DEPARTMENT OF BREAST PATHOLOGY
OLGA FALKOWSKI, MD
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND DEPT. CHIEF, BREAST PATHOLOGY
Dr. Olga Falkowski serves as the associate medical director of Acupath Laboratories, Inc. as well as the department chief of Breast Pathology. She is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology.
Prior to joining Acupath, Dr. Falkowski was the attending pathologist at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. She fulfilled a surgical fellowship at Tisch Hospital, at New York University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship at Harvard Medical School. After she received her medical degree from the First Moscow Medical School in Russia, Dr. Falkowski completed a residency in general pathology there. Subsequently, she fulfilled her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University.
As part of her pathology work, Dr. Falkowski has served as an assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine, Hofstra University, as well as Albert Einstein College of Medicine, respectively. She is currently a member of the College of American Pathologists and the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. In addition, Dr. Falkowski is a noted author and lecturer in breast pathology and is often quoted in the press relating to issues concerning breast cancer diagnostics.
JOON YIM, MD
STAFF PATHOLOGIST
Board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, Dr. Joon Yim serves as a staff pathologist for Acupath Laboratories, Inc., where he is responsible for the daily sign-out of breast pathology cases.
Prior to joining Acupath, Dr. Yim served as an attending pathologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at New York University Medical Center from 2002 to 2006. Previously, Dr. Yim fulfilled fellowships at New York University Medical Center for surgical pathology and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for genitourinary pathology. Prior to his fellowships, Dr. Yim completed his residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University, where he was awarded the title of “Top Resident” for his esteemed work.
Additionally, Dr. Yim holds positions in various medical organizations, including the American Medical Association, College of American Pathologists, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical School Admissions Committee, and Association for Pathology Informatics. He received his medical degree from the Los Angeles School of Medicine, UCLA.
ZSUZSANNA VEGH-GOYARTS, PHD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FLOW CYTOMETRY
With ample experience in the field of tumor biology and immunology, Dr. Zsuzsanna Vegh-Goyarts. serves as the assistant director of the flow cytometry department. Prior to Acupath, she worked as an assistant professor in immunology research at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook and served as a consulting assistant director of flow cytometry at Enzo Clinical Laboratories, Inc. She spent her postdoctoral years in prestigious research institutes, including the Immunology Department of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY and Tumor Biology Department of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
Dr. Vegh-Goyarts’ research has appeared in an extensive list of peer reviewed publications and various scientific journals, including Cancer Research, Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, Molecular Immunology and Cellular Immunology.
In addition, she currently holds a Certificate of Qualification in Oncology-Sera and Soluble Tumor Markers, Diagnostic Immunology and all four areas of Cellular Immunology from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). Dr. Vegh-Goyarts received her Ph.D. in Medical Science and Immunology in Budapest, Hungary.
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