Follow your Path!

We talked to Dr. Joe Wiencek, Assistant Professor of Pathology at Vanderbilt University, about his path to clinical chemistry, what makes the specialty unique, interesting cases, his mentors and his advice for residents. He also talked about what new attendings want to learn once they are in practice.
 
Dr. Wiencek talked about this case on the pod:
https://www.aacc.org/science-and-research/clinical-chemistry/clinical-case-studies/2022/a-pediatric-patient-with-a-complicated-history-of-sickle-cell-trait

We talked to GI pathologist and IHC guru, Dr. Andrew Bellizzi, at the University of Iowa, about his path to pathology, to GI pathology, his interest in immunohistochemistry, his favorite IHC stain, what he finds the most enjoyable thing about his job and his advice for med students and incoming residents.

We talked to Dr. Ann Moyer, M.D. PhD, at Mayo Clinic, about molecular pathology, her mentors, why molecular pathology is fascinating, what brings her most joy in her job as molecular pathologist, her advice for medical students and a little bit on pharmacogenomics.

We talked to Dr. Kristen Atkins, Professor of Pathology at University of Virginia, about how she ended up doing breast pathology, what makes breast pathology a unique subspecialty, her most memorable cases and what advice she has for trainees.

We talked to rockstar neuropathologist (and neuroradiologist!), Dr. Gregory Fuller about his childhood, his path to pathology and neuropathology, his advice for medical students and residents and how he defines excellence.

We talked to star microbiologist and professor of pathology at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Bobbi Pritt about her education, how she ended up doing medical microbiology, what is the most gratifying aspect of her job and advice for medical students and residents. 

We talked to Dr. Erin Barnhart, Chief Medical Examiner for Galveston County in Texas about her education, mentors, what makes forensic pathology unique, cases that she found memorable, her advice for students and residents interested in Forensics.

We talked to star pathologist, Dr. Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, about his education, his interests, his mentors, how he ended up in thoracic pathology, resources for residents interested in thoracic pathology and what advice he has for medical students and junior residents. He is a fascinating personality and shared many pearls of wisdom with us.

In this episode, we talked to pathology superstar, Dr. Jerad Gardner about soft tissue pathology, his education, his mentors, what makes Bone and Soft tissue pathology unique among other specialties, what the most enjoyable part of his job is and his advice for medical students and junior residents.

We talked to Dr. Kirill Lyapichev, director of hematopathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, about his journey to hemepath, his mentors, why is hemepath a unique sub-specialty, what his advice is for residents interested in hemepath and some cases that had profound impacts on patients.