In general, the Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology specialty is very male-centric with 61% of providers reporting as male as compared to 38% reporting as female. People living in Texas, California, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology providers practice. In all, there are 18,843 registered Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology providers in the United States with over 1,558 of those located in Texas alone while around 1,432 chose to practice in California.
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology providers have been assigned the 207ZP0102X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level III Area of Specialization. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology specialists practice in 54 different states/territories.
A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.