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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 the Novant Health Charlotte market 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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Arthur R. Cohen
Education: 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)
Interests: Surgical pathology, Cytopathology.
Christopher P. Garwacki
Education: 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)
Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Cytopathology
John B. Holt
Education: 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)
Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Transfusion Medicine, Molecular Diagnostics
William K. Poston
Education: MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency: Brooke Army Medical Center (1980-1984)
Fellowship: Hematopathology, Bethesda Naval Hospital (1987-1988)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1984)
Hematopathology (1989)
Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Forensic Pathology.
Ricky A. Thompson
Education: 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)
Interests: Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Clinical Chemistry, Molecular diagnostics.
Patrick A. Wilson
Education: 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)
Interests: Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Clinical Pathology.
Jessica M. Gruenberg
Education: MD, University of Minnesota, 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)
Interests: Breast and surgical pathology
Brian H. Le
Education: MD, Pennsylvania State University, 2000
Residency: Pennsylvania State University (2001 - 2005)
Fellowship: Neuropathology, University of Virginia (2005 - 2007)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2005)
Neuropathology (2007)
Interests: Surgical Pathology, Neuropathology, Transfusion Medicine
W. Frank Ingram
Education: 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)
Interests: Placental and perinatal pathology, genitourinary pathology
Patrick L. Ware
Education: MD, University of South Carolina (2008)
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Health (2008-2014)
Fellowship: Cytopathology, University of North Carolina Hospitals (2014-2015)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2014)
Cytopathology (2015)
Interests: Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology.
Michael B. Gentry
Education: MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (2011-2015)
Fellowship: Hematopathology, Cleveland Clinic (2015-2016)
Surgical Pathology, Emory University Hospitals (2016-2017)
Board Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2015)
Hematopathology (2016)
Interests: Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology
