Leadership

Physicians

Aamir Ehsan MD
Aamir Ehsan, MD
CEO & Medical Director

Dr. Aamir Ehsan is American Board Certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, hematopathology, molecular genetics and transfusion medicine. He completed his pathology residency at Monmouth Medical Center at Hahnemann University in Long Branch, New Jersey. He then completed his subspecialty training as a transfusion medicine fellow at Ohio State University and as a hematopathology fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. His expertise in these subspecialties provides a uniquely integrated diagnostic approach to hematopoietic disease processes.

Dr. Ehsan has served as a faculty member at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Ehsan has excelled as a national expert in the field of hematopathology, demonstrating proficiency in bone marrow, lymph node and tissue-based hematolymphoid neoplasms. His tenure as the Director of the Flow Cytometry and Molecular Genetics Laboratories at UT Health San Antonio has contributed to his extensive experience in cutting-edge testing related to the rapidly changing field of pathology.

Dr. Ehsan is an outstanding communicator and educator in his field. He has earned multiple awards for excellence in teaching and has mentored many pathology residents and hematopathology and hematology/oncology fellows. He has contributed to scientific work in peer-reviewed journal articles, authored textbook chapters and has been the invited speaker at various conferences.

Alma Sanchez Salazar MD
Alma J. Sanchez-Salazar, MD
Medical Director of Anatomic Pathology

Dr. Alma J. Sanchez-Salazar is American Board Certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematopathology. Dr. Sanchez-Salazar completed her hematopathology fellowship and residency at UT Health San Antonio, where she extensively performed and read bone marrow biopsies. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Sanchez-Salazar worked as a clinical laboratory scientist.

During her residency training, Dr. Sanchez-Salazar presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists (USCAP) Annual Meeting. Upon completion of her residency, she was awarded the Rolf Sjuve Scott Award after being selected by her peers for excellence in knowledge, work ethic and teamwork.

Bridget Herschap MD
Bridget Herschap, MD
Medical Director of Business Affairs

Dr. Bridget Herschap is American Board Certified in anatomic and clinical pathology. Dr. Herschap completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at UT Health San Antonio.

During her residency training, Dr. Herschap taught and mentored medical students and residents at the UT Health San Antonio. Before completing her residency, she presented scientific literature at the Texas Society of Pathologists (TSP) Annual Meeting. In addition, Dr. Herschap represented her residency program as a Delegate at the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Residents Forum.

Dr. Herschap has special interest in and is uniquely trained in all aspects of hematopathology and surgical pathology. She also has extensive experience in performing bone marrow procedures.

She serves as the medical director for hospital based practices.

Brenda Ly MD
Brenda Ly, MD
Hematopathologist

Dr. Brenda Ly is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematopathology. Dr. Ly completed her residency at Cleveland Clinic and her hematopathology fellowship at UT Health San Antonio, where she extensively read bone marrow and lymph node biopsies.

During her residency training, Dr. Ly has presented at the United State and Canadian Academy of Pathologists (USCAP) Annual Meeting and published articles in the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Pediatric Blood and Cancer.

Dr. Ly has a special passion in teaching undergraduate and medical students and foreign medical graduates interested in pathology.

Siegfried Pueblitz MD
Siegfried Pueblitz, MD
Pathologist

Dr. Pueblitz is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine and Associate Pathologist with Mid-Valley Pathology. His initial training in pathology took place in Mexico City where he also worked as a Staff Pathologist at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. He completed his American residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center at the Temple University School of Medicine in Johnstown, PA and the Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

Prior his board certification in anatomic and clinical pathology, Dr. Pueblitz completed a visiting fellowship in neoplastic hematopathology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY and a fellowship in pediatric pathology at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, TX. He was on the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler, TX from 1991-1995 which he later left for private practice. He is a member of the US and Canadian Academy of Pathologists (USCAP), the Texas Medical Association, and the Asociación Mexicana de Anatomopatólogos. Dr. Pueblitz is an avid writer and has published over 30 articles in scientific journals.

Wendy Symons MD
Wendy Symons, MD
Pathologist

Dr. Symons is American Board Certified in anatomic and clinical pathology. Dr. Symons graduated from pathology residency at UT Health San Antonio, and completed a surgical pathology fellowship with a focus in genitourinary tract pathology at Houston Methodist Hospital.

Prior to joining CorePath, Dr. Symons worked with private practice pathology groups in Austin, Texas and in Phoenix, Arizona. Before attending medical school, Dr. Symons trained as a Histotechnician at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas and worked as an ASCP certified Histotechnician in both Texas and New York.

Advanced Practitioners

Mary Jane Easley, PA-C
Certified Physician’s Assistant

Ashley Maddox Rane, PA-C
Certified Physician’s Assistant

Scientists

Wafa Elbjeirami, PhD
Technical Director of
Molecular Lab

Ruben Alvarado
Histology Supervisor

Julissa Alonzo
Flow Cytometry Supervisor

Jamie Spranger
Cytogenetics Supervisor

Rabiu Ibraheem
FISH Supervisor

Management

Curtis Loos
Executive Vice President
Business Operations

Connie Cornish
Senior National Accounts

Atiq Malik
Executive Vice President
Information Technology

Becky Berryhill
Quality Assurance Manager

Anna Tyler
Biopharma Division Manager

Celina Perkins
Marketing Manager

Joanna Brice
Human Resources Manager

Jennifer Perez
Client Solutions Supervisor