Brian Adkins

Standing offer to pathology trainees - if you donate blood I will buy you a cup of coffee.

Eliminating the Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose - What is the true impact on pediatric transfusion safety? Check out our new JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Putting hand soap in a hand sanitizer dispenser is the wildest prank in healthcare.

Does anyone have pathology CME they like doing?

Happy CertLink Day! @TheABPath

How are you diagnosing and treating mixed AIHA? pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…

What's your fav way to diagnose iron deficiency anemia with just the CBC?

@olsonplanner Why do a fellowhip? -You care about the patient population -You have expertise that you would like to focus on -It is hard to go back to training after being an attending -You want to do academics There is an opportunity cost for doing fellowship but do what you love if you can

Thinking about doing a fellowship? Let’s be real: for some specialties, that “extra training” will cost you more than it’ll ever make you. Here’s the math most docs avoid doing.

Great perspective from a human/patient with multiple myeloma nytimes.com/2025/07/25/sty…

@AShmooklerMD @TheABPath Exactly! I love getting to keep up with things and find my knowledge gaps.

@path_brian @TheABPath I second this — and am proud to say I have COMPLETED MY ASSESSMENT! Not sure if I’m in the minority here, but I value these a lot! Thanks, @TheABPath! Already looking forward to next quarter.

Happy @TheABPath CertLink day!

Streaming the Oasis show - Biblical! @liamgallagher

Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMA_current: Review focuses on the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of absolute iron deficiency with or without anemia. ja.ma/420rH1W

Attention! April 7th is International Beaver Day. Now get back to work.

This clears things up

@mackrophage_ Takes me back to my pathology interview days - I got into a fight about whether or not I wanted a cup of coffee!

Interviewer: “so I see you’re from Ohio, who’s your team” Me (totally serious btw): I guess my mom has always been in my corner Interviewer: “…………………………who’s your sports team”

Salmonella Outbreak: 68 people are sick in 19 states, with 18 hospitalizations. Check your home for recalled whole fresh American cucumbers. Do not eat recalled products and throw them away. bit.ly/4eNjGR6

References: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leuc… pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC16… jwpr.science-line.com/attachments/ar… Colin G. Scanes, Chapter 10 - Blood, Editor(s): Colin G. Scanes, Sturkie's Avian Physiology (Sixth Edition), Academic Press, 2015, Pages 167-191, ISBN 9780124071605, doi.org/10.1016/B978-0…. (sciencedirect.com/science/articl…)

Are we talking turkey… hematology? - Unlike humans, turkey RBCs are nucleated - Heterophils (neutrophils for birds) tend to increase as a stress response – otherwise lymphocytes rule the differential roost - The PT for turkeys is prolonged relative to human (around 17 sec) - Turkey RBC have been used as reagents for tetanus immunity as well as other applications in the lab - The smear shows a WBC infected by the parasite Leucocytozoon smithi – birds get different leukotropic diseases than us!

@liamgallagher how can I get my local radio station to play Oasis? @JackFMDFW

@liamgallagher how can I get my local radio station to play Oasis? @JackFMDFW