User:Giblina/The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, is an academic department within this teaching institution, with the research and publication expectations of faculty, residents and fellows. It is consistently awarded highest honors from USCAP for the number of abstracts, platform presentations and posters accepted for presentation at its annual convention. It has has expanded in the 21st century to include a growing number of MDs, PhDs and DOs who have published their research in _____, _____and ______.

A department with a long tradition, it has had ____Chairs over its ___year history. Adopting 'diagnosis at the speed of right' as their goal, the department serves both internal and external clients in their primary healthcare role of the doctors behind the diagnosis.

In the 21st century, its growth has been exponential, employing a growing number of professionals having both local and national reputations. Many of the faculty, including Chairman Mahul B. Amin, MD, Chairman Emeritus Stephen A. Geller,MD, Vice-Chairs Kenneth E. Bernstein,MD, Experimental Pathology, Arthur H. Cohen, MD,Anatomical Pathology and Stephen (Elephtherios) Vamvakas,MD, PhD, Clinical Pathology are internationally known investigators in their fields.

Dr. Amin is a widely recognized authority in genitourinary pathology and an author of books, computer-based pathology programs and over 200 articles on the subject. Dr. Geller is an international leader in hepatopathology, having published over 100 papers in that field.

The Department's Nephropathology research is lead by innovative practitioners, educators and speakers in this field, Drs. Arthur H. Cohen and Cynthia N. Nast. Dr. Cohen is an internationally recognized authority on renal diseases having authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on the subject. An active member of the International Society of Nephrology, he has presented workshops, been an invited speaker and has been a visiting professor throughout the world. Dr. Nast conducts numerous national seminars in renal pathology and directs the departments residency and fellowship programs.

In 2008, the department expanded to include the division of Experimental Pathology, hiring Dr. Kenneth Bernstein as its Director. His cloning of the AT1 receptor was a landmark discovery and he was the first to identify the testis-specific ACE promoter.His laboratory performs pioneering investigations in areas such as ACE gene transcription. His honors include an NIH Merit and in a rare awarding of both to one person, the Novartis Prize and the Basic Science Prize, both from the American Heart Association.