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Guest Columns written for the Victoria Advocate
Always and Never: Words not meant for the practice of medicine, the laboratory, or a pandemic
Always and Never: Words not meant for the practice of medicine, the laboratory, or a pandemic
Always and Never: Words not meant for the practice of medicine, the laboratory, or a pandemic
Patients encouraged to get smart about lab tests
Always and Never: Words not meant for the practice of medicine, the laboratory, or a pandemic
Always and Never: Words not meant for the practice of medicine, the laboratory, or a pandemic
Doing our part to help fight cancer
Always and Never: Words not meant for the practice of medicine, the laboratory, or a pandemic
Doing our part to help fight cancer
Notable Communications
CAP Spokesperson
CAP Advocacy Article
CAP Spokesperson
CAP Newsroom
CAP Advocacy Article
CAP Spokesperson
CAP Advocacy Article
CAP Advocacy Article
CAP Advocacy Article
Ask a Pathologist
SIRIUS XM Doctor Radio: Breast Pathology and AI, October 18, 2023
CAP Advocacy Article
SIRIUS XM Doctor Radio: Breast Pathology and AI, October 18, 2023
SIRIUS XM Doctor Radio: Breast Pathology and AI, October 18, 2023
SIRIUS XM Doctor Radio: Breast Pathology and AI, October 18, 2023
Conversations with Pathologists
SIRIUS XM Doctor Radio: Breast Pathology and AI, October 18, 2023
SIRIUS XM Doctor Radio: Breast Pathology and AI, October 18, 2023
Case Encounters: Episode 8
Case Encounters: Episode 8
Case Encounters: Episode 8
Case Encounters: Episode 1
Case Encounters: Episode 8
Case Encounters: Episode 8
Story Corps
Case Encounters: Episode 8
Story Corps
Individual Articles
KXAN: Whooping Cough, November 17, 2025
The Sacramento Bee: At-Home Testing, November 4, 2025
Texas Tribune: Whooping Cough, November 11, 2025
Texas Tribune: Whooping Cough, November 11, 2025
The Sacramento Bee: At-Home Testing, November 4, 2025
Texas Tribune: Whooping Cough, November 11, 2025
The Sacramento Bee: At-Home Testing, November 4, 2025
The Sacramento Bee: At-Home Testing, November 4, 2025
The Sacramento Bee: At-Home Testing, November 4, 2025
Moms Who Think: Flu Season, October 12, 2025
Patient Power: How to Read Your Cancer Pathology Report, September 11, 2025
The Sacramento Bee: At-Home Testing, November 4, 2025
Patient Power: How to Read Your Cancer Pathology Report, September 11, 2025
Patient Power: How to Read Your Cancer Pathology Report, September 11, 2025
Patient Power: How to Read Your Cancer Pathology Report, September 11, 2025
Flow Space: Testing in Midlife, August 25, 2025
Patient Power: How to Read Your Cancer Pathology Report, September 11, 2025
Patient Power: How to Read Your Cancer Pathology Report, September 11, 2025
Contagion Live: Vaccine Hesitancy, August 14, 2025
Hone: Too Stressed to Sleep? Help for Perimenopause Anxiety and Insomnia, April 17, 2025
Contagion Live: How Clinical Labs and Outbreaks, August 13, 2025
Contagion Live: How Clinical Labs and Outbreaks, August 13, 2025
Hone: Too Stressed to Sleep? Help for Perimenopause Anxiety and Insomnia, April 17, 2025
Contagion Live: How Clinical Labs and Outbreaks, August 13, 2025
Hone: Too Stressed to Sleep? Help for Perimenopause Anxiety and Insomnia, April 17, 2025
Hone: Too Stressed to Sleep? Help for Perimenopause Anxiety and Insomnia, April 17, 2025
Hone: Too Stressed to Sleep? Help for Perimenopause Anxiety and Insomnia, April 17, 2025
Daily Voice: COVID-19: KP.3.1.1 Strain, October 1, 2024
Daily Voice: COVID-19: KP.3.1.1 Strain, October 1, 2024
Daily Voice: COVID-19: KP.3.1.1 Strain, October 1, 2024
Healthcare Degree: Ask an Expert, Pathologist
Daily Voice: COVID-19: KP.3.1.1 Strain, October 1, 2024
Daily Voice: COVID-19: KP.3.1.1 Strain, October 1, 2024
Irish Mirror: COVID Ireland, July 25, 2024
Daily Voice: COVID-19: KP.3.1.1 Strain, October 1, 2024
Irish Mirror: COVID Ireland, July 25, 2024
Popsugar: At-Home Testing, March 13, 2024
iAdvance Senior Care: COVID-19 Outbreaks Still a Threat for Senior Care Communities, January 2024
Irish Mirror: COVID Ireland, July 25, 2024
iAdvance Senior Care: COVID-19 Outbreaks Still a Threat for Senior Care Communities, January 2024
iAdvance Senior Care: COVID-19 Outbreaks Still a Threat for Senior Care Communities, January 2024
iAdvance Senior Care: COVID-19 Outbreaks Still a Threat for Senior Care Communities, January 2024
American Medical Association: COVID-19, RSV, flu: When to get tested and how, November 2, 2023
iAdvance Senior Care: COVID-19 Outbreaks Still a Threat for Senior Care Communities, January 2024
iAdvance Senior Care: COVID-19 Outbreaks Still a Threat for Senior Care Communities, January 2024
Daily Herald: COVID-19, October 9, 2023
Daily Herald: COVID-19, October 9, 2023
Daily Herald: COVID-19, October 9, 2023
Why I Love my Job: Conversations with Pathologists
Interview with Lewis Hassell
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