Ocular Pathologist

Eyes are amazing organs, but just like other parts of the body, they’re susceptible to disease. Ocular Pathologists spend their days studying the origin and progression of eye diseases.

That means when you’re an Ocular Pathologist, your duties have you hanging out in the lab, processing samples as they’re delivered. Unlike those of us who anxiously wait for the Delivery Driver to bring us our new couch or video games, though, the deliveries that an Ocular Pathologist receives are a little more unique. Once your eye tissue and fluid samples arrive, you slide them under the microscope, stir them into a Petri dish recipe, and use other fancy lab equipment to identify whether they’re malignant or benign, or what disease the patient has. The Surgeon and patient are waiting for the results, so you work with haste but always strive for accuracy.

When you’re not helping diagnose diseased tissue from the operating room, you turn your focus to research. After all, how will we learn more about eye diseases without further studies? So you pick a passion.

Is it pink eye? What about cancer? Then you set up experiments, perform tests, and write up your findings. Who knows, maybe you’ll cure the currently incurable!

You might even share your specialized knowledge by becoming a Professor and training the up-and-coming graduates a thing or three about eyes and eye diseases. Your expertise might also be requested at conferences and seminars.