Sept. 12, 2017 Joint Pathology Center to celebrate 100 years of helping military docs confirm diagnoses As a young pathologist 40 years ago, Dr. Isabell Sesterhenn helped doctors diagnose disease. She was essentially “the lab” you hear about where a biopsy or tissue sample is studied to determine what the disease might be. But back then, the information she had within arm’s reach was limited.
April 25, 2016 Eglin pathology lab probes for answers On any given day, the pathology and histology lab professionals at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, handle about 125 patient specimens from livers, prostates to tonsils. They evaluate, prepare and transform tissue onto microscope slides studied by pathologists. These doctors study tissues to make a