Stephen J. Sarewitz (2014) Subspecialization in Community Pathology Practice. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: July 2014, Vol. 138, No. 7, pp. 871-872.
EDITORIALS
Stephen J. Sarewitz, MD"More and more of the clinicians we serve are subspecialists, and if they are going to continue to turn to us for diagnostic and consultative services, we must possess corresponding subspecialty expertise in pathology and laboratory medicine. The breast surgeon needs a breast pathologist; the endocrinologist needs a pathologist with deep knowledge of clinical chemistry; the infectious disease specialist needs a microbiologist; and so forth. A generalist pathologist simply cannot command a sufficient depth of subspecialty knowledge to adequately serve these clinicians. Primary care physicians and physician extenders will also expect subspecialty expertise from their pathology group, just as they expect it from their clinical subspecialty consultants."
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