General Info

Department of Pathology, located in Tucson, Ariz., provides professional expertise in various areas of pathology and laboratory medicine. It is one of the departments of the College of Medicine of The University of Arizona. It employs professional staff that provides assistance to medical centers in disease control and interfaces with various state and national laboratory accrediting agencies on behalf of The University of Arizona and University Medical Center. It also provides educational programs for medical graduate and postgraduate students and physicians, such as anatomic and clinical pathology. It additionally conducts research involving the study of disease mechanisms. It utilizes advanced biological techniques, including recombinant DNA technology, immunochemistry methods, electron microscopy and a variety of in vitro and in vivo model systems. Its educational programs focus on various diseases, such as cancer, AIDS, immune system disorders and heart, genetic and neurological diseases.