In honor of Women in Medicine month, the Department of Pathology would like to highlight our newest women leaders. We have several women who have moved into positions of senior leadership in the department over the past several months, joining many women colleagues serving and leading in the department.
Solution will enable full-service reference laboratory that is part of Michigan Medicine to leverage vast amounts of valuable data to uncover meaningful insights, identify risk signals and deliver proactive service.
Imagine for a moment that it is 1:00 am and you and your toddler just arrived in the Emergency Department at the Mott Children’s Hospital. Your child is running a high fever, is lethargic, and hasn’t been able to eat or drink. You were at the pediatrician’s office a couple days ago, but the prescribed antibiotics aren’t working.
Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey B. Hodgin, MD, PhD who is among the team awarded the 2023 Global Team Science Award (GTSA) given by the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA). The GTSA is given to a team of multidisciplinary researcher experts who are identifying drivers of lupus nephritis in children with the goal of improving its diagnosis and treatment.
It is with great pleasure that we introduce Dr. Annette Kim, Division Director for Molecular and Genomic Pathology and Clinical Professor of Pathology, effective July 1, 2023. Dr. Kim joins us from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School.
After 12 years of service as the MLabs Medical Director, Jeffrey Myers, M.D., will be focusing on his role as the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Quality in the Department of Pathology and ushering in his MLabs successor, the current MLabs Associate Medical Director, Julia Dahl, M.D.
Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan, S. P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology and Professor of Urology at Michigan Medicine Department of Pathology and Director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, was recently recognized for his outstanding achievements by the American Association of Cancer Research. He was presented with the AACR James S. Ewing-Thelma B. Dunn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pathology in Cancer Research award at the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting.
The Department of Pathology is pleased to announce Brooklyn Khoury, MBA, MHSA, MS as the new Chief Department Administrator (CDA), effective Monday, June 19, 2023. Ms. Khoury was identified as a top candidate after a comprehensive national search. Khoury will partner with our Department Chair, Dr. Charles Parkos, to manage operations and accomplish strategic initiatives across all our missions.
The American Board of Pathology announced today that our own Dr. Sandra Camelo-Piragua, Professor of Neuropathology and Director of the Neuropathology Fellowship Program, has been selected to serve on the Test Development and Advisory Committee for Neuropathology - a testament to her expertise in the field. The full text of the press release is below. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Camelo-Piragua!
Born and raised in Northeast China, Dr. Xinna Li, Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Pathology, has always been passionate about helping others. Her journey began with a childhood fascination with medicine. “I remember as a very young child, bandaging a cut on my brother’s leg. Then, as a teen, my cousin became very ill and I observed how medical treatment could cure illnesses. That is when I realized that I wanted to be a doctor,” recounted Li. Driven by the desire to make a difference, she pursued a medical degree in pediatric hematology from China Medical graduating in 1994.