(BEAUFORT, SC) Biopsy Diagnostics Announces New Diagnostic Pathologist, Dr. Zhu

August 18, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Health News
Biopsy Diagnostics Announces New Diagnostic Pathologist, Dr. Zhu

(Beaufort, SC) – Biopsy Diagnostics (Bx-Dx) is proud to announce their new Diagnostic Pathologist, Dr. Weijian Zhu. Dr. Zhu joined Biopsy Diagnostics in July. He has special expertise in the fields of gastrointestinal pathology and cytopathology and is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology.

Dr. Zhu spent the last six years at the University of Michigan Hospital Health System, where he completed a four-year residency in anatomic and clinical pathology followed by two one-year fellowships, in surgical and gastrointestinal pathology and in cytopathology. He has lived in the United States for 12 years. Prior to becoming a U.S. citizen, Dr. Zhu worked as an internist in China. Dr. Zhu attended medical school at Zhejiang University in China. Upon arriving in the U.S., Dr. Zhu attended Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he received his Ph.D. He also performed research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Zhu resides in South Carolina with his wife and two children.

“We are very pleased that such an excellent pathologist has chosen to join Biopsy Diagnostics,” Dr. Peter White, laboratory director and CEO, said.

In just three years, Biopsy Diagnostics has become one of the most reputable anatomic pathology laboratories in the Coastal Empire, providing rapid, reliable and skillful diagnosis of skin, esophagus, colon, prostate, bladder, cervix, and other biopsies in a manner that demonstrates both quality and compassion.

Dr. White was assistant professor at Duke University and then worked with a large pathology group for a number of years before deciding to open his own lab. He sought to create a lab founded on passion for the patient. “Our efficiency, accuracy, and kindness are natural outgrowths of our commitment to each patient’s wellbeing,” explains Dr. White. “Every employee at Bx-Dx keeps foremost the belief that, behind each specimen waits a worried patient.” With every specimen, the Bx-Dx goal is “the right diagnosis, right away.”

Dr. White is board certified in dermatopathology as well as anatomic and clinical pathology. He graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and did his residencies at Yale University, completing fellowships in oncologic pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and dermatopathology at Duke University.

Biopsy Diagnostics is a local, full-service, state-of-the-art anatomic pathology laboratory with excellent technical and support personnel and fellowship-trained pathologists. They are committed to providing rapid and accurate diagnosis of outpatient biopsies to physicians, with each result customized with a verbal, written, and graphic report. Bx-Dx serves well over 100 doctors in three states, the Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, and the Outpatient Surgery Center of Hilton Head. They are located at 49 Brown's Cove Road, Suite 6, in Okatie, SC, with a satellite office on Hilton Head Island. Call them Toll Free at 866-379-2939 or visit them on the web at www.bx-dx.com.


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Marjorie Young