Open Pathology Learning Lab

Interactive lectures and demonstrations on pathology informatics, clinical data, AI, and open medical infrastructure

Peter Gershkovich, MD. MHA — Yale University School of Medicine

Lectures & Talks

Recent talks for grand rounds, leadership, and conference audiences — AI-assisted development, clinical data, and the institutional shape of medical software.

From Image Management to Workflow Orchestration — WSI as a State Machine (35-min conference version)New35 min

Many labs can digitize slides; few can orchestrate. The image should serve the workflow, not define it. This 35-minute talk treats the WSI as a stateful production artifact and presents an event-driven, state-machine model that coordinates LIS events, the imaging lifecycle, distribution, and AI into one operational workflow.
28 slides ~35 minutes

Build as You Speak — Modern AI and the Transformation of Research Infrastructure in MedicineNew45 min

AI-assisted development has changed what a small applied-informatics team can build inside an academic medical center. The talk traces the gap between operational EHR data and what clinical research actually needs, the parallel infrastructure departments quietly build to bridge it, and the institutional discipline that becomes both possible and necessary as iteration cycles collapse from months to hours. Includes live demonstrations of IBIS — natural-language search and cohort discovery — and Xenonym, a schema-driven synthetic-data generator. Closes with the case for applied informatics as the translational layer that turns biomedical information science into clinical reality.
39 slides Live IBIS · Xenonym demo ~45 minutes + discussion

The Transformative Effects of AI-Assisted Software DevelopmentNewInteractive

Yale OneIT Conference — what changes, what doesn’t, and what it means for the act of building. Featuring the Xenonym case study, DevSecOps patterns, and the Tufte meta-argument.
29 slides Live demo 45–50 minutes

Pathology Informatics in the Age of AINewInteractive

How emerging technologies are transforming the tools we build — combining workflow foundations, the functionality gap, AI-assisted development evidence (Xenonym, IBIS, WBC ΔΣ), and a practical pathway for pathologists.
37 slides Live polls & voting D3.js visualizations

Pathology Informatics for Residents

A practical curriculum on workflow, data, digital pathology, LIS/IMS, regulation, and AI in anatomic pathology.

1. Relevance of Pathology InformaticsNewInteractive

Logic, workflow, and the future of practice — featuring live polls, micro-case voting, D3 visualizations, and a JSON-driven slide engine.
41 slides Live polls & voting D3.js visualizations

2. Custom Software Development in PathologyNewInteractive

Why we build, what we build, and how you can too — featuring the Buy vs. Build debate, problem-first clinical cases, hands-on workshop, live polls, and D3.js cost/architecture visualizations.
37 slides Live polls & voting D3.js visualizations Workshop exercise

3. Software Development for Clinical Use (Original)

The original lecture — DevSecOps, image analysis tools, digital pathology infrastructure, and spotting workflow gaps.
14 slides Live workflow demo

4. Regulations, Technology, and the Future of Pathology

What every pathology resident should know about LIS and IMS — covering HIPAA, regulatory frameworks, breach data visualization, and de-identification.
30+ slides D3.js visualizations