Pathology
PATHOLOGY
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042.4 Pathology Clerkship
Instructors: Sandra Cerda, M.D., M.D.,M.P.H.,
Michael O’Brien, M.D., M.P.H. and Staff
Location: Pathology Department, Biosquare 3, 3rd Floor, 670 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118
Telephone: 414-5314; Direct inquiries to Robert Foley
Number of Students: Four
Period to be Offered: One month (extensions on an individual basis)
Description of Elective:
This clerkship will provide students with an opportunity to study the relevance of diagnostic pathology to clinical medicine. The student will interact with the residents and senior staff at the Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston Medical Center. The emphasis in the elective is to provide clinicopathologic correlations using surgical, postmortem and laboratory diagnostic material. In addition to teaching conferences held daily within the department, numerous joint conferences with the clinical services are also available for students to attend. The student will have the opportunity to perform autopsies and examine surgical pathology specimens under close supervision and will be provided with the opportunity to become acquainted with the diagnostic methods performed in the clinical pathology laboratory as well. Reading assignments will be correlated with the most interesting current medical and pathologic problems.
In addition to the above elective, an in-depth study of a specific disease process may be undertaken under the supervision of any member of the Mallory senior staff during a minimum 4-month elective period.
046.4 Retrospective In-Depth Study of Disease from the
Standpoint of Clinical-Pathologic Correlation
Instructor: Michael O’Brien, M.D., Sandra Cerda, M.D. and Staff
Location: Pathology Dept., Biosquare 3, 3rd Floor,
670 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118
Telephone: 414-5314
Number of Students: Two
Period to be Offered: Four months minimum
Description of Elective:
The opportunity will be afforded the student of using the files of the Mallory Institute and the various cross indices to seek out material for the in-depth study of any disease of his own interest. The collection of appropriate case material, the analysis of the clinical and morphologic data will be supervised by Dr. Sandra Cerda. At the same time, the student will have the opportunity of participating to the extent feasible in the daily conferences of the Mallory Institute of Pathology. Considerable opportunity will, therefore, be available to investigate a clinical or pathologic problem in considerable detail under the guidance and supervision of a member of the faculty. Such a study might have as its goal the preparation of a paper suitable for publication.
047.4 Forensic Pathology
Instructors: Dr. Mark Flomenbaum and senior staff of medical examiner’s at the OCME
Location: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 720 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
Telephone: 617-267-6767, ext. 228 Contact: Kristine Cavicchi
Number of Students: 1 maximum
Duration of elective: 4 weeks
Period to be Offered: September to May
Description of Elective:
Mornings are spent in the autopsy room observing and assisting medical examiners in the investigation and certification of causes and manners of death. The day starts with case distribution conference where histories and autopsy approaches are discussed before assignment to individual pathologists. Work rounds are made later in the morning with the Chief Medical Examiner doing table-side discussions. Afternoons are available for students to work with medical examiners reviewing toxicology and histopathology of older cases, or to work with our consultants in forensic odontology and forensic anthropology in the identification process. Later in the afternoon are the daily case discussions (“sign-out” rounds) with senior staff and visiting residents. Students who participated in cases may present them at these meetings. Students are encouraged to attend weekly Grand Rounds in Forensic Pathology.
Opportunity is available for students to attend death scenes and to go to court when pathologists testify as expert witnesses.
