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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
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)
MD: Drexel University College of Medicine (2006)
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
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
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
2011-2015
Fellowship
2015-2016
Certification:
American Board of Pathology
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Hematopathology
Professional Interests:
Large Cell Lymphomas
Flow Cytometry
