The PathPod Podcast

In this segment, Beyond the Scope, we speak to pathologists about their pursuits and interests in and outside of pathology. In this episode, hosts Dr. Lisa Zhang (@MLisaZhang) and Dr. Adam Booth (@ALBoothMD) speak with Dr. Laura Lamps, Director of GI Pathology at the University of Michigan (@UMichPath) and United States and Canadian Academy (@TheUSCAP) President Elect, and Dr. Rondell Graham (@rondell_graham), Director of GI and Liver Pathology at Mayo Clinic. What do they do outside of their academic careers? How did they form a mentoring relationship? What makes a good mentor? How do they balance their careers and families? Hear all this and more!

Featured public domain music: US Army Blues, BugaBlue

In this segment, Beyond the Scope, we speak to pathologists about their pursuits and interests in and outside of pathology. What has changed about FNA over the years? What are Dr. Ljung's tips and techniques to optimize FNA samples? Why would anyone jump out of a perfectly good plane? On this episode, Dr. Sara Jiang (@Sara_Jiang) speaks with cytopathologist and legend in the field of Fine-Needle Aspiration biopsy, Dr. Britt-Marie Ljung (@LjungMD), Professor Emerita at the University of California in San Francisco and winner of (among many other honors) the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology. Featured public domain music: US Army Blues, BugaBlue

Dr. Ljung's Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNA) Techniques:

2018 Video Series, from the USCAP:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWBzZZDQvpecETKjD7_gupwB34tlcOWZ

1990 Video Series, from the Papanicolaou Society for Cytopathology:

https://www.papsociety.org/fna-techniques/

The chromogen siblings (@sanamloghavi, @MArnold_PedPath, and @IHC_guy) are back to chat with Dr. Jaclyn Hechtman (@JackieHechtman) of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (@sloan_kettering) and Dr. Jessica Davis of Oregon Health and Science University (@OHSUSOM) about their careers, research, molecular pathology, and the unfolding story of NTRK fusions in cancer.

Check out our guests' recent papers in Modern Pathology (@ModernPathology) and The American Journal of Surgical Pathology (@AJSPjournal):

NTRK fusion detection across multiple assays and 33,997 cases: diagnostic implications and pitfalls

Expanding the Spectrum of Pediatric NTRK-rearranged Mesenchymal Tumors

Featured public domain music: Alpha Hydrae, Won't see it comin'.

In this segment, Beyond the Scope, we speak to pathologists about their pursuits and interests in and outside of pathology. What is it like running a research lab during COVID? How does mentorship support a diverse specialty? What IS amigurumi? On this episode, Dr. Sara Jiang (@Sara_Jiang) speaks with neuropathologist and physician-scientist Dr. Giselle López (@neurogiselle), associate professor of Pathology and Neurosurgery at Duke Health. Featured public domain music: US Army Blues, BugaBlue

From Dr. Lopez, websites and Twitter handles of helpful mentorship/leadership resources:

https://www.amwa-doc.org/residents/residents-as-mentors-program/

In this episode of Beyond the Scope, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine second year student Emily Hagen (@EmilyHagen9) talks with Sam Ashworth (@SamuelAshworth), a writer and journalist. We'll hear their conversation about autopsy pathology, how autopsies have informed our understanding of COVID-19, and Mr. Ashworth's recent article on declining autopsy rates: The Slow, Troubling Death of the Autopsy

Featured public domain music: US Army Blues, BugaBlue

Dr. Kamran Mirza (@KMirza) goes Beyond The Scope with Dr. Melissa Upton (@MelissaUpton7), Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle. From mentorship, wellness, diversity & inclusion to cultural courage - this episode has it all. Learn the amazing story of how Dr. Upton's life experiences shaped the type of mentor and leader she is today. This one is not to be missed!

Featured public domain music: US Army Blues, BugaBlue

Test your pathology knowledge with our next Quiz Show! Join hosts Dr. Sara Jiang (@Sara_Jiang) and Dr. Christina Arnold (@CArnold_GI) with co-host Dr. Michael Arnold (@MArnold_PedPath).  Our guests, Dr. Daniel Fajardo, Director of Genitourinary Pathology at Southeast Pathology Associates Labs, and UCSF pathology residents and co-hosts of the Dead Men Do Tell Tales Podcast (@deadmendo), Dr. Jordan Taylor (@jet916) and Dr. Nicole Croom (@nicnac363), play our games and attempt to win an exclusive PathPod clear ruler! 

Featured public domain music by The U.S. Army Blues 

In this segment, Beyond the Scope, we speak to pathologists about their pursuits and interests in and outside of pathology. How is veterinary pathology different from human pathology? What is special about fish kidneys? What's happening with COVID in animals? On this episode of Beyond the Scope, Dr. Sara Jiang (@Sara_Jiang) speaks with Dr. Nicola Parry (@TuftsVetPath), a veterinary pathologist, and Clinical Associate Professor and the head of Pathology at the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

The chromogen siblings talk with Dr. Greg Charville (@Greg_Charville) of Stanford University about his recent publication on DDIT3 as a diagnostic tool for myxoid liposarcoma in The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. Featured public domain music: Alpha Hydrae, Won't see it comin'.

Test your pathology knowledge with our next Quiz Show! Join hosts Dr. Sara Jiang (@Sara_Jiang) and Dr. Christina Arnold (@CArnold_GI) with co-host Dr. Michael Arnold (@MArnold_PedPath) as guests Dr. Raul Gonzalez (@RaulSGonzalezMD), Dr. Swikrity U Bastoka (@SwikrityUMD), and medical student Amber Berumen (@AmberMBerumen) play our games and attempt to win an exclusive PathPod clear ruler! 

Featured public domain music by The U.S. Army Blues