Cytopathology + More | Assessing needle core biopsy adequacy—survey of practices

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Dr. Padmanabhan is an associate professor of pathology and immunology and cytopathology fellowship program director, Baylor College of Medicine, and director of cytology, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston. Dr. Barkan is an associate professor of pathology and urology, vice chair of education, anatomic and clinical pathology residency program director, cytopathology fellowship program director, and director of cytopathology, Loyola University Healthcare System, Maywood, Ill. Dr. Nayar is a professor of pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and director of the cytopathology division and cytopathology fellowship program, Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago.