Canadian Biomarker Quality Assurance: The Cutting Edge Webinar Series

Episode 2

Digitizing Pathology: Going All In (Community and Regional)

Wednesday February 14th, 2024 at 12 pm ET

Speakers

Andrew Evans

Andrew Evans MD, PhD, FACP, FRCPC
Toronto, Ontario
Chief of Pathology, Mackenzie Health
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Dr. Andrew Evans is the Medical Director of Laboratory Medicine at Mackenzie Health (MH), a large community hospital in North Toronto that has transitioned to complete reporting by digital pathology. Prior to moving to MH, he was a Consultant in Genitourinary Pathology at University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto from 2001-2020 and was UHN’s Director of Digital Pathology at from 2004-2020. Over the last 13 years, Dr. Evans has been extensively involved in the development of guidelines and best practice documents for digital pathology with the College of American Pathologists (CAP). He chaired the expert panel for the 2021 CAP WSI Validation Guideline. He chaired the CAP Digital and Computational Pathology Committee from 2016-2021 and is currently a member of the CAP Artificial Intelligence Committee and CAP Council on Informatics and Pathology Innovation. His work in digital pathology was recognized with Meritorious Service Lifetime Achievement Award from the CAP in 2021.

Alexi Surette

Alexi Surette MD, PhD, FRCPC
Moncton, New Brunswick
Pathologist and department head of Pathology, Réseau de Santé Vitalité
Assistant professor, Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University

Dr Alexi Surette is an anatomical pathologist at the Dr Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, NB. He is the regional head of pathology for the Vitalité Health Network as well as the medical director of the Dr Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre Biobank. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at Dalhousie University as well as an adjunct clinical teaching professor in the Department of Pathologie at the University of Sherbrooke. He completed his residency in Anatomical Pathology at Dalhousie University. He obtained his medical degree and PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Dalhousie University.

Learning Objectives

  1. Compare 2 scanner-imaging systems that have been successfully installed for clinical care in Canada
  2. Describe 2 scenarios where a digital pathology workflow successfully addressed a clinical operational challenge in the Canadian healthcare setting
  3. Contrast 2 different adoption journeys for digital pathology in Canada