Meet our Faculty

Heather M. Ames, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Neuropathology

Allen P. Burke, MD

Professor

Section Head, Autopsy and Thoracic Pathology

Thoracic Pathology, Autopsy and Surgical Pathology

Cinthia I. Drachenberg, MD

Professor

Director of Electron Microscopy

Renal/Transplant Pathology and Electron Microscopy

Rachel E. Fanaroff, MD

Assistant Professor

Thoracic Pathology, Cytopathology and Surgical Pathology

Olga B. Ioffe, MD

Professor

Division Head, Anatomic Pathology

Associate Chair for Education

Breast Pathology, Gynecologic Pathology, Cytopathology and Surgical Pathology

Michael E. Kallen, MD

Associate Professor

Residency Program Associate Director

Hematopathology and Bone/Soft Tissue Pathology

Madhurima Koka, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Residency Program Director

Associate Director of Hematology

Hematopathology

Teklu B. Legesse, MD

Assistant Professor

Associate Director, Pathologists' Assistant Program

Director, Division of Cytopathology

Fellowship Director, Cytopathology

Genitourinary Pathology, Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology

J. Margaret Moresi, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Dermatopathology

John C. Papadimitriou, MD, PhD

Professor

Director of Surgical Pathology

Medical Director, Pathologists’ Assistant Program

Head/Neck Pathology and Surgical Pathology

Amy J. Plotkin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Director, Pathology Biorepository Shared Service, University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center

Breast Pathology, Gynecologic Pathology and Surgical Pathology

Nima Sharifai, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Neuropathology, Gastrointestinal Pathology and Surgical Pathology

Paul N. Staats, MD

Professor

Interim Chair, Department of Pathology

Cytopathology, Gynecologic Pathology

Sanford A. Stass, MD

Professor

Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology

William S. Twaddell, MD

Professor

Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology and Surgical Pathology

Robert Christenson, PhD

Professor

Clinical Chemistry

Magali Fontaine, MD, PhD

Professor

Medical Director, Transfusion Services

Transfusion Medicine

Bryon P. Jackson, MD, MHA

Associate Professor

Associate Director, Transfusion Medicine

Laboratory Director of Midtown Campus

Transfusion Medicine

J. Kristie Johnson, PhD

Professor

Director, Clinical Microbiology

Co-Director, Maryland Genomics COVID-19 Laboratory

Clinical Microbiology

Parvez M. Lokhandwala, MBBS, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor

Residency Program Associate Director

Associate Director, Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine

Transfusion Medicine

Paul M. Luethy, PhD

Assistant Professor

Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Chief of Clinical Pathology Curriculum

Clinical Microbiology

Yi Ning, MD, PhD

Professor

Director of Cytogenetics Lab

Clinical Cytogenetics

Nicole E. Putnam, PhD

Assistant Professor

Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Clinical Microbiology

Richard Zhao, PhD

Professor

Director, Molecular Pathology

Molecular Pathology