Patient Advocacy

Tumor boards, or cancer conference or multi-disciplinary oncology patient management conferences have been mentioned here (see: Second Opinion). All joking aside about the premise of my previous post, tumor boards, or oncology management...

Pathologists somewhere along the way became known as “The Doctor’s Doctor”. Not sure who this started with or when but it is an unfortunate term that the specialty has propagated. The implication for the public and healthcare providers...

This post originally appeared last October.  The intent was to write it for patients in a way that would briefly define pathology to the lay public and explain how digital pathology could empower them in their own care.  The post was print...

This post originally appeared on December 9, 2009.  The post then received some criticism from pathologists about our role and position as healthcare providers.  Many comments directed to me at the time felt I was violating the relationship...

Always good to attend a meeting in Chicago, particularly outside the months of December to February. Hyatt Regency location is great, right along the river close to good restaurants and the lakefront but too many escalators that I think...

Kimberly Jewett is a 37 year-old mother of 2 and a two-time breast cancer survivor. Her first diagnosis was at age 31 and her second diagnosis came four years later. You can read her journey here. During this journey she has defined herself as...