CytopathPod

Join this amazing group as they dive into their journey of their first ASC Annual Meeting and hear about the upcoming 2023 ASC Annual Scientific Meeting in Austin, Texas.
Zubair Baloch, MD, PhD, ASC Scientific Program ChairMomin Siddiqui, MD, ASC President-ElectSinchita Roy Chowdhuri MD PhDMaheswari Mukherjee, PhD MSc BPT CT(ASCP)CMAmber Donnelly, PhD MPH SCT(ASCP)Oscar Lin, MD, PhDSwikrity Upadhyay Baskota MD Michiya Nishino, MDDiana Rossi, MD, PhDAshish Chandra, MD FRCPath DipRCPath (Cytol)Vanda Torous, MD
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Presented by the Research and Current Concepts CommitteeUma Krishnamurti, MD, Ph.D., Chair Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, MD, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Dr. Catherine Bammert interviews Dr. Xiaofeng Zhao, the winner of the IAC/ASC Quality Improvement in Cytology Abstract Award. This interview will take you on a journey with this award-winning poster.
IAC/ASC Quality Improvement in Cytology Abstract Award
PST005
Comparison of Low-Cost Phantoms for Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy TeachingXiaofeng Zhao, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Dr.  Min Huang interviews Dr. Terrance Lynn, the winner of the IAC/ASC Warren R. Lang, MD Resident's Physicians Award. This interview will take you on a journey with this award-winning platform.
IAC/ASC Warren R. Lang, MD Resident’s Physician Award
PLATFORM 07 was presented live at the 2022 joint meeting in November
A Rotation of ROSEs: Workload and Reimbursement Analysis of System-wide Telecytology ROSE Coverage in a Multi-site Rural Health SystemTerrance Lynn, MD, MS, MHCIGeisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania

Presented by the Research and Current Concepts Committee Uma Krishnamurti, MD, Ph.D., Chair Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, MD, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Dr. Amy Ly interviews Dr. Allison Goldberg, the winner of the IAC/ASC Innovative Cytotechnologist Practice Abstract Award. This interview will take you on a journey with this award-winning poster.
IAC/ASC Innovative Cytotechnologist Practice Abstract Award
PST122
Telecytology Rapid Onsite Evaluation, with Real-time Communication between Cytopathologist, Cytotechnologist and Operator, Offers Better Adequacy Rates for Lymph Node Fine Needle AspirationsAllison Goldberg, MDThomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Presented by the Research and Current Concepts Committee Uma Krishnamurti, MD, Ph.D., Chair Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, MD, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Dr. Jonas John Heymann interviews the winner of the 2022 Dr. Bernard Naylor Excellence in Cytomorphology Award, Dr. Viswanathan. This interview takes you on a journey of this award-winning paper.
The 2022 Dr. Bernard Naylor Excellence in Cytomorphology Award winner is presented to - https://cytopathology.sharefile.com/d-sd4b7688229bc487fb4627a3a1a97b2b1
Cytomorphologic Features of Intraductal Salivary Gland Carcinoma: A Multi-Institutional Study of 13 FNA Cases With Histologic, Molecular, and Clinical Correlations
By: Kartik Viswanathan, MD, PhD

Guliz Barkan, MD – ASC Past President & Social Media Editor of JASC
Paul A. VanderLaan, MD, PhD – JASC Editor–in-Chief
Dr. Guliz Barkan, Past President of the ASC and Social Media Editor of JASC, interviews Dr. Paul A. VanderLaan, the new Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology (JASC) Editor-in-Chief. You will learn about Dr. VanderLaan, the history of JASC, how publishing works, the future of JASC, and much more.
We invite you to submit your article. 
For questions about article submission or any information regarding the Journal, please email asc@cytopathology.org or visit http://jascyto.org.

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 
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
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 
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.