Dr. Ernest April
Director
Office: P&S 10-420
Phone: Ext.  5-5631
Email: ewa1@columbia.edu

Dr. Angela Lignelli-Dipple (not pictured)
Radiology

Office: MHB3-111
Phone: ext. 5-2511
Email: al270@columbia.edu

We define Clinical Anatomy as that which pertains specifically to the practice of contemporary medicine. An essential pre clinical subject, Clinical Anatomy enables student physicians to acquire the fund of anatomic knowledge necessary for the practice of medicine and the knowledgeable discussion of findings or problems with appropriate colleagues. Lectures introduce each laboratory topic, explain conceptual relationships between structure and function, and emphasize important subtleties between the normal and aberrant. The dissection laboratory affords a different and stimulating learning experience. Here small-group preceptor discussions focus the laboratory experience and provide informative interactions with faculty. Appropriate computer-assisted tutorials, developed by our faculty, enhance learning as well as facilitate review. Weekly correlation clinics or radiographic anatomy sessions exemplify anatomic application in the practice of medicine. By course end, student physicians are able to analyze, synthesize and apply clinically relevant anatomical information - goals and skills essential for physical examination as well as proper diagnosis, appropriate therapy and accurate prognosis in patient care.