Dr Nirupama Sabhapathy
A DNB-qualified pathologist with more than twenty-five years in medicine. Today she is a DHA-licensed Specialist in Clinical Pathology and Lab Director at Intel Lab, and no abnormal result leaves the lab without a specialist's second look.
- 25+Years in medicine
- 2014DNB in Pathology, National Board of Examinations
- ISO 15189Accredited laboratory standard
- DHALicensed Specialist, Clinical Pathology
About Dr Nirupama Sabhapathy
Dr Nirupama Sabhapathy is a DHA-licensed Specialist in Clinical Pathology and Lab Director at Intel Lab, Dubai. She oversees laboratory operations and quality assurance across every testing panel: each abnormal result passes a specialist review before it reaches you.
She trained at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MBBS, 1997), completed a Diploma in Clinical Pathology in Bengaluru in 2006, and holds the DNB in Pathology from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (2014).
- Clinical Pathology
- Laboratory Medicine
- Quality Assurance
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Credentials & training
Licenses and qualifications: verifiable on the issuing bodies' public registers.
- 2026DHA License: Specialist Clinical PathologyDubai Health Authority · License 65077850-007 · Intel Lab L.L.C
- 2014DNB, PathologyNational Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India
- 2006Diploma in Clinical Pathology (DCP)Bengaluru, India
- 1997MBBSManipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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