Robert Ruffolo, DO, a Pathologist with Reliance Pathology Partners, LLC

Get to know Pathologist Dr. Robert Ruffolo, who serves patients in Tampa, Florida.

A highly trained pathologist, Dr. Ruffolo is the President of Reliance Pathology Partners, LLC. He specializes in pulmonary pathology, with additional interests in gynecologic, prostate, and gastrointestinal pathology. He currently works mostly at Tampa General Hospital performing routine general surgical pathology duties as well as teaching medical students and residents from the University of South Florida, Nova Southeastern University, and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he is on the Clinical Faculty.

Reliance Pathology Partners, LLC, (Reliance) is a physician-owned, CAP accredited, anatomic pathology laboratory that services the entire spectrum of tissue pathology. Their physicians embrace the very essence of change, acknowledging the importance of modern technology, ongoing discoveries, and the latest procedures. Their core mission is to deliver timely and accurate diagnostics exceeding the expectations of its referring physicians, patients, colleagues and employees.

A native of Tampa, Florida, Dr. Ruffolo attended the Academy of Holy Names, a Jesuit high school, and continued his undergraduate studies at the University of South Florida. After receiving his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Nova Southeastern University in 1988, he went on to complete his residency in anatomic & clinical pathology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, and his fellowship in pulmonary pathology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Following his training, the doctor attained board certification in anatomic & clinical pathology by the American Osteopathic Board of Pathology, which is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the diagnosis and characterization of disease in patients following thorough examination of biopsies and/or bodily fluids.

Pathology is a branch of medicine that involves the study and diagnosis of diseases through direct gross and microscopic tissue analyses (e.g. of biopsies). Pathologists also analyze various body fluids (e.g. blood) and whole bodies (autopsies). Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the diagnosis of diseases using laboratory methods.

Learn More about Dr. Robert Ruffolo:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3565955-Robert-Ruffolo-Pathologist or through Reliance Pathology Partners, LLC, https://reliancepathology.com/about/pathologists/robert-f-ruffolo-do/

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