CATEGORY – MEDICAL
Short History of the Department
       The Institute of Pathology is 84 years young and has the wisdom and experience of the old and the energy, enthusiasm and vigor of the young. The Institute was founded in 1934 and was then known as ‘Goschen Institute of Pathology’ and the old timers fondly remember the block that houses the Institute as ‘Goshen Block’. The institute had been named after George Joachim Goschen, II Viscount, who was Governor of Madras from 1924 – 1929 & was the Viceroy of India from 1929 – 1931. The institute was declared open on a Monday on March 26-th, 1934 by His Excellency Sir George Fredrick Stanley on whose name the then Royapuram Medical School stands now as ‘Government Stanley Medical College’. Until then Physicians handled pathology lectures and the academic Pathologists were in charge of patient care and the work in speciality departments was interchangeable. It was only in the year 1936, after the opening of the new Goschen block, the first chair for the speciality was created and Prof.Srinivasulu Naidu became the first HOD of Department of Pathology.

The departments of Medical Jurisprudence and the Pathology functioned together for a short while and later became separate departments when Prof.Srinivasulu Naidu opted to become the HOD of Forensic Medicine and Dr.T.S.Thirumurthy succeeded him as HOD of Pathology Department.
Initially postgraduates of both Pathology and Microbiology were trained in this Institute under the auspices of Madras University, which included M.Sc.Degrees too. It was only in 1966, an exclusive  M.D.Pathology degree was instituted in the Department under the instruction of Medical Council of India and a separate postgraduate course has created in Forensic medicine (Medical Jurisprudence) in the year 1974. The institute was upgraded in 1980 and the first chair was designated and upgraded as ‘Director of Institute of Pathology’. Prof.S.Arumugam became the first Director of this institute in 1980 and has been succeeded by seventeen directors so far.
 
In 1973, the Government sanctioned Electron Microscopy (EM) Laboratory to Government General Hospital and this was allotted to Institute of Pathology in 1978. Scanning electron Microscopy and other sophisticated equipments were added to EM laboratory in 1985. The Institute of Pathology as it stands now provides diagnostic health care to lakhs of patients every year and undertakes teaching to thousands of students every year.

Pathology laboratories headed by the rank of Professors, also function at affiliated institutes such as Institute of Child health, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Kasturba Gandhi hospital, Regional ,Institute of Ophthalmology and  Institute of Neurology to provide comprehensive and easily accessible healthcare to patients.

The museum of Institute of Pathology holds 1510 specimens. The specimens include neoplastic &nonneoplastic lesions of all organs & tissues and provide excellent learning opportunities for both undergraduates & postgraduates. The specimens are constantly restored, replaced and new specimens are added every year. A rare case is displayed routinely as ‘specimen of the week’ in the institute of Pathology along with description of the lesion and histopathology photographs. Museum exhibits on specific organs are routinely conducted at regular intervals
 



 
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Type of course:  Medical

Name of the courses offered
1. M.D (Pathology)

Eligibility	:	MBBS
Course duration	:	3 Years
Sanctioned number of seats	:	10
Affiliated University (if applicable)	:	The TN Dr.MGR Medical  University
Selection Procedure	:	State/ All India PG Entrance Examination
University Examination details	:	MD (Pathology) Theory Examination Paper I–General Medical and Surgical Pathology Paper II – General Pathology Paper III – Systemic Pathology Paper IV – Immunopathology, Haematology, Advances in Lab services
		MD (Pathology) Practical Day-1 FN- Clinical Pathology AN- Grossing Haematology and Cytology Slides Day-2 FN- Histopathology Slides OSPE- 10 stations AN- Viva, Log Book, Dissertation

 
DCP

Eligibility	:	MBBS
Course duration	:	2 Years
Sanctioned number of seats	:	8
Affiliated University (if applicable)	:	The TN Dr.MGR Medical  University
Selection Procedure	:	State/ All India PG Entrance Examination
		DCP (Theory) Paper-I: General Pathology and Systemic Pathology Paper-II: Microbiology and Biochemistry Paper-III: Clinical Pathology, Haematology, Cytology
		DCP (Practical) Day-1 Histopathology, Cytology, Haematology slides Grossing Microbiology Day-2 Clinical Pathology, Biochemistry, Microbiology Log Book, Viva

 
Other Courses
Pathology theory & practical classes are conducted for II MBBS, BDS, MDS, B.Sc (N), DMLT, BPT, DMRSC, Dental Hygiene Prosthetics and Orthodontics.
 
Periodic academic activities held in the department
PG (M.D & DCP) Programme:
 

Slide test	:	Weekly once
Slide discussion	:	Weekly once
Institutional activities work review	:	Weekly once
Short topic	:	Weekly twice
Journal club Autopsy discussion /Grossing test	:	Once in two weeks
Case discussion	:	Once in two weeks
Problem based learning	:	Once in a month
Seminar	:	Once in a month
Virtual slide discussion	:	Once in a month

 
 

 
MBBS ACADEMIC SCHEDULE

DAY	MBBS–III SEMESTER			MBBS – IV SEMESTER			MBBS – V SEMESTER
	1.30-2.30	2.30-3.30	3.30-4.30	1.30-2.30	2.30-3.30	3.30-4.30	1.30-2.30	2.30-3.30	3.30-4.30
MONDAY		Practicals		Theory	Practicals
		B	A		B	A
TUESDAY	Theory     Theory                 Theory								Theory
WEDNESDAY						Theory (rotation)
THURSDAY					Theory			Theory
FRIDAY						Theory	Theory	Practicals
								B	A
SATURDAY						Theory (rotation)			Theory (rotation)

 
 
ACADEMIC SCHEDULE FOR OTHER COURSES
(IIBDS, DMLT, BPT, B.Sc Nursing, DMRSC, Dental Hygiene)

DAY	10-11 am	11-12pm	11-1pm	12-1pm	1.30-2.30pm	2.00-3.00pm	2.30-3.30pm
MONDAY	DMRSC -Theory	II BDS – Theory BPT – Theory BSC RIT-Theory		II BDS – Practical	I DMLT – Theory	I BSC CPPT-Theory	II DMLT - Theory
TUESDAY	II BDS – Theory		Dip.in Orthotics and Prosthetics- Theory		--		--
WEDNESDAY		BSC RIT- Theory BPT - Theory		B sc – Nursing – Theory		Dental hygiene- Theory	I DMLT- theory II DMLT–Practical
THURSDAY		--		II BSC CPPT-Theory	--		--
FRIDAY			Dip.in Orthotics and Prosthetics- Theory	MDS – Theory B sc – Nursing - Theory		II BSC CPPT-Theory	I DMLT- Practicals

 
Research and Publications (National and International - for the past 5 years / year wise):

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF STAFF

S. No.	TOPIC & JOURNAL	NAME	DESIGNATION
1.	Spectrum of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions associated withpregnancy- 5 years experience in a tertiary referral centre. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2016;5(95):6976-6981,DOI:10.14260/Jemds/2016/1578	Kokila K, Kanchana MP	Professor
2.	Histomorphological Spectrum of Uterine Leiomyoma Variants- one year retrospective study in a teritary care centre. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (5). 2201-2210] (ISSN 2320-5407)	Kokila K, Rajavelu Indira	Professor
3.	Comparative study of endometrial lavage,Dilatation and curettage with hysterectomy in women with perimenopausal/postmenopausal bleeding.IOSR Journal of dental and medical sciences vol15,issue9Ver.XII(September 2016),pp41-44	Rama krishnaswamy, N.V.Vanitha,	Professor
4.	Retroperitoneal sarcomas-A Pathological study.IOSR Journal of Medical and Dental sciences volume15, issue 11 Ver.II(November 2016),pp 27-32	N.V.Vanitha,K.Deepa	Assistant Professor
5.	Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of appendix: A rare case report. Journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences. 2016;5(65):4678-4680	LavanyaNarasingamoorthy, PadmavathiRajagopalan,DhanalakshmiSubramaniam.	Professor
6.	CD117 and PDGFR-α Immunostaining in GISTs- IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences,2016, vo.15, Issue 9 Ver.V, 69-75	Deepa K	Assistant Professor
7.	Secondary Pulmonary Hodgkin Lymphoma: a case report. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences,2016; 5(62):4402-4404	Ramesh Babu Chidambaram, GeethaDevadas, SudhaVenkatesh	Professor

 

8.	Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxilla- case report. Indian Journal Of Pathology and Oncology,2016;3(4):736-738	DhanalakshmiSubramaniam, SudhaVenkatesh, Sofia Chandrababulu	Professor
9.	A 3 year retrospective study on gestational trophoblastic disease in a government obstetrical tertiary care centre. Int J ReprodContraceptObstetGynecol 2016;5:4405-9.	Veeraraghavan G, KanchanaMP, Srinivasan LN	Professor
10.	Coexistence of Medullary and Papillary carcinomas of thyroid- case report and brief review of literature Vol 5/ Issue 84/ Oct 2016 Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental sciences	GeethaDevadas	Professor
11.	Aneurysmal bone cyst of the clivus- a rare occurrence. J. Evolution Med. Dent.Sci. 2017;6(30):2481-2483, DOI: 10.14260/Jemds/2017/536	Suresh S, GeethaDevadas	Professor
12.	Complete hydatidiform mole in a triplet pregnancy withcoexisting two live foetuses- a case report and review of literature. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2017;6(13):1056-1058, DOI:10.14260/Jemds/2017/227	Suganya U, Kanchana MP, Revathy M	Professor
13.	Clear cell sarcoma of kidney: an uncommon paediatric neoplasm – 2 case reports and review of literature. Int J ContempPediatr 2017;4:264-8.	Gurusamy V, Karnan I, Sadagopan P	Professor
14.	Mixed phenotype acute leukaemia: a case report of an unusual presentation. Int J Res Med Sci 2017;5:3247-50	Gurusamy V, Panneerselvam R, Jayanthi BV
15.	Spurious Elevation of Ca-125 in Benign Ovarian Tumour. Indian journal of pathology: research and practice 2017;6(2):327-329	Vincy T.M., Kanchana M.P.	Professor
16.	Diagnostic accuracy of pipelle endometrial biopsy as an out patient procedure in the evaluation of women with abnormal uterine bleeding.Indian journal of applied research vol7, issue 7,July 2017pp56-57	Vanitha N.V., Rama krishnaSwamy	Assistant Professor
17.	Cytohistological  Correlation of Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy Specimens with Added Value of Immunohistochemistry in Diagnosis of Lung Tumors. IOSR JDMS. 2017;16(8);18-21	Dhanalakshmi S, Dr. Priyadarshini, Narmadha, Manibharathi R	Assistant Professor
18.	Study of benign adnexal tumors of the skin: An institutional five year study of 106 cases.IOSR journal of dental and medical sciences.2017;16(6):57-60	Dhanalakshmi S et al.	Assistant Professor

 

19.	Involvement of  bone marrow in various lymphomas- a study of 60 cases. Medpulse- International Medical journal 2017; 4(5);552-555	RamyaPannerselvam,  Jayanandhini.M,  Dhanalakshmi .S,Sakunthala.P, VijayaBaskar.P	Assistant Professor
20.	Histomorphological spectrum of central nervous system tumors- three year retrospective study in a tertiary care centre. J.EvolutionMed.Dent.Sci 2017; 43(6);3362-3366	Narmadha.R,Dhanalakshmi.S, Priyadharshini.M, Rajesh Natraj.A.P, Subitha, Padmavathi.R	Assistant Professor
21.	Pathobiological characteristics of intestinal and diffuse type of gastric carcinoma- retrospective study of gastric cancers.2017;6(2);	Priyadharshini.M, Narmadha.R, Dhanalakshmi.S, Padmavathi.R.	Assistant Professor

 
CURRENT ON GOING RESEARCH WORK 
 

S.No	TOPIC	GUIDE	POSTGRADUATE
1.	COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SQUASH PREPARATION, FROZEN SECTION AND HISTOPATHOLOGY	Director (Prof. BharathiVidyaJayanthi)	Dr. Hemalatha
2.	A STUDY ON ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR STATUS IN FNAC OF BREAST CARCINOMA AND COMPARISION OF IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY  AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY	Prof. Padmavathi	Dr.kavitha.s
3.	STUDY OF MUCIN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY AND P63 EXPRESSION IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT PROSTATIC LESIONS	Prof. Pappathi	Dr. Krithika.n
4.	P53 , P63 AND HER2NEU EXPRESSION IN UROTHELIAL BLADDER CARCINOMA AND ITS CORRELATION WITH CLINICO PATHOLOGICAL VARIABLES	Prof. GeethaDevadas	Dr. Kokila.k
5.	COMPARISON OF NAPSIN A VS TTF-1 IN TYPING OF LUNG CANCER	Prof. Rajavelu Indira	Dr. Manibharathi. R
6.	COMPARISON BETWEEN EGFR AND KI-67 IN CORRELATION WITH GRADING OF GLIOMAS	Prof. Ramamoorthy	Dr.snehasuresh
7.	ROLE OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY IN  EVALUATING THE MALIGNANT POTENTIAL OF MOLAR PREGNANCY	Prof. Rama	Dr.suganthi.c
8.	EVALUATION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES IN BREAST CANCER	Prof. SudhaVenkatesh	Dr.Suganya.u
9.	COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN SUSPECTED TUBERCULOUS LESION	Director (Prof. BharathiVidyaJayanthi)	Dr.veeraraghavan.g
10.	MICRONUCLEI ASSAY IN UROTHELIAL CELLS OF ABNORMAL COLPOSCOPIC PATIENTS AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION	Prof. Kanchana	Dr.vincy.t.m.
11.	STUDY ON MOLECULAR EXPRESSION OF K-RAS MUTATION IN COLORECTAL CARCINOMA AND ITS CORRELATION WITH CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPTIAL	Prof. Padmavathi	Dr. Mohanapriya
12.	THE ROLE OF PLATELET INDICES IN EVALUATING THE CAUSES OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL	Prof. Ramamoorthy	Dr. Keerthiabarna
13.	A STUDY ON SIGNIFICANCE OF IHC MARKERS IN DISCRIMINATING METASTATIC CARCINOMA IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM	Prof. Rama	Dr. Christy
14.	A STUDY OF HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF GLOMERULAR LESIONS IN ADULT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPTIAL	Prof. SudhaVenkatesh	Dr. Selvam
15.	GATA 3 EXPRESSION IN BREAST CARCINOMA AND ASSOCIATION WITH ER PR HER 2 NEU STATUS – A 3 YEAR STUDY IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE	Prof. Rajavelu Indira	Dr. Ritu
16.	CORRELATION BETWEEN PERIPHERAL SMEAR BONE MARROW ASPIRATION AND FLOW CYTOMETRY IN ACUTE LEUKEMIA	Director (Prof. BharathiVidyaJayanthi)	Dr. Shobana
17.	COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOLUIDINE BLUE AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEKITSRY IN HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE	Prof. GeethaDevadas	Dr. Muthuprabha
18.	AN ANALYSIS OF TB LYMPHADENITIS BY CONVENTIOANL AND MOLECULAR METHODS A STUDY IN A PEDIATRIC TERTIARY CARE INSTITUTE	Prof. Pappathi	Dr. Balamurugan
19.	AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY ON INTRATUMOURAL AND PERITUMORAL LYMPHATIC VESSEL DENSITY AS A PROGNOSTIC PARAMETER IN ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA	Prof. Kanachana	Dr. Preetha
20.	A STUDY OF CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES IN THE LEUKEMIC PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL.	Prof. Selvambigai	Dr. Ramesh

 
Prizes and Award constituted by the Department
II MBBS Medal & Prizes: George Smith Prize Gold Medal&Dr.DGovinda Reddy Gold Medal
Institute Day Awards:
Institute Oration & Honoring: One or two senior pathologists / Clinicians
Eminent teacher awards: To 5 – 10 senior pathologists annually
Life time achievement award: To 5 – 10 senior pathologists annually
Life Time Service Honored: To 5 – 10 Senior technicians
Conference (Tamilnadu and Pondicherry Chapter of IAPM Conference - TAPCON) / CME awards; For Best oral paper, poster / Quiz competitions – Winner & Runner- ups
DCP and MD Postgraduates getting highest marks in university examination
Best Postgraduate award
 

 
CMEs’, Workshops / conferences conducted by the department (past 5 years / year wise)
Workshops / conferences

DATE	PROGRAMME	PLACE
2013	Institute Day CME-	Madras Medical College,Seminar Hall
2014	Institute Day CME	MAdras Medical College,Seminar Hall
2015-August	Institute Day CME-Recent Updates in Pathology	Madras MedcialCollege,Seminar Hall
2015-March	CME - Cytopathology	Madras Medical College, Seminar Hall
2016-May	Institute Day CME-Surgical Pathology	Madras Medical College, Seminar Hall
2016- June	Current concept in Gynaec pathology	Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Auditorium
2016-October	CME on update on Surgical pathology	Madras Medical College, Seminar Hall
2017-June	Gynaeconcopathology-All embedded	Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Auditorium
2017-August	Institute day and national CME on Updates in Hematopathology	Hotel Raintree

 
SERVICES OFFERED
 
No of units in the department

1. Histopathology
2. Cytology

Clinical Pathology (24 hours lab) - 8.00 to 2.00pm all days common sample collection for pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry.
 
O.P Days & Timings – Not Applicable
I.P Unit & Admission day (Unit wise)
Bed Strength of Department
Average O.P
Average I.P
Type of Surgeries performed (for Surgical departments)
 
Special Clinics conducted by the Department- Not Applicable
 
List of Laboratory tests performed (for Laboratory attached departments)

1. Histopathology
2. Immunohistochemistry
3. FNAC
4. Fluid cytology
5. Cell block
6. Complete Hemogram
7. ESR
8. PCV
9. Hb estimation Cyanmethhemoglobin – Calorometric method
10. Peripheral smear &Bone Marrow Study
11. QBC
12. Cytohistochemistry (PAS, Sudan Black, NSE & MPO)
13. Coagulation Profile (BT, CT,PT, APTT &INR)
14. Absolute eosinophil count
15. Reticulocyte count
16. Fluid cell count
17. Urine analysis
18. Semen Analysis
19. Motion Examination
20. Special Stains (PAS, Reticulin, Perls, GMS, Congo Red & others)
21. Cytogenetics
22. Immunofluoresence
23. Immunocytochemistry
24. Frozen section

 
Average laboratory statistics (average tests conducted / annum)

1. Biopsy                     :    11410
2. Cytology                
   1. FNAC                   :     5918
   2. Fluid                    :     4127
3. Clinical Pathology       :     396504

 
Museum
No. of Mounted Specimens       :      1510
            The specimens include neoplastic & non neoplastic lesions of all organs & tissues and provide excellent learning opportunities for both undergraduates & Postgraduates. The specimens are constantly restored, replaced and new specimens are added every year. A rare case is displayed routinely as ‘specimen of the week’ in the Institute of Pathology along with description of the lesion and histopathology photographs. Weekly quiz corner is conducted on both specimens & histopathology slides and prizes are given. Museum exhibits on specific organs are routinely conducted at regular intervals ( Average of 2 – 4 per annum)
 
 
Department Library Details
 

S. No	Department Name	Number of Books	Year
	PATHOLOGY	645	2013
		680	2014
		696	2015
		873	2016
		884	2017

 

 
 
FIRST YEAR MD- JOINED ON 2017
 

S.NO	NAME
1.	Dr. A.Anbarasi
2.	Dr.D.Gowrimanohari
3.	Dr.P.Hemashri
4.	Dr.T.JemimaEvangelyn
5.	Dr.L.Mohanapriya
6.	Dr. Sharmila
7.	Dr.R.Shobija
8.	Dr.S.Sridhar
9.	Dr.K.Vani
10.	Dr.P.Vanipriya

 
 
 SECOND YEAR M.D – JOINED ON 2016
 

S.NO	NAME
1.	Dr. Balamurugan
2.	Dr.Christy D Ramya
3.	Dr.KeerthyAberna
4.	Dr.MohanaPriya
5.	Dr.MuthuPrabha
6.	Dr. Preetha
7.	Dr.Ramesh
8.	Dr.RituPorna
9.	Dr.Selvam
10.	Dr.Shobana

 

FINAL YEAR M.D- JOINED ON 2015 
 

S.NO	NAME
1.	Dr.Hemalatha
2.	Dr.Kavitha
3.	Dr.Kiruthika
4.	Dr.Kokila
5.	Dr.Manibarathi
6.	Dr.Sneha Suresh
7.	Dr.Suganthi
8.	Dr.Suganya
9.	Dr.VeeraRaghavan
10.	Dr.Vincy

 
 

 

FIRST YEAR DCP -JOINED ON 2017
 

S.NO	NAME
1.	Dr.S.Abirami
2.	Dr.D.AngelineAishwarya
3.	Dr. M.Elamathi
4.	Dr.M.Fathima Seles
5.	Dr.N.Jeyalakshmi
6.	Dr.A.Kannan
7.	Dr.T.Pratheeba
8.	Dr.RamDeepika

 
 
II YEAR DCP-JOINED ON 2016
 

S.NO	NAME
1.	Dr.Johnsi Rani
2.	Dr.Jonathan Joseph
3.	Dr. Monica
4.	Dr.MuneeswaraManikandan
5.	Dr.Parthasarathy
6.	Dr.Sathya
7.	Dr.Shanthini
8.	Dr.Sindhuja