Ensuring remote diagnostics for pathologists: an open letter to the US Congress

Authors

Jochen K. Lennerz, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Center for Integrated Diagnostics, Boston, MA, USA. jlennerz@partners.org.
Liron Pantanowitz, University of Michigan Health, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Mitual B. Amin, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Anatomical Pathology, Royal Oaks, MI, USA.
Isam-Eldin Eltoum, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology, Section of Cytopathology, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Meera R. Hameed, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Surgical Pathology Service, New York, NY, USA.
Alexana N. Kalof, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Surgical Pathology, Burlington, VT, USA.
Elham Khanafshar, University of California San Francisco, Department of Pathology, Cytopathology, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Lakshmi P. Kunju, University of Michigan Health, Department of Pathology, Genitourinary Pathology, Surgical Pathology, Histology Laboratory, and Image Analysis, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Audrey J. Lazenby, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Omaha, NE, USA.
Kathleen T. Montone, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Christopher N. Otis, Pathology at UMass Chan Medical School, Baystate Health Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Springfield, MA, USA.
Michelle D. Reid, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cytopathology and Anatomic Pathology/Cytopathology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Paul N. Staats, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Operations, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christa L. Whitney-Miller, University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine & Dentistry, Vice Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Anatomic Pathology, Rochester, NY, USA.
Catherine S. Abendroth, Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology, Hershey, PA, USA.
Manju Aron, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Clinical Pathology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
George G. Birdsong, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Services, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ira J. Bleiweiss, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Breast Pathology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mary P. Bronner, University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Jennifer Chapman, University of Miami Health System, Department of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology, Miami, FL, USA.
Nicole A. Cipriani, The University of Chicago, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology Informatics, Chicago, IL, USA.
Gustavo de la Roza, State University of New York-Upstate Medical University, Upstate University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Michael J. Esposito, Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Greenvale, NY, USA.
Oluwole Fadare, University of California San Diego Health, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, San Diego, CA, USA.
Karen Ferrer, Stroger Hospital of Cook County Health, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Surgical Pathology, Chicago, IL, USA.
Christopher D. Fletcher, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Boston, MA, USA.
David P. Frishberg, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Fernando U. Garcia, Tower Health, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, West Reading, PA, USA.
Laurette Geldenhuys, Dalhousie University, Department of Pathology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ryan M. Gill, University of California San Francisco, Moffitt-Long Hospital, Department of Pathology, Surgical Pathology, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Dorina Gui, University of California Davis Health, Department of Pathology, Surgical Pathology, Davis, CA, USA.
Shams Halat, Tulane University School of Medicine, Lakeside Hospital Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Surgical Pathology, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

10-20-2022

Journal

Nature medicine

DOI

10.1038/s41591-022-02040-6

APA Citation

Lennerz, Jochen K.; Pantanowitz, Liron; Amin, Mitual B.; Eltoum, Isam-Eldin; Hameed, Meera R.; Kalof, Alexana N.; Khanafshar, Elham; Kunju, Lakshmi P.; Lazenby, Audrey J.; Montone, Kathleen T.; Otis, Christopher N.; Reid, Michelle D.; Staats, Paul N.; Whitney-Miller, Christa L.; Abendroth, Catherine S.; Aron, Manju; Birdsong, George G.; Bleiweiss, Ira J.; Bronner, Mary P.; Chapman, Jennifer; Cipriani, Nicole A.; de la Roza, Gustavo; Esposito, Michael J.; Fadare, Oluwole; Ferrer, Karen; Fletcher, Christopher D.; Frishberg, David P.; Garcia, Fernando U.; Geldenhuys, Laurette; Gill, Ryan M.; Gui, Dorina; and Halat, Shams, "Ensuring remote diagnostics for pathologists: an open letter to the US Congress" (2022). GW Authored Works. Paper 1755.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/1755

Department

Pathology