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11th Annual CHAMP Research Symposium
A one-afternoon event showcasing scientific presentations by Department faculty and trainees with open discussions for applying lessons learned to attendee areas of interest.
7th Annual Protein Folding Diseases Initiative Symposium
Join Us Virtually!
The University of Michigan’s Protein Folding Diseases Initiative will be holding its 7th Annual Symposium starting at 12:00 pm, via Zoom.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research Published in Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research from the Department of Pathology was just published in the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Learn more about this publication, which highlights GI samples from COVID-19 patients, led by Dr. Maria Westerhoff [...]
Henry Appelman, MD Featured in The Pathologist
Dr. Henry Appelman, the M.R. Abell Professor of Surgical Pathology, Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology, was recently featured in an interview by Dr. Ivan Damjanov for The Pathologist [...]
Department of Pathology Shines at 2021 Virtual USCAP Meeting
The Department of Pathology was well represented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), held March 13-18, 2021. This year's event was reconstructed into a fully virtual format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with participants able to tune in and contribute from all over the world. Several of our faculty and trainees were featured at this year's conference. Let's take a moment to recap some key highlights from #USCAP2021.
"A Correct Diagnosis Can Be Life-Changing": Dr. Rohit Mehra
Dr. Mehra discusses his career path and how he arrived at Michigan Medicine in our latest Careers in Pathology video.
Linda O'Brien retires after 30 years!
The Department of Pathology bids a fond farewell to administrative assistant Ms. Linda O’Brien, who is set to retire from the Department at the end of February. Linda leaves the department with over 30 years of service, primarily working with the GI pathology faculty [...]
Faculty Spotlight: Michael J. Caplan, MD
Michael Caplan, MD is no stranger to the University of Michigan Department of Pathology. This is actually his fourth time joining the Department! After completing a BS in Criminalistics at Michigan State University and an MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Caplan joined the Department for the first time as an AP/CP Resident from 1987-1992.
Telepathology: A Prime Application of Digital Pathology
Technological advances have made telepathology a reality for many pathologists, allowing challenging case consultations regardless of where the expert may be located. Recently, Dr. Liron Pantanowitz, Director of Anatomic Pathology, presented a keynote address entitled, "Telepathology: Still the #1 application of digital pathology" at the 7th Digital Pathology & AI Congress: Europe, December 1, 2020.
Faculty Spotlight: Myra Khan, DO
While in medical school, Dr. Myra Kahn discovered her love for gross pathology during a pathology rotation. This led her to a residency in Anatomic Pathology at the University of Chicago from 2014-2018. As a resident, Forensic Pathology “[put] together my interest for gross pathology along with autopsy,“ shared Khan. She also discovered her love for breast pathology [...]
Utilizing Machine Learning in Pathology
In a recently published Nature Reviews-Nephrology review article, “Digital pathology and computational image analysis in nephropathology,” Dr. Ulysses G. J. Balis discussed how the emergence of digital pathology — an image-based environment for the acquisition, management, and interpretation of pathology information supported by computational techniques for data extraction and analysis — is changing the pathology ecosystem [...]
Study of SARS-CoV-2 reveals new disease surveillance method
In a broadly collaborative effort, Pathology faculty Drs. Carl Schmidt, Jeffrey Myers, Kristine Konopka, Paul Lephart, and Teresa Nguyen joined Michigan Medicine faculty from the departments of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Mathematics and Complex Systems, and the School of Public Health in a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases entitled “SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in decedents in a large, urban medical examiner’s office.”
The COVID-19 Heroes You Haven't Met Yet: Behind the Scenes of a Pandemic
When people think about forensic pathology, images of crime shows where an investigator sets out to determine a murder victim’s cause of death often come to mind. However, it’s important to acknowledge the crucial role this field actually plays in our collective response to death, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unravel...
Liron Pantanowitz, MBBCh named new Director of Anatomic Pathology
Please welcome Dr. Pantanowitz to the Department.
Frontline Workers in the Backrooms of COVID-19: Caring for the Living and the Dead
Dr. Jeffrey Myers discusses the importance of frontline workers and their caring of patients - alive or deceased - during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 Annual Report Now Available
The Department of Pathology 2019 Annual Report is now available online. Our department continues to show outstanding performance and growth and the past year was another example of why our department is one of the best in the world.
In the report, you will read about [...]
Dr. Farkash Featured on 'PathPod' Podcast
Dr. Farkash recently sat down with the podcast team to discuss renal pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Eman Adbulfatah Awarded at USCAP
Genitourinary pathology fellow, Dr. Eman Abdulfatah, recently received the International Society of Urologic Pathology (ISUP) Excellence in Urologic Pathology Award for her abstract presentation, [...]
Department Hosts 11th Annual CHAMP Research Symposium
Event showcases clinical and translational research.
Faculty Spotlight: Milad Webb, MD, PhD
Great mentorship, at just the right time, led Milad Webb, MD, PhD, to specialize in forensic Pathology. After completing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada in Reno, Webb earned his MD at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. He then enrolled in residency training at [...]
“Detroit’s Daily Docket” Podcast Sheds Light on the Medical Examiner Process
A new podcast out of the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, in partnership with the Michigan Medicine Department of Pathology, provides education for the lay public and armchair detective. Drs. Leigh Hlavaty, Lokman Sung, Milad Webb, and Omar Rayes are your guides through the field of forensic pathology [...]
Faculty Spotlight: Vipulkumar Dadhania, MBBS
Vipulkumar Dadhania, MBBS, is fascinated with learning. It’s this passion that will keep him evolving in his career. He joined U-M in August of 2019 as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pathology. His primary interests are genitourinary pathology and breast pathology. [...]
Dr. Wilson Becomes New Director of Autopsy and Forensic Services
After a nationwide search, Allecia (Lisa) Wilson, MD, has been named the new Director of Autopsy and Forensic Services. Wilson follows the leadership of Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen. In addition to this new role, Wilson serves as Residency Program Director [...]
Cervical Health Awareness Month
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. While cervical health is important twelve months of the year, it’s a great time to schedule necessary appointments and screenings. According to Dr. Richard Lieberman, with regular health screenings and the use of pap-smear testing, death rates from cervical cancer have dropped 90% since 1943. [...]
Mike McVicker Named Administrative Manager for Clinical Operations
We are pleased to announce that Mike McVicker is the new Administrative Manager for Clinical Operations in the Department of Pathology.
Mike has worked at Michigan Medicine for over 13 years, kicking off his career in the Specimen Processing division [...]
Dr. Rajiv Patel named Section Head for Dermatopathology
It is with great pleasure that we announce Dr. Rajiv “Raj” Patel as our new Section Head (Director) for Dermatopathology effective February 1, 2020. [...]
Dr. Milad Webb's presentation draws attention at NAME
The National Association of Medical Examiners met recently in Kansas City, MO, for their annual conference. University of Michigan forensic pathologist, Milad Webb, MD, PhD, presented on the critical national shortage of forensic pathologists, as well as pathologists in general [...]
Faculty Spotlight: Sean Ferris, MD, PhD
In September of 2019, Sean Ferris, MD, PhD, moved his family from San Francisco to Ann Arbor to join the Department of Pathology as an assistant professor specializing in neuropathology in the division of anatomic pathology. [...]
PCR-based TERT Promoter Assays Aid in Bladder Cancer Diagnosis
Our department's clinical resident Alex Taylor, MD, joined postdoctoral fellow Rahul Mannon, PhD, and other researchers from the Department of Pathology and the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, who found that patients with a long-standing history of prostate cancer and other prostatic issues can find difficulty [...]
Navigating Change
The Department of Pathology embraces the future while navigating through multiple changes as it settles into its new laboratory home.
Study led by McMullen and Chan published in the American Journal of Surgical Pathology
A study by Drs. Emily McMullen, Paul Harms, Lori Lowe, Doug Fullen, and May Chan is published in the September issue of the American Journal of Surgical Pathology (AJSP). Calciphylaxis is a dermatologic emergency where an accurate and timely diagnosis is crucial but [...]
Paying Attention to the Details
For Omar Rayes, MD, accepting a faculty position in Michigan feels like coming home. Born in Damascus, Syria, Rayes moved to Cincinnati after medical school. He did a year of research at Cincinnati Children’s hospital before embracing life in Michigan during his [...]
Team Publishes on Ewing-Like Sarcomas
Collaborative work by Dr. Grace Wang, Dr. Bryan Betz, Dr. Paul Harms, Dr. Rajiv Patel, Dr. Dafydd Thomas, Dr. Jonathan McHugh, and Dr. David Lucas has resulted in a paper published [...]
Employee Recognition Reception Honors Members of the Pathology Family
Staff members were recognized for their years of service and for going above and beyond.
Greenson and Owens Publish Third Edition of Diagnostic Pathology Gastrointestinal
The third edition of Diagnostic Pathology Gastrointestinal has been released. The textbook, authored by the Department of Pathology's Joel Greenson and Scott Owens, is an award-winning volume in the Diagnostic Pathology series. This one-stop reference for [...]
Advances in Forensic Medicine and Pathology 2019 Conference
The University of Michigan hosted nearly 100 forensic pathologists, medical examiners, death investigators, coroners, and others at Weber’s Inn in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
New Publications on Microbiome
Three publications by Carl Schmidt, MD, Professor of Forensic Pathology, Wayne County Medical Examiner, were released [...]
Dr. Jentzen Honored by Gift of Life Michigan
Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen has been recognized with one of eighteen 2019 Donation Champion Awards from Gift of Life Michigan for his work promoting [...]
Drs. Westerhoff and Greenson Co-write Chapter in Histology Text Book
The Fifth Edition of Histology for Pathologists has just been published by Wolters Kluwer and Maria Westerhoff, MD, and Joel Greenson, MD, co-wrote the chapter on colon histology. The newest edition of this award-winning book is a comprehensive collection of normal histology written by anatomic pathologists for anatomic pathologists. The book is designed to [...]
Dr. Charles Parkos Inducted into Association of American Physicians
Dr. Charles Parkos, Carl V. Weller Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology, has been inducted into the Association of American Physicians (AAP). Founded in 1885, the AAP is an organization of leading senior physician-scientists [...]
Rajiv M. Patel, MD, is the Editor of New Cutaneous Soft Tissue Tumor Textbook
Dr. Rajiv Patel, along with Dr. Steven D. Billings and Dr. Darya Buehler, has edited the textbook, Soft Tissue Tumors of the Skin. A useful tool for daily sign-out, the beautifully-illustrated book outlines
U-M Biomedical Photographer Helps Families Heal
Every day at Michigan Medicine’s University Hospital, Lisa Belanger Neal uses a camera to demystify death.
10th Annual CHAMP Research Day Registration Now Open
The 10th annual CHAMP Research Day will be held on Thursday, February 7th, 2019 from 3:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the Research Auditorium located in building 10 of the North Campus Research Complex. The event will feature presentations by Department of Pathology trainees and faculty [...]
Another Bell is Rung!
On Thursday, December 20, 2018, at 3:30 pm, the founders of InheRET, Inc., participated in the bell ringing ceremony at the University of Michigan’s Technology Transfer office. The event signaled the formal licensing of technology developed at the University of Michigan to the spin-off corporation.
InheRET, Inc., developed jointly by the Department of Pathology and the Department of Internal Medicine faculty and staff, has produced an online family health history questionnaire. It interprets patient-entered data [...]
Laurie Griesinger, MD, takes Top Prizes at Resident Research Competition
Second-year resident, Laurie Griesinger, MD, won both second and third place at the 2018 Winter Resident Research Competition on December 1st at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan. The competition, held annually by the Michigan Society of Pathologists during their Winter Meeting, is open to [...]
Jiaqi Shi Awarded Grant from the National Cancer Institute
Jiaqi Shi, MD, PhD, has been awarded a KO8 (Career Development Award) from the National Cancer Institute for her grant application, Linking epigenetic regulation and TGF-β signaling in [...]
Understanding the Living
A gift from the Finger family targets introducing trainees to the appeal of a career in forensic pathology.
Dr. Jeffrey Hodgin awarded U-M Precision Health Investigator Grant
Precision Health at the University of Michigan has chosen Dr. Jeffrey Hodgin as one of ten recipients of its Investigators Awards. The grants, totaling nearly $3 million, are of up to $300,000 each [...]
Improvement Projects Highlighted During Quality Month
The Department's commitment to collaboration and innovation well-represented at Quality Month event.
U-M Pathology seeks New Director of the Division of Anatomic Pathology
The Department of Pathology at Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is seeking an MD or MD, PhD academic pathologist with a track record of accomplishments in a leadership role to head our academic Division of Anatomic Pathology [...]
Pediatric Pathologists meet in Ann Arbor for SPP’s Fall Meeting
Over 100 pathologists traveled from as far as Israel and Singapore traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan for this year’s Society for Pediatric Pathology 2018 Fall Meeting. Hosted by the University of Michigan at the Graduate Hotel, guests [...]
Dermpath Faculty contribute to New Edition of WHO Textbook
The Fourth Edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Skin Tumours has been released. Edited by David E. Elder, Daniela Massi, Richard A. Scolyer, and Rein Willemze, the book contains content contributed by the Department of Pathology’s [...]
Dr. Udager receives Grant from U-M Prostate SPORE
The University of Michigan SPORE in Prostate Cancer has awarded Aaron Udager, MD, PhD, with a two-year Prostate SPORE Career Enhancement Program (CEP) grant of $60,00 per year. The Department of Pathology will contribute matching funds of another [...]
Careers in Pathology: Dr. Scott Owens
In our first episode of Careers in Pathology (#CareersinPathology), Dr. Scott Owens talks about his different roles in the University of Michigan Department of Pathology as a gastrointestinal pathologist, Director of the Division of Quality and Health Improvement, and medical school educator.
New Mechanism in Aggressive Breast Cancer Discovered
A collaboration out of the Molecular and Cellular Pathology graduate program could lead to new treatment strategies.
Lauren Rosen, MD becomes Michigan Medicine's newest Breast Pathologist
As a teenager, Lauren Rosen, MD, was an avid reader and watcher of everything about forensics. Her parents were both nurses at a nearby hospital and fostered her interests in science and medicine by arranging for her to view an autopsy. Loving the [...]
She Designed a Life She Loves
The story of how Kathleen R. Cho, MD, created a career in which she excels at diagnostics, research, and administration.
Fall Orientation for Clinical Investigators
8:00 am – 11:30 am | University Hospital Room UH 2C224
Michigan Medicine Hospitals Ranked No. 5 in the Nation By U.S. News and World Report
Commitments to patient care and innovative technologies earn us top ratings.
Dr. Giordano Published in Endocrine-Related Cancer
Thomas Giordano, MD, PhD, the Henry Clay Bryant Professor of Pathology, has published an invited review article in a special issue of Endocrine-Related Cancer, celebrating 65 years of the double helix. In Classification of endocrine tumors in the age of integrated genomics, Giordano shares [...]
Dr. Asma Nusrat elected President of the American Society for Investigative Pathology
Congratulations to Asma Nusrat, MD, the Aldred Scott Warthin Professor and director of experimental pathology in the Michigan Medicine Department of Pathology, for her election as president of the American Society for Pathology for [...]
Dr. Gabriel Nuñez selected for the 2019 Rous-Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology
Dr. Gabriel Nuñez, the Paul de Kruif Endowed Professor of Inflammation & Immunology and Co-Director of Immunology and Host Response Program in the Michigan Medicine Department of Pathology, has been [...]
U-M Faculty Edit, Contribute to New Cytology Textbook
The textbook, Atlas of Non-Gynecologic Cytology, has been released as part of the Atlas of Anatomic Pathology series. The book was edited by U-M’s Associate Professor of Pathology, Xin Jing, MD, as well as [...]
Dr. Khatri et al. Published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Dr. Sameer Khatri along with the Department of Pathology's Drs. Min Wang, Paul Harms, Douglas Fullen, Aleodor Andea, and May Chan, in collaboration with other U-M [...]
Celina G. Kleer, MD selected for the 2018 MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award
Congratulations to Dr. Celina Kleer, the Harold A. Oberman Collegiate Professor of Pathology, who has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the 7th Annual MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award!
Dr. Kleer was nominated by her trainees as well as peers at U-M Medical [...]
Advances in Forensic Medicine & Pathology 2018 Conference Recap
U-M hosts experts and trainees as they sharpen skills and discuss trends in forensic medicine.
Department of Pathology Celebrates Staff Achievements
Kelly Dotson, representing the Employee Recognition Program Committee recognized 94 Pathology Employees at this year’s Employee Recognition Program held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Employees were honored 10 to 40 years of service and for receiving Above and Beyond Awards for exceptional acts of service. Click through for a complete listing of our exceptional employees.
Winners of the Inaugural Poster Session at the Advances in Forensic Medicine and Pathology Conference
Congratulations to both Sarah Avedschmidt, MD, and Anna (Ania) Owczarczyk, MD, PhD, winners of the outstanding poster award at the first annual poster session for the Advances in Forensic Medicine and Pathology Conference on May 10, 2018! Posters presented at this year’s Advances in Forensic Medicine & Pathology Conference [...]
Drs. Fullen, Chan, Andea Co-Author Book on Immunoflourescence
University of Michigan Pathology faculty Douglas Fullen, MD, May Chan, MD, Aleodor Andea, MD, along with David Arps, MD, from Consolidated Pathology Consultants (a former dermatopathology fellow at University of Michigan), have co-authored a new book titled, Handbook of Direct Immunofluorescence: A Pattern-Based [...]
Chinnaiyan and Mehra Contribute to Paper on PD-L1 Expression
Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD and Rohit Mehra, MD are contributing authors of a new paper, Comprehensive evaluation of PD-L1 expression in primary and metastatic prostate cancer, published in The American Journal of [...]
Scott Owens Receives Medical School's Most Prestigious Teaching Award
Scott Owens, MD has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Pre-Clinical Teaching, joining [...]
New Gastrointestinal Pathologist Strives for Excellence and Joie De Vivre
The desire to propel her research has brought Maria Westerhoff, MD to the University of Michigan
Women’s History Month - Ruth C. Wanstrom, MD
Highlighting one of the first female University of Michigan Department of Pathology faculty.
World TB Day – Wanted: Leaders for a TB-Free World
Pathology's involvement in tuberculosis research and diagnosis
Mary Jo Bishop Awarded Michigan Medicine Gold Medal
Ten individuals and teams at Michigan Medicine have been named gold medalists for their commitment to education, research, and patient care, including Anatomic and Surgical Pathology's Mary Jo Bishop. [...]
U-M Alumnus Returns as New Cytopathology Faculty
Faculty Spotlight - Richard Cantley, MD
Immunohistochemistry Used to Investigate Genetic Link
The work entitled The Utility of SDHB and FH Immunohistochemistry in Patients Evaluated for Hereditary Paraganglioma-Pheochromocytoma Syndromes by Aaron M. Udager, MD, PhD, and colleagues in the Department of Pathology was published in Human Pathology on [...]
Faculty Contribute to 11th Edition of Best-Selling Textbook
Kalyani Naik Wins 2017 ASC Cytopathology Achievement Award
Laura Lamps, MD Becomes Newest Endowed Professor
Facebook Live Video Highlights New Frontiers in Pathology Conference
Histopathologic Comparison of Epidermotropic Melanoma Metastases and Primary Nodular Melanoma
New FISH Assays to Aid Renal Cancer Diagnosis
The Smallest Among Us
Sriram Venneti receives ASCI young Physician-Scientist Award
Senior resident publishes Breast Pathology consultation practice at Michigan Medicine
Disruptive Innovations Lead to New Global Impact Opportunities in Pathology
Recent Faculty Directorships
Dr. Judy Pang has done an amazing job as the interim Cytopathology Director; so amazing, in fact, that she was unanimously chosen to stay at the helm as the Cytopathology Director! Congrats to Dr. Pang! Stepping into Dr. Pang's shoes is Dr. Andrew Sciallis, who will be taking over as the Immunohistochemistry Lab Director.
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Laura W. Lamps, MD wins the President’s Award at USCAP, 2017
Each year, the President and Executive Committee of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology have the opportunity to recognize an individual for outstanding service to the field and to the Academy. This year, Laura W. Lamps, MD received the honor. Dr. Lamps is the Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Gastrointestinal Pathology and also serves as Michigan Medicine’s Patient Safety Officer. [ ... ]
Collaboration Leads to Time-Saving Microscopic Imaging Technique
New Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Laura Lamps, MD
Allecia Wilson, MD Named President of the Michigan Association of Medical Examiners
Assistant Professor of Forensic Pathology and Director of the Residency Training Program, Allecia Wilson, MD has been named President of the Michigan Association of Medical Examiners (MAME). MAME's mission is to foster the highest professional standards in the performance of the duties of the county medical examiners of Michigan. [ ... ]
New Breast Cancer Metastasis Mechanism Uncovered
The laboratory of Dr. Celina Kleer, Harold A. Oberman Collegiate Professor, isolated human mesenchymal stem cells from breast cancer metastasis. The lab discovered that a collagen receptor tyrosine kinase, DDR2, mediates stromal-cancer communication and induces breast cancer metastasis. The study provides the basis for the development of DDR2 inhibitors. The article appeared in Cell Reports and can be found at www.cell.com.
What Cancer Patients Should Know About Their Pathology Reports
If you have cancer, the treatment plan probably started with a pathologist’s review of your biopsy
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