Kaytron was incorporated in 1996 as a professional medical corporation providing locum tenens pathology services which has grown to serve clients nationwide.

We provide both anatomic and clinical pathology services, and knowledge in the specific areas of regulation, compliance and quality improvement as well as a solid understanding of the laboratory business environment regionally and nationally.

 

Dr. Ronley Plous is the principal pathologist offering contracting services. Other pathologists are contracted on an as-need basis dependent on client needs.

Curriculum Vitae of Ronley Plous, MD

Current Title:
President and pathologist, Kaytron Corporation, Chartered, Leawood, KS - a professional medical corporation contracting nationwide pathology locum tenens services.

Education:
MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

MS, Industrial Engineering Management, University of Kansas, Overland Park, KS
BA, Magna Cum Laude, Liberal Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Training:

Intern & Resident, Internal Medicine, Englewood Hospital, Englewood, NJ

Intern & Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Fellow, Hematopathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Ancillary Positions Held Concurrently With Training:
Medical Investigator, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City
Consulting Physician, Internal Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Pathology, Park Avenue Medical Associates, New York, NY
House Physician, Internal Medicine, Florence Nightingale Nursing Home, New York, NY
Internist, Grand Manor Health Related Facility, Bronx, NY

Certification:
Annual MIME/ASCP Cytology Proficiency Testing

Certified, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Re-Certified, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Certified, Exfoliative and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, AFIP, Washington DC

Principal Positions Held:
President and Locum Tenens Pathologist, Kaytron, Corporation, Chartered, Leawood, KS
Vice President, Pathology, LabOne Inc., Lenexa, KS

Pathologist, Physicians Reference Laboratory, Overland Park, KS
Pathologist, Associate Staff, Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, NJ

Professional Society Memberships:
Fellow, College of American Pathologists
Kansas Society of Pathologists
Kansas City Society of Pathologists
Mount Sinai Alumni Association University of Kansas School of Engineering Alumni Association
Wayne State University School of Medicine Alumni Association

Professional Activities:

Service to Professional Organizations:

College of American Pathologists, (CAP)
Standards Committee
Lead Laboratory Inspector
Federal Key Contact, KS District 03

National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, (NCCLS)
Subcommittee on Wellness Testing
Subcommittee on Clinical Evaluation of Tests
Subcommittee on Data Management

International Organization for Standardization, (ISO)
Standards and Document Reviewer

Service to Professional Publications:
Editorial Reviewer, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Consultant, Washington G-2 Reports

Service to Medical Schools:
Academic Council, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Service to Hospitals and Medical Centers:

Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, NJ
Utilization Review Committee
Infection Control Committee

St. Joseph Health Center, Kansas City, MO
Quality Assurance Committee
Medical Records Committee
Medical Director of Hematology and Microbiology Laboratories

Vencor Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Executive Committee
Medical Director of Laboratory
Infection Control Committee

Service to Blood Banks:
Consultant, Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City

Service to Biomedical Corporations:

Consultant and Medical Director, M-Pact Worldwide Management Corporation, Eudora, KS

Service to Biostatistical Corporations:
Consultant, Palisades Corporation, Newfield, NY

Service to Independent Laboratories:

Consultant, BioDiagnostics Laboratory, Torrance, CA
Medical Director, Midwest Cancer Screening, Springfield, MO

Professional Awards:
Individual National Research Service Award; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH

Academic Appointments:
Research Professor, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, 1986.

Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY, 1985-1989.

Community Service:
Volunteer, Boys Scouts of America
Life Member, Navy League of the United States

 

Bibliography:

Plous, R. Malignant histiocytosis. The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 1985;52:496-498.

Plous, R., R. Sunshine, H. Goldman, and I. Schwartz. Ureteral endometriosis in post-menopausal women. Urology, 1985;26:408-411.

Plous, R. and L. Strauss. A bronchopleural fistula: pulmonary changes in a neonate. The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 1986;53:484-488.

Plous, R., R. Gordon and S. Geller. Retrovesical myxoid leiomyosarcoma. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1986;110:1194-1196.

Strauchen, J., R. Plous and C. Childs. Lymphadenopathy in patients at risk for AIDS. The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 1986;53:668-672.

Ruchman, R., H-C Yeh, H. Mitty, B. Cohen, M. Greenberg, R. Plous and D. Mendelson. Ultrasonographic and computed tomographic features of renal sinus lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 1988;16:35-40.

Plous, R. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura: antigenic localization. Journal of the Englewood Hospital Medical Staff, 1988;5:18-20.

Mayer, L., D. Eisenhardt, P. Salomen, W. Bauer, R. Plous and L. Piccinini. Expression of class II molecules on intestinal epithelial cells in humans. Gastroenterology, 1991;100:3-12.

Plous, R. Clinical pathology residency training: the need for reform. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1995;119:9.

Foster, D., R. Plous. New technology avails CBC for use as an underwriting tool. Insight, 1995;9:14.

Plous, R. The cost of quality pays off on the bottom line. Laboratory Industry Report, 1998;v7n1:3.

Garg, U., J. Howanitz, R. Nakamura, R. Plous, and J. Eckfeldt. Production, analysis, and characterization of a reference material for prostatic specific antigen. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1995;119:1104-8.

Zweig, M., E. Ashwood, R. Galen, R. Plous, M. Rabinowitz. Assessment of the clinical accuracy of laboratory tests using receiver operating characteristic plots. NCCLS approved guideline Document GP10-A, February, 1996.

Plous, R. Clinical laboratory management. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1998;122:200.

Plous, R. Quality of care. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1998;122: 583-584.

Plous, R. Laboratory automation: why so elusive a dream? Laboratory Industry Report, 1999;v8n1:9.

Scientific Posters:
Salomen, P., R. Plous, L. Mayer. Localization of Ia Molecules and Mononuclear Cell Subpopulations In the GI Tract: Findings in Normals and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Third Annual Research Day, The Mount Sinai Medical Center. September 9, 1985.

Presentations:

Hepatitis B and C Virus Infections. Annual Meeting, Philippine-American Medical Technologist Society of New Jersey. Belleville, New Jersey. February 8, 1992.

Classifications of Anemia Utilizing the MCV and RDW. Medical Grand Rounds, St. Joseph Health Center. Kansas City, Missouri. December 3, 1992.

Biochemical Markers of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Utilization of CK-MB Mass. Medical Grand Rounds, St. Joseph Health Center. Kansas City. Missouri. February 4, 1993.

Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Medical Grand Rounds, St. Joseph Health Center. Kansas City. Missouri. June 3, 1993.

DNA Ploidy: A comparison of Flow Cytometry and Digital Image Analysis. Department of Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital. Royal Oak, Michigan. November 10, 1993.

DNA Ploidy: A comparison of Flow Cytometry and Digital Image Analysis. Department of Pathology, Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Grand Rapids, Michigan. November 29, 1993.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers; Health Care Economics. Department of Health Services Administration, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas, November 28, 1994.

A Statistical Analysis of Age Related Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Values. Department of Statistics, School of Business Administration, University of Kansas, Overland Park Kansas, May 3, 1995.

Stochastic Simulation in the Definition of Age Related Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Reference Ranges. Department of Engineering Management, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas, July 27, 1995.

Process Improvement in Industrial Engineering. Department of Engineering Management, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas, October 4, 1997.

Dynamics of System Engineering: Changing the Basic Structure of Your Lab. Lab Institute 1997, co-sponsored by Washington G2 Reports and Medical Laboratory Observer, Washington D.C., October 24, 1997.

Economic Analysis Methods: Comparing and Selecting Projects When the Future is Ambiguous. Lab Automation'98, sponsored by the University of Virginia, San Diego, California, January 20, 1998.

System Engineering Principles and Data Organization in Laboratory Operations. CAP Seminar, CAP/ASCP 1998 Spring Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 6, 1998.

Laboratory Systems, Process and Operations. Pathology Consultants Medical Group, Torrance, California, July 22, 1998.

Dynamics of System Engineering: Changing the Basic Structure of Your Lab. Clinical Laboratory Management Association 1998 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1998.

Laboratory Process Improvement. Department of Pathology, St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas, May 5, 1999.

Dynamics of System Engineering: Changing the Basic Structure of Your Lab. Clinical Laboratory Management Association, Kansas City Chapter Regional Meeting, Kansas City, Kansas, May 12 1999.

Medical Imaging of Ivalon. M-Pact Worldwide Management Corporation, Eudora, Kansas, May 13, 1999.

Future of Lab Testing: Where Technology is Headed. Lab Institute 1999, co-sponsored by Washington G2 Reports and Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology, Washington DC, October 8, 1999.

Process Improvement within Complex Laboratory Systems. Pathology Inc., Torrance, California, August 21 - 25, 2006.

The Laboratory Evaluation of Colorectal Tumors: Advances in Molecular Pathology. UMKC School of Medicine, Pathology Department, Kansas City, Missouri, October 3, 2007.

The Laboratory Evaluation of Colorectal Tumors: Advances in Molecular Pathology. Tumor Board, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St Joseph, Michigan, November 12, 2007.

The Laboratory Evaluation of Colorectal Tumors: Advances in Molecular Pathology. Pathology Conference, Wesley Medical Centrex, Wichita, KS, December 22, 2008.

The Laboratory Evaluation of Colorectal Tumors: Advances in Molecular Pathology. Grand Rounds, Dameron Hospital Association, Stockton, CA, January 16, 2009.

Update in Tumors of the Colon and Rectum. Tumor Board, Cancer Conference, Trinity Regional Health System, Rock Island, IL, December 21, 2009.

Update in the AJCC 7th Edition TMN Classification. Tumor Board, Cancer Conference, Trinity Regional Health System, Rock Island, IL, March 15, 2010