Department of Pathology

The Department of Pathology is concerned with the pathogenesis of disease, as well as with its manifestations of diagnosis. The department serves as a bridge between the preclinical and clinical sciences for students, clinicians, and non-clinicians at all stages of training. It has responsibility for teaching students in each school of the Health Sciences Center, in the College of Arts and Sciences, and in the Graduate School, and has responsibility for the postgraduate and continuing education of resident physicians, house staff and practitioners. In addition to its teaching responsibilities, the department operates the hospital laboratories. At the graduate level, programs leading to the PhD degree are developed within the department and in cooperation with other departments.