University of Chicago :: Department of Pathology ::

From the Chairman

Pathology is an exciting discipline in that it transcends the traditional boundaries between basic and clinical sciences. With advances in molecular biology, the completion of the human genome project, and development of sophisticated technology such as expression profiling, and proteomics, we are poised to understand the pathogenesis of human diseases at the molecular level.

The Department of Pathology at the University of Chicago is committed to participate in the excitement of discoveries that lie ahead of us. Our faculty and our programs are driven by scholarship in the broadest sense - from scholarly diagnosis to cutting edge laboratory research. We are also deeply committed to excellence in education. Our faculty actively participate in teaching medical students, graduate students and in training residents. In the past five years the department has embarked on an ambitious program of building facilities and faculty. Approximately 4,000 square feet of space has been renovated to house surgical pathology and the Human Tissue Resource Center. The Center houses a tissue procurement and storage facility that is equipped with a state-of-the-art laboratory for molecular analysis of human tissues. In the Clinical laboratories expansion and renovations have occurred in Hematopathology, Molecular Diagnosis and HLA Laboratory. In addition virtually all the research laboratories have been upgraded. Approximately 20 new faculty members have joined the department in the past five years, including a Hughes Investigator and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. On a per capita basis the department is among the top 5 with respect to NIH grants. All sections of the Department -- basic, clinical and translational -- have participated in the growth. The addition of new facilities and new faculty has greatly enhanced our educational efforts, particularly our Residency Training Program and Pathology Graduate Program.

I urge you to visit our website often to learn more about our department and its programs through this website as we are constantly growing and updating.

Vinay Kumar, M.B.B.S., M.D., FRCPath
Professor and Chairman

Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, FRCPath

From the Chairman