Are You Smarter Than Tom Colby?
You are here... because you think you are at least as smart as Tom Colby, the first PPS President.
Well, you may be, but to test your hypothesis, we have selected 20 reasonably challenging lung biopsies and have asked Tom to review them here on the web, sight unseen and WITH NO HISTORY. He has written down his best morphologic diagnosis for each case and these are on file with Ernst and Young, Inc. (secure global auditing firm) for safe keeping during the contest.
To play, all you need to do is register and then review the scanned virtual slides. Take your best shot at a diagnosis; if you are unsure, try to at least put the case in a general category (e.g. "cellular neoplasm, favor benign") as your answer will be scored on a psychometric sliding scale of "proximity" to the file diagnosis on the case. Remember that TC has an equal chance of being incorrect!
The deadline for all answers is Monday, June 1, 2015. The final winner (maybe Tom himself) will be announced on Friday, June 5 at the closing of the PPS Biennial Meeting. A signed copy of Tom's "Atlas of Surgical Pulmonary Pathology" (currently out of print and considered an heirloom by many owners" will be the prize, along with a photo opportunity with the man himself!
To access slides, simply click on each case number listed below. The slide will open in a separate window. Just close or minimize the window when you wish to return to the form to input your answers.
Good Luck!