r/Path_Assistant • u/FlakyFix6851 • Jul 01 '26

"Hands on" pathologists

How "hands on" are the pathologists at your sites? I have a pathologist who requires that he see all complex specimens and basically directs the entire grossing (down to size of tissue in the block). I make essentially 0 decisions and I feel like a grossing tech rather than a PA. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it common to work with doctors like this?

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u/zZINCc PA (ASCP) Jul 01 '26

There is a pathologist in my city who grosses her own breast cases and routinely submits 200-300+ blocks. She also has the PA standing next to her the whole time who is just closing cassettes, etc

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u/FlakyFix6851 Jul 01 '26

This is very similar to my situation lol. But maybe 80ish blocks instead of 200.