Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA

Anatomic Clinical Pathology

Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA is an Anatomic Clinical Pathology practice in Anderson, SC with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in determining the origin, type, and severity of a disease. Anatomic & Clinical Pathologists at Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA perform laboratory tests to detect and treat the causes of illnesses. Anatomic Clinical Pathology is the study of disease in bodily fluid, tissues, and organs. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Anatomic Clinical Pathology practices include diabetes and cancer. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Anatomic Clinical Pathology practices include diagnostic tests on blood, urine, sputum, feces, spinal fluid, pleural fluid, and belly fluid, as well as biopsy and autopsy.

A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine

Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA is a Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine practice in Anderson, SC with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in performing and assisting physicians with blood collection. Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Pathologists at Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA perform procedures to treat bloodborne pathogens and blood loss. Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine is the collection, storage, and delivery of blood plasma. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine practices include blood diseases and blood loss. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine practices include blood testing, blood draws, blood storing, component separation, and blood delivery.

A physician who specializes in blood banking/transfusion medicine is responsible for the maintenance of an adequate blood supply, blood donor and patient-recipient safety and appropriate blood utilization. Pre-transfusion compatibility testing and antibody testing assure that blood transfusions, when indicated, are as safe as possible. This physician directs the preparation and safe use of specially prepared blood components, including red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma constituents, and marrow or stem cells for transplantation.

Dermatopathology - Pathology

Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA is a Dermatopathology - Pathology practice in Anderson, SC with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing skin disorders. Dermatopathologist - Pathologists at Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA perform diagnostic laboratory analysis of tissue samples. Dermatopathology - Pathology is a dermatology and pathology subspecialty that microscopically studies hair, nail, and skin diseases; practitioners are also versed in atomic pathology. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Dermatopathology - Pathology practices include eczema, psoriasis, oral or genital herpes, and melanoma. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Dermatopathology - Pathology practices include skin biopsy, immunohistochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, and flow cytometry.

A dermatopathologist is an expert in diagnosing and monitoring diseases of the skin including infectious, immunologic, degenerative, and neoplastic diseases. This entails the examination and interpretation of specially prepared tissue sections, cellular scrapings, and smears of skin lesions by means of light microscopy, electron microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy.

Forensic Pathology

Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA is a Forensic Pathology practice in Anderson, SC with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in traditional medicine, forensic sciences, DNA technology, forensic serology, toxicology, trace evidence, and wound ballistics. Forensic Pathologists at Piedmont Pathology Associates, PA perform research on the circumstances leading up to a death, and examines cadavers to determine the deceased's identity, as well as the time, causes, and manner of death. Forensic Pathology is a pathology subspecialty that examines cadavers that have died unexpectedly or violently. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Forensic Pathology practices include death by both natural causes (disease) and unnatural causes (injury, suicide, or homicide). Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Forensic Pathology practices include reviewing law-enforcement information regarding a death, obtaining the deceased medical histories, collecting evidence through imaging tests and tissue samples during an autopsy, determining the manner and cause of death, preparing official autopsy reports, providing these reports to public and health and safety agencies, and testifying about these findings in court.

A forensic pathologist is expert in investigating and evaluating cases of sudden, unexpected, suspicious and violent death as well as other specific classes of death defined by law. The forensic pathologist serves the public as coroner or medical examiner, or by performing medicolegal autopsies for such officials.