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Making housestaff feel at home: impact of workspace interventions on anatomic pathology trainee wellness

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100170

Kelly Ernst MD, Christine Heisen MD, Minami A. Tokuyama MD, Krishna L. Bharani MD, PhD

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Educational Case: Abnormal uterine bleeding

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100160

Mikaela B. Herberg MD , Kevin D. Whaley MD , Lauren N. Huddle MD

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Educational Case: Bullous pemphigoid 教育案例：大疱性类天疱疮。

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100155

Ryan C. Saal BS , Alice A. Roberts MD, PhD , Richard M. Conran MD, PhD, JD

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International medical graduates representation in pathology academic workforce, departmental leadership and society leadership

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100158

Asli Azemi MD , Carlos Parra-Herran MD

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Educational Case: Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with cancer 教育案例：癌症患者的弥散性血管内凝血

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100162

Kripa Ahuja MS , Richard M. Conran MD, PhD, JD

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Educational Case: Aortic valve stenosis

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100163

Steven Gamss FTLD , Menachem M. Gurevitz DO , Daniel Miller DO , Yonah C. Ziemba MD

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Educational Case: Essential thrombocythemia

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100167

David T. Danielson MD , Jeannie M. Muir MD

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Educational Case: Ectopic pregnancy and its relation to pelvic infections 教育案例：宫外孕及其与盆腔感染的关系

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100168

Liana Haven MD, MPH, Susan J. Roe MD

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Pathology in the artificial intelligence era: Guiding innovation and implementation to preserve human insight

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100166

Harry Gaffney MD , Kamran M. Mirza MD, PhD

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#PathArt: from glass slide to canvas; with a mission of enlightening the burdens of life

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Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100157

Meredith Herman DO , Casey Schukow DO , Alexandra Tatarian MD , Ziad M. El-Zaatari MD , Gloria Hopkins Sura MD , Marilyn M. Bui MD, PhD, FCAP

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