Tweeting pearls in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Pathology to improve the education of medical students, residents and fellows. Opinions my own.
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May 16
Congrats to an outstanding educator, microbiologist, and colleague. They are lucky to have you and the School and our profession will continue to benefit from your service. 👍👍👍
Please join us in congratulating ABPath President Dr. Kathleen Beavis on her appointment as Associate Dean for Academic Advancement for the Biological Sciences Division & the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. Congratulations, Dr. Beavis! 👏
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Preparing for board certification?
The new ABPath Candidate Resource Guide brings together key exam prep resources, planning info, and policies in one place. 🔗Access the guide: bit.ly/4silvw0
#pathboards #pathresidents
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Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Boland on her recent publication exploring the use of artificial intelligence in pulmonary adenocarcinoma assessment.
We’re grateful for her contributions as ABPath Test Development and Advisory Committee member.🔗 bit.ly/3NWvUj7
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Mar 24
Want to see what the future holds? Check out this 1/2-day virtual summit on May 12th. 'Crossroads of Change: AI in the Laboratory, Past, Present, and Future - Dr. Charles is keynote. My amazing colleague, Dr. Mike Loeffelholz will is also one of speakers among a great roster.
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Feb 26
Eyas- Congratulations! They are lucky to have you at UL Health. Thx for all you do for our profession. 👍🙏
Feb 26
Congrats Eyas!
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Feb 14
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Feb 14
Special thx to this team of super stars for giving a day of their professional life to undertake standard setting for CP. We can’t that you enough. GWP
⭐ A big thank you to the CP ABPath CertLink Test Development & Advisory Committee and their guests, who recently came together for the important work of setting standards for the Clinical Pathology Primary Certification Exam. We truly appreciate their time and expertise.
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Feb 14
Special thx to these amazing hematopathologists for the time and expertise that they give to keep the Board exam relevant. Dong - you are wonderful and amazing. We will miss you. GWP
Thank you to the Hematopathology Test Development & Advisory Committee for sharing their time and expertise last week in developing and reviewing exam content. We are especially grateful to Dr. Dong Chen for his many years of dedicated service to the committee.
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30 Dec 2025
Meet Medical Pioneer: Amedee Borrel (1867–1936):
- Early cancer researcher
- Published broadly on various topics
- Although his studies on spirochetes were limited, Borrelia bears his name.
- Differentiated the types of spiral bacteria
- With Nocard, first cultured mycoplasma
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27 Dec 2025
Meet Medical Pioneer: Otto Obermeier (1843-1873)
- 1st to describe spirochetes in the blood of patients with relapsing fever during a louse-borne outbreak in Berlin (1867-68)
-Contracted and died of cholera, while studying that disease.
- Relapsing Fever temp tracing below
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21 Dec 2025
On Borrelia
- Loosely coiled spirochete
- B. burgdorferi-Ixodes vector->Lyme disease
- B. hermsii & B. recurrentis - Soft tick/body louse vector-> recurrent fever
-Histopath Lyme rash = non-specific
-Periph sm. pos. in recurrent fever (Pic)
- Dx methods: Serology &/or molecular
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20 Dec 2025
Meet Medical Pioneer: Antonio Carini (1872-1950)
-Furthered the discovery of Pneumocystis through careful observation, willingness to challenge norms, and humility to seek consultation. Directed the Pasteur Institute in Sao Paulo. Described > 100 microorganisms.
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15 Dec 2025
Meet Medical Pioneer: Dr. John F. Enders.
- Nobel Prize for cultivating the poliovirus, and insisted junior colleagues were included.
- First to culture the measles virus and develop an effective vaccine.
- His method -> development of vaccines against polio, mumps, and rubella.
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12 Dec 2025
On Measles
* ss, neg sens RNA enveloped virus
* highly contagious - respiratory route
* fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, & Koplik spots
* may -> severe complications/death
* Histopath: Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells
* First cultured: Enders/Peebles 1954
* Vaccine preventable
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11 Dec 2025
Thx to this team of amazing dermatopathologists from ABDerm and ABPath for all the work related to item writing, editing, and exam construction- you truly are the best!
10 Dec 2025
We would like to thank the Dermatopathology Test Development & Advisory Committee for their time and expertise last week in developing and reviewing exam content. We are especially grateful to Dr. Melissa Piliang for her years of service to the committee.
#WeLoveOurVolunteers!
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8 Dec 2025
Meet Medical Pioneer: Alfred François Donné (1801-1878). He was first to identify Trichomonas vaginalis (1836), developed photomicroscopy (1840s), was the first to describe platelets (1842) and the elevated WBC count and arrested cellular maturation in leukemia (1844), and more.
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28 Nov 2025
A brief timeline of the discovery of Pneumocystis, recognition of it as a unique type of microorganism, characterization of human disease, and finally appropriate molecular classification - Enjoy.
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11 Nov 2025
Congratulations Abby. Thx for all you do for our profession. You’re amazing1
9 Nov 2025
Congratulations to Dr Abby Lott-Limbach on receiving @cytopathology staff chosen volunteer award #ASC2025 Appreciate all you do to serve our profession!
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8 Nov 2025
Dr. Powell was an amazing leader for competency-based medical education and her erudite guidance will be missed. We need to carry forward the torch she carried. 🙏🥲
7 Nov 2025
We are saddened by the passing of Dr. Deborah E. Powell, former ABPath Trustee and President. A pioneering leader and medical educator, Dr. Powell shaped the future of pathology and inspired generations through her vision and mentorship. abpath.org/2025/11/in-memori…
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2 Oct 2025
🚨New #OpenAccess Bridging the Gap! | The birth, life, and death of a cytopathology board examination question
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#CytoPath @RoseannIWu @GaryProcop @NayarRitu
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