Bill, I'm just using your note for a "template".  Thanks for the good words.
 
>Can't even say that your change from being 'hands on' involved is a loss
>for us.  I am sure that the people that you have trained for Accupath will
>carry on, leaving you free to grow and do even more in the future.
 
    Actually, AccuPath is me, but it's a much smaller caseload.  AccuPath
is my own private consulting firm, not affiliated with the AFIP in any way.
The caseload only runs 3-8 cases/night, which I read out in my office at
home, calling the practitioners with the results along the way and faxing a
copy when I'm done.  It's far more personal and enjoyable - and I can do it
with the ferrets, dogs, and of course, Colleen around me.
 
    I will continue to train pathologists in the interpretation of ferret
tissues.  Thus far, 20 or so veterinary pathologists have left the AFIP
knowing more about the diseases of ferrets than just about any other
pathologist in the country.  That won't stop.
 
> We are extremely fortunate to have had someone with your good humor
> and intelligence with us for as long as we did.
 
        Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere.  I know I'm a few days behind
on the FML, but I intend to catch up.  Right now I'm slowly working my way
through my backlog of cases at the AFIP and preparing lecture notes for the
pathology of the ferret for a series of lectures and a videotape I am doing
this fall.  Ferret work goes on, but now the incessant deadlines have fallen
by the wayside.  It's a whole new and more enjoyable way of doing things....>
Bruce H. Williams, DVM         Dept. of Veterinary Pathology
Chief Pathologist, AccuPath    Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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[Posted in FML issue 1236]