I’m an AP/CP board-certified pathologist currently practicing in the Midwest in a community hospital setting. I graduated medical school in 2011, completed AP/CP pathology residency in 2015 and GI pathology fellowship in 2016. I have worked full-time in various practice settings – including academics, community-hospitals, and independent labs, both as an employee and associate in private practice.
Pathology is somewhat unique among medical specialities in that there is much less exposure to its practice in medical school than other fields. We learn how to write SOAP notes but we don’t learn how to write pathology reports. We learn how to examine a patient but not how to evaluate a slide. The ideas are similar but the actual practice is quite different.
In the last 10 years, I’ve learned much more about the practice of pathology than diagnostic pathology. My hope is to share what I’ve learned through “live and learn” and wish I had learned in residency.
This site is designed to help residents and practicing pathologists learn how to hone their craft to improve not only diagnostic skills but also practice habits, feel more confident at the scope, and learn to be an efficient and competent doctor’s doctor. This space is also to help medical students with an interest in pathology decide whether the field is for them. Lastly, I hope that non-pathologist practicing physicians can learn more about how pathology works to set better expectations and improve pathologist-clinician interactions.
Each week, this site will share:
– Bread and butter cases
– Unknown cases
– Day to day life as a pathologist
– Tips on developing sustainable and efficient practice habits