Paul W. Gikas, M.D.
Emeritus Professor
Campus Address:
ANATOM PATH M5240 MSI 0602
1301 Catherine Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan  48109-0602
Phone:  734/763-9624
pgikas@umich.edu

Annual Report | Biography | Selected Publications

Departmental Annual Report

2000-2001 | 1999-2000

Brief Biography

Dr. Gikas received his baccalaureate degree in 1950 and his M.D. degree in 1954 from the University of Michigan.  He completed a rotating internship at Philadelphia General Hospital.  Following his residency training in Pathology at the University of Michigan Hospital and service as a medical officer in the United States Army, Dr. Gikas joined the faculty in the Department of Pathology in 1959 becoming an Assistant Professor in 1963, an Associate Professor in 1966 and Professor of Pathology in 1969. 

After an initial assignment as Chief of the Laboratory Service at the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital, he served as an attending pathologist on the Surgical and Autopsy Pathology Services at the University Hospital with special interests in nephropathology, genito-urinary pathology and the pathology of trauma.  He served as director of the Clinical Electron Microscopy Unit and director of the Autopsy Service in the Department of Pathology and research activities included investigation of the pathogenesis of injuries in fatal automobile crashes.  Results from these studies were used in testimony before Congressional committees in support of federal legislation, which mandated safety standards for automobiles.

Dr. Gikas has been active in University Affairs serving as Faculty Representative for Intercollegiate Athletics to the Big Ten Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).  He was a member of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics at the University for nine years, and he was a member of the committee, which developed the NCAA Athletic Drug Testing Program and served on the NCAA committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports for six years.

Dr. Gikas retired from the Department of Pathology in 1995, and continues to provide service on a part time basis in nephropathology, the autopsy service and teaching as an Active Professor Emeritus.  In 1990 he was appointed Assistant Dean for Medical School Admissions and retired from this position in 1997.

Dr. Gikas is a recipient of the Resident Teaching Award in the Department of Pathology and the University of Michigan Distinguished Service Award.  He is chairperson of the Board of Directors of Public Citizen, Inc., a citizen activist group, founded by Ralph Nader and based in Washington D.C.

Dr. Gikas and his wife, Suzanne, have three daughters and nine grandchildren.  Special interests include bicycling and fishing.

Selected Publications