Principle and Practice of Human Pathology

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction to Human Pathology and Diagnostic Medicine (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Lab: Cells and Tissues – Part 1 (2 hrs.)	Homework 1 out
2	Cytoskeleton and the Extracellular Matrix: “Scaffoldings of Life” (1 hr.) - Dr. Ingber Epithelial Structure and Function (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan The Immune System (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan
3	Cell Injury, Adaptation and Death (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Lab: Cells and Tissues – Part 2 (2 hrs.)	Homework 1 due
4	Acute and Chronic Inflammation (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Tissue Repair, Fibrosis and Healing (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Diseases of Immunity (1 hr.) - Dr. Mitchell
5	Infectious Diseases: “The Biological Conflict of Interest” (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Lab: Infection and Immunity (2 hrs.)
6	Transplantation: “Friendly Organs in a Hostile Environment” (1 hr.) - Dr. Colvin Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication: “Medical Rationale and Engineering Challenges” (1 hr.) Minicases (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan	Homework 2 out
7	Host Response to Artificial Materials and Implanted Devices (1 hr.) - Dr. Schoen Lab: Transplantation and Biomaterials (2 hrs.)
8	Introduction to Organ Systems Pathology (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Are We What We Eat? “The Link Between Diet and Disease Development” (1 hr.) - Dr. Hu Environmental Exposure: “Is It Making You Sick?” (1 hr.) - Dr. Dockery
9	Cardiomyopathies: “Many Roads to a Broken Heart” (1 hr.) - Dr. Seidman Lab: The Heart (2 hrs.)	Homework 2 due
10	Vascular Pathobiology: “Endothelium as Nature’s Blood Container” (1.5 hrs.) - Dr. Gimbrone Minicases (0.5 hrs.) - Dr. Badizadegan Ischemia and Infarction (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan
11	Patterns and Consequences of Glomerular Damage (1 hr.) - Dr. Rennke Lab: Kidneys and Blood Vessels (2 hrs.)	Homework 3 due Homework 4 out
12	Genetic Disorders (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Minicases (0.5 hrs.) - Dr. Badizadegan Diseases of the Lung (1.5 hrs.)
13	The Liver (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Lab: Lungs and Liver (2 hrs.)
14	Gastrointestinal Disorders: “Guts with No Glory!” (2 hrs.) - Dr. Badizadegan Genetic Progression in Gastrointestinal Neoplasia (1 hr.) - Dr. Redston	Homework 4 due Homework 5 out
15	Cervical Neoplasia: “Lessons from Viral Oncogenesis” (1 hr.) - Dr. Crum Lab: The Gastrointestinal Tract (2 hrs.)	Homework 5 due
16	Mid-Term Exam (1 hr.) Feedback Session and Review of the Mid-Term Exam (1 hr.) Lymphoid Neoplasms (1 hr.) - Dr. Aster
17	Sickle Cell Disease: “From Membrane Pathophysiology to Membrane-Targeted Therapy” (1 hr.) - Dr. Brugnara Lab: Red and White Blood Cells (2 hrs.)	Homework 6 out
18	Introduction to the Nervous System (1 hr.) Toxic Proteins and Neurodegenerative Diseases (1 hr.) - Dr. Feany CNS Neoplasia (1 hr.) - Dr. Louis
19	Diseases of Skeletal Muscle (1 hr.) - Dr. Lidov Lab: The Nervous System (2 hrs.)
20	Surgical Pathology and Other Gold Standards (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Molecular and Cytogenetic Analyses in Diagnostic Pathology (1 hr.) - Dr. Fletcher DNA Microarrays in Cancer Diagnosis and Management (1 hr.) - Dr. Golub	Homework 6 due
21	Bioinformatics in Pathology: “Can any Useful Information be Extracted from all this Data?” (1 hr.) Functional Imaging (1 hr.) - Dr. Rosen Molecular Imaging (1 hr.)
22	Lab: The Clinical Laboratories (Medical Area) (3 hrs.)	Homework 7 due
23	Optical Coherence Tomography: “Shedding Light on Human Disease” (1 hr.) - Dr. Tearney Optical Spectroscopy: “Diagnosis in a Flash!” (1 hr.) - Dr. Feld Transfer of Healthcare Technologies: “How to Make New Diagnostic Technologies a Clinical Reality?” (1 hr.) - Dr. Murray
24	Student Presentations (3 hrs.)
25	Student Presentations (3 hrs.)
26	Autopsy: “The Final Answer?” (Medical Area) (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Lab: Autopsy Conference (Medical Area) (2 hrs.)
27	Pathology and the Law (1 hr.) - Dr. Bieber Minicases (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan Human Pathology: “Past, Present, and the Future” (1 hr.) - Panel Discussion
28	Final Exam