| 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 | |