PATHOLOGY INTEREST GROUP

1
PATHOLOGY INTEREST GROUP
David N. Bailey, M.D. Vice Chair for Education UC
San Diego Department of Pathology

• September 18, 2012
• UC San Diego Health System Center for Advanced
  Laboratory Medicine
• 500 PM 700 PM

2
Purpose

• To stimulate interest in Pathology as a career
  for those who have not decided upon a Pathology
  career and to enhance interest and information
  for those who have decided to pursue
• Pathology as a career

3
Pathology Interest Group Meetings (2012-13)

• September 18, 2012 (Ronald McLawhon)
• (Overview of Pathology Tour of CALM)
• November 15, 2012 (Robert Newbury)
• (Pediatric Pathology)
• January 8, 2013 (Steven Gonias)
• (Physician-Scientists in Pathology)
• March 21, 2013 (Scott VandenBerg)
• (Neuropathology)
• Liebow Auditorium, 1200 PM 100 PM

4
TONIGHTS PROGRAM

• Overview of Pathology as a Discipline
• (David N. Bailey)
• UC San Diego Pathology Residency Program (Brian
  Datnow)
• Pathology Resident Panel (Deidre Amaro and David
  Li, Co-Chairs)
• Tour of Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine
  (CALM) (Ronald McLawhon)

5
Why Pathology?

• Interesting case material (broad and diverse)
• Profession compatible with
• - Teaching (e.g., in ISC pathologists chair
  immunology, microbiology, hematology, and direct
  the pathology and histology threads) (popular
  teachers multiple Kaiser awards six
  campus-wide distinguished teaching awards)

6
Why Pathology? (cont.)

• Also compatible with
• - Research and scholarly pursuits (some Nobel
  laureate pathologists, e.g., J. Robin Warren
  h. pylori Beruj Benacerraf immunological
  reactions George Whipple intrinsic factor
  Karl Landsteiner ABO blood groups Thomas
  Weller cultivation of polio virus in tissue
  culture Peyton Rous tumor-producing viruses)

7
Why Pathology? (cont.)

• Also compatible with
• - Administration (obviously chairs and directors
  of pathology BUT also chief of staff in
  medical centers and even medical school deans
  e.g., Johns Hopkins, Yale, Loma Linda, U.
  Minnesota, U. Kansas, Ohio State University,
  Emory University, U. Wisconsin, UC San Diego, and
  UC Irvine)
• - Business (commercial laboratories)

8
Why Pathology? (cont.)

• Multiple subspecialties from which to choose
• Potentially less hectic lifestyle
• Salaries are good

9
Selected Pathology Subspecialties

• Anatomic Pathology
• -Surgical Pathology
• -Cytopathology
• -Autopsy Pathology
• -Forensic Pathology
• -Neuropathology
• -Molecular Genetics Pathology
• -Pediatric Pathology

10
Selected Pathology Subspecialties (cont.)

• Clinical Pathology (Laboratory Medicine)
• -Clinical Chemistry
• -Hematopathology
• -Transfusion Medicine
• -HLA and Transplantation
• -Immunopathology
• -Microbiology

11
Subdisciplines

• Many subdisciplines exist within the
  subspecialities (e.g., virology, mycology,
  bacteriology, toxicology, coagulation,
  enzymology, cytogenetics, molecular diagnostics,
  etc.)

12
Where do Pathologists Work?

• Medical Centers
• Schools of Medicine
• Medical Examiners Offices
• Government (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and
  Prevention VA Medical Centers NIH)
• Commercial Laboratories
• Private Pathology Practice Groups Covering
  Multiple Centers

13
Direct Patient Interaction Possible Some Examples

• Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
• Hematopathology (Bone-Marrow Aspiration and
  Biopsy)
• Transfusion Medicine Work-up
• Invited Consultations

14
Pathology Clinical Selectives and Electives

• Clinical Clerkships in Surgical Pathology,
  Cytopathology, Autopsy, Ophthalmic Pathology,
  Laboratory Medicine, Pediatric Pathology (four
  weeks in fourth year)
• Selectives (two weeks third year in surgery
  block)
• UC San Diego Surgical Pathology
• VA San Diego Health Care System
• Anatomic Pathology
• Ophthalmic Pathology
• (They count as surgical selectives too!)

15
Pathology Clinical Selectives and Electives
(cont.)

• Pre-Clerkship Experience in Laboratory Medicine
  (Fall Quarter MS II Winter Quarter MS I/MS
  II)

16
Comments? Questions?