EIV Diagnostics is an independent Pathology Lab dedicated to providing timely and accurate services. Our team of dermatopathologists, histopathologists, histotechnologists, and laboratory staff are dedicated to providing the best quality of care to our patients.
We are committed to providing our clients and patients with the most advanced laboratory technologies, shortening the turn-around time for diagnosis. We also strive to produce the highest quality slides for diagnosis and an easy way to track specimens and access reports.
Other than traditional dermatopathology, we are the first lab in the nation to offer novel in vivo and ex vivo diagnostic services, such as reflectance confocal microscopy. We continue to research new diagnostic tools, as they become clinically applicable.
Dr. Babar Rao is a board certified physician in both dermatology and dermatopathology and is a leading authority in non-invasive diagnostics, specifically reflectance confocal microscopy. Dr. Rao completed his dermatology residency at Weill Cornell Medical School and has previously trained at the University of London, UT Southwestern, New York University, and Rutgers University. He is currently Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at Rutgers University and Associate Clinical Professor at Weill Cornell Medical School. To learn more about Dr. Rao, please visit https://www.raodermatology.com.
Anil Prasad, MD is board certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology as well as in Cytopathology. He completed his AP/CP residency followed by a Fellowship in Cytopathology at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI. Additionally, he did a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Prasad has been practicing General Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology for more than 23years. He is proficient in signing out all disease entities pertaining to all organ systems including lung, breast, brain, skin and soft tissue with special expertise in Genito-urinary, Gastrointestinal and Gynecologic pathology. He is the Medical Director of several hospital based and independent Labs. He is proficient with Digital Image analysis and telepathology and has been signing out cases remotely using digitally scanned images. He is a member of the Pima County Medical Society Executive Board of Directors and serves as Secretary-Treasurer of PCMS. He is the Immediate Past President of the Arizona Society of Pathologists and President of Arizona Diagnostic Pathology Associates, Tucson, AZ. He has a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Pathology at the Univ. of Arizona Health Sciences Center and is a Consultant Pathologist to Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Care Center, Tucson, AZ. Dr. Prasad is involved with several clinical research trials and was the PI of several federally funded clinical and basic research grants while serving as Clinical Director of Pathology Research & Development at the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System from 2001-2009. He established the first of its kind VA Biorepository Tissue Bank by successfully acquiring a federally funded research grant to pioneer and maintain the initiative as PI at the Tucson VA hospital. He was Vice- Chair of the Dept. of Pathology at St. Mary’s Hospital from 2009 to 2013 and was Medical Director of the Pathology Laboratory at Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital in Green Valley as well as Consultant Pathologist for Northwest Medical Center from 2013 to 2023.
EIV Diagnostics is an independent pathology laboratory focused on leveraging technology to provide cost-effective, cutting-edge diagnostic services to dermatologists and other physicians in North America and across the globe.