Expert Details
Medicine, Especially Pathology (Laboratory Medicine), Women's Health, Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer
ID: 724890
Massachusetts, USA
She has developed protocols and conducted clinical trials for drug testing in several areas of medicine.
As a practicing pathologist, Expert has a working knowledge of disease processes, natural history, and progression, and assessment of treatment options.
As part of her professional responsibilities, Expert has ongoing experience in assessing the efficacy of certain drug regimens on the histological appearance of pre-malignant and malignant lesions in the female reproductive tract.
Expert is familiar with normal and abnormal histologic appearances of most of the organ systems in the human body.
She is competent to review biopsy material for drug development or for review of original diagnosis and confirmation of diagnosis in contested cases.
As a student of diseases of the female and male reproductive systems, Expert is competent to review histological (biopsy) material from these systems and to assess treatment efficacy from this perspective, as well as to confirm or offer a differing opinion in previously diagnosed biopsy material.
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Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1968 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: University of Maryland |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2000 to 2008 | Employer: Quest Diagnostics | Title: Senior Staff Pathologist | Department: Anatomic Pathology |
Responsibilities:Diagnosis of all diseases by way of tissue biopsy and related studies |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 2000 | Employer: United Pathology Associates | Title: Partner in PC | Department: Pathology |
Responsibilities:Partner in professional practice: anatomic and clinical pathology |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| College of American Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, US and Canadian Society of Pathologists |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| State Licenses in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Internship and Residency: New York University Medical Center and St. Thomas's Hospital and Medical Center (London) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Has 10 publications plus numerous articles on women's health in popular press (non peer-reviewed) and numerous radio spots and several video new releases on public health issues. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| She has performed case reviews for the law firm of Santangelo, Benvenuto and Slattery in New City, NY. These reviews included record reviews, research and conferences with defense attorneys in order to determine the appropriate defense in medical malpractice cases. Reviews largely consisted of careful study of all histologic materials and patient charts, plus research on the latest relevant diagnostic test methods and controversies in the field. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| She has prepared and presented several seminars for the College of American Pathologists (CAP), on the subject of litigation in collaboration with actively practicing defense attorneys and representatives of the insurance industry. She chaired the CAP Insurance Committee for several years, working with other pathologists, insurance companies, and brokers. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| She has provided public service radio spots for the past ten years in areas of interest, including Lyme Disease, Breast and Colon Cancer prevention, healthy eating, childhood obesity, etc. Most of the spots were aired on radio stations in the Northeast and Midwest. |
Fields of Expertise
diagnosis, disease, pathology, gynecologic drug development, histopathology, reproductive system disease, male disease, cancer diagnosis, male reproductive organ, cancer pathology, pathologic process, colon cancer screening, women's health, men's health, surgical pathology, anatomic pathology, obesity treatment, insurance industry, blood borne disease, case analysis, bioethics, autopsy, drug clinical trial, clinical pathology, medical diagnosis, drug development, pharmaceutical industry, urogenital disease, pathogen, drug screening, digestive system disease