Although hospital residents in the Departments of Pathology, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Internal Medicine study separately, their work is often intertwined in the hospital setting.
That is why residents from those three departments held their second Clinicopathologic Conference on April 24, bringing together clinicians from all three departments for a single case that highlights how their work is connected.
“We review the clinical reasoning, highlight the diagnostic uncertainty, then see how imaging and pathology tie the case together,” says Kanika Sehgal an internal medicine chief resident.
Stephanie Kim, MD, PhD, internal medicine resident, introduced the case that went to autopsy; Robert Kleven, PhD, MD, radiology and biomedical imaging resident, described what imaging revealed; and Wenxin Liao, MD, pathology resident, presented the autopsy findings. A question-and-answer session followed.
The event drew about 40 people to the Fitkin Auditorium, plus more attendees on Zoom, including Susan F. Ely, MD, MPHTM, associate professor of pathology and director, Autopsy Service, and Raghav Sundar, MD, PhD, associate professor of internal medicine (medical oncology & hematology). They both praised the residents for their work. The first Clinicopathologic Conference was held on January.