Education and Experience

Education

Received MD: 1978, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Internship: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Residency: Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Fellowship: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Current Professional and Academic Appointments

Collaborative Professor, Dept of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa

Professional Society Memberships
  • College of American Pathologists
  • American Medical Association
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology
  • Association of Pathology Chairs/Program Directors Section/Senior Fellows Section
  • Association for Pathology Informatics
  • Florida Medical Association
  • Florida Society of Pathologists
  • Hillsborough County Medical Association
  • Massachusetts Medical Society
  • US and Canadian Academy of Pathology.
CAP Committee Appointments

Current

  • Governor: CAP Board of Governors
  • Chair: Council on Education
  • Vice Chair: Annual Meeting Strategy Execution Steering Committee; Compensation Committee
  • Member: Audit Committee; Council on Scientific Affairs; Executive Committee; Finance Committee; Information Technology Leadership Committee (ITLC)
  • Advisor: Residents Forum Executive Committee (RFEC)

Past

  • Vice Speaker: House of Delegates (HOD)
  • Chair: Diagnostic Immunology and Flow Cytometry Committee; House of Delegates Nominating Committee; Involved Pathologist Working Group; Medical Relations Working Group; Practice Management Committee
  • Vice Chair: Economic Affairs Committee
  • Member: Ad Hoc Committee on Leadership Development; Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Foundation Five Year Plan; Ad Hoc Practice Expense Working Group; CAP Board of Governors; CAP Awards Committee; CAP Meritorious Service Awards Nomination Review Panel; CAP Nominating Committee; Commission on Clinical Pathology; Compensation Committee; Council on Education; Council on Government and Professional Affairs; Council on Membership and Professional Development; Council on Public Affairs; Diagnostic Immunology and Flow Cytometry Committee; Economic Affairs Committee; Education Committee; Executive Committee; HOD Ad Hoc Committee on Process; HOD Nominating Committee; HOD Steering Committee; Interdisciplinary Working Group–GYN/Cyto Liability; MYCAP Member Product Project Team; Practice Guidelines Committee; Project Management Team; Professionalism and Ethics Project Team; Publications Committee
  • Sergeant-At-Arms: House of Delegates Steering Committee
  • Advisor: Council on Education; Council on Government and Professional Affairs; Diagnostic Immunology and Flow Cytometry Committee
  • Delegate: House of Delegates (HOD)
  • Liaison: AMA House of Delegates; HOD AG on Rules I; Specialty Society RUC PEAC
Other Professional Positions Held
  • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME): Review Committee for Pathology, Chair, Ex Officio
  • American Board of Medical Specialties: Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Com, Trustee, Committee on Certification, Committee on Continuing Certification, Organizational Standards Task Force Chair, Advancing Practice Task Force, Strategic Planning Committee
  • American Board of Pathology: Trustee, President, Executive, MOC, Exam, and Finance Committees
  • American Medical Association: House of Delegates Delegate and Alternate Delegate, Pathology Section Council Chair
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology: Board of Directors
  • Association of Pathology Chairs: PRODS Chair, Senior Fellows Executive Committee
  • Berkshire Areas Health Education Consortium (AHEC): Board of Directors
  • Berkshire District Medical Society: President
  • Connecticut Society of Pathologists: President
  • Florida Medical Association: House of Delegates
  • Massachusetts Society of Pathologists: President, Executive Committee
  • Massachusetts Medical Society: Board of Directors, numerous committees and task forces
  • Rhode Island Society of Pathologists: Secretary-Treasurer and President-Electz