Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology, was installed as the 2026-2027 president of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) during the annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, effective April 1, 2026.
Magi-Galluzzi previously served as president-elect of the organization for 2025-2026. USCAP is a global network of pathologists committed to advancing the field through innovative education. The organization provides pathologists with accessible learning opportunities and intergenerational experiences to improve patient outcomes. USCAP’s current membership is greater than 8,500 pathologists, making it the largest of the International Academy of Pathology’s 54 world-wide divisions.
“It is an honor and a privilege to assume the presidency of USCAP,” said Magi-Galluzzi. “I look forward to continuing the work of our phenomenal past presidents and working alongside our dedicated Board of Directors, committees, staff and members to propel the mission of USCAP forward.”
Magi-Galluzzi earned her medical degree from the University of Ancona School of Medicine and her Ph.D. in oncologic human pathology at the University of Verona, both in Italy. She completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston followed by a fellowship in urologic pathology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore in 2003. She joined the faculty at Cleveland Clinic in 2003 and was promoted to full professor by 2014. She served there until 2018 and was director of genitourinary pathology from 2004 to 2018.
In 2018, Magi-Galluzzi joined UAB as Division Director of Anatomic Pathology and as C. Bruce Alexander Endowed Professor. In March 2024, she was named chair of the Department of Pathology, and later that year, the Robert and Ruth Alexander Endowed Chair in Pathology.
Her clinical expertise is the pathological diagnosis of genitourinary diseases, including prostate, bladder, testicular, adrenal and kidney malignancies. Her research interest focuses on prostate carcinogenesis and in the discovery and validation of tumor markers and genomic tests of value in furthering the goals of successful treatment and understanding of the pathogenesis of genitourinary disease. She is a senior scientist in the UAB O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS). Magi-Galluzzi has served on the USCAP Board of Directors and as secretary of the Arthur Purdy Stout Society. She is currently the president of GUPS.
Magi-Galluzzi is the author of more than 280 peer-reviewed publications, dozens of book chapters and as editor of four books on genitourinary pathology. She has co-authored chapters in the 5th edition of the WHO Classification of Urinary and Male Genital Tumours. Magi-Galluzzi has presented and lectured extensively at national and international meetings and has conducted numerous courses, workshops and slide seminars in urological pathology.