Peter Saunders, MD

Department of Pathology
Member of AMC Faculty

Dr. Peter J. Saunders is an assistant professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Albany Medical College. He is interested in Artificial Intelligence and image recognition hardware and software for use in the diagnosis of hematopoietic neoplasms and hematologic disorders.

Dr. Saunders is also interested in management strategies as they they apply to the optimal functioning of healthcare entities, as well as test utilization optimization. He is also interested in international healthcare system comparisons.

Dr. Saunders enjoys teaching medical students and residents as an assitant professor at Albany Medical College.

Selected recent publications:

Smock, Kristi J., Peter J . Saunders, George M. Rodgers, MD, Vandita Johari, MD. “Laboratory evaluation of clopidogrel responsiveness by platelet function and genetic methods” American Journal of Hematology 21 Jun. 2011

Saunders, Peter J., MD and Christopher N. Otis, MD (2011) “What is Best Evidence in Pathology?” In Marchevsky, Alberto M. and Wick, Mark R., Evidence Based Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (pp. 27-40) New York: Springer.

Saunders, Peter J., MD and James Nichols, PhD. “Sources of Error in Point of Care Testing” Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals 22 Mar. 2012.

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology

American Board of Pathology
2012

Fellowship

Hematology
2014
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Fellowship

Anatomic Pathology
2013
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pathology
2012
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA

Residency

2008
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Internship

MD
2007
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Charles R. Drew Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Residency

MD
2006
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY

Medical/Professional Education

MD
2005
University of Toledo College of Medicine
Toledo, OH
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