American Society of Cytopathology

AIxMed Welcomes Barbara Crothers, D.O., as Chief Scientist and Appoints Two Scientific Advisors

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Monday, June 5, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AIxMed, an early-stage smart Cytology company at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and medicine, announced the appointment of Cytopathology industry heavyweight Barbara Crothers, D.O., as Chief Scientist. In this new executive leadership role, Dr. Crothers will drive AIxMed's strategic scientific and clinical initiatives. This includes leading U.S.-based pilot and validation studies of the AIxMed digital Cytology platform.

Key Points: 
  • In this new executive leadership role, Dr. Crothers will drive AIxMed's strategic scientific and clinical initiatives.
  • This includes leading U.S.-based pilot and validation studies of the AIxMed digital Cytology platform.
  • Dr. Crothers is joining in our AI-driven mission to improve workflows and patient care in the battle against cancer.
  • At AIxMed, she will apply these strong credentials towards positioning the Company's technology at the leading edge of the Pathology digital revolution.

Lester J. Layfield, MD, FASCP is recognized by Continental Who's Who

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Monday, February 13, 2023

COLUMBIA, Miss., Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lester J. Layfield, MD, FASCP, is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Distinguished Healthcare Provider for his work as a Pathologist.

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  • COLUMBIA, Miss., Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lester J. Layfield, MD, FASCP, is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Distinguished Healthcare Provider for his work as a Pathologist.
  • He completed an internship in pathology, anatomic pathology, and clinical pathology at the University of Washington Medical Center.
  • He completed his residency in pathology, anatomic pathology, and clinical pathology at the University of California in San Diego.
  • Dr. Layfield is considered an expert in cytopathology with fine needle aspirations, and surgical pathology involving head, neck and musculoskeletal pathology.

ASP Health and Planet Innovation Receive 2022 Medical Design Excellence Award

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

EVANSTON, Ill. and IRVINE, Calif., May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ASP Health, a private medical device company focused on developing and commercializing innovative sample preparation technology to enhance and expand cancer diagnosis, and Planet Innovation (PI), ASP Health's product development and commercialization partner, have received the Bronze Award in the Testing and Diagnostic Product and Systems category for their innovative, FDA-registered automated sample preparation system. The company introduced its novel system at the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) 69th Annual Scientific Meeting in November 2021.

Key Points: 
  • The ASP Health platform was honored in the 2022 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), the premier awards program for the MedTech industry.
  • ABOUT ASP HEALTH ASP Health is a private medical device company focused on developing and commercializing innovative sample preparation technology to enhance and expand cancer diagnosis.
  • ASP Health partners with Planet Innovation , a world-class company known for creating breakthrough products and commercially successful businesses.
  • ABOUT PLANET INNOVATION Planet Innovation (PI) is a healthtech innovation and commercialization company that exists to create breakthrough products and commercially successful businesses that transform industries and have a positive impact on the world.

Remote Medical Technologies (RMT) is Unveiling New High-Performance Remote Robotic Microscopy System and Spectacular 4K Imaging Solution at ASC 2021

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

rmtConnect Remote Robotic Control Solutions are clearly different from any other remote robotic controlled microscope.

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  • rmtConnect Remote Robotic Control Solutions are clearly different from any other remote robotic controlled microscope.
  • Along with exhibiting remote robotic control microscopy, RMT is also unveiling a state of the art medical grade 4K solution that provides users with incredibly gorgeous imaging that is known to augment any multi-headed microscope room.
  • New 4K cameras, in which the imaging is local to the microscope, delivers four times as much detail as full HD, providing high-quality imaging.
  • NOTE: 1*Multi-headed scope room monitors must support 4:2:2 10 bit or 4:4:4 8 bit video formats for RMT Ikegami 4K camera operations.