Cell Biology & Anatomy Course Descriptions

• MED 20400
  Molecules to Cells I
  Spring, 2nd Year, 4 credits
  4 sessions per week
  Duration: 15 weeks
  Prerequisites: MED 10200, MED 20300, BIO 20600 and BIO 20700.
  Course Director: Serafin Piñol-Roma, Ph.D.

This two semester course (MED 20400 and 30500) is designed to provide students with comprehensive and integrated concepts of biochemistry, cell biology, and medical genetics within a clinically oriented framework. Topics are presented with the aim that students will become aware of the contributions of cell and molecular biology and genetics to future developments in clinical diagnosis and treatment. Students are expected to acquire the necessary skills to integrate microscopic structure and cellular function, a prerequisite for other disciplines such as Human Development, Medical Histology, Physiology, Immunology, Pathophysiology, and other related areas. Sessions include lectures, small group discussions, and clinical correlations.

• MED 30500
  Molecules to Cells II
  Fall, 3rd Year, 3 credits
  5 sessions per week
  Duration: 15 weeks
  Prerequisites: MED 20400.
  Course Director: Serafin Piñol-Roma, Ph.D.

This two semester course (MED 20400 and 30500) is designed to provide students with comprehensive and integrated concepts of biochemistry, cell biology, and medical genetics within a clinically oriented framework. Topics are presented with the aim that students will become aware of the contributions of cell and molecular biology and genetics to future developments in clinical diagnosis and treatment. Students are expected to acquire the necessary skills to integrate microscopic structure and cellular function, a prerequisite for other disciplines such as Human Development, Medical Histology, Physiology, Immunology, Pathophysiology, and other related areas. Sessions include lectures, small group discussions, and clinical correlations.

• MED 33602
  Human Gross Anatomy, Human Development and Organ Imaging
  Spring, 3rd Year/ 7 credits
  16 hours per week (160 hours per semester)
  Prerequisites: MED 20400 and 30500
  Duration: 11 weeks (includes one week preparation for the National Board of Medical
  Examiners - Gross Anatomy and Embryology Examination)
  
  Course Director: Cigdem Erkuran Yilmaz, M.D., Ph.D.
  
  The objective of the integrated Human Gross Anatomy and Human Development course is to provide students with hand on experience in the study of the structure and function of the human body, an understanding of relevant aspects of human development and its abnormalities, and the value of imaging techniques in the visualization of the human body. Structure at the macroscopic level is explored through lectures in gross anatomy and embryology coupled with detailed regional dissections. Students are expected to examine anatomic relationships leading to an integration of anatomic function and embryo-fetal development under normal and pathologic conditions.
  
  
• MED 33603
  Histology and Cell Biology
  Spring, 3rd Year/ 4 credits
  16 hours per week (80 hours per semester)
  Prerequisites: MED 20400 and 30500
  Duration: 6 weeks (includes one week preparation for the National Board of Medical 
  Examiners - Histology and Cell Biology Examination)

Course Director: Abraham L. Kierszenbaum, M.D., Ph.D.

Histology pursues an extension of topics presented in the Molecules to Cells and Human Gross Anatomy-Embryology courses. The main objective is the microscopic identification of cells, tissues, and organs in preparation for the study of normal and abnormal function in further courses on systemic function and pathology. Students are expected to master the material by acquiring concept mapping and critical analysis skills by integrating structural, molecular and functional views of cell and molecular biology and human development through clinical and pathologic examples. This approach intends to highlight the impact of cell and molecular biology in preventive medicine and disease.