Born and raised a New Yorker, Dr. Padula decided to move to Europe to attend medical school in Italy at the University of Rome where he also did research in Pediatric Oncology. Upon graduating, he returned to the states where he completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and completed fellowships in Surgical pathology and Hematopathology at NYU School of Medicine and MD Anderson. This led to an experience in Academic Medicine and ultimately to Neogenomics where his primary role is that of a Hematopathologist.