Dr. Gale Kathleen Edward is a senior Histopathologist and Laboratory Medicine specialist with over 15 years of experience in diagnostic pathology, laboratory operations, quality management, and laboratory leadership. She was serving as Zonal Operational Head – South & West Zone, Laboratory Head, and Senior Consultant Histopathologist, overseeing reference laboratory operations and multiple satellite laboratories across the region at Oncquest laboratories – Bangalore.
As a laboratory medicine quality expert, Dr. Gale has played a pivotal role in implementing and maintaining NABL/NABH quality standards, strengthening laboratory governance, and ensuring regulatory compliance across diagnostic services.
In addition to her clinical and operational responsibilities, she has contributed extensively to medical education, research, and professional development through numerous publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals
- Histopathology
- Oncopathology
- Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
- Cytopathology
- Lymphoma Diagnosis
- Soft Tissue Tumor Pathology
- Laboratory Medicine
- NABL & NABH Accreditation
- Quality Management Systems
- Laboratory Operations & Administration
- Clinical Consultation & Diagnostic Correlation
- Specialized training in Breast Pathology, GIT Pathology, Oncopathology and Neuropathology.
- Specialized training in IHC of lymphoproliferative neoplasms, soft tissue tumors.
- Unravelling the significance of Immunohistochemistry in differentiating Neoplastic Lesions of Liver biopsy (2026).
- Histopathological Spectrum of Lesions in Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Biopsies: A Single Centre Experience with Review of Literature (2020).
- Subcutaneous Myoepithelioma of Foot Mimicking as Hemangioma: An Unusual Presentation with Review of Literature (2020).
- Histopathological Correlation of Endometrial Samples in Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (2019).
- Subcutaneous Scrotal Leiomyosarcoma (2019).
- Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis Following Appendicectomy (2017).
