Medical Team

Meet Our Medical Team

NextGen Pathology is led by highly trained board-certified pathologists with experience across multiple pathology subspecialties. Our physicians work collaboratively with hospitals, surgeons, oncologists, primary care physicians, and healthcare teams to provide timely, accurate, and clinically meaningful diagnostic services.

Medical Directors

Hadi Yaziji, MD

Hadi Yaziji, MD, FCAP, FASCP

Breast Pathologist, Biomarker Pathologist

Internationally recognized breast, biomarker, cytopathology, surgical pathology, and molecular diagnostics expertise.

  • Breast Pathology
  • Biomarker Pathology
  • Molecular Diagnostics
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Silvio Tanev, MD

Silvio Tanev, M.D.

GYN and GI Pathologist

Veteran hospital pathology leader with broad diagnostic anatomic and clinical pathology expertise.

  • Gynecologic Pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • Surgical Pathology
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Medical Team

Jeanne Ackerman, MD

Jeanne Ackerman, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Jeanne Ackerman, MD serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Maher Albitar, MD

Maher Albitar, MD

Molecular Pathologist

Maher Albitar, MD serves as Molecular Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Molecular Pathology
  • Molecular Diagnostics
  • Laboratory Medicine
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Houssam Attal, M.D.

Houssam Attal, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Houssam Attal, M.D. serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Julie Bell, MD

Julie Bell, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Julie Bell, MD serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Feriyl Bhaijee, MD

Feriyl Bhaijee, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Feriyl Bhaijee, MD serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Claudia Castro, MD

Claudia Castro, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Claudia Castro, MD serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Charles Chodorow, MD

Charles Chodorow, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

General pathologist practicing in Brevard County since 1994 with particular interest and expertise in Gastrointestinal Pathology.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Richard N. Eisen, M.D.

Richard N. Eisen, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Richard N. Eisen, M.D. serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Thomas Farrell, MD

Thomas J. Farrell, M.D.

Staff Pathologist

Board-certified pathologist with more than 25 years of diagnostic pathology experience and fellowship training in dermatopathology.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Robert Huberman, MD

Robert Huberman, MD

Cytopathologist, Dermatopathogist

Diagnostic pathologist with specialized training in cytopathology and fellowship training in dermatopathology.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Razan Massarani-Wafai, M.D.

Razan Massarani-Wafai, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Razan Massarani-Wafai, M.D. serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Freda Nime, M.D.

Freda Nime, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Freda Nime, M.D. serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Adrian P. Palmer, MD, MBA

Adrian P. Palmer, MD, MBA

Director of Hematopathology

Hematopathology leader with more than 18 years' experience across community hospitals, academic hospitals, health care systems, and reference laboratory settings.

  • Hematopathology
  • Laboratory Leadership
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Carlos Ricotti, MD

Carlos Ricotti, MD

Dermatopathologist

Board-certified in both dermatology and dermatopathology by the American Boards of Dermatology and Pathology.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Dermatopathology
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Kinjal Shah, MD

Kinjal Shah, MD

Director of Transfusion Medicine

Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking expert with fellowship training at Emory University and board certification in Clinical Informatics.

  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Laboratory Leadership
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Delia Smith, MD

Delia Smith, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Delia Smith, MD serves as Staff Pathologist. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Janese Trimaldi, MD

Janese Trimaldi, M.D.

Staff Pathologist

Anatomic and clinical pathologist with cancer diagnostics training at Moffitt Cancer Center and experience in women's health pathology.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Steven Vallery, MD

Steven Vallery, MD

Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist

Board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologist with more than 25 years of diagnostic pathology, laboratory medicine, and healthcare leadership experience.

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Surgical Pathology
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Support Team

Manav Daliya, PA

Manav Daliya, PA

Pathologists' Assistant

Manav Daliya, PA serves as Pathologists' Assistant. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Pathologists' Assistant
  • Anatomic Pathology Support
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Aprell Delo, PA

Aprell Delo, PA

Pathologists' Assistant

Aprell Delo, PA serves as Pathologists' Assistant. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Pathologists' Assistant
  • Anatomic Pathology Support
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Sarah Goldberg, PA

Sarah Goldberg, PA

Pathologists' Assistant

Sarah Goldberg, PA serves as Pathologists' Assistant. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Pathologists' Assistant
  • Anatomic Pathology Support
  • Hospital-Based Pathology
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Tracie Massey, PA

Tracie Massey, PA

Pathologists' Assistant & Operations Manager

Certified Pathologists' Assistant and healthcare operations leader with more than two decades of experience in surgical pathology, forensic medicine, digital innovation, and clinical research.

  • Pathologists' Assistant
  • Laboratory Operations
  • Surgical Pathology
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James Snyder, PhD

James Snyder, PhD

Microbiologist

James Snyder, PhD serves as Microbiology. Full biography details are pending verification.

  • Microbiology
  • Laboratory Medicine
  • Diagnostic Testing
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Clinical Collaboration

Physician-led pathology support.

Our medical team supports hospital clinicians through diagnostic interpretation, physician-to-physician communication, and multidisciplinary case review when pathology input helps inform clinical collaboration.

Collaborative services

  • Clinical Consultation
  • Tumor Board Participation
  • Hospital-Based Pathology Services