Duke Pathology residents and faculty members attended the College of American Pathologists 2024 Annual Meeting (CAP24) at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel in Nevada from Oct. 19-22, 2024, to promote residency and fellowship programs.
Natalya Ramirez, MD, PGY-3, and Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program Coordinator Jawanna Bell, C-TAGME, represented Duke Pathology and provided information about the Residency Program and Fellowship Program. Ramirez, who is also a CAP member, attended resident forums as well.
Residents Tanner Bakhshi, MD, PhD, PGY-2, and Grace Kwon, MD, PhD, PGY-3, made presentations. Kwon presented her poster titled “A Novel EWSR1:KLF5 Fusion in a Malignant Epithelioid Neoplasm of the Finger with Review of the Literature,” which was a case study. Bakhshi exhibited his poster titled “Difference in Cold Antibody Testing to Inform Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Case Study.” Resident and junior CAP member Ife Fuwape, MD, PGY-4, attended resident forums and daily seminars.
Diana Cardona, MD, MBA, presented a poster titled “Communication of Pathology Results as a Form of Diagnostic Error: The College of American Pathologitsts Leads in Adapting to the 21st Century Cures Act. She also moderated the Advocacy Town Hall at the meeting. Jessica Poisson, MD, attended as a member of the CAP Curriculum Committee, which coordinates the education program for the meeting.
