Ibraheem Murtaza
PATHOLOGIST
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Correct Name of the Career
o Pathologist
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Education and/or Training Required
o Important skills include analyzing, investigating, science, forensics, and
examination.
o General high school courses should include biology, chemistry, and any other
class regarding investigation and/or lab studies. Extra curricular activities like
participating in labs or research work can also be of benefit.
o Most universities do not offer undergraduate degrees in toxicology, so a major in
After high school you will be required to complete a pre med undergraduate
program then medical school and earn a M.D. After earning the medical degree,
you will have to complete a 4-year residency program in pathology, and earn a
license for pathology.
o After completing residency in pathology, one can do further work and training for
1-2 to specialize in the fields of neuropathology, blood banking, radioisotopic
pathology, cytotechnology, hematopathology and forensic pathology.
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Responsibilities and Daily Activities
o A pathologist studies diseases and examines diseases and as to why a patient dies.
A pathologist will analyze tissue, body fluids, and cells to understand a disease
and/or death. They will also do DNA analyses, conduct drug safety studies, and
determine the cause of death.
o Pathologists can specialize in the fields mentioned above, which include
neuropathology, blood banking, radioisotopic pathology, cytotechnology,
hematopathology and forensic pathology. A specialized pathologist would work
and focus more in that specialty but would also do examinations and
investigations.
o Some forensic pathologists can work for the city, county, federal government,
hospital, and private groups or for laboratory research companies/groups.
Pathologists work in hospitals, government buildings, medical schools and clinics,
but they work mostly in the laboratories.
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Salary Range
o mid-range = $239,000-$331,842
o Values are for Kentucky
o Salary is highly variable on specialty and work experience, or how long you’ve
been working.
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Documentation of Sources
o Learn.org. (nd). Medical Pathologist: Career Profile, Employment Outlook, and
Educational Requirements. [accessed 23 April 2015]. Retrieved from
http://learn.org/articles/Medical_Pathologist_Career_Profile_Employment_Outlo
ok_and_Educational_Requirements.html
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Self-Reflection
o I have heard of this career before.
o One positive thing about this career is that I would enjoy examining and
analyzing patients to find out their cause of death, which seems interesting to me.
o One bad thing about this career may be that it requires a lot of analyzing and
examining which can be difficult especially if the patient has a tricky or hard
scenario.
o No, I would not like to have this job.
o I would not like to have this job because I would like to become a different type
of doctor, I would like to work in the operating room rather than doing lab work
and examinations.