pathology

I'm a pathology applicant this year who is looking at both MGH and BWH, and I'm curious -- is the workload similar? Old threads suggest that MGH residents used to work a bit harder than BWH residents, but there are one or two comments saying that's outdated. Can anyone compare the current hours...

Disease of the parotid gland, cannot figure out what it is. please help :

I'm applying to vet school this cycle and am planning ahead in case I don't get in. My GPA isn't the greatest (Cumulative 3.51; Last 45 3.24; Overall Science 3.36) so I'm considering getting a graduate degree to boost my stats before reapplying. Since I'm interested in eventually specializing in...

Cushing's disease is a condition where there is increased ACTH production due to an underlying pituitary adenoma. Hirsutism is the abnormal growth of facial hair, generally referring to the growth of facial hair in a woman. Hirsutism can happen in Cushing's disease because the increased ACTH...

IMPROVE YOUR SCORE BY RECOGNIZING HIGHLY TESTED CLINICAL IMAGES! Recognizing photographs of skin disorders in board exams is usually an easy way to score points. Dermatology for the USMLE is a targeted dermatology review book that prepares you to identify the most commonly tested skin...

The inside of the heart is covered by endothelium throughout. Why are valves predisposed to endocarditis? I know it can affect other structires like the septum, chordae etc. But why the valves? Especially bacterial endocarditis. Wouldn't a place on the ceiling of the atria be quieter and have...

Robbins says that an incompetent valve causes volume overload. Agreed. The book gives examples stating that aortic regurgitation causes left ventricular overload and mitral regurgitation causes left atrial and ventricular overload. My doubt is, why is the left atrium affected in mitral...

Robbin's says that arterial thrombi tend to grow retrograde while venous thrombi tend to grow along the flow. Hence, both grow towards the heart. What is the reason for such a pattern?

Robbins says that brochiectasis is where there is destruction of the smoothmuscle and the elastic tissue in the airway. This leads to marked dilation of the bronchi while the smaller bronchioles are progressively obliterated due to fibrosis (bronchiolitis obliterans). What is the pathophys of...

Pulmonary edema is where fluid leaks into the alveolar spaces. Clinically we are taught to differentiate between various types of sputum. The sputum in pulmonary edema is characteristically pink and frothy. The fluid that leaks into the alveolar spaces is a transudate and not blood. Hence it...

Hey guys! I really love the anatomy of the human body. I just found out that my school has a pathology assistant masters that will only take one and a half years - I will probably get my bachelors in three or less years, so I wouldn't be spending a lot of extra time in school. Do you think...

im willing to swap my pgy1 pathology residency position to any other specialty. its a good chicago program.

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hello guys. next month ill be hopefully moving to 2nd year and studying: -phathology -microbiology -pharmacology -genetics (i probably wont need a book) i need something that all med students dream of,a book thats: clear concise easy to read HIGH YIELD or MIDUIM YIELD just like Guyton for...

please go to www.medscape.com and read article by A. Castellano about Compute trained to read Lung cancer cases. it had higher accuracy than a trained pathologist it can read H & E slides. My guess is that other cancers shall be next. I would not be surprised if the classic pathologist was...

We have launched our Pathology Puzzles project a few mounth ago and welcome all pathologists to join us! http://pathologypuzzles.com/ Pathology Puzzles is the online platform for professional pathologist's discussion and pathology cases diagnostics based on the Digital Pathology© system. This...

im willing to swap my pgy1 pathology residency position to any other specialty. its a good chicago program.

Looking for advice/thoughts/perspective from anyone out there on the topic of decisiding on a practice setting after fellowship training in dermpath. Background: I am an AP/CP resident that will be completing Dermpath training at a large academic institution. I generally like all of pathology...

a PGY 1 position to swap. position is in pathology in chicago and open to any specialty to switch to.

Dear Society of medicine. I'm currently a third year medical student, interested in neurosurgery, physiology, histology. I've designed T-shirts with photos of histology slides i captured. Now two of those designs has been released and it would mean a world to me if you would check them out or...

im willing to swap my pgy1 pathology residency position to any other specialty. its a good chicago program.

will consider any specialty to switch message me if interested

I'm a graduate student working on a research project to evaluate and compare usability of laboratory information systems (LISs). The goal of the study is to generate new knowledge that could potentially help improve LIS usability. As part of the study, I'm circulating a survey. I'm...

I was wondering what everyone's (or anyone's) opinion is on companion diagnostic testing. I have been trying to keep up to date with the regulatory changes and clinical trials. Is there anything that has been peaking your interest? Maybe some recent clinical trials, new technology or approvals...

I'm a sophomore biology major currently (recently) planning for a PathA career. My understanding is that admission to a masters program is competitive, but I'm shadowing at and volunteering for my local hospital's pathology/anatomy department, and my GPA is in good standing. Aside from that...

Graduated at 2012, from gulf country med school, accredited by ECFMG, Finished USMLE step 1, 230, Step 2 CS, in 2013 only Step 2 CK remain which will be done in the end of this year. I have experience of général surgery in france for about one year and half. residency was hard, the prospect of...

Hello all, Up until recently, I assumed only basic science PhD's were eligible to apply and do ABMGG Clinical Molecular Genetics fellowships. However, I've recently stumbled upon a small handful of ABMGG-certified individuals who did their PhD's in Genetic or Molecular Epidemiology, then did a...

Hello all, Up until recently, I assumed only basic science PhD's were eligible to apply and do ABMG Clinical Molecular Genetics fellowships. However, I've recently stumbled upon a small handful of ABMG-certified individuals who did their PhD's in Genetic or Molecular Epidemiology. I've checked...

PGY3 path resident here... I'll be done with my AP/CP residency in about a year. Afterwards, I'm doing a surg path fellowship. I'd like to do another fellowship and have an interest in Women's Health. My program director suggests I either do a fellowship in a field with a board exam (to increase...

current PGY1 in chicago path program. looking to switch to any other specialty.

Is doing a Pathology residency and then going into a Dermatology residency a viable thing to do? As in, would it work?

The program I am at does not have many award opportunists for residents. Are there national awards I can compete for? Thanks. HBW

I am currently PGY-1 resident in pathology in great chicago program, looking to switch to another residency, open to which type.

I was trying to find out salaries for different specialities (Gi, derm, soft tissue)in pathology for both private and academic jobs. Can somebody give a ballpark? Thanks

So heres my dilema. I can honestly say I love both Medicine and Dentistry. I have been actively working on my Dental School application for the application process this June and thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do (General Dentistry but do alittle bit of everything: fillings, crowns...

Hey everyone, recently started posting here. I'm an AMG heading into pathology (unless all this talk about the poor job market scares me into primary care) and was wondering how people who have gone through the match felt about their ranking of programs. I have applied to almost all programs in...

Hi, I'm new here but currently interviewing for pathology residency. Having gone to a number of places already and not really liking any, I just went to BIDMC and liked it. They seem to be going through a lot of changes. Does anybody have any thoughts on their path residency? Any red flags I...

Hi, I was hoping anyone might be able to weigh in on these programs as I had a good time during my interviews and believe they'd probably all be able to get me to my eventual goals: UC Irvine Baylor (Houston) Northwestern Cedars-Sinai I know these will be among my top choices, just don't know...

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Hi, as a no native speaker I am interested if somebody could share her/his canned reports or macros. I am always willing to improve my dictionary with useful phrases.