Monika E. Pilichowska
MD, PhD
Monika E. Pilichowska, MD, PhD is the Director of the Clinical Hematology, Hematopathology and Flow Cytometry Laboratories at Tufts Medical Center's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She is an associate professor of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Pilichowska is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well as Hematopathology.
Dr. Pilichowska is an experienced hematopathologist with an interest in diagnostic problems in benign and malignant hematological pathology, coagulation, and laboratory hematology. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts and co-authored book chapters on acute myeloid leukemia and MDS. She is Director of the Hematopathology Fellowship program, an active teacher across several clinical disciplines and the recipient of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine's 2019 Teacher of the Year Award. She is also active in the College of American Pathologists and serves as a laboratory inspector.
Richa Bedi
PhD, MS, MLT(ASCP)
Richa Bedi, PhD, MS, MLT(ASCP) is an experienced and influential leader with in-depth knowledge of the laboratory. She is currently the Director of Laboratory Operations at AMITA St. Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center. In her past positions, she has served as Laboratory Supervisor and Laboratory Director at AMITA St. Francis Hospital, Evanston. She has held R&D roles as a Senior Scientist in pharmaceutical companies such as Celgene and Abbott. She has her undergraduate degree in Microbiology and MS in Genetic Engineering. She has her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.