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