(l-r) Drs. Leon, Anderson, Magi-Galluzzi, and SandersonOn January 21, the UAB Department of Pathology honored Peter Anderson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, with a reception celebrating his retirement featuring colleagues, family and friends of Dr. Anderson.
Anderson retired at the end of 2024 after 43 years of service in the department, but has remained present to continue providing support in several teaching capacities, including the Pathology Education Instructional Resource, or PEIR, which he developed in 1999 as one of the earliest pathology education digital resources, and which is still actively used today by students and faculty worldwide. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in 1981 before completing a Veterinary and Comparative Pathology Residency Program, a joint residency between UAB and Auburn University. Upon completion in 1984, Anderson pursued a post-doctoral fellowship in UAB’s Mechanism of Hypertension Program. In 1986, he earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Cardiovascular Pathology from UAB before joining the Department of Pathology as faculty.
Dr. Peter Anderson
The reception featured remarks by Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology, Ralph Sanderson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and Anderson’s former division director, Kevin Leon, M.D., Associate Dean, UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Medical Education, and Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, Ph.D., Vice Chair for Research.
“Dr. Anderson’s remarkable research has resulted in 7 patents, one of which was purchased by Boston Scientific to develop a drug-coated stent,” Magi Galluzzi said. “He donated proceeds from this patent to fund the Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology, named in honor of his parents, the endowment I am privileged to hold now.”
“Thank you, Pete, for your decades of impact on the faculty and students here in the Department of Pathology,” Sanderson said.