Welcome to our website and thank you for the opportunity to introduce you to our department! The Department of Pathology at the Medical College of Wisconsin serves several key roles at our institution. As the provider of diagnostic services in anatomic pathology and laboratory medicine, the department plays a critical support role for the entire medical center and its community of patients, physicians, paramedical personnel and researchers. [Read More]
Our department is a superb environment for training in pathology whether your long term career goal is to become a practitioner of pathology in the community or to become an academic pathologist.
We offer several training programs that include a resident program and fellowships that offer one year subspecialty training in Cytopathology, Hematopathology, General Surgical Pathology, Transfusion Medicine, or Forensic Pathology.
The Department of Pathology is hosting or participating in several conferences in keeping with the Medical College of Wisconsin Continuing Medical and Professional Education (CME) program.
Anatomic pathology is the science devoted to the study of diseased tissues. Tissues are usually obtained for study by a variety of methods, including skinny needle biopsies, incisional biopsies, excisional biopsies, and surgical resection of organs or tumors. [Read More]
The vast majority of clinical decisions are based on the results of laboratory tests. Clinical Pathology, a specialty that emphasizes the study of laboratory medicine, is vital for educating physicians to order the correct tests and understand the clinical significance of test results. [Read More]
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