UF HealthStreet has chosen Kristianna Fredenburg, M.D., Ph.D., head of CTSI Biorepository as the pathologist for the day. Dr. Fredenburg shared with us her thoughts on the importance of pathology in the advancement of medical science."We have all heard of pathologists being described as the doctor’s doctor. I often tell people that without pathology there is no hospital practice. This can be most recently appreciated during the COVID-19 pandemic where pathologists were in charge of implementing and advancing COVID-19 testing. Amazingly, our clinical pathology laboratory here at UF has an enviable turn-around-time of 48 hours. Through our advancement of COVID-19 testing, we provided assurance that clinical practices and surgeries could go on. Additionally, I love the fact that practicing pathologists have been Nobel Prize laureates in Medicine and that our specialty is one of the most common specialties entered by MD/PhDs. What does this mean? This means that pathologists, as physician-scientists, are at the forefront of translational science and moving medicine forward."Join us on Twitter by sharing a pathologist or coroner friend important in your life with #PickAPathologistPalDay
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