Hematopathologists

Sheryl L. Asplund, M.D. is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and the subspecialty of Hematopathology. She also has extensive training and experience in flow cytometry and diagnostic hematopathology.

Dr. Asplund received her M.D. degree in 1995 from the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Following residency in clinical and anatomic pathology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Dr. Asplund completed a two-year fellowship in Hematopathology at University of Texas-Southwestern in 2001. She was invited to remain at the university as assistant professor where she was also medical director of the flow cytometry laboratory. Dr. Asplund has participated and presented clinical research at the national level throughout residency, fellowship and as faculty and is active in several teleconference networks

Mitchell A. Bitter, M.D. is board certified in Clinical and Anatomic Pathology and the subspecialty of Hematopathology. He brings extensive experience in diagnostic hematopathology to the UniPath laboratory.

Dr. Bitter received his M.D. degree in 1978 from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Following a residency in pathology at the University of Colorado, Dr. Bitter completed his fellowship in hematopathology at the University of Chicago. He was invited to join the faculty at the University of Chicago where he was the Assistant Director of Hematopathology. In 1989, Dr. Bitter returned to the University of Colorado as Director of Hematopathology and the Clinical Hematology Laboratory. He rose to the rank of professor and developed an active consultation service. He has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals in the areas of leukemia and lymphoma. He is the author of several book chapters.

Michael L. Miller, D.O. is a graduate of the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, MO. He completed a rotating internship at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA and his residency training in pathology at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA. He received his Fellowship training in Hematopathology at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Miller is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and the subspecialty of Hematopathology.

Most recently, Dr. Miller was Director of Clinical Pathology and Professor of Pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where he also served as the Medical Director of Pathology at the Zale Lipshy University Hospital, and Medical Director of Veripath Laboratories. His special interests include lymphomas, leukemias, and coagulation. Dr. Miller is a Fellow of The College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and a member of the American Society of Hematology and the Society for Hematopathology.

Sanford D. Peck, M.D. is board certified in Clinical and Anatomic Pathology. He specializes in Coagulation and Hematopathology. Dr. Peck also is a fellow in the American Society of Clinical Pathology and College of American Pathologists.

Dr. Peck comes from Rochester, NY, and is a graduate of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He did a rotating internship and Pathology residency at Presbyterian Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. During that time has was awarded a Clinical Fellowship through the American Cancer Society. He spent two years in the U.S. Army at Brooke Army Hospital and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research. Since that time he has directed the Hematology and Coagulation laboratories here, and developed a sophisticated and well-staffed coagulation consultation service. He is published and has presented on this subject at numerous conferences across the U.S.