Dr. James E Childs MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
1 Nolte Dr Kittanning PA, 16201About
Dr. James Childs is a pathologist practicing in Kittanning, PA. Dr. Childs is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Childs can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Childs may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1974
University of Virginia / Main Campus 1974
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Serologic evidence of infection with granulocytic ehrlichiae in black bears in Pennsylvania.
- Predicting the spatial dynamics of rabies epidemics on heterogeneous landscapes.
- Short report: concurrent Rocky Mountain spotted fever in a dog and its owner.
- Passive surveillance as an instrument to identify risk factors for fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever: is there more to learn?
- Q fever.
- The ascendancy of Amblyomma americanum as a vector of pathogens affecting humans in the United States.
- Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophila in cervids from Slovenia: evidence of two genotypic lineages.
- Assessing the magnitude of fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States: comparison of two national data sources.
- Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2001.
- Ehrlichia chaffeensis: a prototypical emerging pathogen.
- Trends in national surveillance for rabies among bats in the United States (1993-2000).
- Q fever in humans and animals in the United States.
- Rickettsiology: present and future directions: preface.
- Rickettsialpox in New York City: a persistent urban zoonosis.
- National surveillance for the human ehrlichioses in the United States, 1997-2001, and proposed methods for evaluation of data quality.
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