Valerie Fitzhugh, MD

Professor and Chair; Pathology, Immunology, & Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Professor & Chair; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Senior Vice President; Pathology Services, Robert Wood Johnson Barn

Objectives:

1. Understand the current landscape of underrepresented populations in pathology.
2. Learn some of the barriers to recruitment in pathology.
3. Gain understanding from the personal experiences of a pathologist who is underrepresented in medicine to improve relations between all pathologists.

Speaker disclosures: 

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Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds runs most Wednesdays during term in fall, winter and spring quarters from 3:30 to 4:30 PM in Health Sciences room D209. 

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Grant Acknowledgment: None

Planning Committee Disclosures:

The following members have not had any financial relationships with any ineligible entities in the past 24 months: Noah Hoffman, MD, PhD; Nabiha Huq Saifee, MD, PhD; Sean Murphy, MD, PhD; Cate Paschal, PhD; Jason Siu, MD, PhD; Rebecca Treger, MD, PhD; and Bitania Wondimu, MD.

The following members disclose financial relations with ineligible entities within the past 24 months: Susan Fink, MD, PhD Variant Bio (consulting); Daniel Sabath, MD RareCyte, Inc (Research support); Brian Shirts, MD PhD Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (consulting); Hamilton Tsang, MD Pfizer, Roche, Johnson and Johnson, CRISPR therapeutics (stock holder).

All relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.

Sponsored by the University of Washington School of Medicine, the Department of Laboratory Medicine, and the Office of Continuing Medical Education. Sign-in is required to receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) or Continuing Education (CE) credit.

The University of Washington School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. (Each session is 1.0 credit.)