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.