Pathology at Emory is a vibrant, multifaceted department with nearly 100 faculty, more than 50 residents and clinical fellows, scores of postdocs and graduate students, and over 100 staff, all dedicated to our three core missions of patient care, teaching, and research on human disease. This website provides an overview of the Department, with links to information about specific faculty and programs, as well as details on how to apply to our outstanding residency program or clinical fellowships. Physicians who wish to submit specimens for diagnostic evaluation or slides for expert consultation will find the necessary forms and information here, and are also encouraged to contact us through the telephone number at the left-hand side of this screen.

The word “pathology” means “the study of disease,” and it describes both a specialty in clinical medicine and a field of biomedical research. In the clinical realm, pathology is the subspecialty devoted to diagnosis, either through microscopic examination of cells and tissues (called anatomic pathology) or by laboratory methods such as chemical analyses, microbiology, blood banking, tissue typing, etc (called clinical pathology). The investigative branch of pathology, called experimental pathology, covers the spectrum from laboratory research on basic cellular and molecular biology, through physiology and disease models, to drug discovery and translational research — all with the aim of achieving better understanding of, and better treatments for, human disease. Our Department strives continually to advance pathology research and clinical practice, developing new insights, methods, and technologies through the world-class expertise of our faculty.

This traditionally strong Department has grown and flourished over the past decade and is now emerging as one of the truly outstanding pathology programs in the U.S. Our Anatomic Pathology division is renowned in soft tissue, gastrointestinal, and neuropathology and has exceptional strength in a host of other areas, including genitourinary, head & neck, renal, neuro, pediatric, and cytologic pathology. Our Clinical Pathology division offers outstanding expertise in subspecialties that include transfusion medicine, hematopathology, coagulation, HLA/tissue typing, clinical chemistry, microbiology, cytogenetics, and molecular diagnostics. With 40 funded faculty investigators and more than $45 million of research grant support annually, our Experimental Pathology division is noted for its strengths in immunology, HIV/AIDS, molecular oncology, neuroscience, and microbial pathogenesis, as well as for fundamental cell and molecular biology. We are integral members and collaborators of Emory’s renowned Vaccine Center, its cutting-edge programs in human genetics, bioinformatics, neurosciences, and biomedical engineering, and its burgeoning Winship Cancer Institute. With major international programs in transfusion medicine, AIDS, and pathology education (including our groundbreaking Emory Pathology eLearning Portal (EPeP)), our Department’s impact is increasingly felt worldwide.