Diagnostic Services

Department of Nephropathology


Denver, Colorado
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Colorado
Joined in 2010

Nephropathology
Surgical Pathology

Aruna Dash, M.D.

Dr. Dash is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and is a Renal Fellow. Her areas of focus are renal pathology and surgical pathology.

Dr. Dash received her medical degree in 1991 from Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College, Berhampur, Orissa, India where she also completed a rotational internship and her pathology residency. She then completed a fellowship in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine at Safdurjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Dr. Dash also completed a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Dash also completed a fellowship in Renal Pathology with Dr. Agnes Fogo at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Previously, Dr. Dash has also served as Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital, Salem, India. She is an active presenter and speaker in a variety of conferences including gastrointestinal and genitourinary conferences. She has also received awards, including the pathologist-in-training award from the Society of Ultra- structural Pathology. Dr. Dash is member of several professional organizations, including CAP, ASCP, and Southern Medical Association.

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Colorado
Joined in 2011

Hematopathology
Nephropathology
Molecular Pathology

Virginia D. Burdine, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Burdine is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, with subspecialty board certification in Hematology.

After earning a B.S. degree (summa cum laude) in biology and chemistry from Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, Oklahoma, Dr. Burdine received a Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She received her M.D. degree (with outstanding distinction) in 1997 from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine. Dr. Burdine completed her residency in Pathology at Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and subsequently completed a fellowship in Hematopathology at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin.

Prior to joining UniPath, Dr. Burdine has been member of the pathology staff at several hospitals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, including Saint Francis Hospital, Southwestern Regional Medical Center, and Saint Francis Heart Hospital. During her appointments at these hospitals, she served as Medical Director is several areas, including Transfusion Service, the Hematology and Coagulation Laboratories, the Hematopoetic Stem Cell Processing Laboratory, and the Clinical Laboratory.

Dr. Burdine is a member of several professional societies including, College of American Pathologists (CAP), United States and Canadian Association of Pathology (USCAP), American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Society of Hematology, American Association of Blood Banks, Society for Hematopathology, and Children's Oncology Group.

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Colorado
Joined in 1981

Surgical Pathology
Gynecologic Pathology
Nephropathology

Philip T. Stoffel, M.D.

Dr. Stoffel is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology; and is also certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Stoffel's primary specialty is in surgical pathology; he also has special interests and experience in nephropathology and gynecologic pathology.

After earning a B.A. degree in english from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dr. Stoffel earned his M.D. degree in 1976 from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado. He then completed an internship in Surgery at the University of Colorado Medical Center and Affiliated Hospitals, Denver, Colorado. Dr. Stoffel completed his residency in the Department of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology at Presbyterian Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.

For several years Dr. Stoffel has been the Medical Director of Pathology at the Medical Center of Aurora - South Campus. He has also served as member of the pathology staff at several Denver area hospitals, including Avista, Littleton, Parker and Porter Adventist Hospitals.

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Colorado
Joined in 1999

Surgical Pathology
Nephropathology
Pediatric Pathology
Perinatal Pathology

R. Weslie Tyson, M.D.

Dr. Tyson is board-certified in Anatomic Pathology with subspecialty certification in Pediatric Pathology. He is also certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Tyson has extensive experience in perinatal and pediatric pathology, as well as special interest and experience in renal pathology.

After receiving a B.S. with honors in chemistry from the University of Denver, Dr. Tyson received his M.D. degree with honors from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado in 1984. He then completed his residency as Chief Resident at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He also completed there a concurrent fellowship year in Clinical Genetics. Following this, Dr. Tyson completed a fellowship in Pediatric Anatomic Pathology at British Columbia Children's Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Dr. Tyson served as staff pathologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Pathology at Kosair Children's Hospital and University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. He then joined The Children's Hospital and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, as staff pathologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology. Dr. Tyson joined UniPath in 1999 from The Children's Hospital. He has since served as member of the pathology staff in several Denver area hospitals.

Dr. Tyson has received numerous honors and awards for several research projects in which he has participated. He has also published extensively and has authored book chapters.

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