Pathology and the anatomical sciences form a bridge between the basic sciences and clinical medicine. Anatomical sciences provide an understanding of the structure and function of the body; pathology provides an understanding of all aspects of human disease. At the University of Missouri, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences is a single academic department encompassing all of these areas.
Faculty in the department teach and conduct research in functional anatomy, histology, cell biology, evolutionary morphology, neuroscience, pathobiology, and laboratory medicine, and practice medicine in anatomic pathology, forensic pathology, and clinical pathology (laboratory medicine).
Our web site has navigation bars on the right to view educational programs, clinical services, and research areas of interest. The divisions of the department are Anatomical Sciences (which includes integrative/functional anatomy and histology), Clinical Pathology (which includes all laboratory testing), Anatomic Pathology (which includes all biopsies and Pap smears), and Forensic Services (including the medical examiner service for Boone and Callaway counties).
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Justin Purdy, a 4th year medical student at the University of Missouri was recognized by the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICATS) for his work which focuses on examining the effects of proteinase inhibitors in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury (TBI). He is working under the direction of Dr. Zezong Gu with the co-investigator Dr. Jiankun Cui in Pathology and Anatomical Sciences. Their work on TBI is designed to lead to new treatments for patients. Associate Dean Jerry Parker announced the award recipients, as ICATS Peer-Review Committee Chair Dr. Michael Perry presents the award to Justin and Senior Associate Dean and ICATS Director Dr. Jamal Ibdah looks on.
Dr. Jessica (Wieberg) Kozel has been elected as the Chair-elect of the Resident Council (American Society for Clinical Pathology). The ASCP is one of the major professional organizations for pathologists, and it is quite an accomplishment to hold this position. Congratulations, Jessica!
Corporate Compliance completed a comprehensive audit of our billing. Routine audits are conducted to determine if physicians and their billing staff are coding the clinical services performed accurately. A regulatory risk rating is assigned to the audit results with a rating scale of 0-10, with 0 indicating no risk. Our team scored an overall 0.3 rating with seven achieving a 0 risk rating. Congratulations to Jeanette Ticgelaor, Shera Baker, Christine Martin, and Dr. Diaz-Arias for remarkable results! And many thanks to all of the pathologists on a job well done!
Dr. Sharon Stack was the discussion leader of the Tumor Biology and Angiogenesis session at the Gordon Conference on Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis. Attended by distinguished investigators in proteolysis and the extracellular matrix from across the globe, Dr. Stack presented new data on urinary-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and its association with integrins in oral cancer. In related work, an article by Dr. Stack and colleagues was on the cover of Molecular Cancer Research in February (Ghosh S, Koblinski, J.K., Johnson, J.J., Liu, Y., Frazier, S., Ericsson, A., Shi,
Z., Ravosa MJ, Crawford S, Stack MS. Urinary-type plasminogen
activator receptor (uPA/R)/a3b1 integrin signaling and oral tumor
progression. Molecular Cancer Research 2010;8:145-158)
Dr. Ellis Ingram has been appointed Senior Associate Dean in the School of Medicine. Dean Robert Churchill appointed Ingram as the school's first senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion, a new position within the School of Medicine Administration. More details are available in School News
Dr. Matthew Ravosa was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009. Fellows of the AAAS are elected by current Fellows as a recognition of their advancement of the field, and Professor Ravosa was one of only 15 Fellows elected in the United States in 2009 in the field of anthropology. His work on the functional anatomy of the skull has important implications for medicine and dentistry, and was the topic of a Medical School Update.
Congratulations to our senior residents! Dr. Paul McGowan will be doing a fellowship in hematopathology at Methodist Medical Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Kaidi Mikhitarian will be doing a surgical pathology fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Van Nguyen will joining the faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia, focusing in surgical pathology and renal pathology. Dr. Brett Sramek will be doing a surgical pathology fellowship at Yale University Medical Center in New Haven, CT. Next year, Dr. Eric Johannesen will be assuming the role of Chief Resident in Pathology in April. Congratulations to each of you!
Drs. Kristina Aldridge and Judy Miles received a grant from the Simons Foundation for Autism Research to study "Autism Dysmorphology Study--ADM training and validity study & 3D facial subgrouping".
Dr. Zezong Gu received a grant from the NIH-NIEHS as part of the “La Jolla-Parkinson's Disease Center Grant - Missouri Consortium”; 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2013 ($72,720/yr direct costs).
Dr. Slava Glinskii received a VA Merit Award ($880,000) to study the role of beta-gal mediated interactions in prostate cancer metastasis.
Dr. Kristen Taylor received a K99/R00 NIH Grant ($719,000) to work on defining the functional methylome in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
The Medical Examiner Service was the topic of an article by the School of Medicine. The medical examiners have expanded their service to support 45 counties in Missouri, with the recent addition of a contract with Greene County to provide medical examiner services to the Springfield, Mo., area. In coordination with MU’s Missouri Telehealth Network, the team located in Columbia is able to conduct joint case reviews with scene investigators, pathologists, and law enforcement agencies located in Greene County.
Two new books have been published by faculty in the department:
Dr. Doug Miller's new textbook on diagnosis of brain diseases through biopsies has been published and is now available. It has been published by Cambridge University press with the following citation:
Miller, DC (2009) Modern Surgical Neuropathology. Cambridge University
Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86932-4. 536 pages.
Dr. Matt Ravosa has a new textbook out on functional anatomy of the face and skull:
C.J. Vinyard, M.J. Ravosa & C.E. Wall, Editors (2008) Primate Craniofacial Biology and Function. New York: Springer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-387-76584-6. 496 pages.
Congratulations to Rachel Menegaz, PhD candidate in the Integrative Anatomy program and an MU Life Sciences Fellow! Rachel won a Pollitzer Travel Award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
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