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William Richard Jeck

Assistant Professor of Pathology
Pathology
40 Duke Medicine Circle, 3017 Yellow Zone, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Algorithms as Laboratory Developed Tests: From Concept to Implementation in an Academic Setting - Digital Pathology and AI Congress · May 8, 2024 Invited Talk
Intentional Implementation of Digital Pathology: A Gradualist Focus and AI Tools - North Carolina Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting · April 27, 2024 Invited Talk North Carolina Society of Pathologists,

Presented on the topic of digital pathology workflows and in house development and implementation of AI algorithms for diagnosis.

Fusion in the Palm of Your Hand: Nanopore Sequencing for Rapid Fusion Oncogene Detection - Grand Rounds · June 2021 Invited Talk Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Pathology,
Rapid detection of fusion genes with MinION: A Clinical 'Killer App' - Nanopore Community Meeting 2018 · 2018 Invited Talk

Service to the Profession


Member - Informatics Committee · September 2022 Committee Service College of American Pathologists ,

The Informatics Committee is an established committee of the CAP and reports to the Council on Informatics and Pathology Innovation. The committee has numerous focus areas including a case based Education Program, a Machine Learning Working Group that has worked with the FDA, and liaisons to standards development organizations including HL7, IHE and LOINC. The committee works closely with the Council on Government and Professional Affairs on government matters that involve informatics issues.

Service to Duke


Compensation Committee (Department) · 2023 - 2024 Committee Service
Pathology EDI Committee (Department) · 2022 - 2024 Committee Service

Clinical Activities


Surgical pathology attending on the Autopsy (2019-2023), Liver (2019-2024), Gastrointestinal (2019-present), and Orthopedic (2019-present) services. 
Molecular pathology attending (2020-present).
Significant contribution to the development and validation of the Duke Solid Tumor Fusion RNA-NGS Assay.