We recognize the contributions of Dr. Stephanie Reilly, Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology and Autopsy Section Head, as she announces her retirement, effective September 30, 2019.

Dr. Reilly has served on faculty with the UAB Department of Pathology for 28 years, having started as a visiting assistant professor in 1991. She worked her way up to associate professor a decade ago, in 2009, and since 2015 has served as Autopsy Section Head.

Dr. Reilly was valedictorian of her college class at the University of New Orleans before pursuing a medical degree at Louisiana State University Medical School. She completed a pathology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern in addition to a year of pediatrics training at Children's Medical Center of Dallas.

Reilly has twice been recognized by the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)'s Stowell-Orbison Award, in 2009 and 2013, for poster presentations at the organization's annual conference.

She has been nominated for and won the Argus Teaching Award at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2008. She became a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in her fourth year of medical school and served as AOA Councilor at UAB from 2009 to 2015. Reilly has acted as an ad hoc reviewer for Human Pathology and BMJ Case Reports.

Dr. Reilly holds appointments at Birmingham Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Highlands Hospital, and University Hospital of Birmingham. She has published numerous articles in Laboratory Medicine and other academic journals, in addition to published abstracts, posters, and invited lectures at various national conferences.