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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