Meet Our Pathology Team
Our Pathology Specialists
Department of Pathology Leadership
![Michael Roehrl, MD, PhD, MBA](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/michael-roehrl-md-phd-mba-80x100px.jpg)
Michael Roehrl, MD, PhD, MBA
Chair of Pathology
![Pamela Murphy, PhD, MS, APRN, FACHE](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/female-80x100/pamela-murphy-80x100px.jpg)
Pamela Murphy, PhD, MS, APRN, FACHE
Chief Administrative Officer
![Laura C. Collins, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/laura-collins-md-80x100px.jpg)
Laura C. Collins, MD
Vice Chair, Division of Anatomic Pathology; Director of Breast Pathology
![Lynne Uhl, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/uhl-lynne.jpg)
Lynne Uhl, MD
Vice Chair, Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine
![Richard Haspel, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/haspel-richard-l/richard-haspel-md-2022-edit-80x100px.jpg)
Richard Haspel, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Education; Medical Director of Stem Cell Laboratory
![Jack Lawler, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/jack-lawler-80x100px.jpg)
Jack Lawler, MD
Vice Chair, Director of Research
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Bone and Soft Tissue
![Vikram Deshpande, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/vikram--deshpande-md-80x100px.jpg)
Vikram Deshpande, MD
Director of GI Pathology; Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
![Alyaa Al-Ibraheemi, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-female/alyaa-al-ibraheemi-md-80x100px.jpg)
Alyaa Al-Ibraheemi, MD
![Learn more about Dr. Kopach](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pavel-kopach-md-80x100.jpg)
Pavel Kopach, MD
Pathology
![Matthew Rosenbaum, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/rosenbaum-120x150.jpg)
Matthew Rosenbaum, MD
Pathology
Breast
![Laura C. Collins, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/laura-collins-md-80x100px.jpg)
Laura C. Collins, MD
Vice Chair, Division of Anatomic Pathology; Director of Breast Pathology
![Liza Quintana, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/quintana-liza-m/liza-quintana-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Liza M. Quintana, MD
Director Breast Pathology Fellowship
![James L. Connolly, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/connolly-james-l.jpg)
James L. Connolly, MD
![Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/yaileen-guzman-arocho-md-80x100px.jpg)
Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD
Cardiac
![Learn more about Dr. VanderLaan](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/paul-vanderlaan-20230711_0015.jpg)
Paul Andrew VanderLaan, MD, PhD
Director of Surgical Pathology; Director of Cytopathology; Director of Thoracic Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Goldsmith](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/joshua-goldsmith-md-80x100px.png)
Joshua Goldsmith, DO
![Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/nishino-michiya.jpg)
Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD
Director of Cytopathology Fellowship; Director of Head and Neck Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Saffitz](/-/media/rich-text-images/beth-israel-org/medical-education/medical-education-by-department/medicine/medicine-fellowships/cardiovascular-medicine-fellowship/saffitz-jeffrey-e.jpg)
Jeffrey E. Saffitz, MD, PhD
![Osman Yilmaz, MD - Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/osman-yilmaz-md-80x100px.jpg)
Osman Yilmaz, MD
Pathology
Cytopathology
![Learn more about Dr. VanderLaan](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/paul-vanderlaan-20230711_0015.jpg)
Paul Andrew VanderLaan, MD, PhD
Director of Surgical Pathology; Director of Cytopathology; Director of Thoracic Pathology
![Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/nishino-michiya.jpg)
Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD
Director of Cytopathology Fellowship; Director of Head and Neck Pathology
![Gamze Ayata, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/ayata-gamze.jpg)
Gamze Ayata, MD
Director of Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Fellowship
![Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/yaileen-guzman-arocho-md-80x100px.jpg)
Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD
![Learn more about Dr, Hecht](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/hecht-jonathan-l.jpg)
Jonathan L. Hecht, MD, PhD
Director of Autopsy Pathology; Director of Gynecological Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Lepe](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/marcos-lepe-120x150.jpg)
Marcos Lepe, MD
![Learn more about Dr. Nasser](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/nasser-imad-ahmad.jpg)
Imad A. Nasser, MD
Director of Hepatobiliary Pathology
![Matthew Rosenbaum, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/rosenbaum-120x150.jpg)
Matthew Rosenbaum, MD
Pathology
![Liza Quintana, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/quintana-liza-m/liza-quintana-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Liza M. Quintana, MD
Director Breast Pathology Fellowship
![Helen Wang, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/helen-wang-md-2019-80x100px.jpg)
Helen H. Wang, MD, MPH, DrPH
Dermatopathology
![Learn more about Dr. Tahan](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/tahan-steven-r.jpg)
Steven R. Tahan, MD
Director of Dermatopathology
![Learn more about Dr. Goldsmith](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/joshua-goldsmith-md-80x100px.png)
Joshua Goldsmith, DO
![Ashley Ward, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/ward-ashley.jpg)
Ashley Ward, MD
Director of Immunohistochemistry Laboratory
![Mary Jane Zimarowski, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/zimarowski-mary-jane.jpg)
Mary Jane Zimarowski, MD
Gastrointestinal
![Vikram Deshpande, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/vikram--deshpande-md-80x100px.jpg)
Vikram Deshpande, MD
Director of GI Pathology; Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
![Gamze Ayata, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/ayata-gamze.jpg)
Gamze Ayata, MD
Director of Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Fellowship
![Yuho Ono, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/yuho-ono-md-80x100px.jpg)
Yuho Ono, MD
![Matthew Rosenbaum, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/rosenbaum-120x150.jpg)
Matthew Rosenbaum, MD
Pathology
![Monika Vyas, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/vyas-120x150.png)
Monika Vyas, MD
![Helen Wang, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/helen-wang-md-2019-80x100px.jpg)
Helen H. Wang, MD, MPH, DrPH
![Learn more about Dr. Yilmaz](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/omer-yilmaz-md-80x100.jpg)
Omer H. Yilmaz, MD, PhD
![Osman Yilmaz, MD - Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/osman-yilmaz-md-80x100px.jpg)
Osman Yilmaz, MD
Pathology
Genitourinary
![Yue Sun, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/sun-120x150/yue-sun-md-2019-80x100px.jpg)
Yue Sun, MD
Director of Genitourinary Pathology; Co-Director of Immunohistochemistry Laboratory
![Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/yaileen-guzman-arocho-md-80x100px.jpg)
Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD
![Learn more about Dr. Kopach](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pavel-kopach-md-80x100.jpg)
Pavel Kopach, MD
Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Lepe](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/marcos-lepe-120x150.jpg)
Marcos Lepe, MD
Pathology
![Seymour Rosen, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/rosen-seymour/seymour-rosen-md-2017-80x100px.jpg)
Seymour Rosen, MD
Director of Renal Pathology
![Bartholomew White, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/bartholomew-white-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Bartholomew J. White, MD
Gynecologic
![Learn more about Dr, Hecht](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/hecht-jonathan-l.jpg)
Jonathan L. Hecht, MD, PhD
Director of Autopsy Pathology; Director of Gynecological Pathology
![Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/yaileen-guzman-arocho-md-80x100px.jpg)
Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD
![Cynthia C. Hayne, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/hayne-cynthia.jpg)
Cynthia C. Hayne, MD, PhD
Director of Residency Training Program
![Learn more about Dr. Lepe](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/marcos-lepe-120x150.jpg)
Marcos Lepe, MD
Pathology
Head & Neck
![Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/nishino-michiya.jpg)
Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD
Director of Cytopathology Fellowship; Director of Head and Neck Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Goldsmith](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/joshua-goldsmith-md-80x100px.png)
Joshua Goldsmith, DO
![Learn more about Dr. Kopach](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pavel-kopach-md-80x100.jpg)
Pavel Kopach, MD
Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. VanderLaan](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/paul-vanderlaan-20230711_0015.jpg)
Paul Andrew VanderLaan, MD, PhD
Director of Surgical Pathology; Director of Cytopathology; Director of Thoracic Pathology
![Osman Yilmaz, MD - Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/osman-yilmaz-md-80x100px.jpg)
Osman Yilmaz, MD
Pathology
Liver
![Learn more about Dr. Nasser](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/nasser-imad-ahmad.jpg)
Imad A. Nasser, MD
Director of Hepatobiliary Pathology
![Gamze Ayata, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/ayata-gamze.jpg)
Gamze Ayata, MD
Director of Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Fellowship
![Vikram Deshpande, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/vikram--deshpande-md-80x100px.jpg)
Vikram Deshpande, MD
Director of GI Pathology; Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
![Yuho Ono, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/yuho-ono-md-80x100px.jpg)
Yuho Ono, MD
![Monika Vyas, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/vyas-120x150.png)
Monika Vyas, MD
![Osman Yilmaz, MD - Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/osman-yilmaz-md-80x100px.jpg)
Osman Yilmaz, MD
Pathology
Neuropathology
![Hemant Varma, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/varma-hemant/hemant-varma-md-2016-80x100px.jpg)
Hemant Varma MD, PhD
Director of Neuropathology; Director of Neuropathology Fellowship
![Bartholomew White, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/bartholomew-white-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Bartholomew J. White, MD
Renal
![Seymour Rosen, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/rosen-seymour/seymour-rosen-md-2017-80x100px.jpg)
Seymour Rosen, MD
Director of Renal Pathology
Thoracic
![Learn more about Dr. VanderLaan](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/paul-vanderlaan-20230711_0015.jpg)
Paul Andrew VanderLaan, MD, PhD
Director of Surgical Pathology; Director of Cytopathology; Director of Thoracic Pathology
![Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/nishino-michiya.jpg)
Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD
Director of Cytopathology Fellowship; Director of Head and Neck Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Goldsmith](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/joshua-goldsmith-md-80x100px.png)
Joshua Goldsmith, DO
![Learn more about Dr. Kopach](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pavel-kopach-md-80x100.jpg)
Pavel Kopach, MD
Pathology
![Osman Yilmaz, MD - Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/center-and-department/osman-yilmaz-md-80x100px.jpg)
Osman Yilmaz, MD
Pathology
Autopsy Pathology
![Learn more about Dr, Hecht](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/hecht-jonathan-l.jpg)
Jonathan L. Hecht, MD, PhD
Director of Autopsy Pathology; Director of Gynecological Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Kopach](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pavel-kopach-md-80x100.jpg)
Pavel Kopach, MD
Pathology
![Learn more about Dr. Saffitz](/-/media/rich-text-images/beth-israel-org/medical-education/medical-education-by-department/medicine/medicine-fellowships/cardiovascular-medicine-fellowship/saffitz-jeffrey-e.jpg)
Jeffrey E. Saffitz, MD, PhD
![Learn more about Dr. VanderLaan](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/paul-vanderlaan-20230711_0015.jpg)
Paul Andrew VanderLaan, MD, PhD
Director of Surgical Pathology; Director of Cytopathology; Director of Thoracic Pathology
![Bartholomew White, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/bartholomew-white-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Bartholomew J. White, MD
Division Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine
Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing
![David Kemble, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/david-kemble.jpg)
David Kemble, PhD, DABCC
Director of Clinical Chemistry
![Li Zha](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/female-80x100/li-zha-80x100px.jpg)
Li Zha, PhD, DABCC
Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry
![Min Yu](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/female-80x100/min-yu-80x100px.jpg)
Min Yu, MD, PhD, DABCC
Director of Point of Care Testing
![Learn more about Dr. Joseph](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/joseph-loren-j.jpg)
Loren J. Joseph, MD
![Stefan Riedel, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/riedel-stefan.jpg)
Stefan Riedel, MD, PhD
Associate Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
![Lynne Uhl, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/uhl-lynne.jpg)
Lynne Uhl, MD
Vice Chair, Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine
Clinical Hematology
![Robert Willim, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/robert-willim.jpg)
Robert Willim, MD
Medical Director of Clinical Hematology
![German Pihan, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pihan-german-a/german-pihan-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
German A. Pihan, MD
Director of Hematopathology; Director of Hematopathology Fellowship
![Xiang Xu, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/xiang-xu-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Xiang Xu, MD, PhD
Clinical Microbiology
![James Kirby, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/kirby/james-kirby-md-2019-80x100px.jpg)
James E. Kirby, MD
Medical Director of Microbiology; Director of Microbiology Fellowship
![Ramy Arnaout, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/arnaout_headshot/ramy-arnaout-md-phd-edit-80x100px.jpg)
Ramy A. Arnaout, MD, PhD
Associate Medical Director of Microbiology
![Thea Brennan-Krohn, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/tbk-headshot/thea-brennan-krohn-md-80x100px.jpg)
Thea Brennan-Krohn, MD
![Stefan Riedel, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/riedel-stefan.jpg)
Stefan Riedel, MD, PhD
Associate Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Cytogenetics
![Ulrike Kappes, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/ulrike-kappes-80x100px.jpg)
Ulrike Kappes, MD, PhD
Director of Cytogenetics/Genomics
Hematopathology
![German Pihan, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pihan-german-a/german-pihan-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
German A. Pihan, MD
Director of Hematopathology; Director of Hematopathology Fellowship
![Robert Willim, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/robert-willim.jpg)
Robert Willim, MD
Medical Director of Clinical Hematology
![Xiang Xu, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/xiang-xu-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Xiang Xu, MD, PhD
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (HLA)
![Indira Guleria](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/female-80x100/indira-guleria-80x100px.jpg)
Indira Guleria, PhD D(ACHI)
Director of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (HLA)
![Yan Li](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/female-80x100/yan-li-80x100px.jpg)
Yan Li, PhD, F(ACHI), MLS(ASCP)MB
Assistant Director of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (HLA)
Molecular Microbiology
![James Kirby, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/kirby/james-kirby-md-2019-80x100px.jpg)
James E. Kirby, MD
Medical Director of Microbiology; Director of Microbiology Fellowship
![Ramy Arnaout, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/arnaout_headshot/ramy-arnaout-md-phd-edit-80x100px.jpg)
Ramy A. Arnaout, MD, PhD
Associate Medical Director of Microbiology
Molecular Pathology/Genomics
![Learn more](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male.jpeg)
Gyorgy Abel, MD
Director of Molecular Pathology/Genomics
![Ulrike Kappes, MD, PhD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/ulrike-kappes-80x100px.jpg)
Ulrike Kappes, MD, PhD
Director of Cytogenetics/Genomics
![James Kirby, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/kirby/james-kirby-md-2019-80x100px.jpg)
James E. Kirby, MD
Medical Director of Microbiology; Director of Microbiology Fellowship
![German Pihan, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/pihan-german-a/german-pihan-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
German A. Pihan, MD
Director of Hematopathology; Director of Hematopathology Fellowship
![Hemant Varma, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/varma-hemant/hemant-varma-md-2016-80x100px.jpg)
Hemant Varma MD, PhD
Director of Neuropathology; Director of Neuropathology Fellowship
![Xiang Xu, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/xiang-xu-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Xiang Xu, MD, PhD
![Bartholomew White, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male/bartholomew-white-md-2022-80x100px.jpg)
Bartholomew J. White, MD
Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank)
![Kerry O'Brien, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/obrienkerryl.jpg)
Kerry L. O'Brien, MD
Medical Director of Blood Bank; Director of Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
![Richard Haspel, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/haspel-richard-l/richard-haspel-md-2022-edit-80x100px.jpg)
Richard Haspel, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Education; Medical Director of Stem Cell Laboratory
![Bentley Rodrigue MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/bentley-rodrigue-md-80x100px.jpg)
Bentley Rodrigue, MD
Director of Clinical Pathology Residency Training Program
![Lynne Uhl, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/uhl-lynne.jpg)
Lynne Uhl, MD
Vice Chair, Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine
Community Pathologists (APHMFP, Department of Pathology)
![Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-female.jpeg)
Lauren G. Barry, MD
Chief Pathology, BID Needham
![Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-female.jpeg)
Shweta A. Shinagare, MD
Chief Pathology, BID Milton
![Photo Unavailable](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-female.jpeg)
Elzbieta B. Griffiths, MD
Pathology, BID Needham
![Qin Huang](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/silhouette-male.jpeg)
Qin Huang, MD
Pathology, BID Milton