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Surgical Pathology

A Subspecialty Of  Anatomic Pathology

About Surgical Pathology

Surgical pathology is the study of tissues removed from living patients during surgery to help diagnose a disease and determine a treatment plan. A surgical pathology examination includes a physical exam of the tissue with the naked eye, and an examination processed tissue under a microscope and may be supported by immunohistochemistry or other laboratory tests.

The pathologist's interpretation of a biopsy is the cornerstone of a patient’s treatment plan. It provides critical information such as determining if a tumor is benign or malignant, staging the extent of malignant disease, and pinpointing the activity of specific molecular pathways in the tumor. The surgical pathologist supports surgeons by determining if the entirety of a diseased area has been removed during surgery and provides information that guides for postoperative treatment.

Surgical pathologists also diagnose diseases other than cancer, including inflammatory, infectious, or idiopathic diseases of the skin and gastrointestinal tract.

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Stanford’s Surgical Pathology services offer deep expertise in all areas of surgical pathology.
Surgical Pathology Areas of Expertise:

 

Breast Pathology

Stanford’s Breast Pathology service provides diagnostic services focused on precise diagnoses of both benign and malignant breast diseases.

 

Cardiovascular Pathology

Stanford’s Cardiovascular Pathology service providing diagnostic expertise in the pathology of the heart and blood vessels.

 

Gastrointestinal Pathology

Stanford’s Gastrointestinal Pathology service focuses on the diagnosis and characterization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the digestive tract and accessory organs, such as the pancreas and liver.

 

Genitourinary Pathology

Stanford’s Genitourinary (GU) Pathology service evaluates disorders of the urinary tract and male reproductive organs including the prostate gland, bladder, kidney, testis, and penis.

 

Gynecologic Pathology

Stanford’s Gynecologic Pathology service provides services dealing with the study and diagnosis of disease involving the female genital tract.

 

Head & Neck Pathology

The Head & Neck Pathology service provides pathology services for biopsies and excisions from the head, neck and nasal cavity areas.

 

Medical Liver Pathology

Stanford’s Medical Liver Pathology service evaluates cases for non-cancer related diseases of the liver.

 

Pediatric & Perinatal Pathology

Stanford’s Pediatric and Perinatal Pathology service specializes in diagnosis of pediatric and neonatal cases.

 

Pulmonary & Thoracic Pathology

Stanford’s Pulmonary Pathology service specializes in the diagnosis and characterization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the lungs and thoracic pleura.

 

Renal Pathology

Renal Pathology is a subspecialty of anatomic pathology that specializes in the diagnosis and characterization of medical diseases (non-tumor) of the kidneys.

 

Soft Tissue & Bone Pathology

Stanford’s Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology Service evaluates cancerous and non-cancerous disorders of the soft tissues, muscle and bone.

Stanford Pathology offers expert evaluation for wet tissue or slide review cases. Each of these cases is reviewed by subspecialty experts and goes through case consensus, ensuring that the case has been reviewed by a team of experts. Our collaborative model also ensures that difficult cases that span multiple subspecialties are reviewed by multiple teams, leveraging a range of sub-specialty expertise in the final diagnosis.

 

Wet Tissue Cases: Primary Pathology Diagnosis

Stanford’s Surgical Pathology Service performs gross and microscopic examination and reporting of wet tissue cases.

 

Consultative Opinions & Case Reviews

Stanford’s Surgical Pathology Service offers consultative opinions on challenging cases submitted from outside of the Stanford network. These consultations can be utilized to offer expert opinion, answer specific questions or confirm diagnosis.

 

Samples should be shipped or delivered via courier to:

Stanford Anatomic Pathology

300 Pasteur Drive, Room H2110
Stanford, CA 94305

Phone: 650-723-7211
Fax (650) 725-7409

 

Contact Us

To submit a specimen to Stanford Surgical Pathology, please complete a requisition and send with sample to:

 

Stanford Surgical Pathology

300 Pasteur Drive, Room H2110
Stanford, CA 94305

Phone: 650-723-7211
Fax (650) 725-7409

surgicalpathology@
stanfordhealthcare.org

Do not send patient info to this email.

Co-Director:
Ann Folkins, MD

 

To arrange to be set up as a new client, please contact:
ClinOpsContracts@
stanfordhealthcare.org

SUBSPECIALTIES

  • Breast Pathology
  • Cardiovascular Pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • Genitourinary Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology
  • Head & Neck Pathology

 

New Client Inquiries

To arrange to be set up as a new client, please contact:
ClinOpsContracts@stanfordhealthcare.org.

 

SAMPLE SUBMISSION LOGISTICS
For more information on submitting cases, see the links below:

All Requisitions
Download Stanford Requisitions for specimen submission.

Account Set-up
Information on personalized requisitions, supplies, shipping and courier pick-up.

Pricing Inquiries
Pricing inquiries and contract information.

Billing
Billing policies, information and questions.

Results Web Portal
Request access or log-in to our client results portal.

Specimen Collection and Handling
Specifications for Specimen Collection and Handling.

Consult Service FAQ's
Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Meet the experts from Stanford’s Surgical Pathology Services:

Breast Pathology
Cardiovascular Pathology
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Genitourinary Pathology
Gynecologic Pathology
Head & Neck Pathology
Liver Pathology
Pediatric & Perinatal Pathology
Pulmonary Pathology
Renal Pathology
Soft Tissue & Bone Pathology

 

Stanford's Surgical Pathology faculty is comprised of industry leading medical staff. Please find the complete directory here: http://med.stanford.edu/pathology/faculty/faculty-directory.html

 

Ancillary Testing

Stanford Pathology relies on a suite of ancillary testing offerings to support our expert diagnosis. Learn more about these state-of-the-art offerings.

 

Immunohistochemistry

Electron Microscopy

Immunofluorescence

Molecular Pathology

Cytogenetics/FISH

Clinical Genomics

Flow Cytometry

Our Services

Stanford’s Surgical Pathology services offer deep expertise in all areas of surgical pathology.
Surgical Pathology Areas of Expertise:

 

Breast Pathology

Stanford’s Breast Pathology service provides diagnostic services focused on precise diagnoses of both benign and malignant breast diseases.

 

Cardiovascular Pathology

Stanford’s Cardiovascular Pathology service providing diagnostic expertise in the pathology of the heart and blood vessels.

 

Gastrointestinal Pathology

Stanford’s Gastrointestinal Pathology service focuses on the diagnosis and characterization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the digestive tract and accessory organs, such as the pancreas and liver.

 

Genitourinary Pathology

Stanford’s Genitourinary (GU) Pathology service evaluates disorders of the urinary tract and male reproductive organs including the prostate gland, bladder, kidney, testis, and penis.

 

Gynecologic Pathology

Stanford’s Gynecologic Pathology service provides services dealing with the study and diagnosis of disease involving the female genital tract.

 

Head & Neck Pathology

The Head & Neck Pathology service provides pathology services for biopsies and excisions from the head, neck and nasal cavity areas.

 

Medical Liver Pathology

Stanford’s Medical Liver Pathology service evaluates cases for non-cancer related diseases of the liver.

 

Pediatric & Perinatal Pathology

Stanford’s Pediatric and Perinatal Pathology service specializes in diagnosis of pediatric and neonatal cases.

 

Pulmonary & Thoracic Pathology

Stanford’s Pulmonary Pathology service specializes in the diagnosis and characterization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the lungs and thoracic pleura.

 

Renal Pathology

Renal Pathology is a subspecialty of anatomic pathology that specializes in the diagnosis and characterization of medical diseases (non-tumor) of the kidneys.

 

Soft Tissue & Bone Pathology

Stanford’s Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology Service evaluates cancerous and non-cancerous disorders of the soft tissues, muscle and bone.


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Stanford Pathology offers expert evaluation for wet tissue or slide review cases. Each of these cases is reviewed by subspecialty experts and goes through case consensus, ensuring that the case has been reviewed by a team of experts. Our collaborative model also ensures that difficult cases that span multiple subspecialties are reviewed by multiple teams, leveraging a range of sub-specialty expertise in the final diagnosis.

 

Wet Tissue Cases: Primary Pathology Diagnosis

Stanford’s Surgical Pathology Service performs gross and microscopic examination and reporting of wet tissue cases.

 

Consultative Opinions & Case Reviews

Stanford’s Surgical Pathology Service offers consultative opinions on challenging cases submitted from outside of the Stanford network. These consultations can be utilized to offer expert opinion, answer specific questions or confirm diagnosis.

 

Samples should be shipped or delivered via courier to:

Stanford Anatomic Pathology

300 Pasteur Drive, Room H2110
Stanford, CA 94305

Phone: 650-723-7211
Fax (650) 725-7409

 

Contact Us

To submit a specimen to Stanford Surgical Pathology, please complete a requisition and send with sample to:

 

Stanford Surgical Pathology

300 Pasteur Drive, Room H2110
Stanford, CA 94305

Phone: 650-723-7211
Fax (650) 725-7409

surgicalpathology@
stanfordhealthcare.org

Do not send patient info to this email.

Co-Director:
Ann Folkins, MD

 

To arrange to be set up as a new client, please contact:
ClinOpsContracts@
stanfordhealthcare.org

SUBSPECIALTIES

  • Breast Pathology
  • Cardiovascular Pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • Genitourinary Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology
  • Head & Neck Pathology

 

New Client Inquiries

To arrange to be set up as a new client, please contact:
ClinOpsContracts@stanfordhealthcare.org.

 

SAMPLE SUBMISSION LOGISTICS
For more information on submitting cases, see the links below:

All Requisitions
Download Stanford Requisitions for specimen submission.

Account Set-up
Information on personalized requisitions, supplies, shipping and courier pick-up.

Pricing Inquiries
Pricing inquiries and contract information.

Billing
Billing policies, information and questions.

Results Web Portal
Request access or log-in to our client results portal.

Specimen Collection and Handling
Specifications for Specimen Collection and Handling.

Consult Service FAQ's
Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions.


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Our Faculty

Meet the experts from Stanford’s Surgical Pathology Services:

Breast Pathology
Cardiovascular Pathology
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Genitourinary Pathology
Gynecologic Pathology
Head & Neck Pathology
Liver Pathology
Pediatric & Perinatal Pathology
Pulmonary Pathology
Renal Pathology
Soft Tissue & Bone Pathology

 

Stanford's Surgical Pathology faculty is comprised of industry leading medical staff. Please find the complete directory here: http://med.stanford.edu/pathology/faculty/faculty-directory.html

 


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Ancillary Testing

Ancillary Testing

Stanford Pathology relies on a suite of ancillary testing offerings to support our expert diagnosis. Learn more about these state-of-the-art offerings.

 

Immunohistochemistry

Electron Microscopy

Immunofluorescence

Molecular Pathology

Cytogenetics/FISH

Clinical Genomics

Flow Cytometry


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Residencies and Fellowships

Anatomic Pathology Residency Programs

Stanford Pathology offers a 3-year Anatomic Pathology residency and 4 year combination residencies in Anatomic Pathology/Clinical Pathology and Anatomic Pathology/Neuropathology.

 

Surgical Pathology Fellowships

Stanford offers several ACGME-accredited fellowships across a range of surgical pathology sub-specialties.

Breast Pathology Fellowship
Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship
Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship
Gynecology Pathology Fellowship
Pediatric & Perinatal Pathology
Renal Pathology Pathology Fellowship
Surgical Pathology Fellowship

 

We also offer Fellowships in Cytopathololgy, Dermatopathology, Hematopathology,  Neuropathology, and Opthalmic Pathology.

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