Melissa P. Murray, DO - MSK Pathologist

The surgical pathologist portrayed in H&E slides sees a lot of misdiagnosed bone and soft-tissue lesions. Melissa P. Murray, DO supplies the specialized knowledge centers need via musculoskeletal pathology; synovial sarcoma, chordoma, Ewing sarcoma, giant cell tumor, osteosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma—the list narrows once a subspecialist takes a second look. In a field where a two-millimeter discrepancy can change a treatment plan, subspecialty input reduces downstream surprises, and the Upper East Side location stands within a block of multiple referral centers.

The office sits at 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, a stretch of medical real estate that sees a mix of consults and rapid reviews. They accept cutaneous soft-tissue biopsies, bone tumors, metastatic work-ups, intraoperative frozen sections, second-opinion consultations, and tumor board packets; each case tagged for clinical-radiologic correlation and finalized with an addendum when outside slides arrive. The line for a call is simple: drop a note, attach images or blocks, and someone from the back office rings back.

A clickable map keeps the commute predictable; use directions to plot routes from the FDR or the West Side Highway. No on-site slide imaging or immunohistochemistry—the focus lands on diagnosis clarity, not throughput. Outside the building, a doorman clears the sidewalk while referral couriers hustle between the big hospital doors and the mid-block entrance; inside the mail slot, glass slide trays arrive labeled simply “6 slides—rule-out osteosarcoma.”