Episode 114: Lou Mendes Kramer – Forensic Pathology and the Pathologists’ Assistant
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Lou Mendes Kramer
What we discuss with Lou:
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field and forensic pathology
- Her experience as a PA student
- Working as a Medical Investigator
- Her previous teaching experience and how that led to her teaching at Wayne State
- How she became program director of the Wayne State PA program and some highlights so far
- Teaching methods and how they were adapted during the pandemic
- The AAPA Forensic Task Force and her role
- Attending NAME and IACME meetings as part of the task force
- The poster she presented at the 2021 NAME meeting and how it was received
- Some thoughts on what needs to happen for PAs to be more utilized in forensic pathology
Links for this episode:
American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants
Wayne State Pathologists’s Assistant Program
National Association of Medical Examiners
International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners
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