About the Author: Dr. Williams is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and has completed AquaVet®, AquaMed®, Advanced Fish Medicine and a one year clinical aquatic internship at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. After five years as a veterinary medical officer for NOAA Fisheries Dr. Williams accepted the position of Director of Science and as Attending Veterinarian at NMLC. Dr. Williams also owns and operates the Vineyard Veterinary Clinic on Martha’s Vineyard.
Virtural (Path) Rounds
Sea Rogers Williams | Oct 29, 2009 | Comments 0
Dr. Williams participated in the first Marine Mammal Pathology Virtual Rounds sponsored by NOAA today. Pathology cases were submitted from the stranding network, and reports were made available for review before the Rounds. By uploading digitized histopathology slides, participants were able to review the case and the pathology on-line. These are not the perfect pictures from a presentation, but the actual slides from the case. Participants have to ‘find’ the disease and recognize normal slides and pathology. Then during the actual Rounds, one of the pathologists can review real-time histopathology slides for teaching and demonstration. Cases involved seals with coccidia, fungal disease in dolphins, and a severe case of Cryptococcus. The opportunities with this technology are limitless and three cheers to Dr. Rotstein for putting this excellent presentation together.
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