GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

AccelPath, Inc. (ACLP) (AccelPath or the Company) announced today that Dr. Keith J. Kaplan, M.D. continues his role as Chairman and active member of the Companys Medical Advisory Board.

Keith J. Kaplan, MD is a pathologist and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Carolinas Pathology Group (CPG), Celligent Diagnostics and Diligent Billing and Management. As CIO, Dr. Kaplan is responsible for all aspects of informatics strategies, operations, and projects and processes that encompass laboratory, healthcare and research information systems for Carolinas Pathology Group. Prior to joining CPG, Dr. Kaplan was a surgical pathologist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and also held the academic post of associate professor of pathology of Mayo Medical School.

Dr. Kaplan is a graduate of Michigan State University, a graduate of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. While at Walter Reed, Dr. Kaplan was named Resident of the Year and, in conjunction with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Dr. Kaplan founded and directed the Army Telepathology Program. This Program connected 25 hospitals internationally for consultation via telepathology. Dr. Kaplan also served as the Medical Director and Consulting Pathologist of Laboratory Services at Keller Army Hospital in West Point, New York.

Dr. Kaplan is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology. His subspecialty interests include gastrointestinal and hepatic pathology, cytopathology and pathology informatics as well as research interests in gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary pathology, hyperspectral imaging, image analysis and the use of Web 2.0 tools in pathology. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles, book chapters, editorials and scientific abstracts and frequently lectures at both national and international meetings on topics related to pathology informatics.

Dr. Kaplan currently serves as a member of the College of American Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathology and the American Society of Cytopathology as well as the American Pathology Foundation. He is also an executive board member of the Digital Pathology Association. Dr. Kaplan has previously served as a member of the College of American Pathologists Informatics Committee, Standards Committee, and Instrumentation Resource Committee and as co-chair of the American Telemedicine Association Telepathology Special Interest Group.

We are very pleased with our collaborative relationship with Dr. Kaplan, stated Shekhar Wadekar, AccelPaths Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Kaplans expertise in the technical and medical components of digital telepathology (through his experiences at Walter Reed Army Medical Center / the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, founding and directing the Army Telepathology Program, and industry experience as a practicing pathologist) provides us significant insights while we enhance our proprietary digital telepathology solutions. He will also be invaluable as we further apply those to existing pathology laboratories and related service providers.

About AccelPath

AccelPath provides technology solutions that play a key role in delivering information required for diagnosis of diseases and other pathologic conditions with and through its associated institutional pathologists. The medical institutions, with whom the Company partners, prepare comprehensive diagnostic reports of a patients condition and consult with referring physicians to help determine the most appropriate treatment. Such diagnostic reports enable the early detection of disease, allowing referring physicians to make informed and timely treatment decisions that improve their patients health in a cost-effective manner. The Company seeks out referring physicians and histology laboratories in need of high-quality pathology interpretations and manages HIPAA-compliant digital case delivery and reporting while developing comprehensive solutions for managing medical information.

AccelPath is currently focused on the $14 billion anatomic pathology market in the US. The Companys business model builds upon the expertise of experienced pathologists to provide seamless, reliable and comprehensive pathology and special test offerings to referring physicians using conventional and digital technologies.The Company establishes longstanding relationships with the referring physicians as a result of focused delivery of its partners diagnostic services, personalized responses and frequent consultations, and its proprietary flexible information technology, or IT, solutions that are customizable to the referring physicians or laboratories as well as the pathologists needs. Such diagnostic reports often enable the early detection of disease, allowing referring physicians to make informed and timely treatment decisions that improve their patients health in a cost-effective manner. AccelPaths IT and communications platform enables it to efficiently and securely deliver diagnostic reports to referring physicians. In addition, AccelPaths IT platform enables close tracking and monitoring of medical statistics.

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AccelPath, Inc. Announces Dr. Keith J. Kaplan, M.D. Continues Role as Chairman on Company’s Medical Advisory Board