What Does a Pathologist Do?
Answer:
A pathologist is a doctor who has been to medical
school and completed additional training in pathology. Pathologists study bodily fluid, blood, and tissue samples, in order to diagnose illness or search for other medical conditions.

A pathology may have a subspecialty such as clinical pathology, anatomical pathology, molecular pathology, surgical pathology, cytopathology, or forensic pathology. Some pathologists work only on samples from living people, in order to diagnose or treat diseases or conditions, while other pathologists deal with autopsies and sometimes criminal murder investigations.

Although a pathologist can perform tests himself or herself, many have other medical workers perform the tests and therefore have little direct contact with patients. They use the samples to make a diagnosis or recommendation, and then pass the information on to the patient's doctor, who advises the patient.
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