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About Keith Kaplan

Dr. Kaplan is a surgical pathologist at Mayo Clinic and associate professor of pathology at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN. He received his MD degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine followed by residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. While at Walter Reed, in conjunction with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology he founded and directed the Army Telepathology Program connecting 25 hospitals worldwide for consultation via telepathology. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles book chapters, editorials and scientific abstracts. His subspecialty interests include gastrointestinal and hepatic pathology, cytopathology and pathology informatics and has presented at national and international meetings on those topics. Dr. Kaplan’s research interests involve gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary pathology, hyperspectral imaging, image analysis and the use of Web 2.0 tools in pathology. He is active in many medical societies including the College of American Pathologists where he has chaired or served on several committees, serves as a reviewer for many scientific journals, serves on the editorial board for Human Pathology and blogs daily at www.tissuepathology.com.
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Posts by Keith Kaplan

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November 30, 2009
6:56 pm

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Onshoring of Pathology Services

Last week Dark Daily ran a story about DermatopathologyConsultations.com. Robert Michel wrote: DermatopathologyConsultations.com demonstrates how innovative pathologists are stepping up to apply new information technologies to make it easier for local pathologists to refer cases to expert subspecialist pathologists. The fact that Zembowicz and his colleagues are getting second opinion case referrals from other countries [...]

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November 10, 2009
10:09 am

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Stimulus grant establishes ‘Facebook for scientists’

A $12.2 million grant from National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) will establish a new national network for sharing information between scientists, which has been described as “Facebook for scientists.” The funding for this effort comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The project’s lead organization is the University of Florida; other [...]

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October 20, 2009
6:01 pm

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Welcome to pathologist blogger Dr. Gregory Henderson

The list of pathologist bloggers continues to grow with the start of Primary Care Pathologist by Gregory S. Henderson, MD, PhD from Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA where he is President and Partner of Pathology Associates of Kitsap County. I first heard of Greg long before I met him at the College of American [...]

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October 18, 2009
10:42 pm

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As Fast as Glass — Thoughts from CAP ’09

Back from an excellent CAP meeting that was held in Washington, DC. It was a bit of a homecoming for me – returning to DC for the first time in nearly 5 years after living and practicing there for almost 10. As much as fan of tele-everything and distance communication as anyone, there is still [...]

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October 1, 2009
7:36 pm

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Pathologist’s frustrations with health care reform debate on YouTube

Dr. Ed Uthman is a practicing pathologist who recently posted this video on YouTube. Regardless of where you are on the debate of healthcare reform I think Ed sums up succintly some widely perceived misconceptions regarding several “parts” of the current “system” that are a common source of frustration to health care providers. He addresses [...]

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September 2, 2009
10:54 pm

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Web site compares cost of health care

Need a colonscopy and want to compare prices? Much like you can compare prices for other goods and services, if you plan on getting those from a Minnesota health care facility, you can see what it costs across the state. A colooscopy will run you $924 in Duluth compared with $426 in St. Cloud. This [...]

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