki page Links for this episode: Dr Razzano on Twitt...

Today I speak with Dr Rodney Rohde, Chair of the Clinical Laboratory Science Department at Texas State University. What we discuss with Dr Rohde: His educational background and experience in the state health department His 2016 TEDx talk, "Saving Lives in the Shadows of Healthcare." The book Rabies - Clinical Considerations and Exposure Evaluations. The Global Citizenship Alliance Healthcare Hygie...

For this episode I teamed up with Dr Natalie Banet and her podcast Deeper Levels for a crossover episode. What we discuss with Dr Banet: How we each started our podcasts How we got into the pathology field Picking guests for interviews and planning an episode The future of pathology education Some of our favorite podcasts Links for this episode: Deeper Levels Podcast here   Subscribe to the monthl...

Today I speak with Dr Lokman Sung, forensic pathologist, and co-host of Detroit's Daily Docket. What we discuss with Dr Sung: How he became interested in forensic pathology His teaching experience as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology The annual Medicolegal Death Investigation course How Detroit's Daily Docket began and how they developed the show Links for this episode: Detroits Daily Do...

Today I speak with the founders of pathCast, Dr Rifat Mannan and Dr Emilio Madrigal. What we discuss with Dr Madrigal and Dr Mannan: How they came up with the idea for pathCast How they started the series and recruited speakers Some of the early feedback about pathCast How they would like to expand the series in the future Links for this Episode: pathCast: Youtube Facebook Twitter Dr Madrigal on T...

Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Dr Constantine Kanakis. What we discuss with Dr Kanakis: His background as a Medical Laboratory Scientist How he got involved in public health and community outreach His TEDx talk "Unrecognizable Medicine" His work on the ASCP blog Lablogatory His recent PathCast talk on COVID-19 Testing in the Laboratory Links for this episode: Dr Kanakis on T...

Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with perinatal pathologist Dr Drucilla Roberts.   What we discuss with Dr Roberts: How she became involved with pathology outreach in sub-Saharan Africa Her involvement with the Human Placenta Project Categories of Placental Pathology PathCast The Placental and Gestational Pathology textbook The Amsterdam International Consensus Group Early research...

Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Bruce Goldfarb.  Bruce is the author of 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics. What we discuss with Bruce Goldfarb: Bruce's background and how he became involved with the Nutshell Studies Frances Glessner Lee and how she became involved in forensic medicine The origin of the coroner syste...

On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Dr Nat Pernick.  Dr Pernick is a pathologist and the founder of PathologyOutlines.com.  This website is a free, online, pathology textbook, which began in 2001. What we discuss with Dr Pernick His background in computer programming and law How he came up with the idea for the website Some of the changes to the site over the years Visi...

On this episode of the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with Pathologists' Assistant Sarah Garner.   What we discuss with Sarah Garner: How she got into teaching and some of the methods she uses The Pathologists' Assistant program at Tulane University Using social media to teach pathology Garner's Guide to Gross Anatomy Follow Sarah on social media: Twitter Instagram Youtube Garner's Guide to G...