Mark Priebe
Quality Star LLC, USA
Title: Quality assurance tools to help reduce the diagnostic interpretive error in breast cancer surgical pathology
Biography
Biography: Mark Priebe
Abstract
Mark Priebe is a subject matter expert in the utilization of whole slide digital imaging for quality assurance of surgical pathology for cancer. Mark has presented on quality in surgical pathology via podium and posters at multiple scientific meetings and was the Co-Chair for Pathology 16 (Chicago) and Keynote at 5th International Meeting on Breast Pathology and Cancer Diagnosis 2018 (Miami), Mark received his undergraduate degree in Medical Technology from Marquette University, Milwaukee, and advance certification by the ASCP in Immunohematology from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Mark is the co-developer of QualityStar quality consortium of Omaha Nebraska. QualityStar is an external peer review quality assurance program for Surgical Pathology, approved by the American Board of Pathology for Part II (SAM) and IV (QA) MOC and multiple other certification/accreditation agencies. The Mission of QualityStar is to support the reduction of major diagnostic discordance in surgical pathology by 5% (7 to 2%) impacting the lifes of over 80,000 patients annually in North America.