Principle and Practice of Human Pathology

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS
1	Introduction to Human Pathology and Diagnostic Medicine (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 1.0 MB)
2	Cytoskeleton and the Extracellular Matrix: “Scaffoldings of Life” (1 hr.) - Dr. Ingber Epithelial Structure and Function (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 2.9 MB) The Immune System (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 2.0 MB)
3	Cell Injury, Adaptation and Death (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 1.4 MB)
4	Acute and Chronic Inflammation (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 2.7 MB) Tissue Repair, Fibrosis and Healing (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 1.3 MB) Diseases of Immunity (1 hr.) - Dr. Mitchell
5	Infectious Diseases: “The Biological Conflict of Interest” (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF)
6	Transplantation: “Friendly Organs in a Hostile Environment” (1 hr.) - Dr. Colvin (PDF - 1.1 MB) Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication: “Medical Rationale and Engineering Challenges” (1 hr.)
7	Host Response to Artificial Materials and Implanted Devices (1 hr.) - Dr. Schoen
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 (PDF - 1.3 MB) Environmental Exposure: “Is It Making You Sick?” (1 hr.) - Dr. Dockery
9	Cardiomyopathies: “Many Roads to a Broken Heart” (1 hr.) - Dr. Seidman
10	Vascular Pathobiology: “Endothelium as Nature’s Blood Container” (1.5 hrs.) - Dr. Gimbrone Ischemia and Infarction (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF)
11	Patterns and Consequences of Glomerular Damage (1 hr.) - Dr. Rennke
12	Genetic Disorders (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 1.2 MB) Diseases of the Lung (1.5 hrs.)
13	The Liver (1 hr.) - Dr. Badizadegan (PDF - 2.9 MB)
14	Gastrointestinal Disorders: “Guts with No Glory!” (2 hrs.) - Dr. Badizadegan Genetic Progression in Gastrointestinal Neoplasia (1 hr.) - Dr. Redston
15	Cervical Neoplasia: “Lessons from Viral Oncogenesis” (1 hr.) - Dr. Crum
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
18	Introduction to the Nervous System (1 hr.) Toxic Proteins and Neurodegenerative Diseases (1 hr.) CNS Neoplasia (1 hr.) - Dr. Louis
19	Diseases of Skeletal Muscle (1 hr.) - Dr. Lidov
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
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.)
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
27	Pathology and the Law (1 hr.) - Dr. Bieber Human Pathology: “Past, Present, and the Future” (1 hr.) - Panel Discussion
28	Final Exam