If your physician is concerned that you have an infection or an abnormal growth of cells in your body, he or she may take a sample of some kind to have analyzed by a pathologist or to be sent to the infectious disease lab for a culture to be performed.

A pathologist is a medical doctor who has undergone special training to become an expert in identifying and understanding changes in the structure or function of the body’s cells, tissues, and organs.

Internists often consult with pathologists to rule out or diagnose diseases such as infections and cancers. The most common types of pathology tests are biopsies and microbial cultures.

In many cases, a sample of your blood, urine, other bodily fluids, or a tissue sample will be taken by your doctor. The sample will be sent to the pathologist, who will analyze the fluid or tissue and provide your doctor with a report based on his or her findings and interpretation.

Duke pathologists include nationally and internationally recognized experts in a range of diagnostic analyses.

They use state-of-the-art equipment to provide accurate diagnoses for medical problems from the routine to the esoteric. Your internal medicine physician will explain any tests that he or she may request from a pathologist and will discuss the results with you.

Read more about pathology services at Duke.

Appointments

To make an appointment with a Duke internist, call the location where you'd like to be seen.

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Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Aderoju, Elizabeth O.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Black, Tracy M.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Blackford, Susan P.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Blocker, Michael E.
  • Medicine / Medicine-Infectious Diseases
• Bowlby, Lynn A.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Coleman, Arnett
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Elston, Scott C.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Evans, Edward
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Fakadej, Maria M.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Greenblatt, Lawrence H.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Griffiths, William O.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Halbrooks, Ronald F.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Hart-Brothers, Elaine M.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
  • Community and Family Medicine
• Jenkins, Sharrah E.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Kelly, James R.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Lausier, Evangeline R.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Lee, Sabina M.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Meredith, Michael
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Metz, Louise D.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Miner, Dean S.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Noble, Richard Clay
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Orlando, Lori A.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Ostrovsky, Daniel A.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Paterson, Robert W.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Peyser, Bruce T.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Phelps, Anne F.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Ramsey, Colleen
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Rookwood, Jacqueline L.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Rubin, Sharon S.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Schecodnic, Heidi L.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Schneider, Richard J.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Shipley, Michael B.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Szabo, Andrea
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Thakkar, Madhvi M.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Toher, Raymond J.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Trinh, Jane V.
  • Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Uthe, William F.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Waite, Kathleen A.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Westman, Eric C.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Woodbridge, Michael V.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Zipkin, Daniella A.
  • Medicine / General Internal Medicine

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Outpatient Clinic
  4220 North Roxboro Road, Durham, NC 27704
• Duke Primary Care Creedmoor Road
  7200 Creedmoor Road, Suite 208, Raleigh, NC 27613
• Duke Primary Care Pickett Road
  3024 Pickett Road, Durham, NC 27705
• Duke Primary Care of Galloway Ridge
  50 Craggenmore Close, Pittsboro, NC 27312
• Durham Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
  4220 North Roxboro Street, Durham, NC 27704
• Metropolitan Durham Medical Group
  1901 Hillandale Road, Suite F, Durham, NC 27705
• Sutton Station Internal Medicine
  5832 Fayetteville Road, Suite 113, Durham, NC 27713