Tri-State Conference Features UAB Faculty

In September, the division welcomed FARZAD ESFAHANI, M.D., as assistant professor. Dr. Esfahani, an Iranian native, joins UAB Pathology from private practice, moving from Florida, where he was a staff pathologist and independent contractor at Sebastian River Medical Center. He completed undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Oklahoma, in the state where he has lived since moving to the U.S. Esfahani became a U.S. resident in 1987.

He completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa campus. Esfahani spent time at the University of South Alabama completing residencies in anatomic pathology and cytopathology. There, he worked for a year as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the USA College of Medicine, departments of Emergency Medicine and Pathology.

Esfahani has worked as a staff pathologist in several clinical settings in Florida over the course of his career. He is joined by his wife Heather, an Alabama native, and their son.

The 2019 Tri-State Pathology Conference took place Saturday, October 5, at the Hyatt Regency - Wynfrey Hotel at the Riverchase Galleria, bringing together the Alabama Association of Pathologists, the Louisiana Association of Pathologists, and the Mississippi Association of Pathologists for a stellar lineup of presentations. The event was co-sponsored by UAB Pathology and featured lectures from our faculty throughout the day on topics representing their myriad areas of expertise. Dr. Anna Yemelyanova, Hazel Gore Endowed Professor of Gynecologic Pathology

Travis Kidd, Jr., M.D., President of the Alabama Association of Pathologists, delivered the conference’s opening and closing remarks and acted as emcee for the daylong event. Kidd is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He completed his post-graduate education at Vanderbilt University Medical School. He practices full-time surgical pathology at CytoPath in Alabaster, Alabama. Dr. R. Bruce Williams, CAP past president

R. Bruce Williams, M.D., past president of the College of American Pathologists, delivered a talk on the state of the CAP. Dr. Williams is a founding member and laboratory director of The Delta Pathology Group, LLC, and is in full-time practice of anatomic and clinical pathology in Lafayette, Louisiana. He serves on the executive committee as practice manager of the mid-Louisiana region of Delta Pathology, and is associate clinical professor of pathology at LSUMCShreveport. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical School. Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, MD, PhD, C. Bruce Alexander Endowed Professor, Division Director, Anatomic Pathology