department of pathology and laboratory medicine

Residency Program

Facilities

Temple University Hospital is located on the University’s Health Sciences campus that also includes the School of Medicine, Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, the Cancer Center, the School of Dentistry and College of Health Professions. The hospital has 500 beds with over 17,000 admissions yearly. It serves both as a primary care facility and as a tertiary referral center, and is a recognized center for heart, kidney and bone marrow transplantation. In 1999, the Department of Pathology and Temple University Children’s Medical Center received over:

• 25,000 surgical specimens (including nearly 1,600 cardiac specimens and 9,000 oral specimens)
• 16,000 cytology specimens
• 140 autopsies (including pediatric cases)
• 8,000,000 CAP clinical laboratory workload units

Temple East also accessioned 4,500 surgical specimens.

Special diagnostic laboratories include:

• Electron  microscopy
• Immunohistochemistry/in situ hybridization
• Cytogenetics/molecular diagnosis
• Flow cytometry
• Digital image analysis

Research laboratories are equipped for tissue culture and for research at the molecular level, including the use of recombinant DNA techniques. The Department  library contains specialized texts and journals as well as an online computerized literature search workstation. Residents also have full privileges in the Health Sciences Center Library that contains over 89,500 volumes.