David Hoak

I am a community based pathologist board certified in AP, CP and cytopathology and have been a laboratory medical director for most of my career. I practice general pathology with subspecialty interest in urologic, gynecologic, and breast pathology. I am also interested in practice management, informatics, and digital pathology. I am now the Medical Director of Gestalt Diagnostics, a digital pathology workflow company.

Uberpathology: Interpreting Digital Pathology Specimens from Overseas Using Uber as a Model

Interpreting pathology cases using digital pathology from under-developed nations by North American and European (NAE) pathologists has been a Holy Grail of digital pathology. It is widely believed that the developing world has an unmet need in cancer diagnosis and treatment. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in October 2015 held […]

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Digital Pathology Tumor Boards – “Be Like Mike”

At Tumor Board several months ago, I watched my radiologist friend, Mike, present.  He would zoom back and forth from digital image to digital image.  He could correlate mammogram, ultrasound and MRI images.  When asked, he could easily call up past studies on a patient and show the changes over time, side by side.   You

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