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Irby Cossette, M.D.,
Staff Pathologist
American Board of
Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, FCAP, ASCP
Professional interests: general surgical pathology, hematopathology, transfusion
medicine, clinical pathology
Professional Experience:
• Staff Pathologist, Deaconess Medical
Center, Spokane (1975–present)
• Laboratory Medical Director, Deaconess Medical Center
(1999–present)
• Laboratory Medical Director, Shriner’s
Hospital for Children, Spokane (1991–present)
• Member of Board of Directors, Inland Northwest Blood
Center, Spokane (1995–present),
Board Chairman: 2003-2005
• Laboratory Medical Director, Lincoln County Hospital,
Davenport, WA (2003),
(1975–2002)
• Laboratory Medical Director, St Luke’s Memorial
Hospital (1990–1992)
• Medical Director of Blood Bank, City of Memphis
Hospital, Memphis, TN, (1974-1975)
Accomplishments:
• Assistant Professor of Pathology, University
of Tennessee, Memphis, TN (1974-1975)
Education and Training:
• Fellowship: Transfusion Medicine/Blood
Banking, American National Red Cross,
Washington, D.C. (1973-1975)
• Residency: Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT,
(1967-1971)
• MD: McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada (1967-1971)
• Hobbies include travel, scuba diving and tea
Dennis Small, M.D., Staff Pathologist
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical
Pathology, FCAP, ASCP
Professional interests: gastrointestinal and liver
pathology, hematopathology, and
oncologic pathology.
Professional Experience:
• Staff Pathologist, Deaconess Medical
Center, Spokane, Washington (2001-Present)
• Laboratory Medical Director, Lincoln County Hospital,
Davenport, WA (2003 – Present)
Accomplishments:
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
• Dean’s Scholar Award
• The Dr. V.A. Salvadorini
Excellence in Pathology Award
• Outstanding Student in Basic Sciences Award
• L.M.N. Bach Achievement Award in Physiology
• Outstanding Medical Student In Biochemistry Award
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Golden Key National Honor Society
• Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
Education and Training:
• Surgical Pathology and Immunocytochemistry
Fellow, University of Washington
Medical Center, Seattle, WA (2000-2001)
• Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University
of Washington Medical
Center, Seattle, WA; Training Included Gastrointestinal
Pathology Fellowship and
Hematopathology Acting Directorship (1996-2000)
• M.D., University of Nevada, School of Medicine
(1991-1994) (1995-1996)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ National Institutes
of Health, Research Scholars
Program, Bethesda, MD (1994-1995)
• B.S., Biology with Distinction, University of Nevada,
Reno (1991)
• Hobbies: outdoor activities such as
hiking, fishing and biking, fitness and
health, travel and woodworking
Karl H. Anders, M.D., Staff
Pathologist
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic
and Clinical Pathology, ASCP
Professional interests: cytopathology,
neuropathology, dermatopathology, surgical
Oncology
Professional Experience:
• Staff Pathologist, Deaconess Medical
Center, Spokane (2004 – present)
• Chief Pathologist and Director of Laboratories, Kaiser
Permanente Medical Center,
Woodland Hills, California (1991 – 2004)
Accomplishments:
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center,
Los Angeles (1988 – 1995)
• Associated Clinical Professor of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine, UCLA (1995 – 2004)
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, USC School
of Medicine, Los Angeles (1991 – 1995)
• Past-President, Los Angeles Society of Pathologists
(1998)
• co-authored 2 textbooks, both in neuropathology
• co-authored over 40 original scientific articles and
book chapters
Education and Training:
• Fellowship (Surgical Pathology)
• Residency (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology) LAC-USC
Medical Center, Los Angeles
• MD: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles Medical
School
• University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada
• Hobbies: include Travel, reading and
book collecting, hiking, backpacking, fishing and
financial studies
Vann Schaffner,
M.D., Laboratory Medical Director, Deaconess Medical Center
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical
Pathology, FCAP, ASCP
Professional Interests: gastrointestinal pathology,
gynecologic and non-
gynecologic cytopathology, oncologic
pathology and medical management.
Professional Experience:
Accomplishments:
Education and Training:
Hobbies: road bicycling, cross country skiing,
hiking/backpacking, cycling for cancer
charities, photography, webmaster of www.schaffnerfamily.com and
www.pathology-services.com
Jeffrey T. Bunning, M.D., Staff
Pathologist
American
Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, FCAP
Subspecialty
board eligible in Hematology/Hematopathology, exam
date September 2010
Professional
interests: Oncologic pathology, neoplastic hematopathology,
soft tissue pathology, head and neck pathology, thoracic pathology,
clinicopathologic classification of human malignancies
Professional
Experience:
·
Staff
Pathologist,
·
Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology,
Accomplishments:
·
Platform
presentation, Hematopathology Group Session, Annual
Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP),
Washington D.C., March 2010
·
Foucar Endowment Award
for Pathology Resident Research, 2006
·
Alpha Omega
Alpha,
·
Co-authored 5
original scientific articles and multiple abstracts for presentation at
scientific meetings
Education
and Training
·
Fellow in Hematopathology, University of
·
Fellow in
Selective (surgical) Pathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center,
·
Residency in
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of
·
MD,
·
B.S. in
Molecular Biology, with honors,
Hobbies
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Spending time
with family, alpine skiing, hiking, fishing, gardening, cooking, and political
analysis