Eyas- Congratulations! They are lucky to have you at UL Health. Thx for all you do for our profession. 👍🙏
Ritu Nayar, MD@NayarRitu
Congrats Eyas!
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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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@CancerCytopath @RoseannIWu @NayarRitu I hope all appreciate the thorough vetting and editing by content experts in order to provide the best items for our assessments.
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#OpenAccess Bridging the Gap! | The birth, life, and death of a cytopathology board examination question
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…
#CytoPath @RoseannIWu @GaryProcop @NayarRitu
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We really are listening. Let us hear from you.
American Board of Pathology@TheABPath
We’re listening to everyone ABPath serves, and if our work affects you, that includes you. Whether you’re in practice, training, or education, your perspective matters. Take our brief survey. 🕒 Takes about 2 minutes 🗓️ Open through Feb. 16 🔗 surveymonkey.com/r/WDRNPL3
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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
American Board of Pathology@TheABPath
⭐ 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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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
American Board of Pathology@TheABPath
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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!
American Board of Pathology@TheABPath
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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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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I called Dr K. Unni, a legendary pathologist, today. He sounds healthy & strong. Every Thanksgiving Day since I graduated from pathology residency at @MayoClinic 2002, I called & told him how much I have been grateful to his mentorship & friendship. #pathology #PathTwitter
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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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Congratulations Abby. Thx for all you do for our profession. You’re amazing1
Ritu Nayar, MD@NayarRitu
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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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. 🙏🥲
American Board of Pathology@TheABPath
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-mem…
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🚨New #OpenAccess Bridging the Gap! | The birth, life, and death of a cytopathology board examination question
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Great job Team! Amazing showing for Pathology. We are so proud of you! Congratulations 👍👍👍
American Board of Pathology@TheABPath
ABPath was proud to be part of #ABMS2025 last week! Trustee Dr. Barbara Sampson, COO Ty McCarthy, and CIO Anthony Schlinsog each shared their expertise — with Anthony’s AI poster earning a Blue Ribbon 🏅. We couldn’t be prouder of our team for representing ABPath. @ABMSCert
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Thanks, Raul for always being a great contributor on the Diplomate Advisory Committee- and congrats on the well-deserved recognition. 👍👍👍
American Board of Pathology@TheABPath
We are pleased to share that ABPath Diplomate Advisory Committee member Dr. Raul S. Gonzalez is featured in CAP TODAY, underscoring the importance of recognizing immune checkpoint inhibitor–induced colitis when evaluating GI biopsies. Read more: captodaymag.com/captoday/libra…
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