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For For more than half a century, Presbyterian Pathology Group (PPG) has provided a full range of anatomic and clinical pathology services to patients and health care providers affiliated with Novant Health acute care facilities and ambulatory clinics.
PPG delivers excellence in patient care by providing diagnostic accuracy, timeliness in reporting, and effective communication to our referring health care providers and patients. We work in a collaborative manner internally ensuring access to state of the art technologies to provide accurate diagnoses, facilitating the most appropriate therapies and optimal outcomes for our patients.
Each of our pathologists maintain board certification with the American Board of Pathology with a variety of subspecialty certifications. In addition, many of our physicians are leaders in the field of pathology and are active in local, state, and national medical organizations, hospital committees, and other key advisory positions. PPG physicians also contribute time and energy to many local charitable organizations and participate in numerous fundraising events for valued causes in the greater Charlotte community.
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Charlotte Area Pathologists
Arthur R. Cohen M.D.
Education: BS: Cornell University (1974) MD: Baylor College of Medicine (1977)
Residency: University of Michigan (1979-1983)
Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, Mayo Clinic 1983-1984.
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1983); Cytopathology (1996)
Professional Interests: Surgical pathology, Cytopathology.
Christopher P. Garwacki M.D.
Education: BS: University of Illinois (1990) MS: University of Illinois (1993) MD: University of Illinois (1996)
Residency: University of North Carolina Hospitals, 1996-2000).
Fellowship: Hematopathology, University of North Carolina Hospitals (2000-2001).
Cytopathology, University of North Carolina Hospitals (2001-2002).
Hematopathology, Carolinas Medical Center (2002-2003).
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2001)
Cytopathology (2002)
Hematopathology (2003)
Professional Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Cytopathology
John B. Holt M.D.
Education: MBS: University of Iowa (1995) MD: University of Iowa College of Medicine (1999)
Residency: Duke University Medical Center (1999-2004)
Fellowship: Hematopathology, Carolinas Medical center (2004-2005)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2004)
Hematopathology (2005)
Professional Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Transfusion Medicine, Molecular Diagnostics
William K. Poston M.D.
Education: BA: University of Richmond (1974) MD: West Virginia University School of Medicine (1979)
Residency: Brooke Army Medical Center (1980-1984)
Fellowship: Hematopathology, Bethesda Naval Hospital (1987-1988)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1984)
Hematopathology (1989)
Professional Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Forensic Pathology.
Ricky A. Thompson M.D.
Education: BS: East Tennessee State University (1986) MD: East Tennessee State University (1990)
Residency: Duke University Medical Center (1990-1994)
Fellowship: Forensic Pathology, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Chapel Hill, NC (1995)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1995)
Professional Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Clinical Chemistry, Molecular diagnostics.
Patrick A. Wilson M.D.
Education: BS: Belmont Abbey College (1986) MD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1991)
Residency: University of North Carolina Hospitals (1991-1995)
Fellowship: Cytopathology, University of North Carolina Hospitals (1995-1996)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1996)
Cytopathology (1997)
Professional Interests: Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Clinical Pathology.
Jessica M. Gruenberg M.D.
Education: BA: University of Minnesota (2007) MD: University of Iowa College of Medicine (2014)
Residency: University of Minnesota (2014-2018)
Fellowship: Breast Pathology, Mayo Clinic (2019-2020)
Surgical Pathology, Mayo Clinic (2018-2019)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2018)
Professional Interests: Breast and surgical pathology
Brian H. Le M.D.
Education: BA and BS: University of California, Irvine (1996) MD: Pennsylvania State University (2000) MBA: Alvernia University (2014)
Residency: Pennsylvania State University (2001 - 2005)
Fellowship: Neuropathology, University of Virginia (2005 - 2007)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2005)
Neuropathology (2007)
Professional Interests: Surgical Pathology, Neuropathology, Transfusion Medicine
W. Frank Ingram M.D.
Education: BS: Davidson College (1995) MD: Medical University of South Carolina (2003)
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina, 2003-2007
Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2007-2008
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2007)
Professional Interests: Placental and perinatal pathology, genitourinary pathology
Patrick L. Ware M.D.
Education: BA: Wake Forest University (2003) MD: University of South Carolina (2008)
Internship & Research Fellow: Wake Forest University (2008-2010)
Residency: Wake Forest University (2010-2014)
Fellowship: Cytopathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2014-2015)
Board Certification(s): Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology
Professional Interests: Gastrointestinal Pathology, Cytopathology, Gynecologic Pathology
Michael B. Gentry M.D.
Education: BA: Duke University (2004) MD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011)
Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (2015)
Fellowship: Hematopathology, Cleveland Clinic (2015-2016)
Surgical Pathology, Emory University (2016-2017)
Board Certification(s): Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology
Professional Interests: Hematopathology, Genitourinary Pathology, and Gastrointestinal Pathology
Catherine Alexander M.D.
Education: BA: Tulane University (2015) MD: Louisiana State University School of Medicine (2019)
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2019-2023)
Fellowship: Hematopathology, Duke University Medical Center (2023-2024)
Board Certification(s): Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology
Professional Interests: Hematopathology, Coagulation, Head and Neck pathology
Nicole Johnson M.D.
Education: BA: Columbia University (1996) Fellow: National Institutes of Health (1997 - 1998) MD: Loyola University (2002)
Residency: Massachusetts General (2002-2006)
Fellowship: Cytopathology, Massachusetts General (2006-2007)
Board Certification(s): Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology
Professional Interests: Breast Pathology, Cytopathology
Winston-Salem Area Pathologists
Nathan S. Cuka M.D.
Education: BS: University of Notre Dame (1996) MD: University of Kansas (2011)
Resident years (2011-2015)
Fellowship years (2015-2016)
Certification: American Board of Pathology. Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Hematopathology
Professional Interests: Hematopathology, flow cytometry, general surgical pathology, digital pathology, workflow and process optimization and automation, data warehousing, software design and development.
Edith Renee Curry M.D.
Education: BA: Boston University (1985) MD: Wake Forest University School of Medicine (1989)
Internship: Medical College of Virginia (1990)
Residency: Washington Hospital Center (1991-1995)
Fellowship: Cytopathology, Medical College of Pennsylvania (1995-1996)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology
Professional Interests: Cytopathology, Surgical pathology
Caroline Early M.D.
Education: BS: University of Georgia (2014) MD: East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine (2019)
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2019-2023)
Fellowship: Surgical Pathology Assistant, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2023-2024)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Professional Interests: Surgical Pathology
Christopher R. Madden M.D.
Education: BS: University of Georgia (1994) MD: Medical College of Georgia (1998)
Residency years (1998-2002)
Fellowship years (2002-2003)
Certification: American Board of Pathology. Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology
Professional Interests: Performance and interpretation of Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) biopsies, Urine cytology, non-gyn and gynecologic cytopathology, Lung Pathology.
Kelley O. Montoya M.D.
Education: BS: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2003) MD: University of South Carolina (2009)
Residency years (2009-2013)
Fellowship years (2013-2014)
Certification: American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Professional Interests: General Surgical Pathology
Elizabeth S. Norman M.D.
Education: BA: Wake Forest University (1993) MD: Emory School of Medicine (1999)
Internship years (1999-2000)
Residency years (2000-2004)
Certification: American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Professional Interests: Breast & Gynecologic Pathology
Danielle B. Rocchio M.D.
Education: BS: Villanova (2000)
Residency years (2006-2010)
Fellowship years (2010-2011)
Certification: American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Professional Interests: Bone and Soft Tissue, Pediatric, Gastrointestinal and General Surgical Pathology.
Emily B. Rostlund M.D.
Education: BS: Duke University MD: Tulane University
Residency years (2011-2015)
Fellowship years (2015-2016)
Certification: American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Professional Interests: Soft Tissue Pathology and Gynecologic Pathology with a special interest in Cervical Neoplasia
Bethany D. Vallangeon M.D.
Education: BS: Indiana University-Purdue University (2007) MD: Indiana University School of Medicine (2011)
Residency years (2011-2015)
Fellowship years (2015-2016)
Certification: American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology
Professional Interests: Large Cell Lymphomas, Flow Cytometry
