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234A Sabanetas Ind PkPonce, PR 00716
Phone+1 787-841-8645
Fax+1 787-843-3464
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Summary
- Dr. Lance Needham is a pathologist in Ponce, PR and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Dr. Pila's Hospital, Hospital San Cristobal, Hospital Metropolitano Dr. Tito Mattei, Hospital Metro Dr Tito Mattei, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Hospital Perea, and Dr. Ramon E. Betances Hospital-Mayaguez Medical Center Branch. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and has been in practice 11 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes surgical & anatomic pathology, as well as blood banking & transfusion medicine and is experienced in clinical pathology, surgical pathology, and anatomic & clinical pathology: transfusion medicine.
Education & Training
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversitySurgical Pathology, 2012 - 2013- Medical College of GeorgiaFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2011 - 2012
University of TennesseeResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2006 - 2011
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2006
Princeton UniversityBA, Psychology with emphasis on Neurobiology & Neurops, 1997 - 2001
Certifications & Licensure
PR State Medical License 2014 - 2029
TN State Medical License 2011 - 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsMüllerian-type, cutaneous ciliated cyst in the gluteal cleft mimicking a pilonidal cyst.Jin Sol Oh, Varun K. Bhalla, Lance Needham, Suash Sharma, Walter L. Pipkin
Pediatric Surgery International. 2014-05-01 - 1574 citationsUrinary creatinine concentrations in the U.S. population: implications for urinary biologic monitoring measurements.Dana B. Barr, Lynn C. Wilder, Samuel P. Caudill, Amanda J. Gonzalez, Lance L. Needham
Environmental Health Perspectives. 2005-02-01 - 109 citationsSugar-dependent rats show enhanced intake of unsweetened ethanolNicole M. Avena, Carmen Carrillo, Lance Needham, Sarah F. Leibowitz, Bartley G. Hoebel
Alcohol. 2004-10-01
Journal Articles
- Urinary Creatinine and Arsenic Metabolism and authors' responseGamble MV, Liu X, Barr DB, Caudill SP, Jones RL, Pfeiffer CM, Pirkle JL, Wilder LC, Needham LL, Environmental Health Perspectives, 7/2005
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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