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ECPC’s Strategic Leap into Digital Pathology
Aired on October 30, 2025
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Thomas Buck, MD, FCAP
Pathologist
ECPC
Dr. Thomas P. Buck is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology as well as Hematopathology by the American Board of Pathology. He received his medical degree from the New Jersey Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is a Fellow of the American College of Pathologists, a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and a member of the Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society.
Michael Chang, MD, FCAP
Pathologist
ECPC
Dr. Michael Chang is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology by the American Board of Pathology. He completed his residency training at the University of Florida, where he served as Chief Resident and completed a fellowship in Gastrointestinal, Pancreaticobiliary, and Liver Pathology. Before joining ECPC, Dr. Chang served for more than six years as Section Chief of Anatomic Pathology and general surgical pathologist at the Malcom Randall Veterans Administration Hospital (North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System) and as a Gastrointestinal Pathologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He was actively involved in teaching and served as a faculty mentor to pathology residents as part of the University of Florida Department of Pathology mentorship program. Dr. Chang received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and is a member of the College of American Pathologists.
Kristen Conley
Chief Information Officer
ECPC
Kristen joined Eastern Connecticut Pathology Consultants in 2019. She is an accomplished information technology professional with broad leadership experience in overseeing large-scale EMR implementations and optimization, system integration, strategic planning, and project management. Over the past three decades, she has held progressively complex leadership roles, cultivating a comprehensive understanding of information systems and hospital operations. She brings dual expertise to the ECPC team: a talent for creating and standardizing processes as well as experience developing people and organizational culture. Kristen is enthusiastic about delivering quality results with a steady focus on both process improvement and client satisfaction. She plays an integral role in overseeing and implementing all ECPC’s information technology components necessary to set up private, on-site provider laboratories.
Rebecca Dilorio
Executive Director
ECPC
Rebecca joined Eastern Connecticut Pathology Consultants in 2007 and has been a key contributor to ECPC’s rapidly expanding operations over the past several years. She is responsible for all aspects of day-to-day operations and assists partners in advancing and implementing their strategic plan for the future. Additionally, she provides direct oversight to the set-up, staffing, and certification of private, on-site provider laboratories with the ECPC leadership team. She possesses deep expertise in improving efficiency and productivity for the practice, as well as the multiple hospitals and clients we serve. She is proficient in managing our state and federal compliance efforts and has a talent for identifying new tactics and opportunities. Rebecca previously served as the lead pathologists’ assistant and continues to maintain hands-on involvement in clinical operations of the hospital and private laboratories. She graduated from Quinnipiac University with a Master of Health Science degree as a Pathologist’s Assistant, and she is certified by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
Suren Avunjian
Chief Executive Officer
LigoLab
Suren leads business growth and operations at LigoLab, guiding a team of top-tier professionals dedicated to advancing laboratory informatics. As the driving force behind LigoLab’s strategic vision, he has championed the development of the industry’s most comprehensive and highly configurable laboratory information system software, the LigoLab LIS & RCM Informatics Platform. The all-in-one platform unifies embedded modules for anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, molecular diagnostics, revenue cycle management, and direct-to-consumer lab testing, delivering a fully integrated software infrastructure that drives efficiency, interoperability, and market differentiation.
Arun Ananth
Chief Commercial Officer
Proscia
Arun is an experienced healthcare executive with a proven track record of delivering commercial growth for cutting-edge healthcare products. At Proscia, Arun oversees the company’s global commercial team, working to accelerate digital pathology adoption among leading laboratories and research organizations. Previously, Arun served as Head of the Computational Pathology Business Initiative for Philips Digital Pathology Solutions (DPS), where he led product launches, commercial, and business development. Before that, Arun was Director, Group Strategy, HealthTech, where he advised healthcare diagnostics businesses on how to accelerate growth and execute turnaround strategies. Arun developed his strategic acumen as a healthcare management consultant at Bain & Company (India).
