Abstract :
The role of Pathologist is vital for diagnosis, treatment and prognosisof the disease. Today this role has assumed enormous proportions because the patient’s diagnosis is based on molecular pathology tests and treatment on personalized medicine. It is the need of the hour that the pathologist embraces the new era of genomic medicine and institutes of pathology be adequately equipped to handle the challenges of molecular diagnosis. New curriculum in the post-graduate teaching should be introduced and training programs conducted for the pathologists to meet the requirements of personalized medicine. This article provides an insight to opportunities and challenges for pathologist of today, that call for urgent action.
Keyword :
Pathologist, Personalized medicine, Molecular diagnostics, Challenges, Biomarkers, Companion diagnostics, Pharmacogenomics, PCR, microarray, Training programs