APIII | Faculty

2008 Faculty

COURSE DIRECTOR

Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Pathology and
Information Science and Telecommunications
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
becich@pitt.edu

COURSE CO DIRECTORS

John R. Gilbertson, MD
Associate Chief
Department of Pathology
Director of Pathology Informatics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
GilbertsonJR@gmail.com

Daniel L. Rubin, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Research Scientist, Stanford Medical Informatics
Scientific Director, National Center for Biomedical Ontology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California
rubin@med.stanford.edu

SCIENTIFIC SESSION DIRECTOR

David J. Foran, PhD
Professor, Pathology and Radiology
Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging and Informatics
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, New Jersey
djf@pleiad.umdnj.edu

PRACTICAL INFORMATICS COURSE DIRECTORS

Anil Parwani, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Pathology Informatics
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
parwaniav@upmc.edu

John H. Sinard, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Ophthalmology
Director, Pathology Informatics
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
john.sinard@yale.edu

FACULTY

Raymond D. Aller, MD
Director, Integrated Disease Surveillance Service
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Los Angeles, California
raller@ph.lacounty.gov

Ulysses J. Balis, MD
Associate Professor and
Director, Clinical Informatics
Co-Director, Division of Pathology Informatics
Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ulysses@umich.edu

Bruce A. Beckwith, MD
Chief of Laboratory Medicine
Department of Pathology
North Shore Medical Center
Salem, MA
bbeckwith@partners.org

Stephen Black-Schaffer, MD
Associate Chief of Pathology
Director, Pathology Residency Training Program
Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
sblackschaffer@partners.org

Stephan A. Bolliger, MD
Senior Physician
Centre for Forensic Imaging and Virtopsy
Institute of Forensic Medicine
University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Stephan.bolliger@irm.unibe.cH

Lynn Bry, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Associate Medical Director
Department of Pathology
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
lbry@partners.org

Paul J. Chang, MD
Professor and Vice-Chairman, Radiology Informatics
Medical Director, Pathology Informatics
University of Chicago School of Medicine
Medical Director, Enterprise Imaging
University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, Illinois
pchang@radiology.bsd.uchicago.edu

Rebecca S. Crowley, MD, MSIS
Assistant Professor
Center for Pathology Informatics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CrowleyRS@upmc.edu

Anthony J. Demetris, MD
Starzl Professor of Transplant Pathology
Director, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
demetrisaj@upmc.edu

Anand Dighe, MD, PhD
Director, MGH Core Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
asdighe@partners.org

C. Terrence Dolan, MD
President, Regional Medical Laboratory
Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology
Oklahoma University College of Medicine
Tulsa, Oklahoma
tdolan@sjmc.org

Jon D. Duboy
Virtual Systems Technologist
Innovative Medical and Information Technologies Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
dubojx@upmc.edu

Andrew J. Evans, MD
Staff Pathologist and Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital
Ontario, Canada
andrew.evans@uhn.on.ca

Michael D. Feldman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Director, Anatomic Pathology Informatics
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Assistant Dean for IT
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
feldmanm@mail.med.upenn.edu

Jeffrey L. Fine, MD
Assistant Professor
Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
finejl@upmc.edu

Bruce A. Friedman, MD
Active Emeritus Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
bfriedma@umich.edu

Lyman Garniss, BS
Corporate Manager II
MGH Pathology Service Systems Team
Information Systems
Partners Healthcare Systems, Inc
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
LGarniss@Partners.org

Metin N. Gurcan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, Ohio
gurcan@bmi.osu.edu

Jill M. Hagenkord, MD
Director of Molecular Pathology and Clinical Genomics
Department of Pathology and Creighton Medical Laboratories
Creighton University Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
JillHagenkord@creighton.edu

Elizabeth H Hammond, MD
Pathologist
LDS Hospital
Intermountain Healthcare
Professor of Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
elizabeth.hammond@intermountainmail.org

James F. Happel, DLM (ASCP) HTL
Technical Director of Surgical Pathology Research and Development
Department of Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Jhappel@partners.org

Jonhan Ho, MD
Instructor
Departments of Dermatology and Pathology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
hoj@upmc.edu

Drazen M. Jukic, MD, PhD
Director, Dermatopathology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
jukicdm@upmc.edu

Keith J. Kaplan, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
kaplan.keith@mayo.edu

Michael Laposata, MD, PhD
Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Pathology
Professor of Medicine
Pathologist-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital
Director, Division of Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Laboratories
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Michael.laposata@Vanderbilt.edu

Jochen KM Lennerz
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow
Washington University St. Louis
Department of Pathology and Immunology
St. Louis, Missouri
JLennerz@path.wustl.edu

Angela D. Levy, COL, MC
Associate Professor of Radiology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
alevy@usuhs.mil

Joy John Mammen MBBS, MD
Fellow, Pathology Informatics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
JMAMMEN1@hfhr.org

Steve A. McClain, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
Smithtown, New York
stevem@mcclainlab.com

Michael D.D McNeely, MD FRCPC
President, Association for Pathology Informatics
Medical Director of the Provincial Laboratory
Information Solution and the Provincial Telepathology System
British Columbia, Canada
mmcneely@islandnet.com

James S. Michaelson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Departments of Pathology and Surgical Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
michaelj@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

Ashokkumar A. Patel, MD
Case Western Reserve University
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Associate
Wolstein Research Center
Cleveland, Ohio
ashok.patel@case.edu

Anthony L. Piccoli, BS
Anatomic Pathology Applications Manager
Pathology Informatics, ISD
UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
piccolial@upmc.edu

Michael W. Riben, MD
Director of Anatomic Pathology Informatics
Department of Pathology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
mriben@mdanderson.org

Mark Routbort, MD, PhD
Section Chief, Laboratory Informatics
Assistant Professor, Hematopathology
Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UT – MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
mark.routbort@mdanderson.org

Schuyler O. Sanderson, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
sanderson.schuyler@mayo.edu

Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD
Matthew J. Wilson Professor of Research Radiology
Associate Chair of Research, Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
mitchell.schnall@uphs.upenn.edu

Jared N. Schwartz, MD, PhD, FCAP
President, College of American Pathologists
Presbyterian Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
president@cap.org

J. Mark Tuthill, MD
Division Head, Pathology Informatics
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
MTUTHIL1@hfhs.org

Ronald S. Weinstein, MD
Director
Arizona Telemedicine Program
University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ
ronaldw@u.arizona.edu

Sharon Winters, MS, RHIA, CTR
Director, Registry Information Services
UPMC Cancer Centers
Adjunct Instructor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UPMC Cancer Pavilion
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
winterssb@upmc.edu

Yukako Yagi, PhD
Director of Imaging
Division of Pathology Informatics
Department of Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
yyagi@partners.org