Dr. Robert Horn, a pathologist specializing in renal pathology and the founder of this laboratory, has over twenty-five years experience in the practice of renal biopsy pathology, as a full-time faculty member in pathology at Vanderbilt University (1965 - 1981), as a staff pathologist at Baptist Hospital in Nashville (1981-1985), and since 1985 as the owner of this private and independent laboratory in Nashville, providing renal biopsy pathology services and diagnosis in a consultative orientation to practicing nephrologists in this region.

In 2000 Dr. Horn was joined by a full-time associate pathologist, Dr. Lilia Mauricio. Dr Mauricio received her M.D. from University of Santo Tomas Medical School, Manila, Philippines, and completed her residency at Vanderbilt University.   She served as the chief of Pathology at community hospitals for over 20 years, as a surgical pathologist, cytopathologist, and clinical laboratory physician and consultant.

Prior to joining LKP as a full-time associate pathologist in 2000, Dr. Mauricio assisted Dr. Horn on a part-time basis. Her long experience and remarkable fluency in interpreting complex pathologic and laboratory findings to her clinical colleagues, in academic practice, community hospital practice, and, now, in a referral laboratory setting, greatly enhances her expertise in the evaluation of kidney biopsies for the clientele of LKP.

Yihan Wang, M.D. joined us in February of 2007.  Dr. Wang graduated with Honors from the Wannan Medical School in Anhui, China in 1983, and in 1986 earned an M.S. in Physiology from Suzhou Medical College in Jiangsu, China, where he was an instructor and lecturer before coming to the US. Before and during his pathology residency at Tufts University School of Medicine (1999- 2003), Dr. Wang was a research fellow, instructor, and research consultant in the Renal Section at Boston University School of Medicine. After his residency, and before joining LKP, Dr. Wang completed a renal pathology fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (2003-2005), and two years of clinical practice at Nephropath in Arkansas.