The UAB Department of Pathology is grateful for the recent establishment of the Ona M. Faye-Petersen, M.D., Educational Support Fund, in support of the education of Pathology residency and fellowship trainees by Ona Faye-Petersen, M.D., professor, Anatomic Pathology.
“I very much believe in paying things forward, and this is one way to do that,” says Faye-Petersen, who started as a as a full-time practicing pediatric pathologist in 1987. “Despite the fact that my personal area of interest is focused, I think it’s crucial that trainees become exposed to and learn about the greatest variety of subjects that are going to be important to them in their immediate and distant future, so that they feel inspired to continue to learn.”
One way to do that, she says, is to provide trainees many opportunities to attend high quality, multidisciplinary conferences in which pathology plays an important role.
“Providing trainees additional funds during a time in their careers when they’re generally more financially limited is key,” she says.
Ona Faye-Petersen, M.D.
The UAB Department of Pathology is proud to announce the election of Kuruvilla George, MBA, as Southeast Regional Representative to the Pathology Department Administrators section of Association of Pathology Chairs (APC), from 2019-2021. The APC will introduce incoming representatives at its upcoming annual meeting in Boston, July 21-24.
For the last five years, Mr. George has worked as the interim executive administrator and business administrator for the Department of Pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is responsible for Pathology Clinical Affairs including maintaining and expanding the Community Practice Pathology Program (CPPP), Pathology Information Systems and oversight of the departmental administrative staff. Mr. George facilitated the acquisition of several new clients in the CPPP program.
“We are fortunate to have Mr. George at the helm of our administrative team, and overseeing the business aspects of the Department’s clinical affairs,” says George Netto, M.D., Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair, UAB Pathology. “He plays a crucial role in the success of this Department, and his contributions to the APC will be noticeable.”
Prior to his time at UAHSF, Mr. George worked as a consultant. He was also the Laboratory Administrator at King Faisal Specialty Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, the premier Hospital, in Saudi Arabia, from 2009-2013. As Laboratory Administrator, he oversaw a large, multihospital laboratory and assisted the Hospital COO with streamlining several processes like reducing Emergency Room waiting time.
Congratulations to Michael Conner, M.D., on earning emeritus status as professor, Anatomic Pathology. He has a secondary appointment in the School of Dentistry.
Dr. Conner has spent his entire career at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, having earned his bachelor of science and doctorate of medicine degrees both at UAB. He diverged for a one-year pediatric internship at the University of Mississippi, before completing a residency program and then two fellowships, in hematopathology and surgical pathology, at UAB.
Dr. George Netto, Chair, UAB Pathology, with Dr. Michael Conner
Dr. Conner simultaneously had appointments in the UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, working his way up from assistant to full professor in both. He taught coursework in both departments beginning in 1991, including assisting with the residents' didactic lecture series and microscopic workshops from 1993 to present.
On Thursday, June 20, UAB welcomed 2019-20 new residents and fellows into the Pathology department with a breakfast and orientation held at the Wallace Tumor Institute. Incoming residents and fellows gathered with George Netto, M.D., pathology chair, professor and James Hackney, M.D., residency program director, associate professor, neuropathology, as well as Pathology faculty from various divisions and current residents/fellows. The 17 residents and fellows started in the department on Monday, July 1.
Residents and fellows gathered for food and introductions before Netto opened the event, welcoming inocming residents and fellows and shared information about the department. Hackney followed and gave each faculty member a chance to introduce themselves.
Four of the six division directors in the department of pathology were in attendance to welcome the new residents and fellows and help familiarize them: Davis Gregory, M.D., M.S.P.H, division director of forensic pathology, professor; Christina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Anatomic Pathology, professor; Ryan Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Neuropathology, professor; and X. Long Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Laboratory Medicine, professor.
In total, around 60 people were in attendance for the breakfast.
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