Clinical Clerkship in Neuropathology
PA 506M.23
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Description
Please contact Chief of Neuropathology, Dr. Keith Ligon MD PhD, keith_ligon@dfci.harvard.edu, for pre-approval to enroll. Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods.
This course is aimed at introducing students to Neuropathology and precision medicine approaches in a hospital setting. The emphasis will be to learn conventional (histopathology) and emerging (molecular diagnostics, spatial biology, digital pathology, multiplex imaging, computational/AI/ML) diagnostic approaches in neuropathology. Students will be involved in integrating histopathological and molecular data with clinical and neuroradiological data to arrive at an integrated diagnosis for patients. They will be involved in intraoperative diagnosis procedures, surgical pathology signout, molecular and cytogenetics and autopsy signout. They will learn about neurodegenerative diseases, brain tumors, and will participate in integrative conferences, diagnostic boards and tumor boards with other disciplines. They will learn to recognize the biology and signs of a wide spectrum of diseases of the brain, spinal cord and other nervous system tissues. The student will be expected to participate in all of the activities of the Divisions of Neuropathology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Boston Children's Hospital.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to International Visiting Students
