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PLA Lectures and Competencies

Pathology Laboratory Associates (PLA) offers comprehensive anatomic and clinical pathology services including surgical pathology, cytology, clinical pathology, bone marrow and fine needle aspiration procedures. PLA also offers lectures in several areas of expertise. This service was created so that our clients may have the opportunity to request a lecture on any of the subjects listed below.  Should there be a topic not listed that is of interest to you, please contact us. All lectures can be requested through your RML/PLA client service representative or by calling pathology (918) 744-2553.

Pathologist Specific Lectures available Area of Interest / Competency
Tammy Battaglia
M.D.
  • Point of Care testing-Why We Do What We Do
  • Blood Bank-Common Tests, Common Problems, Common Reactions
Pathology
Brian Bock
M.D.
  • Bladder Tumors
  • Kidney Tumors
  • Prostate Tumors
Urologic Pathology
Steve Casner
M.D.
  • Aplastic Anemia
  • New Entities in Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases
Pathology
Neil Crowson
M.D.
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Prognosticators of Melanoma
  • Cutaneous Pathology of Connective Tissue Disease
  • Common and Uncommon Types of Melanoma
Dermatopathology
Brent Hartsell
M.D.
  • Transfusion Reactions
  • Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine
  • Blood management and Blood Product Criteria for Adults
Coagulation
Michael Harvey
M.D.
  • Importance of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Testing and Sub-Typing Particularly in Women Over 30
  • American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) 2006 Guidelines
  • Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Techniques and Media for Ancillary Studies
Cytopathology
Henry Haskell
M.D.
  • Recent Changes in Sarcoma Diagnosis: Impact on Therapy and Management
Dermatopathology
  • Genodermatoses in Dermatopathology
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Ryan Hendren
M.D.
  • Bladder and Renal Pelvis Pathology
Urologic Pathology
  • Testicular Pathology
Cytopathology
Stephanie Holt
M.D.
  • Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) of Thyroid
Thyroid Pathology
  • Clinical Significance of Placental Lesions
Cytopathology
  Gynecologic Pathology
Gerald C. Miller
Ph.D.
  • Testing FollowingBlood Borne/Sharps Exposure
Immunology
  • Significance of Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
Microbiology
  • Tick Borne Disease Testing
Collagen Vascular Diseases
  • Hepatitis C (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing
  • Celiac Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Testing
Molecular Testing for Infectious Diseases
Jim Palmer
M.D.
  • Breast Cancer; Premalignant lesions
  • Sentinel Nodes, Margins
Breast Pathology
Igor Shendrik
M.D.
  • Cutaneous Lymphoid Proliferations
  • Frequent Inflammatory Skin Disorders
Dermatopathology
Cindi Starkey
M.D., Ph.D.
  • Approach to White Blood Cell (WBC) Disorders
Hematology
  • Diagnosis of Lymphomas
Molecular Testing
James R. Taylor
M.D.
  • How do the endoscopic biopsies of the GI tract help me take care of my patients?
GI Pathology
  • Colon cancer; molecular pathogenesis. Why is this important?
Medical Renal Disease
  • Immunohistochemical Evaluation of "Carcinoma of Unknown Primary"
  • New Concepts in the Biopsy Evaluation of the Upper GI Tract
Immunohistochemistry

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