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Peter J. Saunders

Peter J. Saunders, MD

Pathology

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

Hospital Affiliations

  • Northwell Health - Vassar Brothers Medical Center
  • Northwell Health - Sharon Hospital
  • Northwell Health - Norwalk Hospital
  • Northwell Health - New Milford Hospital
  • Northwell Health - Putnam Hospital
  • Northwell Health - Northern Dutchess Hospital
  • Northwell Health - Danbury Hospital

About Peter J. Saunders

Professional Statement

Dr. Saunders is an anatomic and clinical pathologist, as well as a hematopathologist. He has resided in numerous states and a few countries, although he has been located in the Northeast US for most of the last two decades.  Dr. Saunders likes to ski, ride his bike, drink coffee, spend time with his kids, and try new things.

Get To Know Me

Why should someone choose you to care for their health?
I am thorough but concise

What is the most important thing your patients should expect from their professional relationship with you? What do you expect from them?
My patients expect correct and speedy diagnoses.

How do you spend your valuable personal time when you’re not caring for patients?
I enjoy spending time with my family.

Why did you choose your specialty and what is its greatest reward?
I chose pathology because I am most interested in the diagnostic phase of medical care, and the greatest reward is clarifying complicated matters.

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2014
  • Fellowship: Graduate Hospital GME/University of Penn, 2013
  • Residency: Baystate Medical Center, Inc., 2012
  • Residency: Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine, 2008
  • Internship: Charles Drew University of Medicine/Science GME, 2007
  • Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine, 2005

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Pathology: American Board of Pathology
  • Hematopathology: American Board of Pathology
  • Anatomic Pathology: American Board of Pathology

Locations

  1. Northwell Vassar Brothers Medical Center
  2. Northwell Danbury Hospital Pathology
  3. Northwell Putnam Hospital
  4. Northwell Health Pathology at New Milford Hospital
  5. Northwell Sharon Hospital
  6. Northwell Norwalk Hospital Pathology
  7. Northwell Northern Dutchess Hospital

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • Capital District Physicians' Health Plan
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • ConnectiCare
  • Consumer Health Network
  • Coventry-Aetna
  • EmblemHealth
  • Empire BlueCross Blue Shield
  • Empire Plan
  • Fidelis Care
  • Hamaspik
  • Health Plus
  • MagnaCare
  • Medicaid Connecticut
  • Medicaid New York
  • Medicare
  • Medicare Connecticut
  • Medicare Railroad
  • Multiplan Inc
  • MVP Health Care
  • Northwell Direct
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • Tricare Humana Military
  • United Healthcare
  • Wellcare