Author: Andy Ai

CAPA Curbside Consultation-Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology Subgroup 

Group Leader: Dr. Shi Wei 

Advisor: Dr. Paul Zhang 

Consultants: Dr. Marilyn Bui and Dr. Yaxia Zhang and Dr. Shaoxiong Chen

Aim: This peer to peer group activity is to discuss challenging, rare, or interesting cases for educational purpose. The group leader and the fellow peer consultants are experienced bone and soft tissue pathologists who will provide informal consultation to whom are interested to join a zoom meeting weekly. Dr. Paul Zhang will serve as an advisor to provide ad hoc consultation and connect the consultants to additional resources and opportunities. This activity is to promote the education, support, collaboration and friendship among CAPA members. 

Format: On every Tuesday 5-6 pm EST (tentatively for now; subject to change to accommodate most participants), each presenter (self-identified) will have a couple of minutes to show an unknown case to the group of consultants for their 2nd opinion. Please note that pertinent clinical and radiologic information and the pathology information via a digital camera without disclosing any confidential information of the patient will be presented, i.e. strictly following HIPPA rules. Although this educational activity may also be helpful in real time practice, we must emphasize that the content of the case discussion is for reference only and should not be used as a formal consultation for diagnosis. The members participating in the discussion shall not bear any legal responsibility for the pathology report and their names should not appear in the report. 

Call for Action: If you are a bone and soft tissue pathology expert and wish to join the consultant group, please let Dr. Shi Wei know. If you wish to be on the weekly meeting to either show your case or just observe, please inform Dr. Wei (including your name, institution/practice group and email, and indicating you are a CAPA member) to keep you on the group mailing/information dissemination list. We also welcome any suggestions that will make this a practical, informative and meaningful activity for all. 

Contact information of the consultants 

1. Shi Wei, M.D., Ph.D. (Project Lead) 

Professor of Pathology 

Associate Director, Division of Anatomic Pathology 

Senior Scientist, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center 

The University of Alabama at Birmingham 

NP 3545A | 1802 6th Ave. South | Birmingham, AL 35249-7331 

P: (205) 975-8880 | F: (205) 975-5242 | swei@uabmc.edu 

2. Paul J. L. Zhang, MD 

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

Director, Immunohistochemistry Laboratory University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division of Anatomic Pathology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 3400 Spruce Street, Six Founders Philadelphia, PA 19104 Office: 215-615-3641 Email: pjz@mail.med.upenn.edu 

3. Marilyn M. Bui, MD, PhD (Project sponsor, CAPA president) 

Senior Member and Professor of Pathology 

Section Head of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology 

Scientific Director of Analytic Microscope Core. 

Program Director of Cytopathology Fellowship 

Moffitt Cancer Center 

Tampa, FL 33512 

Office: 813-745-4940 

Email: Marilyn.bui@moffitt.org 

4. Yaxia Zhang, MD, PhD 

Associate Attending Pathologist 

Associate Professor of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Medicine Weill-Cornell College of Medicine 

HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery 

535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021 

TEL (212) 774-2887 

Email: Zhangya@HSS.edu 

5. Shaoxiong Chen, MD, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Indiana University School of Medicine
350 W 11th St, Room 4088

Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone: 317-491-6443

Fax: 317-491-6419

Email: chen251@iupui.edu 

Disclaimers: All advice provided is for education and research use only and free of charge. It should not be used for patient care. However, medical consultations should be sought in other form if deemed required by the participating pathologist. The participants should and will hold the faculty and CAPA free of harms that are directly or indirectly linked to the program. The faculty or CAPA does not and will not receive any form of compensations through this program. 

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