The Division of Anatomic Pathology at Boston Medical Center is housed within the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and is affiliated with the [Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-pathology/ "Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (bumc.bu.edu)").

Anatomic Pathology serves all patients, regardless of age or medical insurance status, who undergo a procedure or surgery that results in the removal of tissue. We also consider all physicians and services that generate these specimens to be our customers.

The division also manages BMC’s [Decedent Affairs Office](/node/3848 "Bereavement Committee | Boston Medical Center"), which cares for deceased patients and their families and serves area funeral directors and related governmental agencies.

 

 

 

 ## Our Expertise

  ### Areas of Expertise

- Surgical pathology
- Intraoperative consultation
- Cytology
- Aspiration biopsy
- Immunohistochemical assays
- Ultrastructural studies
- Image analysis
- Morphometry
- Telepathology consultation
- Molecular pathology
- Decedent affairs
- Autopsy
- Research CoRe



 

  ### Sub-Specialty Expertise

- Cytopathology
- Dermatopathology (associated with BU skin pathology)
- ENT
- GI and liver
- GU
- Hematopathology
- Muscle and peripheral nerve pathology
- Neuropathology
- OB-GYN pathology
- Oral pathology
- Renal pathology
- Soft tissue
- Thoracic



 

 

 

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## Contact Us

**Hours:** Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

**Phone:** [617.638.6990](tel:617.638.6990), or contact the Pathology Laboratory at [617.638.6994](tel:617.638.6994)

Administrative leadership is always available on call:

- **Phone:** [617.638.5795](tel:617.638.5795)
- **Pager:** #1027
- **Pager:** #3550

##### Frozen or Intraoperative Pathology Consultation (Including NEOB Tissue Procurement)

**From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.:** Call x45310 (path admins)

- If there is no answer, page the AP resident on call/frozen (pager #3800)

**After 5 p.m.:** First, page the AP resident on call (pager #3800)

- If there is no answer, page the AP attending on call (pager #0784)

Frozen pathologist is available 24/7, but lead time is required:

- **Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.:** 15 minutes lead time
- **After 6 p.m.:** 30 minutes to one hour lead time

 

 



 

 ## Forms

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 [Form: Consent for Genetic Testing — Germline](https://hub.bmc.org/sites/default/files/docs/2023-03/999848_Proof.pdf) [Form: Genetic Testing Results/Update: Proxy Designation](https://hub.bmc.org/system/files/docs/2024-04/Genetic%20Testing%20Results%20Update%20-%20Proxy%20Designation%20Form-1000860_Proof.pdf) 

 



 

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## Hemoglobin Diagnostic Reference Laboratory

The Hemoglobin Diagnostic Reference Laboratory at Boston Medical Center provides clinical, genetic, and laboratory correlation and consultation, and is one of only three labs in the United States to conduct hemoglobin diagnostics testing. Our laboratory is CAP and CLIA certified.

 

 [Learn More about the Reference Laboratory](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/pathology/hemoglobin-diagnostic-reference-laboratory) 

 



 

 ## Explore the Department

 

- [← Pathology & Laboratory Medicine](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine)
- [Division of Laboratory Medicine](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/laboratory-medicine)
- [Hemoglobin Diagnostic Reference Lab](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/pathology/hemoglobin-diagnostic-reference-laboratory)
- [For Patients: Lab Services](/departments/lab-services)
- [Our Team](/departments/lab-services/our-team)
- [Residency & Fellowship](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/residency-fellowship)