On Wednesday, August 15, more than 60 UAB School of Medicine medical students took part in the Pathology Interest Group Lunch and Learn, held in Volker Hall. This was the group's first meeting of this academic year, organized by Hannah Cutshall (MS2).
Danielle Fasciano, D.O., Chief Resident, Clinical Pathology, (PGY4) gave a presentation introducing the career of a pathologist focusing on the subspecialties, the UAB training program, and elective/scholarly possibilities within the Department of Pathology for medical students.
To learn more about participating in the Pathology Interest Group contact Hannah Cutshall: hcusthall@uabmc.edu.
David Dorn, M.D. (Hemepath fellow, previous Anatomic Pathology Chief Resident, and previous UAB Medical Student) was in attendance as was Christine Arneson, M.D. (PGY3). Faculty advisors Silvio Litovsky, M.D., Professor, Anatomic Pathology, and Brandi McCleskey, M.D., Assistant Professor, Forensic pathology were also attendance and invited attendees to rotate through department as well as other Pathology Interest Group events.
The UAB Department of Pathology is proud to co-sponsor the 2019 Tri-State Pathology Conference, taking place Saturday, October 5, at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham - the Wynfrey Hotel.
The event is a collaboration of the Alabama Association of Pathologists, Louisiana Pathology Society, and the Mississippi Association of Pathologists.
This year's event will highlight speakers from the UAB Department of Pathology. Travis Kidd, Jr., M.D., President of the Alabama Association of Pathologists, will deliver the opening and closing remarks.
Huma Fatima, M.D., Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology, and Director, Renal Pathology Laboratory, recently published a book with CAP Press, Medical Kidney Diseases--Morphology-Based Novel Approach to Renal Biopsy.
According to CAP Press, "It presents a simple and practical approach to renal biopsy by providing a pertinent differential diagnosis related to various patterns of injury involving renal parenchyma by light microscopy and reaching a correct diagnosis by assimilating immunofluorescence and electron microscopy findings."
In it, Fatima writes that the book is the outcome of a question nephrology fellows have asked several times since she began practicing in 2011. In a Q&A on the CAP Today website, Fatima states, "I have been teaching renal pathology to medical students, pathology residents, nephrology fellows, and foreign scholars since I joined UAB in 2011. On several occasions, nephrology fellows asked me, Is there any good resource we can use for our boards? I realized that most of the currently available material is quite extensive and may be overwhelming for those who are not renal pathologists. This led me to write the book—keeping in mind those who are outside the realm of renal pathology practice—to provide them pertinent information in a simple way that will be useful to them, not only for their board examination but also in practical life."
This is a 90-page book that contains 66 cases, two of which we are reprints.
To order (PUB129), call 800-323-4040 option 1. CAP member price: $68; for others, $85. The ebook (ebooks.cap.org) is $64. http://ebooks.cap.org/
On Thursday, July 18, the Department of Pathology hosted a celebration of life program for Jay M. McDonald, M.D., Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Pathology Department.
Dr. McDonald passed away on June 5, 2019. He had served as department chair for close to 20 years, leaving the position in 2008. He continued to visit and advise colleagues and friends at UAB up until his passing.
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