Dr. Susan K. Atwater M.D.
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
300 Pasteur Dr Rm L235 Department Of Pathol Stanford CA, 94305Rating
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About
Dr. Susan Atwater is a pathologist practicing in Stanford, CA. Dr. Atwater is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Atwater can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Atwater may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Myeloid malignancies induced by alkylating agents in Nf1 mice.
- Proactive inhibition and associative facilitation as affected by degree of prior learning.
- Expression of the activating receptor, NKp46 (CD335), in human natural killer and T-cell neoplasia.
- Normative data for flow cytometry immunophenotyping of benign lymph nodes sampled by surgical biopsy.
- Patients with myotonic dystrophy, a possible segmental progeroid syndrome, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy have fibroblasts with normal limits for in vitro lifespan and growth characteristics.
- Febrile infant with a percutaneous vascular catheter.
- Acute promyelocytic leukaemia developing into acute myeloblastic leukaemia.
Awards
- Stanford Pathology residents 2009 Senior CP Faculty Teaching Award
Fellowships
- University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC 1991
- University of North Carolina Hospital NC 1991
Publications
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE TIOL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMThe PEBP2 beta MYH11 fusion created by Inv(16)(p131998
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE TIOL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMA PMLRAR alpha transgene initiates murine acute promyelocytic leukemia1997
Experience & Accolades
- Member2005 - 2014 Co-Director, Flow Cytometry, Stanford Hospital Clinical Lab
- Medical Director2008 - 2014 Point-of-Care Testing license, Stanford Medical Outpatient Center
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