John C. Spinosa, M.D., Ph.D. |
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John's professional page is divided up into three areas:
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John is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and specializes in hematopathoogy, the study of bone and blood marrow disorders. He trained at UCSD and Scripps Clinic and currently works in a community based five man practice. After years of working with Pathology Medical Group and Pathology Medical Labs, both owned by Phil Gausewitz, five of the pathologists working at Scripps Hospital La Jolla branched out and started their own partnership last Fall. The new entity is called Laboratory Diagnostics Medical Group (LabDx) and is made up of Steve Carlson, Pam Price, John Spinosa, Jim Ho, and Bernie Chang. Jeannie Braheme also came over from PML as business manager. The group is mainly focused on inpatient work from Scripps La Jolla and Scripps Encinitas. The group is supported by very patient transcriptionists, technologists and other Scripps staffers. LabDx also works closely with Cytometry Associates, a flow cytometry lab in Sorrento Valley that's filled with great talent. John's CV is available for anyone who wants to make him a better offer.
John has found the perfect partner for his computing avocation in Liora Alschuler. Liora is a writer, and an expert consultant on SGML and XML. When John became interested in structured markup, he read her book, "ABCD...SGML." She was as interested in learning about healthcare as he was keen on markup. She is punctual (he is tardy) and she doesn't mind flying all over the country and the world (he hates airplanes unless either Jim Beam or myself comes along). Together they consult with regulatory agencies, professional organizations, and hospital systems about electronic medical records development, standards, etc. Together they've worked to spread the gospel according to Tim Bray, the original author of the XML standard.
John is a member of the C.A.P. Informatics Committee, thanks in large part to the mentorship of Dr. Bill Dito.
He has been part of the group for six years. The committee provides tutorials for pathologists in computer
skills and represents C.A.P. postions on standards and government regulatory
boards.
John also works with the Laboratory Accreditation Committee of the C.A.P., doing lab inspections here and abroad. We were lucky enough to go
to Geneva a few years back to inspect laboratories at a clinical research organization there. Most importantly, we've met great
people, and John feels like he's " giving back " to the pathology community that's given us so much.