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The Swan Song of a Pathologist: “Why Do I Love Thee, Pathology? Let Me Count the Ways...."

Bhagirath Majmudar

The question

Why do I love thee, pathology? Let me count the ways....

  • Having retired from the active practice of pathology after 50-plus years, I thought I should share my career experience.

What was done

50-plusyears of active practice
26years on Admissions Committee
350interfaith weddings conducted
  • Having retired from the active practice of pathology after 50-plus years, I thought I should share my career experience.
  • I was a full-time member of the Medical School Admissions Committee for 26 years.
  • To date, I have conducted about 350 such marriages with a post-marital follow-up in all couples.

Key findings

Finding 1 of 3
50-plus
years of active practice

Having retired from the active practice of pathology after 50-plus years, I thought I should share my career experience.

Finding 2 of 3
26
years as a full-time member of the Medical School Admissions Committee

I was a full-time member of the Medical School Admissions Committee for 26 years.

Finding 3 of 3
350
interfaith weddings conducted with post-marital follow-up

To date, I have conducted about 350 such marriages with a post-marital follow-up in all couples.

Why it matters

  • The most glaring truth that pathology taught me is that the integrity of the whole body is maintained by diverse but harmonious pathways.
  • I am profoundly thankful to pathology for that simplified Truth of Life.

How to cite

Bhagirath Majmudar. The Swan Song of a Pathologist: “Why Do I Love Thee, Pathology? Let Me Count the Ways....". Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2017;2(1):e1-e3. https://doi.org/10.17140/plmoj-2-e003

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