This year's third annual C. Bruce Alexander Lecture in Pathology Education, sponsored by the Department of Pathology, featured Jacob Steinberg, M.D., Professor and Program Director, Autopsy Service & Residency Training, and Chair, Subcommittee of GME Wellness at Montefiore Medical College of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The event took place on February 28 in the West Pavilion Conference Center to a full audience.

Steinberg's talk, titled,"Why the Physician-Pathologist Matters," honored Alexander's legacy at UAB--the two have been friends for decades.

Dr. Steinberg with Dr. Alexander before the lecture starts. Steinberg with Marisa Marques, M.D., and her mentor, Dr. Bruce Alexander James Hackney, M.D., Neuropathology, with Drs. Steinberg and Alexander

Steinberg received his medical degree at Stritch-Loyola University of Chicago, and was trained at the University of Pennsylvania and NYU, including Bellevue & VA hospitals. At Einstein, Dr. Steinberg chaired the AMA-LCME Committee for the Granting of the M.D. Degree, and was a founding member of the Dean’s Letter Committee (MSPE), and chaired the Medical Student Thesis Committee. Dr. Steinberg is Program Director of Residency Training & the Autopsy Service. He was a member of the ACGME Residency Milestones Committee, & Chair of the Program Directors’ (APC/PRODS). JJ chairs the GME Housestaff Wellness SubCommittee, which helps to improve the quality of life of 1500+ residents and fellows. He served (under both Democratic & Republican Administrations) on the Scientific Advisory Panel for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. He was an AAAS Fellow.

Dr. Steinberg's awards include the Einstein’s Davidoff Teaching Honors Society, Einstein’s the Rosen Outstanding Teacher's Award, NIH Geriatric Leadership Academic Award, and Faculty Awardee, Bronx High School of Science, Science Education, Minority Students Program, and AOA faculty. He was a decade-long invited participant of the Dartmouth Health Care Leadership Institute. JJ has been awarded the National Distinguished Teaching Award in Graduate Medical Education in 2014 & is also the Montefiore Faculty & Alumni Physician Honoree for 2019.