Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Post-Graduate Training
Certification
Professional Memberships
Other Professional Activities
Presentations And Publications
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Louis K. Sussman

Roslyn,NY

Summary

Experienced anatomic and clinical pathologist with 20 years of experience in diagnosing diseases by evaluating specimens using targeted laboratory techniques. Accomplished in deriving conclusions and interpretations from examination of blood, bodily fluids, tissue and other specimens. Patient-focused in coordinating with referring physicians on diagnoses and providing written pathology reports to promote patient wellbeing and ideal outcomes. Dedicated to clinical laboratory quality assurance and improvement.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Attending Pathologist

New York-Presbyterian/Queens
07.2004 - Current
  • Participate in daily signout of anatomic pathology cases, including biopsies, surgical specimens, frozen sections, cytology, and blood smears. This includes review and signout of H&E slides, selection of appropriate immunohistochemical studies and review of these slides, and selection of appropriate molecular diagnostic tests.
  • Responsible for hematopathology signout, including bone marrow biopsies and lymphoma cases. Lymphoma signout includes flow cytometry prepared at an outside reference laboratory.
  • Assistant medical director of Surgical Pathology, Chemistry and Hematology Laboratories.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary tumor boards.
  • Responsible for frozen section quality assurance review.
  • Participate in clinical-pathological teaching conferences for medical and surgical residents and rotating medical students.
  • Acting Chairman of Pathology (October-December, 2006) - Oversaw successful completion of CAP laboratory inspection without any deficiencies. Monitored laboratory proficiency testing program.

Per Diem Attending Pathologist

Pathlink, LLC
06.2014 - Current
  • Per diem anatomic pathology services at multiple hospital-based practices in NY and NJ.
  • Use expertise to identify etiology, morphology and clinical significance of identified diseases.
  • Consult with physicians and other healthcare team members to discuss findings of pathological examinations.

Laboratory Director

Rheumatology Associates of North Jersey
01.2017 - Current
  • Part-time medical directorship of rheumatology physician office laboratory services. Responsibilities include quality assurance in chemistry, immunoassay, hematology and urinalysis assays and interactions with state regulatory personnel.
  • Keep laboratory in line with facility and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Evaluate laboratory staff performance for quality, ethics and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Laboratory Director

Advanced Gynecology and Surgery
09.2018 - Current
  • Part-time medical directorship of gynecology physician office laboratory services. Responsibilities include quality assurance in chemistry, immunoassay and microbiology assays and interactions with state regulatory personnel.
  • Keep laboratory in line with facility and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Evaluate laboratory staff performance for quality, ethics and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Attending Pathologist/Laboratory Director

Digestive Health Care
01.2025 - Current
  • Part-time medical directorship of gastroenterology practice laboratory service. Duties include monitoring of quality assurance and review and signout of gastrointestinal biopsies from practice patients.
  • Keep laboratory in line with facility and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Evaluate laboratory staff performance for quality, ethics and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Attending Pathologist

Optum Health Long Island
01.2009 - 03.2025
  • Part-time sign out of biopsies and urine cytology specimens and immediate clinician notification of malignant diagnoses.

Technical Supervisor, Gynecologic Cytopathology

Medlabs Genetics/Centers Labs of New Jersey
07.2014 - 05.2022
  • Helped with initial setup of gyn cytopathology service and directly responsible for quality assurance in this service. Pathologist signout of abnormal pap smears and review of 10% of screened negative pap smears.

Education

Doctor of Medicine -

Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel
06.1998

Master of Arts - Biomedical Sciences

Touro College
Dix Hills, NY
08.1994

Premedical Sciences -

Trenton State College
Trenton, NJ
06.1993

Skills

  • Tissue analysis
  • Cytology analysis
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Flow cytometry
  • Pathology reporting
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Laboratory safety protocols
  • Laboratory quality assurance

Post-Graduate Training

  • Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. July, 1998 - June, 2002
  • Fellowship in General Surgical Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY. July, 2002 - June, 2003
  • Fellowship in Hematopathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. July, 2003 - June, 2004.

Certification

  • Diplomate in Anatomic and Clincal Pathology by the American Board of Pathology(certified indefinitely)
  • New York State medical license (active)
  • New York State Laboratory Director Certificate of Qualification (active)
  • New Jersey State medical license (active)
  • New Jersey State Bioanalytical Laboratory Director license (active)
  • North Dakota State medical license

Professional Memberships

  • College of American Pathologists
  • Medical Society of the State of New York
  • New York State Society of Pathologists

Other Professional Activities

  • Vice President, New York State Society of Pathologists, 2022 - present
  • Member, House of Delegates, Medical Society of the State of New York, 2023 - present
  • Member, Professional and Community Engagement Committee, College of American Pathologists, 2022 - present
  • Member, House of Delegates, College of American Pathologists, 2009 - present
  • Member, Engaged Leadership Network, College of American Pathologists, 2016 - present
  • Investor/Advisor, Fruit Street Health, 2017 - present

Presentations And Publications

  • A Rare Case of Synchronous Double Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma in the Left Atrium, Ogami T, Zimmermann E, Chiu R, Sussman L, Avgerinos DV, JACC Case Rep., 05/20/20
  • CAP Pathology Resource Guide: In Vivo Microscopy, M Fitzmaurice, JL Fine, AH Fischer, JH Kaufman, SC Mathur, J Mirkovic, BK Rao, MM Shevchuk, L Sussman, Vajpeyi R, College of American Pathologists, 2016
  • Follicular Cell Dendritic Sarcoma of Cervical Nodes in a Patient with Significant WTC Exposure, L Shemen, B Kaplan, L Sussman, BMJ Case Reports, 2015
  • Cox-2 Expression is Correlated with Elevated MIB-1 Fraction, Bcl-2 Positivity, and GC Phenotype in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, LK Sussman, A Horton, J Teruya-Feldstein, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 2005 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2005
  • Differential Expression Patterns of c-Rel Protein in Classic and Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, QX Xiao, N Shen, CV Hedvat, CH Moskowitz, LK Sussman, DA Filippa, AD Zelenetz, J Houldsworth, RSK Chaganti, J Teruya-Feldstein, Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology, 2004
  • Increased MCL-1 Protein Expression in Diffuse Large B-Cell and Follicular Lymphoma, Grade 3, LK Sussman, J Teruya-Feldstein, T Itoyama, J Qin, RSK Chaganti, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 2004 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2004
  • Blood Markers for Vasculogenesis Increase with Tumor Progression in Patients with Breast Carcinoma, LK Sussman, JN Upalakalin, MJ Roberts, O Kocher, LE Benjamin, Cancer Biology and Therapy, 2003
  • Ki67 Antigen and PCNA Proliferation Markers Predict Survival in Anorectal Malignant Melanoma, O Ben-Izhak, M Bar-Chana, L Sussman, V Dobiner, J Sandbank, M Cagnano, H Cohen, E Sabo, Histopathology, 2002
  • The Peripheral Expression of AC133, VEGFR2, Tie2, and VE Cadherin in Patients with Breast Carcinoma, LK Sussman, JN Upalakalin, MJ Roberts, O Kocher, LE Benjamin, International Academy of Pathology 2002 International Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2002
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with Additional Primary Non-Hematologic Malignancies: An Analysis of T and NK Cells by Flow Cytometry in Ten Patients, L Sussman, E Ballesteros, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 2001 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2001
  • Ki-67 and PCNA Proliferation Markers in Anorectal Malignant Melanoma, O Ben - Izhak, H Cohen, L Sussman, J Sandbank, E Cagnano, International Academy of Pathology 1998 International Congress, Nice, France, 1998

Timeline

Attending Pathologist/Laboratory Director

Digestive Health Care
01.2025 - Current

Laboratory Director

Advanced Gynecology and Surgery
09.2018 - Current

Laboratory Director

Rheumatology Associates of North Jersey
01.2017 - Current

Technical Supervisor, Gynecologic Cytopathology

Medlabs Genetics/Centers Labs of New Jersey
07.2014 - 05.2022

Per Diem Attending Pathologist

Pathlink, LLC
06.2014 - Current

Attending Pathologist

Optum Health Long Island
01.2009 - 03.2025

Attending Pathologist

New York-Presbyterian/Queens
07.2004 - Current

Master of Arts - Biomedical Sciences

Touro College

Doctor of Medicine -

Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Premedical Sciences -

Trenton State College
Louis K. Sussman