Meet Our Team

Meet the executive, management and physician teams at Capital Choice Pathology Laboratory. and Advanced Pathology Associates.

Executive Team

Capitol Choice Pathology Laboratory executive team.

Senda Beltaifa, MD | Medical Director

Dr. Beltaifa is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical pathology. She earned her Medical Degree from the “Faculté de Medecine de Sousse, University of Tunisia” and completed her pathology training at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. including a fellowship in Surgical Pathology. A Fellow of the College of American Pathologists (FCAP), Dr. Beltaifa also holds a CAP Certification in Multidisciplinary Breast Pathology. She has worked as a general practitioner overseas and a research scientist in various areas of molecular biology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda. Dr. Beltaifa has several publications in highly regarded science journals, has presented at various science meetings, and is proficient in three languages. Bringing clinical expertise, combined with outstanding credentials and skills, Dr. Beltaifa centers her work around excellent patient care, continuous improvement to the laboratory and excellent service to our clinicians and patients.

Michael LaFriniere, HT(ASCP) | Senior Pathology Consultant

Michael joined CCPLab in 2005 and has over 45 years of pathology laboratory experience, which includes American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification. His 30+ years of management expertise include LEAN processes in pathology administration, histopathology, cytotechnology, gross prosecting, autopsy, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, histochemical pathology, molecular pathology, chemical recycling, speech recognition, equipment design and digital pathology. He has additional expertise in strategic and business management of pathology organizations and consults for general pathology laboratory operations, physician in-office laboratory design and management, as well as CAP preparedness.

Management Team

Capitol Choice Pathology Laboratory management team.

Robert Brown
Manager, Plant Operations, Materials Transport, Inventory, Safety
James Gardner
Operations Program Manager, Performance & Operation Excellence
Michael Harold
Manager, Pathology Technology Services
Seairah Henry
Manager, Hospital Services
Diane Hitchens
Admin Financial Assistant
Samia Ogu
Executive Assistant

Physicians

Advanced Pathology Associates physicians.

Kausha Amin, MD
Surgical Pathology

Education

Medical School
Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India

Residency
Stony Brook University Medical Center

Fellowship
Oncologic Surgical Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Senda Beltaifa, MD
Surgical Pathology

Education

Medical School
University of Tunisa, Faculty of Medicine

Residency
George Wasington University

Fellowship
Surgical Pathology, George Washington University
Robert Heaton, MD
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology

Education

Medical School
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Residency
National Naval Medical Center

Fellowship
Cytopathology, National Naval Medical Center
Amir Kende, MD
GI Pathology

Education

Medical School
University of Virginia College of Medicine

Residency
George Washington University Hospital

Fellowship
Cytopathology Wilford Hall Medical Center
Zena Khalil, MD

Education

TBD
Mark Samols, MD, PhD
Molecular Virology

Education

Medical School
Johns Hopkins University Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Residency
Hematopathology, Stanford University
Sarwat Siddiqui, MD
Clinical Pathology

Education

TBA