10 December 2007
Greetings:
This is our monthly email highlighting changes to PathologyOutlines.com.
The last email was sent on 12 November 2007.
Advertisers: We welcome these
new and renewing business sponsors: Exalpha
Biologicals (antibodies), Mopec (pathology laboratory equipment and furniture),
Milestone Medical
(microwave accelerated tissue processing) and Sakura Finetek USA
(rapid tissue processing, embedding and histology equipment).
Archive of post monthly website news emails:
Books: To receive a
monthly email listing new books added to our Books pages, email info@pathologyoutlines.com
with “subscribe to new books email” in the subject line. There is no
charge. New books recently added to our Books pages include:
Ali:
Breast Cytopathology (Essentials in Cytopathology)
By Syed Z Ali and Anil V Parwani
2007 (1st ed), 147
illus, 176 pages, $60 list
This text fulfills the
need for an easy-to-use and authoritative synopsis of breast cytopathology.
It fits into the lab coat pocket and is ideal for portability and quick
reference. Each volume in the series is heavily illustrated with a full
color art program, while the text follows a user-friendly outline format.
more
Carey:
Flow Cytometry
By John L Carey, J Philip McCoy, Jr and David F Keren
2007 (4th ed), 384 pages, $125 list
The new edition promises a
completely current overview of this increasingly commonplace technology. With
every chapter either completely reworked or significantly updated to include
the latest developments and new contributions from 10 new international
authorities, this will be the go-to resource on clinical flow cytometry for years
to come.
Chhieng:
Pancreatic Cytopathology (Essentials in Cytopathology)
By David C Chhieng and Edward B Stelow
2007 (1st ed), 204
pages, 172 illus, $60 list
This volume will
fulfill the need for an easy-to-use and authoritative synopsis of pancreas
cytopathology. This volume, part of the Essentials in Cytopathology book
series, fits into the lab coat pocket and is ideal for portability and quick
reference.
Gulati:
Blood Cells An Atlas of Morphology with Clinical Relevance
By Gene Gulati and Jaime Caro
2007 (1st ed), 236 pages 1170 illus,
$125 list
The authors have brought together a
comprehensive and practical color atlas of the characteristics and clinical
relevance of individual normal and abnormal cells, and the morphologic findings
associated with various clinical conditions. Hundreds of microphotographs and
concise, clear definitions are included to aid in the differentiation of blood
smears so critical in clarifying or establishing diagnoses in the clinical
laboratory.
Harmening:
Laboratory Management: Principles And Processes
By Denise M Harmening
2007 (2nd ed), 372 pages, $60 list
Textbook balances theory and
practical applications, for students. Covers leadership styles, managerial
problems, human resource guidelines and regulations, performance evaluation,
healthcare reimbursement, and more.
Molavi:
The Practice of Surgical Pathology: A Beginner's Guide to the Diagnostic
Process
By Diana Weedman Molavi
2008 (1st ed), 300 pages, 367 illus,
$90 list
This book lays the foundation of
practical pathology and provides a scaffold on which to build a knowledge base.
It includes basic introductory material and progresses through each organ
system. Within each chapter, there is a brief review of salient normal
histology, a discussion of typical specimen types, a strategic approach to the
specimen with a list of what to look for, and a discussion of how the multitude
of different diagnoses relate to each other.
Sherman:
Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World
By
Irwin
2007 (1st ed), 224
pages, $30 list
Diseases have
significantly shaped the course of the world’s history. From the
fourteenth-century plague to HIV/AIDS today, diseases have fundamentally
altered the shape of society, politics, and culture. In a sweeping, thoughtful
account, Twelve
Diseases That Changed Our World considers the history of
twelve important diseases: their impact, their consequences, their costs, and
the lessons learned.
Sover:
Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin
By Hans Peter Soyer, Giuseppe Argenziano, Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof and Robert H
Johr
2007 (1st ed), 334 pages, 300 illus,
$119 list
The core of this book is an atlas
with excellent clinical, dermoscopic and histopathologic images on melanocytic
nevi, various types of melanomas and relevant other pigmented skin tumors
including basal-cell carcinomas.
Buyer’s Guide: no changes.
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information. Our newsletter is on hold.
Exhibits: On January
28-29, 2008, we will attend the Tutorial on Neoplastic
Hematopathology in
Images: We thank Dr.
Carmen Luz (uterus-endometriosis) and Dr. Sharon Bihlmeyer (ovary-adult granulosa
cell tumor) for contributing images to our online textbook. We invite you to contribute gross,
microscopic, special stains or other images, particularly of uncommon entities. We will post them in the appropriate chapter
of our online textbook, so pathologists and related personnel throughout the
world can benefit from them. We
particularly welcome large collections of images. We will list your name as a contributor in
the chapter, and in this monthly email, unless you want to remain
anonymous. For more information, click here.
Improvements: Our website
is under continuous improvement and is updated daily. Please email us if you see a possible error
or have a comment. I personally respond
to each email, usually within one business day.
Jobs page: We are making
several changes to the Jobs pages for 2008.
First, we have a new price of $700 for pathologist/PhD ads, that is the
same whether the ad is for one position or more than one position. For other laboratory jobs, the cost is $500. Second, although we will continue to post
academic positions until they are filled, up to one year, we will post nonacademic
positions (pathologist/PhD or other laboratory) for 6 months at most. This should remove many ads which have likely
been filled. Third, we will no longer
accept ads seeking pathologists to work for other specialties, such as
urologists or gastroenterologists. In
our opinion, these types of jobs are not good for the pathology profession, and
are illegal in some states.
Link checking: We continue
to link check on a regular basis.
Mission: We are trying
to improve the quality of our online textbook by (a) spending more time writing
and updating chapters, (b) getting more reviewers (see below) and (c) getting
more images donated (see above). We
welcome any additional suggestions.
New Products and Services page:
We continue to add announcements on a regular basis, and with our large
number of advertisers, plan to post several announcements per week. Click on the New Products
button (left side of the Home Page) to access this page.
Reviewers: We want each chapter reviewed by an expert after it
is updated. Currently, we are seeking
reviewers for these chapters/sections: Leukemia
(update in progress), Skin Tumors (to
be updated soon), Stains: actins (various),
caldesmon, calponin (recently updated). Since reviewing an entire chapter may be a difficult
task, we will solicit reviewers on smaller portions of a chapter, ranging from
one topic to a section. We cannot pay
reviewers for these smaller portions, but will list their names by the topic
reviewed in the chapter and their name and contact information on the Reviewers page. Click
here
for more information.
Surgical pathology textbook: We split the Breast chapter
into nonmalignant (including ADH) and malignant (includes DCIS, also males and
children), and extensively updated the Breast-nonmalignant
chapter. It includes 102 topics (almost
every entity that has been described), with over 900 image links and 700
references. We also have virtual slides
and even videos of a professor reviewing a slide. We also updated the Stains
chapter for muscle markers including the various actins, caldesmon and calponin.
Thanks.
-- Nat
Nat Pernick, M.D., President
PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
30100 Telegraph Road, Suite 404
Bingham Farms, MI (USA) 48025
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