Overview
The Department of Pathology is dedicated to patient care services, education, and research. Every faculty member is actively engaged in undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training, ensuring strong academic and clinical foundations. The department provides prompt and accurate diagnostic services to all clinical departments, thereby maintaining the highest standards of patient care. In addition to MBBS teaching, the department also trains Dental, Nursing, and Paramedical students, contributing to a broad spectrum of healthcare education. Postgraduates are actively involved not only in routine thesis work but also in independent research studies, with several publications in indexed journals, reflecting the department’s commitment to advancing medical knowledge and research.
INFRASTRUCTURE
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
Dr. G. Rajan MBBS, MD
Professor & HOD
Histopathology Lab
The department has an almost fully automated Histopathology Laboratory, equipped to provide accurate tissue diagnosis with optimal turnaround time (TAT). Synoptic reporting formats based on CAP guidelines are followed, ensuring standardization and clinical usefulness for treating physicians. The department also coordinates and conducts a weekly tumor board, enabling a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care.
Clinical Pathology Lab
Our Hospital Laboratory (Clinical Pathology) offers a comprehensive range of services and operates 24/7. It is equipped with advanced instruments including 7-part hematology analyzers, a fully automated coagulometer, urine analyzers, and ESR machines, ensuring precise and timely results.
Cytopathology Lab
The Cytopathology Laboratory provides advanced diagnostic services such as fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), cell block studies, body fluid cytology, and automated Pap smear preparation and reporting. These facilities support both routine and specialized diagnostic needs.
Quality Standards
The laboratories actively participate in both Internal and External Quality Assessment Programs (QAPs) to maintain the highest standards of accuracy and reliability in reporting.
Transfusion Medicine
Our Transfusion Department is a state-of-the-art facility capable of performing sophisticated screening procedures to ensure 100% safe transfusion practices.
1. SPECIALITY SERVICES
Capable of performing multiple Immunohistochemical (IHC) markers as required to establish confirmatory diagnoses.
The Transfusion Medicine Department provides multiple blood components round the clock, based on patient needs.
2. PROCEDURE
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC)
3. POST GRADUATE PROGRAMMES/ FELLOWSHIPS​
MD – Pathology
4. CMEs, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS DONE IN THE DEPARTMENT​
CME on Basics of Transfusion Medicine – 12th December 2015 Diagnostics in Hematopathology – An Overview – 13th December 2019 BASICON – Basics of Hematology and Clinical Pathology – 21st January 2023 THROMBOFOCUS – Basics of Coagulation – 5th August 2023 Renopath – Renal Biopsy Interpretation – 4th May 2024 Body Painting competition Embryo Fest – Embryology Model Making Competition – 2023
5. MERITS AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS​
Dr. Roselin Samuel, Postgraduate student, won First Prize in Free Paper (Oral) Presentation at the 6th National Conference of Association of Cytologists and Histopathologists held at Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, on 15th & 16th December 2023. Dr. Sreeja K Bhasy, Postgraduate student, won First Prize for E-Poster Presentation in the Webinar CME on Pathology to Genetics conducted by the Department of Pathology, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, on 18th March 2023.