Letters

Create PDF

Richard L. Haspel, MD
Medical Director, Stem Cell Laboratory
Department of Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor
Harvard Medical School

In memory

It is with sadness that I write in memory of Janet Piscitelli, MD, who on Jan. 24 lost a two-year ferociously fought battle with cancer. Dr. Piscitelli was a clinical pathologist with a lengthy career in laboratory medicine notable for her positions as vice president and chief laboratory officer at Quest Diagnostics and a 2019 move to academic medicine as director of pathology and laboratory services at Westchester Medical Center in New York. Sadly, her role at WMC was cut short by her cancer diagnosis. I met Dr. Piscitelli when I chaired the CAP Clinical Chemistry Committee. Within a year I had tapped her to succeed me as chair, a position she was able to fill for only one year before she became ill. In the eight years I knew her we developed a great professional friendship in which I learned from her experience and mentorship. The laboratory community has lost one of its key players.

David Alter, MD, D(ABCC)
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Clinical Chemistry
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine