The Department mourns the loss of our dear colleague Dr. Doug Cines.
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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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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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Dr. Danielle Fortuna and Dr. Jina Ko have been recognized as early career faculty making outstanding impacts in their fields.
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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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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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The Department mourns the loss of our beloved colleague, mentor, and friend Dr. Michael Cancro.
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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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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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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 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 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, 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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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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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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Stowell-Orbison Awards for PGY-3 resident Dr. Stephanie Hurwitz and CAPA Teaching Award for Dr. Zhaohai Yang.
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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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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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Academy recognizes Penn Medicine clinicians who exemplify the highest standards of clinical excellence, humanism and professionalism.
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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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