Tag Archives: International endeavors

April 2023—At the medical center of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, patients are not screened for bladder cancer using urine cytology because the pathology department does not have the capability for such screening. But that may soon change, thanks to an organization focused on using digital pathology to increase the availability of pathology education resources in developing countries.

February 2023—I was fortunate last summer to be part of a team established to build a histology laboratory in rural Ghana. Despite our many challenges, we succeeded in building a laboratory where specimens can now be processed for pathological interpretation. Although many obstacles remain, this laboratory offers great potential to improve the pathology services provided to a large portion of rural Ghana.