Dr. Eve Crane
Pathologist
Pathology is personal for Dr. Eve Crane: she turned a family tragedy into a triumph of the human spirit achieved through dedication, perseverance and incredibly hard work. In this in-depth interview, Dr. Crane takes us through the arc of her amazing career so far. We think she’s only getting warmed up.
When Dr. Eve Crane was just five years old, her father became gravely ill with what was eventually diagnosed as an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis. It eventually rendered him a quadriplegic and tragically led to his early passing. It was during this period Eve made up her mind that she was going to grow up and dedicate her life to finding a cure for her father’s illness. She turned her family’s tragedy into a true triumph of the human spirit. It’s an inspiring and heartwarming story.
Born and raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Eve Crane graduated summa cum laude from Rice University in Chemical Engineering and received her M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She pursued postdoctoral work at MIT as well as three years of surgical training. However, after some deep soul searching, she realized that she simply had to return to her true professional passion — her calling — of pathology. She completed her residency in anatomic pathology, a clinical fellowship in hemopathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is board certified.
Recently, she also completed a post doctoral fellowship with world renown stem cell researcher Dr. Sean Morrison, who was also a guest on a previous episode of The WorkNotWork Show. In fact, it was through our interview with Dr. Morrison that we met Eve. The microscopic slide image of neural crest stem cells used for Dr. Morrison’s episode was one she helped prepare. It was a happy coincidence because once we heard her entire story we knew that she would be a perfect future guest. While it took a while to find a slot in her packed schedule, we finally managed to sit down. Our expectations for the episode were high — but easily and instantly exceeded just as soon as she started to talk.
Eve represents a new generation of medical practitioner trained in the connected era and enabled by social media. Not only does she thoroughly understand and embrace this technology, she believes it to be a key enabler of her career going forward. She talks in considerable depth the role it plays and the exciting future potential it has both for her and for her profession.
Eve now feels she has completed the training phase of her career and recently accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Rochester. New York. She can be found there, of course, and on a social media platform near you. We spoke with Dr. Crane at her home in Rochester.
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