IT'S ALL ABOUT PATHOLOGY

A pathologist is one of the physicians in the medical field who study that causes, nature, effects & symptoms of a disease. Pathology focuses on the changes in cells, tissues, organs & the results after conducting the test of a disease.  The Anatomical pathologist is a medical doctor, specialist and a lecturer in anatomical pathology. These pathologists perform the required tests to diagnose a disease by examining the organs & tissue samples through microscope, molecular, biochemical, or immunological means. In the field of anatomy pathology, the physicians are trained in pathology in which they use their knowledge & experience to examine the surgical specimens. A biopsy is one of them. The anatomic pathologists are mostly available in hospitals, pathology, & academic medical centers, where they perform various types of experiments and conduct the research.

The anatomical pathologists have various types of specializations. Surgical pathology is one of those specializations that include breast, gynecological, endocrine, gastrointestinal, GU, soft tissue, head & neck, dermatology, psychopathology, psychopathology, psychopathology, & forensic pathology. The pathology practice is either conducted in community hospitals or academic medical centers, where they take care of the patients, render diagnostic services & conduct research simultaneously.

The anatomical pathologists may freeze & examine the samples after removing them through surgery with the help of a microscope in order to find out the abnormalities. An anatomical pathologist is as good as a doctor as they assist the doctors to make a diagnosis, treat the patients & take management decisions in hospitals & clinics.

Where do you find the anatomical pathologists?

You can find the anatomical pathologists in healthcare centers like:

ü  Hospitals

ü  Pathologist

ü  Clinics

ü  Medical schools

ü  Military

ü  And Government agencies

When it comes to government agencies & medical schools, the anatomical pathologists work in research laboratories or as a lecturer. They discover the cause & the symptoms for various kinds of diseases through advanced & sophisticated technology devices like electron microscopy & computer modeling in hospitals & laboratories to detect the presence & stage of diseases.

Anatomical Pathologists perform the following services like

ü  Anatomic Records – An anatomic pathologist helps in preparing reports, transcriptions, distribution & filing the confirmed surgical pathology & autopsy reports. It offers the custodial overview for the tissue slides & field requests for materials & information of the archived tissue slides from patients as well as the physicians.

ü  Decedent care or autopsy services – Provides the compassionate as well as professional support to those families and the hospital staff in the event of patient’s death. The Decedent Care Center facilitates the family visits, organ or tissue donation, & release the decedents to funeral homes. The autopsy services focus on prescribing the patient-centered medication that benefits the families & hospital staff.

ü  Research in psychopathology laboratory – provides multiple services that include education & scholarly work.  The Anatomical pathologists working in psychopathology laboratory is responsible for preparing, staining & microscopic examination of patient samples, which is used for screening or improving the overall diagnostic accuracy.

ü  Diagnosis in Electron Microscopy laboratory – The Anatomical pathologists use the electron microscope that project electrons via thin tissue sections & produces a two-dimensional image on screen or photograph. The tissue specimens may be from kidney, brain muscle, & nerves, which is fixed, embedded, sectioned, & pictured at the cellular level to evaluate the diagnosis

ü  Psychopathology laboratory services – The Anatomical Pathologists in Psychopathology laboratory render histology services that include routine surgical tissue processing, embedding, microtomy, & petrochemical staining, which is prepared for the house staff & faculty pathologists for review. The laboratory also provides neurologist support for muscles, nerves, & the brain specimens that include enzyme biochemical studies to evaluate homeopathic & neurotic disorders.