About Nicole Riddle

Quotes from Nicole Riddle

On balancing responsibilities:

“We have a part in so many patients’ care and are so crucial to them getting the right treatment. Yet, though I ‘see’ 45-60 patients a day, they will patiently wait for me on my desk while I attend meetings, teach lectures, or take care of the occasional family event. We reach the most patients while having the most flexible time.”

On inter-specialty communication: 

“The lack of basic understanding of what we do in pathology often causes frustrations on both sides and, unfortunately, sometimes leads to patient care issues.”

On the biggest challenge in pathology: 

“When pathology left medical schools around 15 years ago, physicians learned even less pathology than they used to. It is very much starting to be felt and discussions with non-pathologist colleagues are getting more and more complicated as they have no idea what we do, how we do it, or what we mean with the words we use.”