The Pathologists

 

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:

  • Staff Pathologist, Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane (2006 – present)
  • Associate Professor, Surgical and Cytopathology Division, Department of Pathology,
    University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico (2003-2006)
  • Staff Pathologist, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1999-2003)
  • Staff Pathologist and Medical Director of Laboratory, Pathology Consultants, Fairbanks
    Memorial Hospital, Fairbanks, Alaska (1992 – 1999)
  • Attending Pathologist, Naval Hospital Oakland, Oakland California (1989-1992)


Accomplishments:

  • Pathology Education Coordinator & Assistant Residency Program Director, Naval Hospital
    Oakland (1989-1992)
  • Director, Blood Bank; and Electron Microscopy and Immunohistochemistry, Naval
    Hospital Oakland, Oakland California (1989 –1992)
  • Lecturer in Gastrointestinal Pathology, University of New Mexico Hospital,
    Gastroenterology Fellowship Program and University of New Mexico School of Medicine  
    (2003-2006)
  • Apple for the Teacher Award: Residency Teaching (2005)
  • Navy Achievement Medal and Navy Commendation Medal


Education and Training:

  • Postgraduate: Certificate in Medical Management, American College of Physician
    Executives and Carnegie Mellon-Heinz School of Management
  • Internship: Naval Hospital Oakland, California (1984)
  • Residency: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, (1985-1989)
  • MD: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas Texas


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, Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane (2010 – present)

·       Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (1998-2000)

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, Georgetown University chapter, Spring 2004

·       Co-authored 5 original scientific articles and multiple abstracts for presentation at scientific meetings

Education and Training

·       Fellow in Hematopathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX  (2009-2010)

·       Fellow in Selective (surgical) Pathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (2008-2009)

·       Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM (2004-2008)

·       MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington D.C. (2000-2004)

·       B.S. in Molecular Biology, with honors, University of Wyoming  (1994-1998)

Hobbies

·   Spending time with family, alpine skiing, hiking, fishing, gardening, cooking, and political analysis

 

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