SURGICAL PATHOLOGY

SURGICAL PATHOLOGY IS THE STUDY AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE AT THE TISSUE LEVEL

• Pathologist oversees handling of all specimens, including proper tissue fixation.
  
  
• Pathologist grosses complex specimens.
  
  

 “Pathologists establish a diagnosis during the gross examination of tissue…microscopy is simply confirmatory.”  KU



• Pathologist performs frozen sections and reports directly into the operating room in order to enhance communication with the surgical team.
  
  
• Final report diagnosis is definitive and refined.
  
  
• Final report includes ALL information pertinent to the care of the patient.
  
  
• Final report on complex cases includes ALL staging criteria AND AJCC staging summary.
  
  
• Pathologist chooses antibody clones, validates stain and chooses control tissue.
  
  
• Pathologist performs monthly QA.
  
  
• Average turn-around-time in 2010 for ALL office biopsies was 1.51 business days and for ALL surgical specimens was 2.20 business days.
  
  
• Molecular testing is available with results addended to original report and forwarded immediately upon completion.