Ep 8.5: Dr. Timothy McCalmont, MD on translating cognitive psychology into practice

This episode covers making a diagnosis (a type of decision) and optimizing that with emotional intelligence (episodes 1 and 2 for more), metacognition (episode 5 for more), deliberate practice (what mechanism can create an explosion of learning?; also see episode 7 for more), and working around inattentional blindness (Christopher Chabris’ illusion of attention, see episodes 6 and 8 for more). We also briefly touch on Drs. Antoine Bechara, Hanna Damasio, and Antonio Damasio’s work on emotions being necessary for decision-making (https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/10.3.295). Dr. Timothy McCalmont is Professor Emeritus of the Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco. He was Co-Director of the UCSF Dermatopathology Service for 25 years as well as the Editor of the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. His BS in Biochemistry and MD are from Iowa State University, he attended medical school at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, and his residency in anatomic pathology was completed at Wake Forest University Medical Center. He subsequently started residency training in dermatology at UCSF, where he did his dermatopathology fellowship training as well. He is internationally renowned for his diagnostic skills that span the breadth of dermatopathology. Recently, Dr. McCalmont has moved into a new role as a dermatopathology consultant in the private sector at Golden State Dermatology Associates.