Special interests: dermatopathology and
lymphoproliferative disorders
Dr Margreth van Aartsen is a histopathologist at Sullivan
Nicolaides Pathology, Brisbane. She obtained her MBChB from the
University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa),
graduating in 2000 and migrating to Australia in 2003.
After spending several years working as a clinician
predominantly in public hospitals in South Africa and Australia,
she decided to pursue her interest in pathology. She joined the
anatomical pathology training program in Queensland and worked in
various laboratories in South East Queensland, gaining Fellowship
of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2011.
Before joining Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Dr van Aartsen
worked as a staff specialist in anatomical pathology in
Albury-Wodonga for six years, where she performed the duties of
Pathologist in Charge during the final three and a half years. She
reported a broad range of specimens, including cases from general
practitioners as well as more complex general and specialist
surgical cases and diagnostic biopsies. Having participated in
frequent multidisciplinary meetings during this time she values the
importance of good and open communication among interdisciplinary
colleagues.
Dr van Aartsen has a keen interest in ongoing education and
training of junior staff. She was the primary supervisor for
anatomical pathology registrars while at Albury-Wodonga and has
been actively involved in teaching pathology to medical students in
Queensland and at the UNSW Rural Clinical School, Albury
Campus.
In 2017, after "a wonderful and rewarding experience" on the
NSW-Victorian border she, her husband and two sausage dogs decided
to return to Brisbane. She joined Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology in
order to pursue a long-standing interest in dermatopathology.