We were working on our research and it was time to do our interview. I knew I needed to find someone who knew a lot about red blood cells. At first, I thought I should find a hematologist and asked my mom if she knew any. She had a colleague at work, MD Richard Francis. He works for Columbia University, but he isn’t a hematologist. Richard is a Clinical Pathologist who works in blood donations and research. Richard gave me answers that might be useful for me and might help me find answers to some of the sub-questions. I started out with trying to find a person to interview and when my mom knew someone I could interview, the first step was over. I had to make my questions, which frankly didn’t take too long. These were my questions:

1. Why did you want to become a clinical pathologist?
   1. Was drawn to it
2. How long have you been a clinical pathologist?
   1. 10 years
3. What are the requirements for becoming a clinical pathologist?
   1. Just having the right degrees
4. What do you focus on in your department?
   1. Blood transplants
5. How do you professionally develop in order to keep with all of the new information about red blood cells? 
   1. Every year there are conferences where people share new information with other doctors of their department
6. What is the best thing about being a clinical pathologist?
   1. Doing research and learning new things, basically everything. 
7. What do you enjoy the least about being a clinical pathologist?
   1. When people don’t understand when you can’t do a certain thing but they still ask for it.
8. How has the technology for clinical pathology changed since you first became a clinical pathologist?
   1. The technology for genetics and DNA has become more advanced.
9. How do you find out that a person has a type of red blood cell disorder?
   1. A person finds out that they have a symptom and then
10. Do all red blood cell disorders have the same symptoms?

1.  Some are similar and some are not.

1. How many red blood cell disorders don’t have treatment?
   1. Only when the amount of red blood cells is little or too much in the blood. You then would have a blood transfusion.
2. Are the red blood cells treatments similar to one another?
   1. Depends on the disorder
3. What future technology inventions could be a breakthrough for clinical pathology?
   1. More difficult and advanced technology for genetics and DNA.

My mom and I reached out to Richard and we asked him if we could interview him (which he was more than happy to). I then came up with a list of questions and was ready for the interview. I put on the audio recorder and I began the interview. I finished the interview and went over everything. I realized that I didn’t even know that clinical pathology used devices related to DNA and genetics. The hardest part of the interview was coming up with the questions.