Dr. Stephen G. Ruby M.D.
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
9050 W 81st St Justice IL, 60458About
Dr. Stephen Ruby is a pathologist practicing in Justice, IL. Dr. Ruby is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Ruby can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Ruby may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Wayne State Univ Sch of Med, Detroit Mi 1981
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intranets: virtual procedure manuals for the pathology lab.
- Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with malignant adrenal cortical tumors and pheochromocytomas, exclusive of neuroblastoma and other adrenal medullary tumors of childhood: a basis for checklists. Cancer Committee of the College
- Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, including intrahepatic bile ducts. Cancer Committee of the College of American Pathologists.
- Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with carcinomas of the small intestine, including those with focal endocrine differentiation, exclusive of carcinoid tumors, lymphomas, and stromal tumors (sarcomas): a basis for checklists. Can
- Clinician interpretation of pathology reports: confusion or comprehension?
- Solitary blood cultures: a College of American Pathologists Q-probes study of 132,778 blood culture sets in 333 small hospitals.
- Specimen collection volumes for laboratory tests.
- HER-2/neu oncogene expression, DNA ploidy and proliferation index in breast cancer.
- Patient safety in anatomic pathology: measuring discrepancy frequencies and causes.
- Hospital nursing satisfaction with clinical laboratory services: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 162 institutions.
- Physician satisfaction with surgical pathology reports: a 2-year College of
- HER-2/neu oncogene expression and proliferation in breast cancers.
- Adequacy of surgical pathology reporting of cancer: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 86 institutions.
- Blood group antigens in urothelium in transitional cell carcinoma.
- Asymmetric skeletal anomalies in siblings.
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