Dr. Alan J. Shienbaum, DO, FCAP, FASCP

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Get to know Pathologist Dr. Alan J. Shienbaum, who serves patients in the State of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Alan J. Shienbaum is a board-certified pathologist who is in private practice at Pathology Associates of Northeastern Pennsylvania and Keystone Medical Laboratories. Pathology Associates was established in 1958 and is Northeastern Pennsylvania’s premier pathology group. Keystone Medical Laboratories was opened in 2008 and is a sister company of Pathology Associates. 

Additionally, Dr. Shienbaum is on the medical staff at Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Moses Taylor Hospital is a 214-bed, acute care hospital with more than 400 physicians on staff and a commitment to providing quality health care that is patient- and community-focused. As the only hospital in Lackawanna County to offer labor and delivery, Moses Taylor is known for its pediatric and neonatal care and was the first hospital in the nation to earn Perinatal Care Certification by The Joint Commission.

In 1994, Dr. Shienbaum earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then went on to complete his residency in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology at Temple University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Cytopathology at MCP/Hahnemann University Hospital. 

Dr. Shienbaum holds the position of President of the American Osteopathic College of Pathologists, the premier membership organization for osteopathic physicians specializing in the field of pathology. He also holds board certification in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, and Cytopathology by the American Board of Pathology.

Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and management of diseases by laboratory methods. Dr. Shienbaum’s clinical expertise encompasses oncologic surgical pathology, fine needle aspiration cytopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, breast pathology, gynecologic pathology, head and neck pathology, pulmonary pathology, and medical directorship of clinical laboratories. 

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