Rizzo SmithOct 15, 20233 min read2 more months, you say?Updates: ~~Autumn~~ First things first: I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a position with Providence medical group in...
Rizzo SmithSep 4, 20233 min read(Ligament of) Treitz the best you can!Updates: I’ve returned to Morgantown! For 6 weeks anyway, as I rotate through the Ruby Memorial Autopsy suite. Morgantown is a thoroughly...
Rizzo SmithJun 24, 20233 min readWhat's a skeleton's favorite plant? A Bone-zai tree Updates Today is the EXACT HALFWAY POINT between January 1st and December 16th (graduation day)!!! I finished my...
Rizzo SmithApr 11, 20233 min readWVU East - Martinsburg, WVUpdates Happy Easter, Blessed Ostara, and a Beautiful Equinox to all! The sun is returning and I am…so…so…relieved. I’m writing from...
Rizzo SmithFeb 25, 20235 min readThe clinical year begins!Hello dear readers- The clinical year has begun and everyday is bringing new specimens that I recognized from my studying last year, and...
Rizzo SmithDec 20, 20222 min readLet's have a "Blast-oma" next year!Here we are, at the end of the first year of graduate school, of the WVU pathologists’ assistant program! Updates: The white coat...
Rizzo SmithOct 29, 20224 min readWhat do you call it when an osteologist gets an extra holiday check?A bone-us! And that was your Halloween joke for this post :) Updates Autumn is in full swing, and as I am a big fan of sweaters, I am on...
Rizzo SmithAug 17, 20224 min readIt's going "Tibia"-kay!The Updates We finished the second semester of grad school! I’m writing this on the first day back to fall classes, excited to get back...
Rizzo SmithJul 16, 20224 min readTrust yourself, but try not to get your bike stolen.Programming note: My plan for these posts is to include life updates, a reflection and a “disease of the day”. Read whatever parts of it...
Rizzo SmithMay 27, 20225 min readRound 2, ding ding! Summer in Morgantown is pretty different from the regular school year. This is the season for routine maintenance, repairs and road work...
Rizzo SmithMay 3, 20224 min readIt's the Final(s) CountdownIt. Is. Finals. Week. I like finals week. Not just because we are almost done with the term, but because I really have a sense of how...
Rizzo SmithApr 2, 20224 min readWhatever doesn't kill you......Will probably end up on the grossing bench! Academic updates: At this point in the semester we have been reading our CAP Cancer...
Rizzo SmithMar 13, 20223 min readSpring break musingsI tend to have pretty good timing when it comes to getting sick, namely that I get sick during breaks from school. So since it’s Spring...
Rizzo SmithFeb 25, 20223 min readHow many pathologists does it take to diagnose a malignancy?10. Because one less would benign 😎 Hello All! If you don’t mind, I’ll jump right into some updates… A couple weeks ago I had my first...
Rizzo SmithJan 30, 20224 min readLet's. Get. Organized. 🧠💪 As someone who hasn’t been in school for 3 years, these first couple weeks have been about getting organized, finding out what works for...
Rizzo SmithJan 16, 20224 min readIntroductions"A Pathologists’ Assistant is a highly trained, certified allied healthcare professional who is qualified by academic and practical...