Our Members

James B. Harris, MD

President

Christopher D. Ake, DO

Associate, Staff Pathologist

Stacy J. Arnold, MD

Staff pathologist at Lab Corp – Phoenix, Arizona

Scott W. Binder, MD

Associate

Frank Cruz, MD

Shareholder, Staff Pathologist at Portland Adventist Medical Center

Alessandro DeVito,MD

Shareholder, Board of Directors, Co-Medical Director Affiliated Lab, USSC

Richard R. Ellis, MD

Founder; Past President; Former Shareholder

Michele Fajardo, DO

Shareholder and Staff Pathologist at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills; Medical Director Community Hospital of Long Beach

John P. Ferguson, MBA, CRA, RT (R)

Director, Strategic Initiatives and Business Analysis

Mika Fujiwara, MD

Nicholas Gallegos, MD

Associate

Eric F. Glassy, MD, FCAP

Founder, Former Shareholder

Wamda Goreal

Staff Pathologist at St. Joseph Hospital - Orange, California

Hany Halawa, MD

Shareholder, Medical Director at Community Hospital of Long Beach, co-medical director Providence Little Company of Mary

Rasam Hajiannasab

Associate

Thomas G. Hirose, MD

Shareholder, Transfusion Medicine Specialist

Daniel N. Johnson, MD

Associate

Nathash S. Kallichanda, MD

Shareholder, Co-Medical Director Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, San Pedro

Stanette Kennebrew, JD, MBA

Chief Operating Officer

Sanja Krajisnik, MD

Shareholder, Medical Director at Olympia Medical Center

Timothy Law, MD

Staff Pathologist, Saddleback Medical Center

Yongchao Li, MD, PhD

Staff Pathologist at St. Joseph Hospital - Orange, California

Brian McNally, MD

Staff pathologist

Megan McNally, DO, MBA

Shareholder, Site Medical Director at LabCorp Phoenix, Board of Directors

Boris Skyar, MD

Shareholder, co-medical director at Good Samaritan Hospital, and Martin Luther King Community Hospital

Steve Ohsie, MD

Shareholder, APMG Board of Directors, Staff Pathologist at Affiliated Lab

Behnaz Toorkey, MD

Staff Pathologist

James B. Harris, MD


ames B. Harris, M.D. is a board certified Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist. He also holds a board certification in Hematopathology. He received his medical degree at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama. He completed his pathology residency at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon. He served a hematopathology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina and a surgical pathology fellowship at Los Angeles County University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. In addition, he served a lymph node elective with Dr. Peter Banks at the Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. Harris served as Director of Anatomic Pathology for Glendale Pathology Associates, Glendale, California. He also served in the Immunohistochemistry Consult Service with The Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Inc., San Francisco, California and recently served as hematopathologist and Director of Immunohistochemistry for Quest Diagnostics, West Hills, California. He has extensive experience in flow cytometry, including technical only flow, immunohistochemistry and image analysis. He has presented cases at the European Association for Haematopathology.

Dr. Harris is a member of several pathology organizations including the College of American Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Society of Hematopathology, and the Clinical Cytometry Society. He was recently appointed to the California Society of Pathologists Board of Directors. He is President of APMG, medical director of APMG Labs, co-medical director at Good Samaritan Hospital, and chairman of the APMG Recruitment Committee. Dr. Harris is a member of the CAP House of Delegates and has attended the CAP Policy Meeting in Washington DC, where he had the opportunity to engage legislators and staff regarding initiatives important to pathologists.

Scott W. Binder, MD

. Binder is a nationally and internationally known dermatopathologist with large and varied routine and consultative practices. He is the Founder & Director of the Binder Institute of Pathology under the umbrella of the Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group. 

As such, he receives many second opinions and consults on difficult and challenging cases in dermatopathology from academic institutions, reference laboratories, and community pathology groups from all over the country as well as international locations. 

Among his past academic appointments, Dr. Binder, an Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Dermatology, served in the past as Professor of Pathology, Dermatology, and Laboratory Medicine, and Senior Vice Chair of the Department of Pathology at UCLA Health. Currently, he is voluntary faculty at Harbor-UCLA Department of Pathology, and a senior consultant for the Departments of Dermatology and Oncology at UC Irvine School of Medicine.

Having earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Chicago, Dr. Binder completed the residency program at UCLA. As part of his residency program, he specialized in gastrointestinal pathology under internationally-known experts, Drs. Klaus Lewin and Wilfred Weinstein. He attended Scripps Clinic/Naval Hospital San Diego for his fellowship training in dermatopathology under the mentorship of Dr. James Graham. After this training, he completed a preceptorship with A. Bernard Ackerman, MD - “the father of modern dermatopathology” - at New York University. 

Beginning his academic career as an Associate Clinical Professor at USC/LA County Medical Center, Dr. Binder was recruited by Cedars-Sinai as Director of Surgical Pathology and Chief of Dermatopathology and Gastrointestinal Pathology. In 2001, he joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UCLA. 

In 2002, he founded the Dermatopathology Fellowship Program at UCLA and for 15 years trained fellows who hold both academic and community-based positions across the United States. Dr. Binder has trained international scholars from countries including China, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan, and South Korea among others. 

Dr. Binder is a member of numerous Pathology and Dermatology Societies. He is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology & dermatopathology by the American Board of Pathology. Pathology is one of the 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Dermatopathology is a joint subspecialty of dermatology and pathology that focuses on the study of cutaneous diseases and tumors at a microscopic and molecular level. Dermatopathologists are doctors who use microscopes and other sophisticated instruments to analyze samples of skin, hair, and nails to diagnose diseases and to identify tumor markers that may be used to treat various skin cancers, including melanoma and lymphoma among others.

With over 100 publications and more than 150 invited speakerships nationally and internationally, Dr. Binder is a widely-sought expert in diseases and tumors of the skin. He is frequently invited to give keynote talks at the most prestigious dermatopathology meetings, including the annual American Society of Dermatopathology meeting and the American Academy of Dermatology meeting. He receives many invited lectureships and is regularly invited to speak and give grand rounds at universities within California and across the country. 

With a research focus on telemedicine/telepathology, Dr. Binder was a past recipient and principal investigator of a $12M grant from the State of California in Telepathology Medicine (Digital Pathology), and a past co-investigator of a $4.5M grant for the study of Genomic Sequencing of Malignant Gliomas and Melanomas. 

Currently, Dr. Binder oversees a dermatopathology clinical service that is well-known among Southern California dermatologists for the quality and timeliness of his reports. His service includes the technical component of histology slides, global sign-outs, and access to the most current subspecialty studies, such as direct immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, and molecular genetic testing. 

On a more personal note, Dr. Binder speaks both English and Spanish.


Boris Skyar, MD

Member Since: 2009
Title: Shareholder, co-medical director at Good Samaritan Hospital, and Martin Luther King Community Hospital
Training: Smolensk Medical Academy, Russia, SUNY, Winthrop University Hospital
Specialty Expertise: GI Pathology
Other Interests: Family, photography
Dr. Skyar is a board certified anatomic pathologist who came to APMG from private practice in Southhampton, NY. His medical degree was received from Smolensk Medical Academy in Russia, after which he did his residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital and a General Surgical Pathology Fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital. Dr. Skyar is co-medical director at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.

Nathash S. Kallichanda, MD

Dr. Kallichanda received her medical degree from J.S.S. Medical College in India in 1993. She performed her residency and surgical pathology fellowship at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. She has recently completed a cytopathology fellowship at LAC+USC. She is board certified in anatomic pathology and cytopathology. Currently, Dr. Kallichanda is co-medial director at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, San Pedro.

Scott W. Binder, MD

Dr. Binder is a nationally and internationally known dermatopathologist with large and varied routine and consultative practices. He is the Founder & Director of the Binder Institute of Pathology under the umbrella of the Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group. 

As such, he receives many second opinions and consults on difficult and challenging cases in dermatopathology from academic institutions, reference laboratories, and community pathology groups from all over the country as well as international locations. 

Among his past academic appointments, Dr. Binder, an Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Dermatology, served in the past as Professor of Pathology, Dermatology, and Laboratory Medicine, and Senior Vice Chair of the Department of Pathology at UCLA Health. Currently, he is voluntary faculty at Harbor-UCLA Department of Pathology, and a senior consultant for the Departments of Dermatology and Oncology at UC Irvine School of Medicine.

Having earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Chicago, Dr. Binder completed the residency program at UCLA. As part of his residency program, he specialized in gastrointestinal pathology under internationally-known experts, Drs. Klaus Lewin and Wilfred Weinstein. He attended Scripps Clinic/Naval Hospital San Diego for his fellowship training in dermatopathology under the mentorship of Dr. James Graham. After this training, he completed a preceptorship with A. Bernard Ackerman, MD - “the father of modern dermatopathology” - at New York University. 

Beginning his academic career as an Associate Clinical Professor at USC/LA County Medical Center, Dr. Binder was recruited by Cedars-Sinai as Director of Surgical Pathology and Chief of Dermatopathology and Gastrointestinal Pathology. In 2001, he joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UCLA. 

In 2002, he founded the Dermatopathology Fellowship Program at UCLA and for 15 years trained fellows who hold both academic and community-based positions across the United States. Dr. Binder has trained international scholars from countries including China, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan, and South Korea among others. 

Dr. Binder is a member of numerous Pathology and Dermatology Societies. He is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology & dermatopathology by the American Board of Pathology. Pathology is one of the 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Dermatopathology is a joint subspecialty of dermatology and pathology that focuses on the study of cutaneous diseases and tumors at a microscopic and molecular level. Dermatopathologists are doctors who use microscopes and other sophisticated instruments to analyze samples of skin, hair, and nails to diagnose diseases and to identify tumor markers that may be used to treat various skin cancers, including melanoma and lymphoma among others.

With over 100 publications and more than 150 invited speakerships nationally and internationally, Dr. Binder is a widely-sought expert in diseases and tumors of the skin. He is frequently invited to give keynote talks at the most prestigious dermatopathology meetings, including the annual American Society of Dermatopathology meeting and the American Academy of Dermatology meeting. He receives many invited lectureships and is regularly invited to speak and give grand rounds at universities within California and across the country. 

With a research focus on telemedicine/telepathology, Dr. Binder was a past recipient and principal investigator of a $12M grant from the State of California in Telepathology Medicine (Digital Pathology), and a past co-investigator of a $4.5M grant for the study of Genomic Sequencing of Malignant Gliomas and Melanomas. 

Currently, Dr. Binder oversees a dermatopathology clinical service that is well-known among Southern California dermatologists for the quality and timeliness of his reports. His service includes the technical component of histology slides, global sign-outs, and access to the most current subspecialty studies, such as direct immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, and molecular genetic testing. 

On a more personal note, Dr. Binder speaks both English and Spanish.



Eric F. Glassy, MD, FCAP

Dr. Glassy graduated from the University of San Francisco summa cum laude in 1972 and from UC San Francisco Medical School in 1976. He completed his Pathology residency at UCLA-Harbor General Hospital in 1980 and completed a fellowship in Hematopathology. He was the Medical Director at Bay Harbor Hospital from 1983 to 1991 and at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center from 1990 to 1992. He has been the Medical Director at Little Company of Mary Hospital from 1992 to 2006. He is currently medical director at Providence Little Comp

any of Mary Hospital, San Pedro. He is Board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with a specific interest in Hematopathology and Information Technology. His memberships include Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society, California Society of Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists and Collage of American Pathologists (CAP). He is a Trustee of the American Board of Pathology.

Steve Ohsie, MD

Dr. Ohsie became a member of APMG on August 1, 2009, following completion of his Dermatopathology fellowship at UCLA. He graduated from the UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School- in Newark. While a medical student, Dr. Ohsie came to Los Angeles for his AP/CP fellowship at UCLA, and continued on with a gastrointestinal pathology fellowship in 2008. He is located at Pathology, Inc. He is an avid sports fan and a member of Soldiers’ Angels, a charitable organization that supports our troops overseas.

Alessandro DeVito, MD

Dr. DeVito received his medical degree in 1982 from the University of Florence, School of Medicine, in Florence, Italy. His residency training was received at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, as well as a fellowship in Surgical Pathology completed in 1996. Prior to signing on with APMG, he was a Laboratory Director at Mullikin Medical Center and Friendly Hills Medical Group, a staff pathologist at MedPartners and AmeriPath of Southern California. During 2003, Dr. DeVito worked as a locum tenens for the group and was hired full time in 2004. He is board certified in Anatomic Pathology and has served as Medical Director at LabCorp, San Diego. He is currently a member of the APMG Board of Directors and is the Medical Director of Skyline Urology and co-Medical Director of Affiliated Lab. He has specialized training in GU pathology.

Hany Halawa, MD

Dr. Halawa graduated from Cairo University School of Medicine, where he attended on scholarship, and received his medical degree in 1984. He received a master of sciences, Ophthalmology, from the same university in 1990. His professional training took place in Illinois and Michigan, where in 1996 he was chief resident at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. His professional affiliations are with the College of American Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, and American Medical Association. Currently he is co-medical director at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, Torrance and Chairs the quarterly held South Bay Consensus Conference.

Stacy J. Arnold, MD

Dr. Arnold began her career in laboratory medicine in 1999 as a cytotechnologist. In 2013, she received her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine -Phoenix. After completing Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency in Tucson at the University of Arizona where she served as chief resident, she went on to complete a Cytopathology fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Arnold is AP/CP and Cytopathology board certified.

Behnaz Toorkey, MD

Dr. Behnaz Toorkey received her medical degree from University of Bombay, followed by MD (Pathology) in 1982. She completed residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology from the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals in Milwaukee, WI from 1985-1989 and then a Fellowship in Surgical Pathology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN from 1989-1990. She is Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. She has worked as an Associate Pathologist at Frankford Hospital and Aria Health in Philadelphia, PA and continued as a Sr. Associate Pathologist at Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA. Currently she is an APMG Pathologist at Redlands Community Hospital in Redlands, CA.

Nicholas Gallegos, MD

Dr. Nicolas Gallegos is a pathologist in Rancho Dominguez, California and is affiliated with MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Michelle Fajardo, DO

Dr. Fajardo graduated from Harbor-UCLA in 1995 with a certificate in Medical Technology. She went on to pursue her degree in Osteopathic Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed the training in 2004. Her Residency was served at Loma Linda University Medical Center. She is AP/CP board certified since 2008, and her surgical pathology fellowship was at UCLA. Dr. Fajardo is a California licensed and ASCP certified Clinical Laboratory Scientist, and has experience as a Medical Transcriptionist. Her special interests lie in breast pathology. Dr. Fajardo is also Medical Director of Community Hospital Long Beach.

Christopher D. Ake, DO

Dr. Ake graduated from Western University of Health Sciences. Dr. Christopher Ake, DO is a Hematology Specialist in Compton, CA and has 16 years experience. Dr. Ake currently practices at Practice. Dr. Ake's office is not accepting new patients. Dr. Ake is board certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology and Hematopathology.  


Frank Cruz, MD

Dr. Cruz comes to APMG after spending a year and a half at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha as an Assistant Professor of Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology. He has Board certifications in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology since 2007 and Hematology since 2008. Prior to his Nebraska experience, he served as Clinical Laboratory Director of Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii in Kailua, where he was also a staff Surgical Pathologist and Hematopathologist. Dr. Cruz received his MD at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in 2001, where he became a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He performed his Residency in AP/CP at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. His past experience in Oregon prompted his acceptance of a position with APMG at Portland Adventist Medical Center.


Richard R. Ellis, MD

Dr. Ellis graduated from Western Illinois University, summa cum laude in 1967 and from the University of Illinois School of Medicine cum laude in 1971. He completed a year of Internal Medicine and a pathology residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center with Board certification in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology in 1976. Dr. Ellis is Director of Laboratories at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - San Pedro. He is a founding member of Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group, Inc. He is a past president of the American Pathology Foundation and the Los Angeles Society of Pathologists. He serves currently on the College of American Pathologists Practice Management Committee and the boards of the American Pathology Foundation, Pathology Inc, Little Company of Mary Service Area Board and the George Dock Society for the History of Medicine. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society, APF, ASCP, ASC, CSP, and IAP. He has several publications and presentations in his areas of interests in hematopathology, parasitology, and medical history.


Thomas G. Hirose, MD

Thomas G. Hirose, M.D. is the Director of Transfusion Medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital and for several community hospitals located in the Los Angeles and Orange Counties, including Little Company Mary Hospital in Torrance and Saddleback Memorial Medical Center. He completed medical school at the UCLA Medical Center, a General Surgery internship at the UCI Medical Center, Pathology residency at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Transfusion Medicine fellowship at the New England Deaconess Hospital-Harvard Medical Center. Dr. Hirose returned to Southern California in 1994 and began a clinical practice specializing in disorders of coagulation and is considered a regional and national expert for disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis. Dr. Hirose is an assistant Clinical Professor for the UCLA School of Medicine and actively participates in the training of residents and fellows at UCLA, Cedars-Sinai, USC and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Over the past 5 years, Dr. Hirose has participated in early industry growth and research involving umbilical cord stem cells and adult peripheral blood stem cells. He participates in the stem cell program as a member Medical Staff for the stem collection program at the City of Hope National Cancer Center. Dr. Hirose is the Division Commissioner Southern California for the College of American Pathologists and is a member of the College of American Pathologist Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee.


Wamda Goreal, MD

Dr. Goreal received her medical degree at the University of Bagdad, School of Medicine, in 1998. She completed pathology residency at University of Baghdad Medical Center, in 2003. In the USA, her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology training was completed at KUMC in 2012, and her subspecialty fellowship training was completed at UCI Medical Center, in 2013, in the field of Cytopathology. Dr. Goreal serves a staff pathologist at St. Joseph Hospital, Orange California, since 2022.


Stanette Kennebrew, JD, MBA

Stanette Kennebrew brings to APMG a background of diverse skills and accomplishments. Formerly, the Sr. Associate Dean for Finance and Administration at Creighton University School of Medicine, responsible for financial and strategic planning, space, technology planning, contract management, budget management, financial reporting and related interfaces. Prior to that Ms. Kennebrew was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Drew (UCLA) University of Medicine and Science; Director of Finance and Controller of The Claremont Colleges, a consortium of six small private colleges; Comptroller/Director of Financial Affairs for The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific and Assistant to the Treasurer and Assistant Controller for Pomona College in the early part of her career. She has consulting experience with a wide variety of organizations, primarily in the private sector. She was a site visitor with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. She has been active with the AAMC (American Association of Medical Colleges) and served as Chair of the GBA (Group on Business Affairs) Professional Development Committee. She has been President and Past President of the Leadership Omaha Alumni Association. She is currently co-chair of the American Pathology Foundation Planning Committee. She has a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of La Verne Law School, an Executive Masters of Business Administration Degree from Claremont Graduate School's Drucker School of Management and a Bachelor of Science Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from University of La Verne with an emphasis in Finance and Economics.  Currently she is a Board Member of the American Pathology Foundation and a Member of the Program Planning Committee of the American Pathology Foundation.


Sanja Krajisnik, MD

Dr. Krajisnik earned her medical degree at the University of Banjaluka, School of Medicine in Bosnia. She is also board certified in Dermatology from the University of Belgrade, School of Medicine in Serbia. Dr. Krajisnik completed pathology residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Surgical Pathology Fellowship at UCLA, and is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. She has a special interest and expertise in Dermatopathology. Her professional affiliations are with College of American Pathologists, California Society of Pathologists and Los Angeles Society of Pathologists. She is currently medical director at Olympia Medical Center


Yongchao Li, MD, PhD

Dr. Li received his Ph.D. degree in pharmacognosy (analytical chemistry) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His Anatomic and Clinical Pathology training was completed at UTHSC. Subspecialty fellowship training was undertaken at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in the area of GI/Liver Pathology. Since 2023, Dr. Li now serves as a staff pathologist at St. Joseph Hospital, Orange California.

Brian McNally, MD

Dr. McNally graduated from the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Medicine in 1994. He completed his combined Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology residency training at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, where he was Chief Resident in 1997-1998. Dr. McNally is a member of the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and has inspected numerous laboratories for the CAP. Dr. McNally is the former pathology liaison to the Las Vegas Urological Society. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology since 2001.

Megan McNally, DO, MBA

Dr. McNally graduated from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005. She received her Master in Business Administration with an emphasis in Healthcare Management in 2008 from Grand Canyon University, Ken Blanchard College of Business. She completed her AP/CP residency training at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, where she was ASCP Resident Liaison in 2007-2008 and Chief Resident in 2008-2009. Dr. McNally is a member of ASCP and CAP, and serves as a CAP Laboratory Inspector. She is the site Medical Director, Anatomic Pathology Technical Director, and Divisional Medical Director at LabCorp, Phoenix. Dr. McNally has been AP/CP board certified since 2009

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