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January 31, 2001
AmeriPath Announces Retirement of Chief Financial Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Gregory A. Marsh
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary, & Treasurer
AmeriPath, Inc.
561-712-6211

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

Riviera Beach, FL, January 31, 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 Robert P. Wynn, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer, will be leaving AmeriPath.

James C. New, Chairman and CEO commented, "Bob has been with AmeriPath since its inception and was instrumental in building our company to what it is today.  We support his decision and wish him the best of success."

Gregory A. Marsh, CPA, Vice President and Controller has been promoted to replace Mr. Wynn as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Secretary & Treasurer.  Mr. Marsh joined AmeriPath in 1996 after 13 years of accounting and financial experience with Sensormatic Electronics Corporation and Coopers & Lybrand.  He has worked diligently to develop outstanding relationships with our divisions, investors and banking partners.  Mr. Marsh, who has an excellent reputation internally and externally, will take over the growth of a well-developed organization.  He will be responsible for the financial organization as well as administration and investor relations.

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 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 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.