Surgical Pathology

Faculty

• Kim Absher, MD
• Kristi Adams, MD
• Derek Allison, MD
• Thèrése Bocklage, MD
• Virgilius Cornea, MD
• Julie Dueber, MD
• Melissa Kesler, MD
• Eun Lee, MD
• Janna Neltner, MD
• Sahar Nozad, MD
• William O'Connor, MD
• Mary O'Daniel-Pierce, MD
• Dava Piecoro, MD
• Protima Rayapati, MD
• Dana Richards, MD
• Justin Rueckert, DO
• Nathan Shelman, MD
• Molly Tovar, MD
• Dianne Wilson, MD

Staff

• Shawna Baker, MBA, PA (ASCP) - Associate Director of Anatomic Pathology
• Monika Ellis, HT (ASCP) - Immunohistochemistry Master Technologist
• Robyn Gianneschi, PA (ASCP) - Gross Room Supervisor
• Teresa Kaenzig, HT (ASCP) - Histology Supervisor
• Alexis Zeibert, PA(ASCP) – Pathologists’ Assistant
• Erika Thompson,  PA(ASCP) – Pathologists’ Assistant

Education

The surgical pathology laboratory regularly hosts a variety of learners, including GI surgical pathology fellows, pathology residents, and fourth-year medical students.

In surgical pathology, we follow a one-day cycle. Typically, residents sign out with the attending pathologist in the morning, spend the early afternoon grossing educational specimens, and use the late afternoon for case review. To promote work-life balance, our program maintains clear boundaries, with a grossing cutoff at 6:00 p.m. and a previewing cutoff at 9:45 p.m.

We practice subspecialty sign-out, and all surgical pathology specimens are divided into six services as follows:

• Blue: GI resections, soft tissue, bone, and lung cases
• Pink: Gynecologic and breast pathology
• Red: Head and neck, genitourinary (GU) pathology
• Orange: Frozen sections
• Green: GI and liver biopsies