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Anatomic Pathology incorporates the following laboratory services: Autopsy, Cytopathology [We also offer FNA services to the VCU Medical Center hospitals and clinics and to patients referred from physicians for FNA to our Cytodiagnosis Center], Neuropathology.
Our Autopsy Service is staffed by faculty mentors who are certified in Anatomic Pathology, two Pathologists’ Assistants, a Pathology Lab Assistant, and one to two rotating Pathology Residents who perform 125 to 150 autopsies a year.
Surgical Pathology
Surgical pathology offers full histology services including immunohistochemistry, molecular diagnostics, and histochemical stains. Subspecialty services include:
The Anatomic Pathology Receiving area is located at the MCV campus in the Gateway Building, 1200 E. Marshall Street, 6th floor, (804) 828-9739.
Chair of the Division of Anatomic Pathology: Michael O. Idowu, MD, MPH
Michael Idowu, MD, MPH
Chair, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Michael Idowu, MD, MPH
Chair, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Pathology
Program Director of Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship;
Director of Breast Pathology;
Director of the Tissue and Data Acquisition and Analysis Core (TDAAC)
Phone: (804) 828-9739
Fax: (804) 828-9749
Email: Michael.Idowu@vcuhealth.org
Melissa Contos, MD
Surgical Pathology
Melissa Contos, MD
Surgical Pathology
Pathology
Professor of Pathology;
Director of Surgical Pathology
Phone: (804) 828-9013
Fax: (804) 828-5055
Email: Melissa.Contos@vcuhealth.org
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD
Chief of Pathology, VA Medical Center
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD
Chief of Pathology, VA Medical Center
Pathology
Autopsy & Surgical Pathology
Associate Professor of Pathology
Phone: (804) 828-9739
Fax: (804) 828-9749
Email: Hugh.Massey@vcuhealth.org
Sadia Sayeed, MD
Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology
Sadia Sayeed, MD
Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology
Pathology
Assistant Professor of Pathology;
Director of Cytopathology
Phone: (804) 628-1270
Email: Sadia.Sayeed@vcuhealth.org
Catherine L. B. Palmer, MD
Community Memorial Hospital
Catherine L. B. Palmer, MD
Community Memorial Hospital
Pathology
Assistant Professor of Pathology;
Laboratory Medical Director at Community Memorial Hospital;
Phone: (434) 447-3151 x 350
Fax: (434) 774-2474
Austin Blackburn Wiles, MD
Autopsy & Cytopathology
Austin Blackburn Wiles, MD
Autopsy & Cytopathology
Pathology
Assistant Professor of Pathology; Director of Autopsy;
Medical Director of Decedent Affairs
Phone: (804) 628-4852
Fax: (804) 828-8733
Email: Austin.Wiles@vcuhealth.org
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