Preparation is Key for Pediatric Blood Draws

​Each day, phlebotomists are tasked with putting patients at ease during a blood draw. This can be especially challenging when it comes to pediatric patients.  
 

Event Celebrates Launch of New NAT Laboratory

Laboratory personnel were recently recognized at Strong Memorial Hospital at an event celebrating the launch of the new nucleic acid testing (NAT) laboratory.

Forensic Pathology in the News

The national shortage of forensic pathologists in municipal medical examiners' offices was addressed in the local news last week.

Are We on the Heels of a Gene Signature for High-Grade Breast Cancer?

A pathology researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center believes she’s discovered an important phenomenon in normal-looking breast tissue that could foreshadow an aggressive tumor known as triple-negative breast cancer.

Alumni Q&A: Former UR Pathology Resident, Keith Krabill, MD

Hometown: Uniontown, OH. Now lives in Buffalo, NY.

Family: Wife, Bonnie McMichael, and three daughters, Lorna (20), Rebecca (18) and Kathryn (15)

Pathology Residency at URMC: 1991-1995