October 23, 2002
AMERIPATH TO REPORT FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THIRD QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

Riviera Beach, FL, October 23, 2002 - AmeriPath, Inc. (Nasdaq:PATH), one of the nation's leading providers of anatomic pathology services, will release its third quarter financial results on Tuesday, October 29, 2002, before market opens. A conference call discussing the results will take place on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, www.streetevents.com. A telephonic replay of the call will also be available at 12:00 p.m., October 29th until 12:00 p.m., October 31st. The dial-in number for the telephone replay is 800-839-6713, passcode 5322716.AmeriPath is a leading national provider of cancer diagnostics, genomic, and related information services. The Company's extensive diagnostics infrastructure includes the Center for Advanced Diagnostics (CAD), a division of AmeriPath. Additionally, AmeriPath provides clinical trial and research development support to firms involved in developing new cancer and genomic diagnostics and therapeutics.