Duke University 2009-2010 - Office of the Registrar - Duke University

conventional transmission electron microscopy. Limited laboratory experience included. Consent of instructor
required. Instructors: Ingram, Lefurgey, Roggli, and Shelburne. 3 units.
325. Cardiovascular Pathology. Study of cardiovascular disease processes, reviewing anatomic, embryologic, and
physiologic features, and utilizing case material and gross specimens. Consideration of principles of electrocardiography.
Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
353. Advanced Neuropathology. Current problems and research methods related to diseases which affect the nervous
system. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
355. Graduate Seminar in Pathology. Graduate students in the Pathology program present their research in a formal
presentation. Instructor: Abraham. 1 unit.
357. Research in Pathology. Independent research projects in various fields of pathology. Hours and credit to be
arranged. Instructor: Graduate faculty. Variable credit.
358. Research (Independent Study). Permission of department required. Instructor: Staff. 10 units.
361. Autopsy Pathology. A detailed consideration of the morphologic, physiologic, and biochemical manifestations of
disease. Includes gross dissection, histologic examinations, processing, analyzing of all autopsy findings under tutorial
supervision. 3 to 6 units. Instructors: Lewis and staff. Variable credit.
362. Autopsy Pathology. A detailed consideration of the morphologic, physiologic, and biochemical manifestations of
disease. Includes gross dissection, histologic examinations, processing, analyzing of all autopsy findings under tutorial
supervision. 3 to 6 units. Instructors: Lewis and staff. Variable credit.
364. Systemic Pathology. This is the medical school and graduate course in the detailed pathology of major organ
systems. The course consists of lectures and seminars presenting the latest scientific concepts of disease. Instructors:
Bradford and staff. 3 units.
367. Special Topics in Pathology. Special problems in pathology will be studied with a member of the senior staff; the
subject matter will be individually arranged. Consent of instructor required. Hours and credit to be arranged. 1 to 4 units.
Instructors: Pizzo and staff. Variable credit.
369. Ophthalmic Pathology. Lectures, seminars, and laboratory sessions. Review of the normal anatomy and
embryology of the eye as a basis for the study of the various ocular disease processes. The more common diseases of
the eye will be considered in detail. Problems in ophthalmic pathology discussed together with methods of solving them.
Instructor: Klintworth. 3 units.
370. Developmental Pathology and Teratology. A systematic study of disease processes involving the prenatal, natal,
and postnatal period. Emphasis on developmental anatomy and teratogenesis. The format includes seminars and
clinicopathologic correlations derived from gross and microscopic material. Prerequisites: Pathology 250 and anatomy
and histology. Instructor: Bradford. 3 units.
374. Pulmonary Pathology and Postmortem Pathophysiology. Emphasis will be on pulmonary pathology and
pathophysiology of infectious, metabolic, environmental, and neoplastic diseases, and certain diseases of unknown
etiology (for example, sarcoid, alveolar proteinosis). Ventilatory experiments will be done on excised human lungs.
Instructor: Roggli and staff. 3 units.
377. Pathology of the Kidney. A comprehensive study of pathological, immunological, and clinical features of the
glomerulonephritis, and pyelonephritis, as well as of metabolic, congenital, and neoplastic renal disorders. Lectures will
be supplemented with gross and microscopic specimens, demonstrations, and special library studies. Instructor: Howell.
3 units.
380. Diagnostic Immunology. Diagnostic and laboratory procedures used in evaluating immunologic diseases:
especially autoimmune, infectious, immunodeficiency, immunoproliferative, and hypersensitivity disorders. Emphasis
on the theoretical and practical aspects of testing procedures and their proper interpretation. Consent of instructor
required. Instructors: R. Buckley, Howell, and Zwadyk. 2 units.
382. General Pathology for Toxicologists. General principles of pathology using examples from human and experimental
toxicological disease. Prerequisites: courses in biochemistry, physiology, and histology (histology may be taken
concurrently). Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
385. Molecular Aspects of Disease. Background, investigative methods, and recent advances in understanding the
molecular basis of selected diseases. In-depth focus on selected diseases whose defects are known at genetic or
molecular levels. Prerequisites: introductory cell biology and biochemistry courses. Instructors: Yan and staff. 3 units.
Pharmacology
Professor Means, Chair (C238 LSRC); Professor McDonnell, Director of Graduate Studies (C259 LSRC); Professors
Abou-Donia, Andrews, Arshavsky (Opthalmology), Casey, Ehlers (Neurobiology), Heitman (Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology), Kornbluth, Kuhn, Levin (Biological Psychiatry), Lew, McDonnell, McNamara (Neurobiology), Nadler,
Newgard, Pendergast, Patz (Radiology), Schwartz-Bloom, Slotkin, Thiele, Wang; Associate Professors Blobe
(Medicine), Chute, Counter, Haystead, Kirsch (Radiation Oncology), Kontos (Medicine), Kwatra (Anesthesiology) Pitt
(Medicine), Rao (Opthalmology), Reya, Seewaldt (Medicine), Wechsler (Pediatrics), Wechsler-Reya, Whorton, Yao,
Departments, Programs, and Course Offerings 178