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Remembering Douglas B. Cines, MD

December 10, 2025

The Department mourns the loss of our dear colleague Dr. Doug Cines. 

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Department News

Open Pathology Positions

November 07, 2024

The Department is currently hiring! Faculty positions are available in Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Digital Pathology, Molecular Genetic Pathology, and Neuropathology/Neurodegeneration. 

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Dr. Carl June Honored for Transformative Innovation

November 30, 2025

For his work and commitment to transforming patient care, Dr. Carl June received the inaugural Broermann Medical Innovation Award and the 2025 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine. He was also named among U.S. News and World Report's 2025 Best Leaders in Health. 

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Drs. Fortuna and Ko Recognized for Rising Impact

November 29, 2025

Dr. Danielle Fortuna and Dr. Jina Ko have been recognized as early career faculty making outstanding impacts in their fields. 

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Dr. Zubair Baloch Receives Prestigious Reagan Cytology Award

September 12, 2025

Zubair W. Baloch, MD, PhD received the James W. Reagan Award from the International Academy of Cytology for his outstanding achievements in clinical cytology.

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2025 Pathology "Top Docs" in Philadelphia Magazine

May 27, 2025

Drs. Zubair Baloch, Rossitza Draganova-Tacheva, David Elder, Franz Fogt, Zissimos Mourelatos, Xiawoei (George) Xu, Gordon Yu, and Paul J. Zhang, are among the top pathologists in the region. 

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Remembering Michael P. Cancro, PhD

February 07, 2025

The Department mourns the loss of our beloved colleague, mentor, and friend Dr. Michael Cancro.

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Remembering Professor Virginia LiVolsi, MD (1943-2024)

March 11, 2024

The Department mourns the loss of our esteemed colleague, mentor, and friend Virginia LiVolsi, MD, an icon in the field of endocrine pathology. 

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Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Research Day 2024

February 12, 2024

Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 8:00am - 4:15pm, Biomedical Research Building (BRB II/III) - Glen Gaulton Auditorium. Please join us for this year's Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Research Day! Faculty, staff and trainees will come together to showcase the exciting research being conducted at Penn.

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Dr. Gerard D. Schellenberg Honored with BrightFocus Scientific Impact Award

August 29, 2023

Gerard D. Schellenberg, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director of the Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, is the recipient of the 2023 BrightFocus Scientific Impact Award for his work to further scientific understanding of the connection between genomics and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Penn Undergrads Help Dr. Malek Kamoun in Efforts to Improve Kidney Matching

August 24, 2023

Penn Path & Lab Professor Dr. Malek Kamoun and Dr. Ryan Urbanowicz of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are developing machine learning strategies to improve matching in kidney transplants and decrease the risk of recipient graft failure. This summer, they received help from three Penn students through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.  

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Dr. Yanxiang Deng Named 2023 Blavatnik Regional Award Laureate in Life Sciences

August 18, 2023

Dr. Yanxiang Deng has been named the 2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards Laureate in Life Sciences for his work on novel “spatial-omics” tools that provide unique insight into how cells behave relative to their location in a complex tissue.

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Enrique Olguín-Martínez, PhD Named a 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences

June 15, 2023

Enrique Olguín-Martínez, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Henao-Mejia lab studying how diet-induced inflammation promotes childhood obesity, has been named a 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. He will be mentored by an alum of the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences - Dr. Jorge Henao-Mejia. 

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2023 Pathology "Top Docs" in Philadelphia Magazine

May 10, 2023

Drs. Adam Bagg, Zubair Baloch, David Elder, Franz Fogt, Virginia LiVolsi, Xiaowei (George) Xu, and Gordon Yu are among the top pathologists in the region.

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Appointment of George Jabboure Netto, MD, as Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

March 28, 2023

Dr. Netto's appointment, effective August 1, 2023, marks the next phase of leadership for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Penn Medicine, which previously excelled under the leadership of David B. Roth, MD, PhD, and, most recently, under the strong and capable stewardship of interim chair Kathleen T. Montone, MD.

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USCAP Annual Meeting 2023 Awards

March 21, 2023

Stowell-Orbison Awards for PGY-3 resident Dr. Stephanie Hurwitz and CAPA Teaching Award for Dr. Zhaohai Yang.

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New Pathology Residents for 2023-24

March 17, 2023

We welcome nine new pathology residents with a variety of academic career goals in AP/CP, AP/NP, and CP only.

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Please Consider Donating to the Virginia M.-Y. Lee and John Q. Trojanowski Portrait Fund

March 10, 2023

Your gift will help fund a commissioned portrait of them to honor their groundbreaking discoveries and advances in neurodegenerative disease research. Donate here

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Dr. Zubair Baloch Elected to 2022 Penn Medicine Academy of Master Clinicians

February 16, 2023

Academy recognizes Penn Medicine clinicians who exemplify the highest standards of clinical excellence, humanism and professionalism.

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Faculty and Staff in the News Winter 2022-23

February 10, 2023

Featuring postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mayassa Bou-Dargham, a $25 million gift for a Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, the first cohort of the AABB's certified Advanced Biotherapies Professional (CABP) credential, research grants for Drs. Saba Ghassemi and Christopher Sande, a podcast on laboratory preparedness for the current monkeypox outbreak by Dr. Kyle Rodino, and Dr. Roseann Wu, who joins the American Board of Pathology’s Test Development and Advisory Committee for Cytopathology.

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