The clinical, research, and educational activities of the Case Department of Pathology are centered at the Case School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UHCMC).  The core components of the department are the Basic Science Pathology Program at Case School of Medicine and the three clinical divisions of Pathology at University Hospitals Health System (UHHS), including the Division of Anatomic Pathology at UHCMC, the Division of Clinical Pathology at UHCMC, and the UHHS Pathology Division of Community Hospitals.  In addition, our affiliates include the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office, the Pathology Department at the Louis Stokes Veteran's Administration Medical Center, and the Pathology Department at MetroHealth Medical Center.  Research laboratories of the department are located in the Wolstein Research Building and Institute of Pathology.  Both are situated adjacent to University Hospitals of Cleveland, the primary teaching hospital of the Case School of Medicine and the location of the department’s Pathology Residency Program. 

World-class research is conducted in the department in biomaterials biocompatibility, cancer biology, immunology, neuropathology and neurodegenerative disease,  outcomes research, and tissue injury and healing. The department’s research activities are characterized by highly cooperative and collaborative interactions within the department, and with many other departments at Case and its affiliated institutions.  The CWRU Department of Pathology NIH funding level is ranked in the top 10 nationally.