What is Pathology?

pa·thol·o·gy /pəˈTHäləjē/

noun

The science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.

Pathologists spend most of their time looking at the microscopic world, specifically human cells.

Lung Nodule; right lung tissue; H&E stained

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Where do I come in?

Basically we take what a surgeon removes from you (fluid, biopsy of tissue, partial or full organ...) and process it using our laboratory into microscope friendly units called slides, then one or more pathologist will review it for cellular abnormalities.

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