Dr. Stewart W. Comer, MD, MA, FCAP

Expert Publications

• Going in circles?
• Persistence of azinphosmethyl in soil.
• Potential exposure of workers to parathion through contamination of cigarettes.
• Residues of parathion and conversion products on apple and peach foliage resulting from repeated spray applications.
• Exposure to the herbicide, paraquat.
• Exposure of apple thinners to parathion residues.
• Recovery from fulminant infection with Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus strain) in non-immunocompromised host.
• Oral exposure of workers to parathion through contamination of food items.
• Exposure of spraymen to pesticides.
• Primary cutaneous mucormycosis with a Mucor species: is iron overload a factor?
• Exposure of workers to carbaryl.
• A monitoring study of workers in a central Washington orchard.
• Potential exposure from smoking parathion-contaminated cigarettes.
• Stability of parathion metabolites in urine samples collected from poisoned individuals.

Media Releases

Get to know Anatomic Pathologist Dr. Stewart W. Comer, who serves patients in Santa Barbara, California.

Dr. Comer is a board-certified anatomic pathologist and the Medical Director of Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories (PDL) in Santa Barbara, California. Founded in 2007, PDL is a full-service laboratory established to provide the highest quality healthcare services to medical practitioners in Southern California. The team of professionals working at PDL are committed to providing the highest quality of laboratory services, as well as an unmatched level of customer care.

Dr. Comer is also affiliated with Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital. Furthermore, he is affiliated with Mission Pathology Consultants, Inc. in Santa Barbara, which he joined in 2014. 

Most recently, Dr. Comer was the Medical Director of the Naval Medical Center in San Diego and the Medical Director of the Western Regional Naval Health Research Laboratory.  Interestingly, this is the lab where the H1N1 influenza virus was first characterized. 

Dr. Comer earned his medical degree from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego, as well as his fellowship in molecular genetic pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 

Dr. Comer is board-certified in anatomic pathology & clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath). The mission of the ABPath, a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties, is to serve the public and advance the profession of pathology by setting certification standards and promoting lifelong competency of pathologists.

Dr. Comer is a member of the Association for Molecular Pathology and the American Statistical Association. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists. 

Anatomic pathology is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the macroscopic, microscopic, biochemical, immunologic, and molecular examination of organs and tissues. Anatomical pathologists, like Dr. Comer, analyze samples of tissue and cells to aid in determining the diagnosis and cause of diseases.

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