What specialties make up the Royal College of Pathologists?
The largest specialties are histopathology (22% of members) and haematology (21%). The other large specialties include medical microbiology (14%), clinical biochemistry (13%) and cytopathology (9%). The smaller, but no less important, specialties include clinical cytogenetics (3%), immunology (3%), virology (2%) and molecular genetics (2%). In total there are up to 18 different specialties within the College, with new ones emerging every year.