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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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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. 👍👍👍

[American Board of Pathology @TheABPath]

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! 👏

[American Board of Pathology @TheABPath]

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: https://t.co/IfdEe52SJQ

#pathboards #pathresidents

[American Board of Pathology @TheABPath]

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.🔗 https://t.co/v4LBQMboDk

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

@UPMCPath @RasaValiauga @TheABPath @UPMCPathology @PathPro @SamKhader @PancPathologist @HaleyCorbin7 @TiarraPrice @leall_andrea @ProcopGary @BakeAndBiopsy @dwu101 It was an honor to be at such an incredible institution with such dedicated educators and wonderful trainees.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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!

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

@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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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[American Board of Pathology @TheABPath]

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[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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!

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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.

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

@ZhaiJim @MayoClinic Such a great thing to do for a mentor

[MicroBytes @GaryProcop]

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.