Surgical Pathology

Surgical pathology is the analysis of tissues removed from living patients during surgery or procedure to make a diagnosis. Surgical pathology involves gross examinations (performed by a team of ASCP-certified physician assistants), microscopic examinations, and ancillary tests (immunohistochemistry, special stains, and molecular testing) at the discretion of surgical pathologists who are an integral part of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. Currently, the surgical pathology service is staffed by anatomic pathologists with a range of subspecialty interests.

Subspecialty interests include:

• Breast pathology: Poornima Upendra Hegde, M.D.
• Gynecologic pathology including placental pathology: Melinda Sanders, M.D., Qandeel Sadiq, M.D.
• Gastrointestinal pathology: Mesut Toprak, M.D.
• Medical liver pathology: Mesut Toprak, M.D., Faripour A. Forouhar, M.D.
• Genitourinary pathology: Ga Hie Nam, M.D.
• Lung pathology: Esma Ersoy, M.D.
• Medical renal biopsy: Qian Wu, M.D., M.Sci.
• Neuropathology including muscle biopsy service: Qian Wu, M.D., M.Sci.
• Hematopathology: Enrique Ballesteros, M.D., Dong Chen, M.D.

Intraoperative consultation/frozen section service offered by surgical pathologists to perform rapid gross and/or microscopic analysis and diagnosis of tissue samples.

Medical Director of Surgical Pathology: Ga Hie Nam, M.D.