Pathology

The Department of Clinical Pathology of Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital was founded in 1954. The department currently covers an area of 1,023 m2 and was approved in 2014 as a national standardized training base for resident physicians. The department currently carries out biopsy histopathological examination, intraoperative rapid frozen section diagnosis, gynecological and non-gynecological liquid-based cytology, exfoliative cytology and fine-needle aspiration cytology, consultation on difficult pathology, as well as special staining, immunohistochemistry, non-invasive urine testing for urothelial carcinoma, testing of human immune function CD3, CD4 and CD8, molecular pathology testing, autopsy for identification of the cause of death, and others. Among these, autopsy for identification of the cause of death, diagnosis of tumor cells in pleural and ascitic fluid, and standardized diagnosis of digestive system diseases are the special features of the department. The annual total volume of external examinations is more than 40,000 cases, cytological examinations more than 15,000 cases, intraoperative frozen sections more than 2,000 cases, and autopsies more than 20 cases. The department currently has 19 medical technical personnel, including 1 chief physician, 3 associate chief physicians, 6 attending physicians, 1 supervising technician and 8 technicians; among them there are 2 master's degree supervisors, 1 person studying for a doctoral degree and 9 persons with a master's degree. The department undertakes the teaching tasks of resident physicians and postgraduate students. At present there are 12 resident physicians in training, including 2 master's degree students in training. The Department of Clinical Pathology of the Provincial Hospital is a pathology discipline integrating medicine, teaching and research.