Departments
Laboratory medicine is generally divided into two sections, and each of which is further divided into a number of units. These two sections are:
- Anatomic Pathology: units included here are histopathology, cytopathology, and electron microscopy. Academically, each unit is studied alone in one course. Other courses pertaining to this section include anatomy, physiology, histology, pathology, and pathophysiology.
- Clinical pathology, including :
- Clinical Microbiology: This encompasses five different sciences (units). These include bacteriology, virology, parasitology, immunology, and mycology.
- Clinical Chemistry: Units under this busy section include instrumental analysis of blood components, enzymology, toxicology and endocrinology.
- Hematology: This section consists of automated and manual analysis of blood cells. It includes two subunits, which are coagulation and blood bank.
- Genetics is also studied along with a subspecialty known as cytogenetics.
- Reproduction biology : Semen analysis, Sperm bank and assisted reproductive technology.
