Dr. Scarpa Carniello is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and cytopathology and is specialized in surgical pathology and cytopathology. He completed his anatomical and clinical pathology residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, NY, followed by a surgical pathology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a cytopathology fellowship at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY. As a cytopathologist, his expertise is the examination of exfoliative cytology and material obtained from fine needle aspiration specimens. He is also an expert in the performance of fine needle aspirations both ultrasound-guided and by palpation. He is engaged in teaching medical students, fellows and residents and his areas of interest include surgical pathology, cytopathology, intraoperative (frozen) consultation, cancer molecular pathology and use of new concepts of molecular and targeted therapy in surgical and cytopathology specimens for the improvement of the patient care.