White Coat Ceremony

We have received our white coats, finished finals, and the current second years graduate today (BIG CONGRATS) therefore I am officially a second year Pathologists' Assistant student.  It is such a relief to have finished a whole year of graduate school, especially that last semester! My classmates and I have worked so hard this past year and have really come together as a team; I am so proud of them all.  Just a 2 week break until clinicals start; I'll be heading to Disney for Christmas, but don't worry I'll have a 12 hour car ride to study up on my copy of Lester.

PA Class of 2014 and our professors

Future Pittsburgh roommates

Clinical Rotations

We have finally received our clinical rotation schedule for next year so without further ado here is where I’ll be:

• January 6 – February 7: St. Clair Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA)

• February 10 – February 14: University of Pittsburgh HSC Tissue Bank (Pittsburgh, PA)

• February 17 – March 28: West Virginia University Healthcare Autopsy (Morgantown, WV)

• March 31 – April 18:  St. Francis Hospital (Charleston, WV)

• April 21 – May 9: UPMC Children’s Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA)

• May 12 – June 20: Butler Hospital (Butler, PA)

• June 23 – August 1: Thomas Memorial Hospital (Charleston, WV)

• August 4 – September 12: Conemaugh Hospital (Johnstown, PA)

• September 15 – October 24: UPMC Presbyterian (Pittsburgh, PA)

• October 27 – December 19: PathMD Labs (Los Angeles, CA) 

I am absolutely ECSTATIC that I was given the opportunity to go to LA. I cannot wait to get through these last couple of exams and start putting to use all the information I’ve been learning the past year.

Our program also has a few clinical sites that I do not rotate through:

• UPMC Shadyside (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Ruby Memorial Hospital Surgical (Morgantown, WV)