Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Facts at a Glance
- 40 faculty and 400 academic and clinical staff
- 13 residents in combined anatomic and clinical pathology training
- 5 fellows in cytology, hematopathology, surgical pathology and transfusion medicine
- 5 million clinical tests performed a year in state of the art clinical laboratories
- 20,000 surgical pathology and 30,000 cytology specimens annually
- Total laboratory automation system for clinical chemistry and hematology, the only one of its kind in inland northern California
- $6 million in research grants and contracts
- Ranked 49th in NIH funding among academic pathology departments nationally
- Core research services in electron microscopy, optical biology, histology and tissue microarray, biorepositories, and proteomics
- Pathology education integrated across the medical student curriculum.
- Strong tradition of training clinical laboratory scientists, now in its seventh decade
- Inspiring the next generation of scientists and pathologist via the Edmondson Summer Research Internship program for college students