Episode 44: Dr Amy Rapkiewicz - The Importance of the Autopsy in Understanding COVID-19

Today my guest is Dr Amy Rapkiewicz.

What we discuss with Dr Rapkiewicz:

• Her residency at the National Cancer Institute
• Why she chose two fellowships, cytopathology and forensic pathology
• Being interviewed by the Associated Press and CNN
• Autopsy finding in COVID patients
• The paper she coauthored about these findings
• How the pandemic has stressed the importance of the autopsy

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• National Cancer Institute
• Associated Press article
• CNN interview

• Megakaryocytes and platelet-fibrin thrombi characterize multi-organ thrombosis at autopsy in COVID-19 in EClinical Medicine

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