Dr Hema Sitaraaman

Qualification: MBBS FRCPath MSc in Genomic Medicine
Lab: Bella Vista
Areas Of Interest: Dermatopathology, gynaecological pathology and breast pathology
Speciality: Anatomical Pathology

Phone: (02) 8887 9999
Email: hema.sitaraaman@clinicallabs.com.au

Dr Hema Sitaraaman trained in Anatomical Pathology (Histopathology) in the United Kingdom. As part of her training, she has worked at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital (Sheffield), St. James’s University Hospital (Leeds), Calderdale Royal Hospital (Halifax), and Bradford Royal Infirmary (Bradford). She obtained her FRCPath in 2018 and completed her Master’s in Genomic Medicine in 2020 at the University of Manchester. After completing her senior registrar rotation, she began her consultant practice at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in April 2020, specialising in Dermatopathology and Gynaecological Pathology. In addition to histopathological reporting of primary and externally referred cases, Dr Sitaraaman was actively involved in teaching histopathology registrars and advanced biomedical practitioners. She conducted audit and service improvement projects, collaborated with biomedical scientists to validate new immunohistochemistry methods, streamlined the adoption of molecular practice in gynaecological cancer reporting, presented at central skin cancer and gynaecological cancer multidisciplinary team meetings, and provided formal educational supervision to trainees. She also held the roles of Gynaecological Cancer Molecular Lead and Trainee Teaching Coordinator, and was an active contributor to the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Gynaecological Cancer Clinical Delivery Group. After working as a consultant for three years, Dr Sitaraaman migrated to Australia and joined the Australian Clinical Labs team at Bella Vista as an Anatomical Pathologist. Her primary areas of interest include Dermatopathology, Gynaecological Pathology, and Breast Pathology.