Pathologists usually work in hospitals where doctors send specimens for diagnosis.
Pathologists' decisions made from microscopic examinations of tissue samples are the final diagnosis upon which physicians and surgeons will act. With all the new tools and instruments now available, we are able to conduct a much broader range of laboratory tests than were possible only a few short years ago. Mark R. Spanbauer, M.D. received his bachelor's degree in Biology and Chemistry from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dean Q. Trinh, M.D. received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and also his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He did his internship and residency at Gundersen Clinic in LaCrosse, WI, the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, and Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana.