Medical Director
Mohammad Kamal, MD (based in CA)
Chief Medical Officer
mkamal@plusdx.com
Dr. Kamal joined PLUS Diagnostics in
September 2009. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Pathology. Dr.Kamal was born in Washington, D.C. and
was raised and educated in Cairo, Egypt. After receiving his medical degree from Cairo University School of
Medicine, Dr. Kamal returned to the United States to continue his studies and
research in Los Angeles, CA. He completed his
pathology residency at Harbor UCLA Medical Center and fellowship training at the Klaus Lewin GI Pathology
fellowship program at UCLA. Previously, Dr. Kamal served as the Medical
Director of Dianon Systems in Los Angeles and is
currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology at UCLA. He is a
frequent lecturer at medical schools and
medical conferences throughout the United States and internationally, speaking
on topics related to gastrointestinal
pathology, including inflammatory bowel disease and Barrett’s esophagus. In
2003, Dr. Kamal’s study on living donor liver
transplant was selected for the Presidential Poster of Distinction Award by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
(AASLD). Dr. Kamal is board certified in anatomic pathology.
Michael McGinnis, MD
Medical Director
Dr.
McGinnis joined PLUS Diagnostics as Medical Director in December 2007.
He received his medical degree from the University of Nevada School of
Medicine. His residency in Anatomical and Clinical Pathology was at The
Institute of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland
and a one year Cytopathology fellowship followed at Metro Health
Center. Throughout his career, he has held numerous university teaching
roles, CAP committees positions, and served as Chairman on a variety of
cancer committee and review boards including but not limited to
Chairman of the ASCP Laboratory Management and Safety Committee.
Ali Riba, MD
Associate
Medical Director
Dr.
Riba came to PLUS Diagnostics as Associate Medical Director in October
2007. He served the last 6 years at Yale University in the capacity of
Assistant Professor and Attending Pathologist, with his first year
focused in completion of a fellowship in surgical pathology with
emphasis in GI pathology. Subsequently, approximately half of his
clinical work performed was in gastrointestinal pathology. He completed
his residency at St. Barnabas Health Care System with rotations at
Saint Barnabas, Monmouth Medical Center and Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center. Dr. Riba received his medical degree from Tishreen University,
Syria. He has authored and co-authored multiple papers focusing on his
areas of interest including gastrointestinal pathology, genitourinary
pathology, dermatopathology and breast pathology. Dr. Riba is board
certified in anatomic pathology.
Jess Savala, Jr., MD
Director of Hematopathology
Dr. Savala joined PLUS Diagnostics in November of 2009 as
Director of Hematopathology from Genzyme Genetics (Los Angeles, CA) where he
was the Director of Hematology for both the Physician Services and Analytical
Services divisions of the company. Prior
to his position with Genzyme, Dr. Savala was responsible for the medical
directorship of numerous satellite cytogenetic laboratory locations of US Labs
before becoming Medical Director in July of 2006. Dr. Savala holds a BS in biology and
microbiology from Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, CA) and his medical degree
from Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
He completed his pathology residency at Loma Linda as well, before
finishing his education with a hematopathology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA) in the Department of Clinical Pathology. He is board certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and hematology.
