Yael K. Heher, MD, MPH, FRCP(C)
Director of Renal Pathology; Consulting Pathologist, Department of Pathology
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
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Yael K. Heher, MD, MPH, FRCP(C)
Director of Renal Pathology; Consulting Pathologist, Department of Pathology
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
French
Education
Undergraduate School
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Medical School
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Residency
McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Fellowship
Harvard Medical School
Boston
MA
Approach to Care
I am a strong believer in collaborating with all members of the clinical team to deliver the best care possible to patients and families.
Publications
Erroneous Patient Tissue Contaminants in 1574 Surgical Pathology Slides: Impact on Diagnostic Error and a Novel Framework for Floater Management. View Abstract
The next phase in patient safety education: Towards a standardized, tools-based pathology patient safety curriculum: A call to action from the Association of Pathology Chairs' Residency Program Directors Section Training Residents in Patient Safety Workgroup. View Abstract
Diagnostic quality model (DQM): an integrated framework for the assessment of diagnostic quality when using AI/ML. View Abstract
Case report: Successful simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation across a positive complement-dependent cytotoxic crossmatch. View Abstract
Prioritizing Patient Safety and Minimizing Waste: Institutional Review of Cases and a Proposed Process for Designing a Surgical Pathology Gross-Only Examination Policy. View Abstract
Pathology trainees rarely report safety incidents: A review of 13,722 safety reports and a call to action. View Abstract
Towards high reliability in national pathology education: Evaluating the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology educational product. View Abstract
Diagnostic error, interlaboratory communication, and resource management in cytopathology-surgical pathology collaboration: A 58-year-old woman with metastatic disease of unknown primary. View Abstract
Patient-facing communication for cytopathologists: A framework for disclosing diagnostic error. View Abstract
The value of monitoring amended reports in cytopathology quality programs: A biennial review. View Abstract
All in for patient safety: a team approach to quality improvement in our laboratories. View Abstract
Using the Model for Improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act to effect SMART change and advance quality. View Abstract
Something's Lost and Something's Gained: Seeing Reference Laboratory Quality from Both Sides, Now. View Abstract
Drug-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Resulting in ESRD. View Abstract
Reduction of diagnostic error: Following cytopathology's lead. View Abstract
Cytology specimen contamination leads to a false-positive surgical pathology diagnosis: Root cause analysis and patient safety lessons. View Abstract
Frozen-Section Checklist Implementation Improves Quality and Patient Safety. View Abstract
Targeting specimen misprocessing safety events with failure modes and effects analysis. View Abstract
False positive diagnosis of lymph node metastases in a 34-year-old woman with a history of extraskeletal myxoid chondroscarcoma: A root cause analysis. View Abstract
Pre-analytic error: A significant patient safety risk. View Abstract
Molecular Testing Turnaround Time in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Monitoring a Moving Target. View Abstract
Disclosure of Harmful Medical Error to Patients: A Review With Recommendations for Pathologists. View Abstract
Process mapping: A cornerstone of quality improvement. View Abstract
Measuring and assuring quality performance in cytology: A toolkit. View Abstract
Molecular Testing Turnaround Time for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Routine Clinical Practice Confirms Feasibility of CAP/IASLC/AMP Guideline Recommendations: A Single-center Analysis. View Abstract
A brief guide to root cause analysis. View Abstract
Achieving High Reliability in Histology: ?An Improvement Series to Reduce Errors. View Abstract
Banff initiative for quality assurance in transplantation (BIFQUIT): reproducibility of C4d immunohistochemistry in kidney allografts. View Abstract
Fever, abdominal pain and renal failure in a kidney transplant recipient. View Abstract
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 32-2012. A 35-year-old man with respiratory and renal failure. View Abstract
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 20-2012. A 77-year-old man with leg edema, hematuria, and acute renal failure. View Abstract
Early onset adenovirus infection after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant. View Abstract
A rare case of pulmonary cryptococcal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. View Abstract
Microglandular adenosis or microglandular adenoma? A molecular genetic analysis of a case associated with atypia and invasive carcinoma. View Abstract
Eleven years disease-free: role of chemotherapy in metastatic BRCA2-related breast cancer. View Abstract
A case of Cowden's syndrome presenting with gastric carcinomas and gastrointestinal polyposis. View Abstract
The potential impact of contemporary developments in the management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease undergoing an initial gastroscopy. View Abstract
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