Whereas up to 1950s the two major activities of academic Pathology-diagnostic and experimental-were both practiced by a single individual, thereafter, scientific, academic and economic factors created the conditions that favored monothematic practitioners. In this white paper, I argue that now, at the beginning of the 21st century, this separation is detrimental to the discipline, and I propose changes that would reunite the two strands.
Keywords: Academic pathology; Diagnostic practice; Diagnostics; Postgraduate training; Research in pathology.