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January 30, 2001
AmeriPath Presents at the 2001 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference James C. New, Chairman & CEO, January 30, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Michelle D. Getty
Investor Relations
AmeriPath, Inc.
561-845-1850
E-mail: invrel@ameripath.com

Riviera Beach, FL, January 29, 2001 - AmeriPath Inc, (NASDAQ: PATH), the nation's largest company focused on providing anatomic pathology, cancer diagnostic and related healthcare information services, announced today that Chairman and CEO, James C. New, will participate in the 2001 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference at the Pierre Hotel in New York City on January 30, 2001.  Mr. New is scheduled to deliver the Company's presentation at 2:00 p.m. EDT. A live webcast of the presentation will be accessible on-demand through the website www.investorconference.com in the form of a slide show with an audio component.  The webcast will also be accessible on the AmeriPath website, www.ameripath.com.

AmeriPath, Inc. is the nation's largest company focused on providing anatomic pathology, cancer diagnostic and related healthcare information services to physicians, hospitals, national clinical laboratories and managed care organizations.  The Company's 426 physicians provide medical services through 42 outpatient pathology laboratories, 224 hospital inpatient laboratories, and 64 outpatient surgery centers in 21 states.

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The statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" which are based on current beliefs and expectations. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. In addition, forward-looking statements - which are identified by words such as "may", "should", "believe," "expect," "anticipate" and similar expressions -- are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those expected or anticipated. These include risks and uncertainties relating to satisfaction of closing conditions, demand for pathology services, pricing, federal and state regulation (and compliance), reimbursement rates, government and third party payments, the ability to attract, motivate, and retain pathologists, dependence upon pathologists and contracts, the development and expansion of managed care and national clinical lab contracts, completion and integration of acquisitions and affiliations (and achievement of planned or expected synergies), competitive factors and technology. Further information regarding risks, uncertainties and other factors that could affect the Company's financial results, or could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or anticipated, are included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and subsequent filings with the SEC.