Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 187-193 , November 2009

Robotic surgical telepathology between the Iron Mountain and Milwaukee Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: a twelve year experience

  • Bruce E. Dunn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services, Clement J. Zablocki Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iron Mountain, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Bruce E. Dunn, MD, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (113), 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000
    • ,
  • Hongyung Choi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services, Clement J. Zablocki Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Daniel L. Recla, MT (ASCP), PA (ASCP)

      Affiliations

    • Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iron Mountain, Michigan
    • ,
  • Sarah E. Kerr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Benjamin L. Wagenman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 Reprinted with permission from Dunn BE, Choi H, Recla DL, et al: Robotic surgical telepathology between the Iron Mountain and Milwaukee Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: a twelve year experience. Hum Pathol 1092-1099, 2009.

PII: S0740-2570(09)00046-X

doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2009.09.007

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 187-193 , November 2009

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