Tao Liang, PhD
Director of PathXchange Services
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Connecting the Global Pathology Community

A professional networking, collaboration and learning portal, promoting digital pathology
Think of it as YouTube and Facebook for pathology!
A Web 2.0 Approach: simple, social, and fun!
PathXchange.org = Pathology Web 2.0
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Why PathXchange
● Provides a virtual community to pathologists
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Connect pathologists working in silos, from different countries and institutions
Global network, a ccessible to a wider audience
● Remove digital pathology adoption barriers
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Free slide scanning for up to five cases per month
No downloads; works across all platforms and browsers
24 x 7 accessibility, no IT maintenance
Extremely scalable storage; global cloud-computing infrastructure
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Who’s on PathXchange
● Explosive growth since launch in Mid 2009
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9000+ users
2000+ cases, thousands of images
● Users from 160 countries, 1000 institutions
● Word-of-mouth adoption
Top countries:
USA
China
India
Canada
Brazil
UK,
Switzerland
France
Russia
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What can you do on PathXchange
Browse interesting cases from around the world
Create your own online case and course gallery
Share your cases and slides with colleagues
Search our expanding global knowledge base
Learn and teach pathology and latest advances in the field
Ask experts for their opinion on your case
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How is PathXchange (organically) being used
Tumor board
Student
Labs
Slide sharing club
Peer-second opinion facilitation
Research studies
Collaborative slide viewing
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Case conferences
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The e-Learning Need
● Traditional textbook based teaching not enough
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Increased lab costs and instructor overhead
Limited access to content & slides “outside class hours”
CME is a requirement for maintaining licenses
Sharing knowledge, discussing cases not as simple
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Students, residents to learn newer technologies such as digital pathology
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Students, residents to network with experts
Rapid dissemination of knowledge and information
Library of peer-reviewed cases like peer-reviewed journals
Web 2.0 applications to share information and collaborate on web (wikipedia, RSS feed, archives, twitter, etc)
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Reference Use Cases
● Case Conferencing
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CAP Futurescape 2009 (R. Monroe, June, 2009)
Senior Surgical Pathology Meeting (S. Lele, Whole-slide scans and web-based conferencing tools used in combination provide accurate assessment of cases for real-time
global clinical consultation, Pathology Visions, October, 2010)
● Slide sharing clubs
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Soft Tissue Slide Club (K. Kaplan et al)
● Research Study
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Mayo Clinic Autoimmune Pancreatitis (AIP) Interobserver Concordance Study (S.
Chari et al and The Autoimmune Pancreatitis International Co-operative Study Group,
Histopathologic and Clinical Subtypes of Autoimmune Pancreatitis: The Honolulu Consensus
Document, Pancreatology and Pancreas, 2010)
● eLearning
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University of Nebraska Medical Center M1/M2 Student Labs (S. Hinrichs et al)
● CME
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Hematopathology Update Course ( http://www.unmc.edu/cce/hematopathologyupdate )
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Quotes from PathXchange Members
Dr. Keith Kaplan, Professor, Mayo
Clinic.
“I think Path Xchange is one of the first examples of a peer-review process for pathology images. I welcome it - I think it is part of the Pathology 2.0 experience.”
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Quotes from PathXchange Members contd.
Dr. Mehul B. Amin, Chairman, Dept of Pathology, Cedars Sinai
Medical Center.
“Without Path Xchange , it wouldn’t have been possible to read a second opinion case half way around the globe in a two day timeframe.”
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Quotes from PathXchange Members contd.
Dr. Subodh M. Lele, Associate
Professor , Univ. of Nebraska
Medical Center.
“ Utilizing Path Xchange ’s global collaboration capabilities to conference with pathologists half way around the world in real time was a unique and very rewarding experience for me.”
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More Quotes from Px Members
“PathXchange is an excellent website which allows Pathologists to share information, collaborate, and exchange. Uploading cases, image sharing, and exchanging content is very easy on PathXchange. I thank PathXchange team for their tremendous work for creating this wonderful networking website.” Dr Prashant A Jani, Asst. Professor, Northern Ontario School of
Medicine
“Your site offers a very easy uploading and editing option. Your search option is wonderful, I can find any of my case in seconds! During our teaching sessions, in stead of Googling , I have been " PathXchanging" for variations of lesions from our own cases. Teaching time has become more fun! Dr
Deba P Sarma, Professor, Creighton University Medical Center
“Continuous education for medical profession will no longer be limited to only prestigious institutes, world renowned professors, or medical journals in the future. We, the community pathologists, will make our contributions to future pathology education.” Dr. Jian-Hua Qiao, Pathologist, California
Hospital Medical Center
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Case of the Week
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Browse Cases by Subspecialty
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Browse a Case
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Browse Digital Slides
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Browse Similar Cases
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Share Cases Within a Group
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Take An Online Course
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Self-Assessments
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PathXchange on iPhone/iPad
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Simple and FREE Registration
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Sign-up now!
http://www.pathxchange.org
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