The microscope image in the left of the header symbolizes the fact that making judgments and diagnoses by microscopic evaluation is a human activity and accounts for a great deal of what most pathologists do.

Three images vary in the right of the header:

This one shows the pathologist's hand with a scalpel near several specimen containers. The human element cannot be replaced in anatomic (tissue-based) pathology; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine practices very widely in the USA depending on the quality of that human element. This image denotes anatomic pathology pages.

Another image shows a hand with a pipette near a rack of test tubes. The human element cannot be replaced in clinical (lab tests) pathology; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine practices very widely in the USA depending on the quality of that human element. This image denotes clinical pathology pages.

The third image is an emblem of white words (white suggesting revelation…"making it known") on a black background (the "unknown"). The caduceus emblem (lower left) of the medical profession indicates training, skill, and professionalism. The brain image (lower right) represents focused and determined intellect. Brain/intellect and professionalism are over-arched by the positive content of each individual practitioner's character which then leads to a medical practice of high integrity. Patients are best served by a Pathology and Laboratory Medicine operation when it is led/directed by pathologists rich in high-minded content of character. ent