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Laboratory Medicine

Diagnostic Services

• Cytopathology
• Histopathology
• Neuropathology
• Forensic Neuropathology
• Frozen section
• DNA studies for lymphoma, sarcoma, micro-organisms and carcinomas
• Post mortem examination
• Electron microscopy
• Multi-disciplinary breast disease service
• Breast Assessment for BreastScreen WA
• Lung, Heart and Kidney transplantation services
• Multi-disciplinary Thoracic Oncology service
• Multi-disciplinary Liver service
• Multi-disciplinary Colorectal disease service
• Multi-disciplinary Renal disease service
• Multi-disciplinary Endocrine disease service
• Embalming and cosmetisation
• Review and demonstration of material from other laboratories

Clinical Trials
The department is involved in more than 30 clinical trials per year.

Research
Staff members are involved in independent research and also collaborate with clinical colleagues both within and outside the hospital in many research projects.

Teaching
Staff members are involved in the training of Anatomical Pathology registrars, other specialist trainees, UWA medical students and UWA, Murdoch University and Curtin University of Technology science students.

Clinico-pathological meetings
The department conducts multiple meetings each week for the purposes of clinical management, teaching and quality assurance.

Senior staff members
Dr Cecily Metcalf
Head of Department
MBBS, FRCPA, FIAC
Clinical Professor Raja Sinniah
DSc., FRCPath., FRCPA
Dr Soraya Fermoyle
MBChB, FFPath (Anatomical Pathology), FRCPA
Dr Tersia Vermeulen
BSc. (Med), MBCh, FCPath (SA), MRCPath, RCPath, FRCPA
Dr Dugald McCallum
BSc (Hons), MB ChB, MRCP, FRCPA, FRCPath
Dr Victoria Fabian
MBBCh, DTM&H, FFPath, FRCPA
Professor John Papadimitriou
MBBS, OstJ, BA, MD, PhD, FRCPath, FRCPA, FIBiol
Bruce Beaney
Principal Scientist, Departmental Safety Officer & Departmental QA Officer
B.Sc.(Path), Dip Hosp Admin
Sinclair Ian
Assistant Principal Scientist
B.App.Sci., Cert.Cytology, Dip.Cytology, CT (ASC)
Robert Horne
Senior Medical Scientist in charge, Electron Microscopy
AIBMS
Dr Bentel Jacqueline
Senior Medical Scientist in charge, Molecular Biology and Radiation Safety Officer
BSc(Hons), PhD, AACR/WICR, ASMR, ESA, ASBMB
Dr Mark Davis
Senior Medical Scientist in charge, Neurogenetics
PhD, MHGSA (Mol Biol)
Philip Morling
Senior Medical Scientist in charge, Neuropathology
BSc (Hons) Anatomy, AIMS
John Banfield
Mortuary coordinator and Post mortem coordinator