REAL STORIES
Pathologists are transforming and re-defining their role every day! Here are some stories from your colleagues that remind us of the important work pathologists do each day. We hope these stories inspire you to transform our specialty.
June 28, 2010 – Keeping It Interesting
“The students are like my children; I try to be a good mother, and they recognize that effort.” - Carmen Gonzalez Keelan, MD, FCAP
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June 21, 2010 - Putting Knowledge to Work
“We are at an important juncture, where it is possible to take basic science knowledge and put it to use in the clinical arena. Pathology is one of the best places where this can happen.” - Amy Chadburn, MD, FCAP
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June 7, 2010 - Building the Evidence Base
“If physicians see the evidence, they will change.” - M. Elizabeth Hammond, MD, FCAP
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May 24, 2010 – A Persistent Interest in Patient Benefit
“The niche for the pathologist is to be the key player in any translational research.” - Ossama W. Tawfik, MD, PhD, FCAP
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May 17, 2010 – Teaching the Next Generation
“I do the science lectures and demonstrations, then we have speakers come in, probably three times each term, who talk about their diseases.” - Noel A. Brownlee, MD, PhD, FCAP
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May 10, 2010 – The Primary Care Pathologist
“Our new niche is our old niche, right there where the decision making is done, at the side of the primary care physician.” - Gregory S. Henderson, MD, PhD, FCAP
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May 3, 2010 – Building Things
“I have 22 residents and all of them are brilliant.” - Debra G.B. Leonard, MD, PhD, FCAP
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April 26, 2010 – Never Bored
“It all comes down to the golden rule…. Really good doctors, whether pathologists, OBGYNs, or psychiatrists, internalize that.” - Gregory J. Davis, MD, FCAP
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April 19, 2010 – Nothing Out of Context
“As I do the procedure, I also like to keep the patient’s mind focused.” - Barbara Knollmann-Ritschel, MD, FCAP
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April 12, 2010 – Communicate, communicate, communicate
“Patients with end-stage renal disease have to be on dialysis. People think that is not as bad as cancer, but in some instances it’s actually worse.” - Anthony Chang, MD, FCAP
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April 5, 2010 – Building a culture of outreach and mentoring
“Mentoring is transformational because it’s not about behavior, it’s about a change of heart.” - Ellis A. Ingram, MD, FCAP
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