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Our Pathologists
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Amy J. Budke, M.D.
“Early in my medical training, a distinguished mentor told me that pathology is the "foundation in the house of medicine." From aiding the speed of critical diagnoses to helping manage chronic illness, this model inspires me to provide the very best in patient care."
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology
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Areas of Focus: Gastrointestinal Pathology
Undergraduate: Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, Oklahoma
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Resident: Baylor Scott and White Hospital, Department of Pathology, Temple, Texas, Yale New Haven Hospital, Department of Pathology, New Haven, Connecticut
Fellowship: Training with Dr. Patrick Dean, GI Pathology, PLLC, Menphis, Tennessee -
Monica Butcher, M.D.
“I love how pathology collaborates so closely with clinical, surgical, and imaging colleagues to provide valuable diagnostic information. We're often behind the scenes, but the testing we oversee guides everyday clinical decision making."
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology
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Areas of Focus: Breast Pathology
Undergraduate: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Resident: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Breast Pathology Fellowship: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL -
Maira S. Gaffar, M.D.
“Medicine works best as a team. We all need to work together to provide the best patient outcomes.”
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology
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Areas of Focus: Hematopathology, Gastrointestinal and Breast Pathology
Undergraduate: Palm Beach Atlantic University, School of Arts and Science, West Palm Beach, FL
Medical School: Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton, FL
Resident: University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
Fellowship: Hematopathology, University of Florida, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine -
Adrienne L. Hery, M.D.
“There is beauty on the slides. There is a feeling of joy in helping to solve the mysteries of the human condition."
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Dermatopathology
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Areas of Focus: Dermatopathology, Pulmonary Pathology, Coagulation Pathology and Point of Care Testing
Undergraduate: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Medical School
Medical School: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Resident: Orlando Health & University of Florida Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Orlando, FL Dermatopathology
Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
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Gregory Y. Lauwers, M.D.
“I am particularly interested in refining the pathologic assessment of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and closely collaborating with gastroenterologists, surgeons, oncologists and radiation oncologists.”
Board Certification: Anatomic Pathology
Areas of Focus: Gastrointestinal Pathology, including luminal malignancies (particularly esophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma) and hepatocellular carcinoma
Medical School: University of ParisVII, Paris, FranceResident: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Oncologic Pathology Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Anthony Martinez, M.D
“I truly believe that if medical students had the same exposure to the field of pathology as I was fortunate to experience, then medicine’s best kept secret would become the most sought-after field of practice."
Board Certifications: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Dermatopathology
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Areas of Focus: Dermatopathology, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Undergraduate: University of New Mexico
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Resident: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia – Dermatopathology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota – Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
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Nicole A. Massoll, M.D.
“Pathology offered the ability to look at the details and art of medicine; where Cytology slides are much like evaluating the components of a picture.”
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology
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Areas of Focus: Cytopathology and ENT Surgical Pathology
Undergraduate: Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, AR
Resident: General Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, AR
Resident: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, AR
Cytopathology Fellowship: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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Jason M. Tedesco, M.D.
"Pathology offers new challenges and new opportunities to learn from our patients each and every day.”
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Hematopathology
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Areas of Focus: Hematopathology, Gynecologic and Breast Pathology
Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Resident: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Anatomic Pathology Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Hematopathology Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN -
Christina L. Warner, M.D.
“I was thrilled by the opportunity to first observe the physical evidence of disease in the clinic, and then subsequently to appreciate the microscopic evidence of pathology in the lab.”
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Dermatopathology
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Areas of Focus: Dermatopathology, Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Pathology
Undergraduate: New College, Sarasota, Fl & University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
Medical School: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
Resident: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Ky
Dermatopathology Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tx -
Jeffrey F. Zacks, M.D.
“Pathology is fascinating and satisfying. Amazing patterns and colors often hide discoverable clues on the way to solve a complex medical puzzle.”
Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology
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Areas of Focus: Hematopathology, Flow Cytometry, Immunohistochemistry, Gastrointestinal, Surgical and Cytopathology including FNA material
Undergraduate: Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Residency: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Hematopathology/Surgical Pathology & Cytology Fellowships: Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA -
Hillary Zalaznick, M.D.
“My favorite thing about being a pathologist is when I can immediately review a sample during a biopsy procedure to ensure that there is an adequate specimen for diagnosis and whatever subsequent testing may be needed for optimal patient care.”
Board Certifications: Anatomic & Cytopathology
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Areas of Focus: Cytopathology, Molecular Pathology
Undergraduate: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine,
Gainesville, FL
Resident: Anatomic Pathology,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Oncologic Surgical Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Cytopathology, Hahnemann Hospital/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA