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Many thanks to AC, DC, JO and RS whose experience as residency program directors and/or recent graduates with or without fellowship training contributed to this article with shared thoughts on what appears to be, in my opinion, a treacherous...

Several years ago while waiting for a flight I saw a girl in the waiting area covered literally in head to toe with tattoos. I didn't think much of it at the time really, they seem so common, not having one now I think makes you more...

They seem to come in the form of a Facebook update with the morning review of the iPhone or an email update from an unfamiliar “Class of 88” address heading. They seem to stream to the top of the feed and email queue among the pictures of...

My Director of Anatomic Pathology during the course of my residency was a Mexican-born pediatric and neuropathologist who spoke perfect Spanglish with a bunch of last names and some with hyphens. She was a great person and a great morphologist....

A few months ago a couple of colleagues and I were enjoying dinner at an upscale restaurant. Our server Amy, a very pleasant, hard-working young woman, tended our table without flaw. During dinner, the three of us learned how goal-oriented she...

A pathologist is a physician who examines tissues, checks the accuracy of lab tests and interprets the results in order to facilitate a patient's diagnosis and treatment. A meteorologist as a person with specialized education who uses...