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Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Progressive Responsibility

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Progressive Responsibility 

Dr. Vanda Torous, Chair of the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee, interviews Dr. Sara Monaco and Dr. Armando Filie on their experiences with instituting progressive responsibility in their training programs in this episode of our series Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit.  

Dr. Monaco is a Professor of Pathology at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and the Program Director of the Geisinger Cytopathology Fellowship Program. She is on the executive board of the ASC and an associate editor of JASC. She has served on numerous ASC committees including serving most recently as the Chair of the Program Director committee and having spearheaded many initiatives in that role including the Unified Timeline for fellowship recruitment. 

Dr. Filie has been a faculty at the residency program in anatomic pathology and the fellowship program in cytopathology since he joined the Laboratory of Pathology at the National Cancer Institute, in 1996, and currently also serves as the director of the cytopathology fellowship training program at the Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute. 

Sponsored by the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee.  

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Wellness

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Wellness 

Dr. Vanda Torous, Chair of the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee, interviews Dr. Kim Ely and Dr. Rema Rao on their experiences with promoting wellness in their training programs in this episode of our series Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit.  

Dr. Ely is an Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt Medical Center where she serves as Medical Director of Cytopathology and Director of the Cytopathology Fellowship Program. She is also a surgical pathologist with an emphasis in head and neck. She has been a member of the Cytopathology Program Directors Committee of the ASC since 2019. She is also a member of her pathology department’s wellness committee. 

Dr. Rema Rao is a staff pathologist at the Montefiore Medical Center and associate professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She has worked closely with trainees and in trainee wellness in particular as an associate residency program director at Cornell and most recently as the fellowship director at the Montefiore Medical Center. She is also a member of the ASC program director committee. 

Sponsored by the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee.  

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Evaluations

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Evaluations

Dr. Vanda Torous, Chair of the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee, interviews Dr. Diva R. Salomao on her experience with trainee evaluations including collecting and administering feedback.

Dr. Salomao is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where she has served as the cytopathology program director for the past four years. In addition to pathology, she is also a member of the Ophthalmology department at Mayo. She has special interests in neoplasms of the eye and ocular adnexa in addition to fine needle aspiration biopsy. She is a member of the ASC cytopathology fellowship program director committee.

Sponsored by the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee. 

 

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Rapid On-Site Evaluation

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Rapid On-Site Evaluation 

Dr. Vanda Torous, Chair of the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee, interviews Dr. Kamal Khurana and Dr. Cecilia Gimenez on their experiences incorporating ROSE into their training programs including telecytology in this episode of our series Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit.  

Dr. Gimenez is an anatomic and clinical pathologist at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Northwell Health. Since 2017, she has been their cytopathology fellowship director. Her areas of interest include medical education, cytopathology and ultrasound-guided FNA training. She was on the ASC Program Director Committee for 2 years and is currently on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. 

Dr. Khurana is a professor of pathology and medicine and Director of Cytopathology at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse NY. His interests and areas of focus include interventional cytopathology and gynecologic pathology. He was on the ASC Program Director Committee for multiple terms, about 8 years in total. 

Sponsored by the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee.  

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Performance of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsies

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Performance of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsies

Dr. Vanda Torous, Chair of the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee, interviews Dr. Elham Khanafshar on her experience incorporating the performance of fine needle aspirational biopsies into cytopathology training.

Dr. Khanafshar is currently a Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytopathology and Medical Director of FNA Clinic at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Khanafshar was also the program director of the UCSF cytopathology fellowship program from 2012-2020, during which time she implemented a boot camp rotation for the fellows with a focus on teaching interventional cytopathology. She has served on numerous professional organization committees and was a member of the ASC program director committee for two years. Dr. Khanafshar is a dedicated teacher and has contributed significant to the fields of cytopathology and thyroid pathology.

For an outline of the talking points and list of references click here. 

Sponsored by the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee. 

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Board Review and Knowledge Assessment

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Board Review and Knowledge Assessment

Dr. Vanda Torous, Chair of the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee, interviews Dr. Israh Akhtar on her experience and recommendations on cytopathology board review and knowledge assessment in this episode of our series Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit.

Dr. Akhtar is a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University where she is a cytopathologist and surgical pathologist with interests in breast, gynecologic, and pulmonary pathology among others. She is also the director of surgical pathology at Temple. Dr. Akhtar has served on several committees of national organizations including being a member of the ASC Program Director Committee for 4 years.

For resources click here.

Sponsored by the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee. 

Cytopathology Program Director Toolkit: Incorporation of Quality Assurance/Laboratory Management in Training Programs

Dr. Vanda Torous, Chair of the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee and Director of the Cytopathology Fellowship as well as Cytopathology Quality Assurance and Improvement at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. Marilyn Bui, Director of the Cytopathology Fellowship at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, discuss how they incorporate laboratory management into their training programs. Helpful resources are shared. This podcast is intended not only for program directors but also for all those who are interested in learning more about how to get involved in quality management. 

Sponsored by the ASC Cytopathology Program Directors Committee. 

Breast Cancer Awareness

Kirk Facey, CT(ASCP), Chair of The ASC Bulletin and ASC Podcast Editorial Board, interviews Dr. Amy Ly on breast cancer awareness.

Amy Ly, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

“American Society of Cytopathology/BIO Ventures for Global Health Collaboration and How to Apply to be a Global Health Ambassador”?

“American Society of Cytopathology/BIO Ventures for Global Health Collaboration and How to Apply to be a Global Health Ambassador"?

Dr. Natalie Banet, a member of the ASC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, interviewed Ashly Senske, a Program Manager from BIO Ventures for Global Health, to discuss the ongoing efforts of BVGH, we are here to have a conversation about the upcoming collaboration of their organization with the ASC.

Application for 2023 ASC/BVGH Global Health Ambassador Position Google Form: https://forms.gle/jsdZ7SAbFcMnQZcx7

A special Thanks to Alarice Cheng-Yi Lowe, MD, Evita Henderson-Jackson, MD, Michelle Reid, MD, and Katy Graef, Ph.D for collaborating in this effort.

The American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) in partnership with BVGH is seeking representatives to serve as ambassadors and liaisons between our organizations, and foster international knowledge-exchange around cytopathology. These individuals will get the opportunity to engage with BVGH's broad network of pathologists across the African continent.

JASC Article: Cytology and LGBT+ health: establishing inclusive cancer screening programs

JASC Article: Cytology and LGBT+ health: establishing inclusive cancer screening programs

Volume 11, Issue 5, September–October 2022, Pages 241-252

Margaret L. Compton, MD, Shayne S. Taylor, MD, Amy G. Weeks, MD, Vivian L. Weiss, MD, Melissa M. Hogan, MD, Huiying Wang, MD, &  Kim A. Ely, MD.

 

Dr. Guliz Barken, Past President of the ASC and Social Media Editor of JASC interviews Drs. Margaret L. Compton, Vivian L. Weiss, and Kim A. Ely, on their article in the Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology Volume 11, Issue 5, September - October 2022, Pages 241-252. Cytology and LGBT+ health: establishing inclusive cancer screening programs.

JASC Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213294522000606