From Richard Kradin:Guiding the Pulmonologist's Hand: What They Need to Know About Lung Pathology and What is Lost in Translation

http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2012-0273-SA

Richard L. Kradin (2012) Guiding the Pulmonologist's Hand: What They Need to Know About Lung Pathology and What is Lost in Translation. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: December 2012, Vol. 136, No. 12, pp. 1528-1532.

SPECIAL SECTION—HOUSTON LUNG SYMPOSIUM, PART II

Guiding the Pulmonologist's Hand: What They Need to Know About Lung Pathology and What is Lost in Translation

Richard L. Kradin , MD

From the Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit and the Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Increasing subspecialization in the practice of medicine has led to certain discrepancies in how pathologists and pulmonologists imagine lung disease. This article, written by a pathologist who also practices pulmonology at a large, academic hospital, highlights his perspective on the important role of the pathologist in guiding the hand of the pulmonary clinician.