A partnership that began at Emory University to allow pathologists to collaborate and share knowledge with physicians in Africa has expanded to include Yale School of Medicine pathologists and will hold its first symposium in December.
The 2022 PEACE (Partnership of Emory, Yale, and Africa for Cancer and Education) Symposium, a virtual event scheduled for December 3 from 9 am to noon, is designed to facilitate global discussion of the advanced understanding of disease and histopathological reporting. It will showcase interesting clinical cases and research endeavors from African partners of PEACE with the intent of furthering collective knowledge of disease.
The symposium features two hours of presentations from African PEACE partners followed by a keynote address from Oluwole Fadare, MD, Professor of Pathology, Chief, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Health System. Dr. Fadare will present on, “The Histotyping of Ovarian Carcinomas: Classics, Caveats and New Developments.” The event is free and registration is available here.
Uma Krishnamurti, MD, MBBS, PhD, FCAP, Associate Professor of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine, was teaching at Emory School of Medicine in 2020 when she and Lara Harik, MD, FCAP, Associate Professor of Pathology at Emory, founded PEACE – the Partnership of Emory and Africa for Cancer and Education. Yale pathologists got involved when Dr. Krishnamurti joined Yale about a year ago.
In its two years, PEACE has held 10 monthly sessions each year on topics requested by African pathologists. Each hour-long session draws between 40 and 50 pathologists from African nations. In all, 170 physicians from nine African countries are registered with PEACE, Dr. Krishnamurti said, adding that she is recruiting Yale pathologists to present during upcoming sessions.
Dr. Krishnamurti said the program’s intent is for pathologists at Yale and Emory to collaborate with pathologists in Africa and to share knowledge and experience.
“Global health and education are dear to me,” she said. “I firmly believe that sharing is caring.”