Although newcomers to this blog have no idea whereabouts I am -- I still want everyone to know how great it is to finally perform the FIRST autopsy in our shiny new autopsy suite in our wonderful new (huge) laboratory building. Our first case was a memorable one -- a young, fit gentleman with amyloidosis (which jammed his heart and spleen with more amyloid protein than anything else; heart weight: 840 gm). Blessedly, he did not linger long, but faded rapidly within less than 2 weeks.
There are a few lingering minor but irksome shortcomings (plumbing, lighting, minor equipment needs, etc.) to the new autopsy suite all of which are being attended to thanks to our amazing engineering department. We have instituted weekly autopsy rounds and already have a ton of Meds students interested in attending. All the PAs will be there and many of the pathologists. We're off to a great start.
The PAs are super keen to get involved and I'm pumped to help them along. We're posting a Morgue Attendant position any day now and, combined with at least one more PA position, we'll soon be well positioned to maintain both good turnaround time for surgicals as well as increase our involvement in autopsy pathology. The future indeed looks bright here in ___________ for the pathology service and for PAs specifically.
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