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Congratulations to Lauren King, MD on her induction into the UTHSC Academy of Master Educators
Congratulations to Lauren King, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine on her induction into the UTHSC Academy of Master Educators!
The selection process involved a rigorous review by the AME Executive and Selection Committees. The Selection Committee was impressed with the commitment she has shown for medical education throughout her career and the impact it has had on learners. By inclusion in the Academy, Dr. King joins a cadre of like-minded medical educators with whom to collaborate on continuous quality improvement of our medical curriculum.
On September 28th, Dr. King will join her fellow inductees in a formal induction ceremony for the new class of Academy of Master Educators. The ceremony will be held in the Mooney Library on the Memphis campus.
Tejesh Surendr Patel, MD, FAAD, Named Interim Chair of the Department of Pathology
We are pleased to announce that Tejesh Surendr Patel, MD/MBBS (Lon), FAAD, has been
appointed as the interim chair of the Department of Pathology. Dr. Patel will be taking
on this additional role while continuing to fulfill his existing responsibilities
as chair and associate program director of the Department of Dermatology. His extensive
experience and strong commitment to medical education and faculty development make
him an excellent choice for this important position, and we look forward to the guidance
he will provide to the department.
We also express our sincerest appreciation to Xianfeng Frank Zhao, MD, PhD MBA, for his exceptional leadership as the previous chair of the department. Dr. Zhao's dedication has been truly commendable, and we wish him all the best as he moves forward.
We invite all members of the UT Health Science Center community to join us in welcoming
Dr. Patel to his new interim role and in expressing our gratitude to Dr. Zhao for
his outstanding service to our institution.
Pfeffer Awarded $2.6 Million to Continue Glioblastoma Research
Lawrence Pfeffer, PhD, has spent the better part of 20 years trying to improve treatments for glioblastoma, the most common malignancy of the brain and the most lethal. After over 30 years as a professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Dr. Pfeffer was nearing retirement and thought he would finish his longtime quest with some wins, but never the big one of a better drug to battle chemotherapy resistance in glioblastoma.
However, his colleagues in the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research convinced him to apply for one more grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to continue his research. As a result, Dr. Pfeffer recently was awarded $2.56 million from the NCI over the next five years to identify and target the molecular pathways that will enhance glioblastoma’s sensitivity to currently approved drug therapies. And so, he is back in the hunt. Read More
Congratulations to Our 2023 Pathology Residency Graduates!
We are so proud of Drs. Cory Bosworth (CP), Lyle Christiansen (AP/CP), and Claire Williamson (AP/CP). Congratulations and best wishes on the next steps of your careers!
Congratulations to Our 2023 Forensic Fellowship Graduates!
Best wishes for a job well done to our 2023 Forensic fellowship graduates, Drs. Laura Bagwell and Ibrahim Ortanca.
The 2023 Masoud Award
Congratulations to Dr. Dr Lyle Christensen, our 2023 recipient of the Masoud Award
for resident excellence.
Dr. Farsi Inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha
Dr. Negin Farsi was named as a resident inductee to the UTHSC Chapter of Alpha Omega
Alpha, an honor reserved for high-achieving trainees who were not named to AOA previously
in their medical school career.
Congratulations to Our 2022 Pathology Residency Graduates!
Five residents will complete their pathology residency training on June 30, 2022.
We are so proud of Drs. Alnoor, Laura Bagwell, Shuyu E, Ibrahim Ortanca, and Qandeel
Sadiq. Congratulations and best wishes on the next steps of your careers!
Sadiq Named for Several Awards
Dr. Qandeel Sadiq was named as a resident inductee to the UTHSC Chapter of Alpha Omega
Alpha, an honor reserved for high-achieving trainees who were not named to AOA previously
in their medical school career. Dr. Sadiq also received The President's Award from
the Pakistani-American Pathologists' Society in March 2022, a high honor from this
national organization.
Dr. Shuyu E Awarded Research Grant, Travel Award
Dr. Shuyu E was awarded a Society of '67 Trainee Project Grant from the Association
of Pathology Chairs to fund her research interest in hematology. She also recently
returned from an in-depth elective experience at Ventana labs in Arizona after being
awarded a 2022 Advanced Training Grant in Translational Diagnostics from the College
of American Pathologists.