Neuropathology, Anatomical Pathology
The Division of Neuropathology provides clinical neuropathology services for Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The Division of Neuropathology provides a wide range of diagnostic services, covering biopsies or resections from CNS tumors, infections, and epilepsy. In addition, approximately 300 postmortem brains per year are accessioned. The Division of Neuropathology provides didactic lectures for medical students, pathology residents, and rotating residents in neurology, pathology, and neurosurgery. The division has funded research programs in Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and developmental biology, and supports the Medical School Brain Bank.
Testing and Services
The Northwestern Neuropathology Program offers a full range of services
in diagnostic neuropathology. Comprised of three board-certified neuropathologists
at the Medical Center and one neuropathologist at Children Memorial Hospital,
the program offers consultation or second-opinion services in surgical
neuropathology. In addition, the program offers a Postmortem Neuropathology
Service which can provide valuable information to families. Nerve and
muscle biopsies are diagnosed through the Neuromuscular Disorders Program.
Teaching
A number of didactic sessions are scheduled on a regular basis:
- Weekly Brain Cutting Conferences are held Mondays at 5 p.m. in the
Autopsy Suite, Olson 2-525, or as scheduled by neuropathologist on service.
- Monthly Brain Cutting Conferences are held one Tuesday per month at 5p.m. in the Autopsy Suite, Olson 2-525.
- Weekly Neuropathology Quality Assurance Conference and case review
is held Thursdays at 9am, Olson 2-460.
- Bi-Weekly Brain Tumor Conference of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive
Cancer Center of Northwestern University is held on Fridays at 7:30 a.m. in Galter 4-206.
- Medical Student Lectures in the Scientific Basis of Medicine (SBM)
course cover the basics of neuropathology and generally occur in the
last section of the course.
Links
American Association of Neuropathologists
International Society of Neuropathology
Society for Neuroscience
Northwestern
University Institute for Neurosciences (NUIN)
Neuropathology Laboratories
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NMH Neuropathology Lab
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Laboratory |
Lab Address and Samples to:
251 E. Huron St
Feinberg Pavillion, 7-209B |
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NUMS Brain Bank
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Brain Bank Lab |
Phone: 312-908-9222 |
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