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About Gregory Henderson

Gregory S. Henderson, MD, PhD is president of Pathology Associates of Kitsap County /Diagnostic Specialties Laboratory, a private practice pathology group in the greater Seattle area. Dr. Henderson received his MD and PhD at Vanderbilt University, after which he did Laboratory Medicine training at the University of Utah followed by Anatomic Pathology training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He did fellowship training in breast and gynecologic pathology at Vanderbilt University. He was a partner with Wilmington Pathology Associates, in Wilmington, NC from 1998-2005. Over that time he and his partners built one of the highest volume private practices in North Carolina by coupling excellent diagnostic services with innovative IT and customer relation solutions. From 2005-7 he was the Director of Anatomic Pathology at Ochsner Hospital and Clinics in New Orleans, where he was engaged in the rebuilding of anatomic and clinical laboratory services in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Henderson is a Fellow of the CAP, where he is a member of the Council on Membership and Professional Development and Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Membership Communications. He is also a fellow of the ASCP, and gave the keynote address to their annual meeting in New Orleans in 2007. He is also a member of the American Pathology Foundation and the American College of Physician Executives. He is Laboratory Medical Director of Harrison Medical Center laboratories in Bremerton, WA and is actively involved in a number of efforts to bring diagnostic services to underserved populations. Dr. Henderson blogs about the future of pathology and pathologists, the business challenges and opportunities in pathology, the Transformation of Pathology effort by the CAP, and humanitarian efforts and opportunities for pathologists. Occasionally, he will blog about some really cool cases and clinical problems.
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January 15, 2010
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Now Is The Time For All Primary Care Pathologists To Come To The Aid Of Haiti

Announcement From the CAP Foundation: January 15, 2010 Dear Colleagues, All of us are reading and watching the devastating news and seeing the wrenching pictures from Haiti in the aftermath of the terrible earthquake earlier this week. As a physician, I read the news and looked at the images with grief, with shock, and with [...]

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November 19, 2009
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Hell Hath No Fury Like 287 Breast Cancer Patients Scorned

Unless any of my fellow primary care pathologists out there have been way off the grid for the past 72 hours, you have by now heard the news of the revised guidelines for screening of breast cancer published by the group of luminaries known as the US Preventative Services Task Force – and hopefully you [...]

When the Currency Changes — Do You Know What You’re Worth?

My wife is from a very small village in the South of France. Her parents, brothers and sisters live a modest, and by some measures, idyllic rural life in one of the most ruggedly beautiful spots on Earth. Strip away the cell phones, televisions, and internet, and you would see a very traditional life that [...]

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November 3, 2009
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T-Shaped Pathologists

My long commute to work these days offers a lot of protected time to listen to various medical and non-medical podcasts. For some time, my favorite non-medical series has been the Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders – full of lessons applicable to any business or profession. I listened to one last week that discussed how [...]

You Might be a Primary Care Pathologist

My maiden blog post seems to have some resonance. I can’t say my inbox is overflowing, but I have gotten my share of e-mails this week from pathologists all over the country and, yes, the world, most of which explore the thematic thought of “I think I am a primary care pathologist too”. And I [...]

The Primary Care Pathologist’s DNA

Fourteen years ago, I was proudly standing by my resident physician research poster at the annual USCAP meeting. It was the usual “brown stain tricks” poster that was the investigative standard of the day, but with enough rational experimental design and statistically significant results to attract some attention that year and even garner an award. [...]