Professional Experience:
Dr. Sadaf Haiyat has a total of 7 years of professional experience in pathology, including 4.5 years post-MD. During her tenure as a Junior Resident at J.N.M.C.H, A.M.U, Aligarh from June 2013 to June 2016, she gained extensive experience teaching undergraduate MBBS and BDS students, conducting practical classes, and participating actively in postgraduate seminars and journal clubs. Her work encompassed a broad range of pathology disciplines, including hematology, leukemia and cytochemistry reporting, peripheral smears, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy reporting, coagulation studies, anemia profile, clinical pathology, chemical pathology, immunology, serology, blood bank, and histopathology.
From April 2017 to April 2020, Dr. Haiyat served as a Senior Resident / Demonstrator at the same institution, where she further honed her skills in hematology, hemato-oncopathology, chemical pathology, clinical pathology, blood bank/transfusion medicine, histopathology, and cytopathology, with additional expertise in frozen sections and immunofluorescence.
As a Laboratory Head and Consultant Pathologist at Popular Multispeciality Hospital, Varanasi, U.P. from August 2020 to May 2021, Dr. Haiyat supervised and approved reports in hematology, biochemistry, clinical pathology, body fluids, and immunology, ensuring strict adherence to quality control measures and ISO 150189:2012 guidelines. She also participated in the administration and management of the laboratory, including the training of technicians and staff.
In her subsequent role as a Consultant Pathologist at Dr. Lal Path NRL, Reference Lab, New Delhi from August 2021 to February 2021, Dr. Haiyat independently reported on various pathology disciplines including hematology, peripheral smears, bone marrow aspiration, biopsies, clinical pathology, cytopathology, histopathology, and oncopathology.
Currently, Dr. Haiyat serves as a Consultant Pathologist and Assistant Professor at Tata Memorial Cancer Centre/MPMMCC, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, where she has started a Molecular Pathology Lab. Her responsibilities include independently reporting on histopathology, oncopathology, hematology, hemato-oncology, peripheral smears, cytochemistry, bone marrow aspiration, biopsies, immunophenotyping interpretation, and coagulation testing. Additionally, she supervises audits for NABL Pathology, participates in EQAS of CAP and NABL, and is involved in multidisciplinary meetings, training of residents and technical staff, teaching, research, and administrative work.
Research Interest:
- Hematology and Hemato-Oncopathology
- Diagnostic Biomarkers
- Clinical and Chemical Pathology
- Cytopathology and Histopathology
- Molecular Pathology
- Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine
- Quality Control in Pathology Laboratories