Physician Focus, December 2007: Pathology and the Patient
Pathology and the Patient
Television has likely done more than anything else to put the medical specialty of pathology before the American public. Police and crime dramas and reality programs on forensics are perhaps the public’s first introduction to pathology, solving crimes and performing autopsies. But physicians who practice this specialty play a critical role in the everyday diagnosis and treatment of disease of living patients.
What exactly does a pathologist do? What is the connection to the patient? What are the many and varied roles do they play in medical care today?
Brinda Kamat, M.D., M.P.H., Past President, Massachusetts Society of Pathologists; Pathologist, Mt. Auburn Hospital
Donald Ross, M.D., President, Massachusetts Society of Pathologists; Pathologist, Holy Family Hospital
Co-produced with Hopkinton Community Access Television, HCAM-TV, Hopkinton Mass.
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