The Department of Pathology is proud to announce the promotion of three of our faculty, effective October 1, 2018.

James Hackney, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neuropathology and Director of the Pathology Residency Program, receives a promotion to associate professor.

James Hackney, M.D.

Hackney came to academic pathology somewhat late in life, completing a Neuropathology Fellowship at UAB after a 25-year-career spent in the private practice of Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology in New Orleans and Birmingham. Hackney completed his M.D. degree at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile in 1979, followed by combined AP/CP training at Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, and a Fellowship in Hematopathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. For the last 21 years of his career in private practice, Hackney practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Birmingham, serving as Chief of Pathology from 2002 until departing for UAB in 2010 for a two-year Neuropathology Fellowship. His research year was spent in the newly organized Division of Informatics within the Department of Pathology, developing modular, browser-based web apps for diagnostic image analysis in partnership with Division Director Jonas Almeida, Ph.D. Hackney stepped into the role of Program Director of the Pathology Residency Program at UAB in 2016, and now splits time between surgical neuropathology and overseeing and participating in the training of the next generation of pathologists.  

Daniel Dye, M.D., Assistant Professor of Forensic Pathology, is promoted to associate professor. He joined the department in 2014 and took on the role of Director of the Forensic Pathology Fellowship Program, training and mentoring the next generation of pathologists. He is an integral member of the Jefferson County Coroner's team. 


Daniel Dye, M.D.

Adam Wende, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Pathology, is promoted to associate professor. Wende joined the department in 2012 and has been lauded by such notable distinctions as the School of Medicine's Dean's Excellence Awards this year, with the Junior Excellence in Research Award. 

Adam Wende, Ph.D.

“We are proud to announce the well-deserved promotion of these dedicated faculty," said George Netto, M.D., Chair, Department of Pathology. "Congratulations to each of them for this distinction, marking the next step in their respective academic careers."