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Dana R. Semmel, MD

Attending Pathologist; Chief of Pathology, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital

Photo of Dana R. Semmel, MD, pathologist at Boston Medical Center

About

Dana R. Semmel, MD, is a board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologist at Boston Medical Center and Chief of Pathology at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She also serves as an Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

After receiving her medical degree at the University of Miami, Dr. Semmel completed pathology residencies at Boston University Medical Center as well as a fellowship in Women’s and Perinatal Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, also in Boston.

  • Departments

  • Specialties

    Women’s and perinatal pathology

  • Administrative Title

    Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Residency

    Psychiatry, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, MA, 2002–2004

    Pathology—Anatomic and Clinical, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2005–2008 and 2012–2014

  • Fellowship

    Women’s and Perinatal Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

  • Board Certifications

    Pathology—Anatomic, American Board of Pathology

    Pathology—Clinical, American Board of Pathology

  • Education

    Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 2001

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