Biography
Laurence Berg is passionate about the use of information technology to create efficiencies, improve patient safety and deliver higher quality services both in pathology and in medicine in general. He is assistant director of surgical pathology and later director of surgical pathology. He is a general surgical pathologists with special interests and expertise in neuropathology and pulmonary pathology. He is also director of the Histology Lab here at Gundersen. Medical Director of Functional Biosciences, Inc. January 2015 – Present (1 year 6 months).
Research Interest
Medical information technology, the uses of molecular biology in medicine, reducing medical care costs through technologic and process innovations
Biography
Paul J van Diest studied Medicine, did his PhD and pathology residency at the VU University medical center (VUMC) in Amsterdam. After obtaining his Board certification in Pathology in 1996, he became Consultant Pathologist at the Department of Pathology of the VUMC. In 1999 he was appointed Associate Professor and in 2001 to full Professor. In 2003 he moved to Utrecht to become Head of the Department of Pathology at the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) where he is currently still working. He is Adjunct Professor of Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Oncology Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA. He serves on the editorial board of 23 international journals. He has been active in the board as secretary and president of several international societies. He has published >600 papers in peer reviewed journals, personally supervised 57 PhD theses, and has an H-index of 65.
Research Interest
Digital Pathology
Biography
Jared N. Schwartz work has included many years in CMO roles for global leaders in Pathology, transforming the cultures to a solution based environment that drove enterprises into new markets and to the #1 position in market share against competitors. Through his services with the College of American Pathologists (CAP), as President and dedication to the governing board for 13 years, he developed strong understanding of best practices. Proud to be sought after for advice, he has given 1000+ lectures and media interviews on Live National Cable, National Network interviews, and CNN, on Infectious Disease issues including Influenza, SARS, Monkey pox outbreak. He have also testified before Congress on SARS, the White House on laboratory quality issues, and was appointed by the secretary of HHS to the clinical lab improvement advisory committee (CLIAC), an esteemed group who serve as advisors to the FDA, CMS, and CDC in setting national laboratory testing and quality standards.
Research Interest
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology