Cytopathology + More | Anal cytology: life-saving potential at low cost

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Dr. Sturgis, a member of the CAP Cytopathology Committee until Dec. 31, 2015, is an associate professor of pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Cleveland Clinic staff cytopathologist, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute. Dr. Darragh, a former member of the committee (2005–2011), is a professor of clinical pathology, University of California, San Francisco.