Specialty Division

Anatomic Pathology

Clinical Expertise

Autopsy pathology

Education

BA (Biology), Brown University, 1979
MD (Medicine), Baylor College of Medicine, 1983

Specialty Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986
Combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 1996
Voluntary Recertification in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2014

Postgraduate Training

Intern, Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1983-84
Resident, Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1984-86
Resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Fellow in Hematopathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 1990-96

Awards and Honors

Elected to Sigma Xi, Society for Scientific Research, Brown University Chapter, 1979
Clinician of the Year Award, CIGNA Healthplan, Houston, Texas, 1987
Outstanding Faculty Member Award for Teaching in the Basic Sciences (from the Class of 1996), Baylor College of Medicine, 1993
John P. McGovern Award for Teaching in the Basic Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1994
Gender Equity Award for Teaching in the Basic Sciences, Baylor Chapter, American Medical Women's Association, 1995
Best Small Group Leader Award in Basic Sciences (from the Class of 1999), Baylor College of Medicine, 1996
Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the Graduating Class of 1996, Baylor College of Medicine, 1996
Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the Graduating Class of 1997, Baylor College of Medicine, 1997
Outstanding Course Director Award from the Class of 2002, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2000
Peter C. Nowell Teaching Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2000
Outstanding Discussion Group Leader Award from the Class of 2003, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001
Outstanding Course Director Award from the Class of 2003, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001
Outstanding Course Director Award from the Class of 2004, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001
Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002
Peter C. Nowell Teaching Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006
Best Section Leader in Module 2 from the Class of 2009, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006
Best Pathology Instruction from the Class of 2010, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007
Best Lecturer in the MDTI Course Award from the Class of 2011, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2008
Best Course Director in Module 2 from the Class of 2012, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2009
Harvard Macy Scholar, "A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Science Education," 2010
Provost Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
Table Host, Elizabeth Blackwell Society, Annual Women in Medicine Luncheon, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Most Outstanding Teacher of the MDTI Course from the Class of 2019, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2016
Best of Mechanisms of Disease and Therapeutic Interventions Award from the Class of 2020, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2017
Penn Pearls Award, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2019
David B. P. Goodman, MD, PhD Award for University Service, University of Pennsylvania, 2022

Memberships and Professional Organizations

Delaware County Medical Society, 1998-present
Pennsylvania Medical Society, 1998-present
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1998-present
-------- Curriculum Committee, 1998-2011, 2014-present
-------- Course Director/Course Representative Committee, 1998-2012, 2015-present
-------- Admissions Committee, 1999-2002, 2004-05, 2007-10, 2015-17
-------- Pre-Clinical Academic Performance Committee, 2000-02
-------- Teaching Awards Selection Committee, 2004-21
-------- Teaching Dossier Standard Setting and Policy Committee, 2006-09
-------- Faculty Affairs and Professional Development (FAPD) Teaching Advisory Committee, 2007-11
-------- Academic Clinician Advisory Committee, 2011-23
-------- Education Computing Advisory Board, 2011-17 (Co-Chair, 2014-17)
-------- Medical Student Interest Group in Pathology, Faculty Advisor, 2014-18
-------- Academic Clinician Appointment & Promotion Criteria Review Committee, 2016-18
-------- Subcommittee for the Development of a Precision Medicine Curriculum, Chair, 2016-18
-------- Faculty Teaching Data Repository Committee, 2016-21
-------- Teaching Standards Committee, 2018-23
-------- Information Technology Council, 2021
-------- Teaching Impact Committee, 2021-23
-------- Education Evaluation and Standards Committee, 2023-present
Group for Research in Pathology Education, 1999-2012 (Secretary and Executive Committee, 2009-11)
American Society of Clinical Pathology, 2000-23
College of American Pathologists, 2000-present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2000-23
Gender Equity Council, University of Pennsylvania, 2004-07
Association of Pathology Chairs, Undergraduate Medical Educators Section (UMEDS), 2005-present
-------- Secretary-Treasurer Elect, 2007-08
-------- UMEDS Strategic Planning Committee, 2008-09
-------- Secretary-Treasurer, 2008-09
-------- Chair-Elect, 2009-10
-------- Chair, 2010-11
-------- Immediate Past Chair, 2011-12
-------- UMEDS Nominating Committee, Chair, 2012
International Association of Medical Science Educators, 2005-11
National Board of Medical Examiners, Pathology Test Item Writing Committee, 2007-10
Association of Pathology Chairs, Program Directors Section (PRODS), 2011-14 (Council Member at Large, 2013-14)
Pathology Society of Philadelphia, 2011-18
Humanity Gifts Registry of Pennsylvania, 2017-present (Executive Secretary, 2019-present)

Web Links

Selected Publications