Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

About Us

A Brief History

The University of Kentucky Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine was started in 1960 by Wellington B. Stewart, M.D., who was the first chair of the department, then known as the Department of Pathology. Including Dr. Stewart, the department started with 11 faculty members located in two buildings: Harold W. Brown, M.D., Dr.P.H., LL.D., P. Raphael Caffery, M.D., H. Davis Chipps, M.D., James T. McClellan, M.D., Arthur S. Morse, Jr., M.D., Rudolph J. Muelling, Jr., M.D., Donal D. O'Sullivan, M.D., James T. Packer, M.D., John A. Shively, M.D., and Robert A. Stewart, M.D. Our name changed to Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in 1993 and now have more than 30 faculty located in six buildings. We moved into new departmental quarters (MS 117) in the summer of 1995.

Affiliations

Strong affiliations within the University are with the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the Markey Cancer Center both of which share faculty lines and resources with this department for its operations. Other affiliations include the Lexington Veteran's Affairs Medical Center; the St. Claire Medical Center; the Kentucky Blood Center; and the State Medical Examiners Program. These affiliations give a contrasting mix of patient care activities that offer a broader spectrum of opportunity for our residents.

We offer a monthly continuing education course for pathologists which draws pathologists from the local community and from many parts of the state including Eastern and Western Kentucky.

Administration

C. Darrell Jennings, M.D.
Chairman

Greg Davis, M.D.
Director of Resident Training Program

Eun Young Lee, M.D.
Director of Anatomic Pathology

Charles Lutz, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chair for Research

Julie Ribes, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Pathology

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