Clinical Pathology - Licensing and Subspecialties

Licensing and Subspecialties

The American Board of Pathology certifies clinical pathologists, and recognizes the following secondary specialties of clinical pathology:

  • Chemical pathology, also called clinical chemistry
  • Hematopathology
  • Blood banking - Transfusion medicine
  • Clinical microbiology
  • Cytogenetics
  • Molecular genetics pathology.

In some countries other subspecialties fall under certified Clinical Biologists responsibility :

  • Assisted reproductive technology, Sperm bank and Semen analysis
  • Immunopathology

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