About Us
SurgiPath & Cytology Lab
Surgipath & Cytology Lab has been in existence since 1993…
The lab was founded by Dr. Jennifer Mamby-Alexander to offer specialized medical services to the Jamaican population. The products of the lab provide more accurate diagnosis for common ailments; that either often get misdiagnosed in archaic methods or missed. Surgipath & Cytology Lab was the first in the island to introduce Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy, a non-invasive method of extracting cells for research into types of diseases and remains the only non-hospital-based institution to offer the service to this day.
Surgipath and Cytology Lab is the only certified laboratory in Jamaica that offers the Thinprep method of conducting Papanicolaou (pap) smears. This is a liquid based system that uses a thin strip of cells to make a diagnosis, in a process that eliminates the contaminants that are often present in traditional pap smears.
Surgipath & Cytology lab operates true to its value statement, Committed to Accuracy, by ensuring that every Jamaican has access to medical services that are keen on ensuring early diagnosis to guide effective treatment and recovery.
Meet our Experts
Dr. Jennifer Mamby-Alexander is a Cytopathologist, who specialises in the analysis of cells. Her love for the field of science and medicine began in 1972, when she obtained a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of the West Indies.
She became a Doctor of Medicine in Anatomy and Pharmacology in 1981, also from the UWI and went on to pursue Post Graduate Training in Anatomical and Clinical Pathology at the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Centre, New York in 1987.
After diagnosing her own cancer of the breast in 1986 and beating cancer twice, Dr. Mamby-Alexander has lived her life by the principle of helping patients to get timely and effective diagnosis for early and accurate treatment. A pioneer for life saving methods, she extensively researched the best methods for the services offered by Surgipath & Cytology lab and spent over three decades perfecting those methods.
Dr. Memory Stennett is a Consultant Pathologist, with over 32 years’ experience in General Surgical Pathology and Autopsy Pathology.
She was trained in medicine at the University of the West Indies. She has special training and particular interest in Breast Pathology.