Biography
Kim Solez, M.D., FRCPC, Professor of Pathology at the University of Alberta, and President and CEO of Transpath Inc., is one of the world’s foremost kidney pathologists. He is the father of the Banff classification that sets standards worldwide for how biopsies from kidney and other solid organ transplants are interpreted, and started the post-earthquake disaster relief task force of the International Society of Nephrology. He is a popular blogger on internetevolution.com, and directs NKF cyberNephrology, a joint venture of the National Kidney Foundation (U.S.) and the University of Alberta. Kim has also created many educational videos for the Lifeboat Foundation.
Research Interest
Renal Pathology
Biography
James Michaelson PhD is the Director of the Laboratory of Quantitative Medicine, Member of the Departments of Pathology and Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor, Harvard University. His research concerns: the assembly of very large databases on patients; the development of improved mathematical methods for predicting cancer outcome; the analysis of patient outcome and cost; the analysis of cancer screening; the mathematics of growth; the mathematics of metastasis; the use of modern computer speech and telephony to design systems that improve patient compliance; and the development of advanced method for imaging cancer specimens.
Research Interest
Surgical Pathology
Biography
John DMedical Director. Cochran, MD, FCAP, is the Clinical Director of the Laboratory Accreditation Program at The Joint Commission. He completed college, medical school and residency training in Pathology at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Cochran is Chief Executive Officer of Chestatee Pathology Associates, PC, a private practice in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine which employs 9 pathologists and owns, directs and/or operates multiple anatomic and clinical pathology labs in the metropolitan Atlanta area. His areas of interest include gastrointestinal and hepatic pathology, cytopathology, pediatric pathology, informatics, laboratory regulations, and practice management.
Research Interest
gastrointestinal and hepatic pathology, cytopathology