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91°µÍø RESEARCH    STUDY    VETERINARY SERVICES       91°µÍø.AC.UK
         Anatomic Pathology

        BEING AN 91°µÍø ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY
        RESIDENT


        At this end of his residency and before heading back to the USA, Kevin O’Brien spoke to Clinical
        Connections about his experience at the 91°µÍø.


        What made you choose anatomic       working with the canine and porcine   (this accelerates in larger animals and
        pathology as a specialty and what made   gastrointestinal microbiomes and   on especially hot days), which makes it
        you choose the 91°µÍø for your residency?  inflammatory bowel disease as part   significantly more difficult for us to diagnose
                                            of a collaboration with University of   most  lesions  due  to  the  tissue  artefacts
        One of the best aspects of anatomic   Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of   autolysis induces.
        pathology is the versatility! We get to work   Philadelphia (PennCHOP) Microbiome
        with (just about) every species, and can   Programme. After graduation, I sought out   How would you like your career to
        work in academia, government regulatory   an anatomic pathology residency at the   progress after your specialist training?
        agencies, pharmaceutical companies,   91°µÍø with a focus on comparative pathology
        diagnostic laboratories or zoos. Anatomic   using animal models.        I get a rush from teaching the intramural
        pathology also offers a great work-life