EDWARD PAUL
DOMBROWSKI
PATHOLOGIST’S ASSISTANT
CONTACT PROFILE
ad649d@r.postjobfree.com
Pathologist’s assistant, with 17+ years of experience, mostly within the discipline of pediatrics, providing various services in anatomic pathology including comprehensive
macroscopic examination and evaluation of surgical pathology specimens as well as performing or assisting with postmortem examinations recording macroscopic anatomic findings and submitting tissue sections for microscopic examination. My goal is to utilize and expand my expertise to other institutions
SKILLS EXPERIENCE
Surgical dissection
Post-mortem dissection
Familiarity with EPIC software
Photography
Extensive teaching skills
Pathologist’s assistant – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2006-2024
With a strong focus on pediatric pathology, performed the macroscopic description and dissection and sampling of all surgical specimens ranging from simple to complex cases including pertinent macroscopic information for the examination by a pathologist.
Perform, or assist with postmortem examination including external examination, in-situ organ inspection, evisceration as well as the recording of data including organ weights, measurements, presence and quantification of body fluids, macroscopic anatomic findings and tissue sampling. Additional duties included specimen macrophotography, specimen radiography, use of the bone saw, use of the cryostat for the preparation of tissue for frozen section evaluation, Tissue sampling for a multitude of ancillary studies including, tumor triage, lymphoma protocol, flow cytometry, Immunofluorescence, microbial cultivation, cytogenetics, electron microscopy, research and tissue banking for tumor registries. Educating and training pathology residents, new employees, students and
technical staff.
Ancillary duties included the setting up for conferences, reconstruction and preparation for the body release to the EDUCATION
Valdosta State University
1985-1989
B.A in Philosophy
appropriate mortuary or funeral home under HIPAA criteria, The logging in and logging out of bodies in the morgue and proper maintenance of equipment and provision of
adequate supplies.
Gross room technician – Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
2001-2006
Performed the macroscopic description and dissection and sampling of all surgical specimens ranging from simple to medium complexity cases including pertinent macroscopic information for the examination by a pathologist.
Gross room technician – Doctor's Laboratory Inc., Valdosta Georgia
1995-2001
Performed the macroscopic description and dissection and sampling of simple to medium complexity cases including pertinent macroscopic information for the examination by a pathologist.