Course Type: Clinical Clerkship
Department/Division: Surgical Pathology
Course Director: Dr. Ciera Mangone – [email protected]
Phone: 410-614-3653
Faculty: Dr. Mangone and staff
Availability/Duration: All year; ½ quarter or negotiable as arranged with course director; Visiting Medical Students accepted upon approval of course director
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Introduction to Pathology or Genes to Society
Drop Period: 2 months
Description: Students are trained in the techniques of general surgical pathology and then become responsible for the gross description, gross dissection, and microscopic examination of their assigned cases. Students are supervised by faculty members and senior residents, and they participate in all conference activities in the division. The elective exposes the student to a variety of modern techniques employed in the pathologic diagnosis of medical and surgical diseases and increases their awareness and understanding of the role played by surgical pathology in patient management. There are opportunities for exposure to other diagnostic pathology services (e.g., cytopathology and neuropathology)