Pathology services offered:
Clinical pathology
Clinical Pathology is a branch of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis of disease through laboratory testing of body fluids and tissues. It involves analyzing samples such as blood, urine, and other bodily fluids to detect infections, metabolic disorders, cancers, and other medical conditions. Clinical pathologists oversee laboratory testing in areas such as hematology, microbiology, clinical chemistry, immunology, and blood banking to help physicians understand a patient’s condition and determine appropriate treatment. These services are primarily provided at the central hospital laboratory, with limited testing available at some physician offices and at the bedside through point-of-care testing.
Anatomic pathology
Includes full-service pathology and cytopathology. Specimens are processed on-site and are interpreted by our pathologists. Results are usually available within two working days. In addition, an extensive selection of immunohistochemical staining and special stains are performed in our histology laboratory and interpreted by our pathologists. Cytopathology (the study of disease at the cellular level) specimens are also prepared and interpreted on-site; however, turnaround time depends on specimen type. Breast prognostic indicator testing is available via virtual pathology, where the stains are performed at our reference laboratory and the virtual images are interpreted on-site by our pathologists.
Ejaz Ahmad, M.D.,
received his medical degree at the Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed a pathology residency and a hematopathology fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He also completed a fellowship in flow cytometry at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Ahmad is board certified in clinical and anatomic pathology and hematopathology.
Yumei Chen, M.D., PhD.,
received her medical degree from Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Chen completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana, and a molecular genetic pathology fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. She is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and molecular genetic pathology.
Nicole C. Miller, D.O.,
earned her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona. Dr. Miller completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and a cytopathology fellowship at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Miller then furthered her training with a hematopathology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Miller is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, cytopathology, and hematopathology.
Latha Urs, M.D.,
received her Medical Degree from Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences in Bellary, India. She completed an internship and a pathology residency at Mysore Medical College in Mysore, India. She also completed a anatomic pathology/clinical pathology residency at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, and a fellowship in Pediatric Pathology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. Dr. Urs is board certified in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology and pediatric pathology.