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Anatomic Pathology Faculty Retire Ralph Crowe, M.D. Congratulations to Professor Ralph Crowe, M.D., on his retirement from full-time services to the

UAB Department of Pathology and UAB Hospital. Effective January 1, he began working reduced clinical hours. Crowe has served his entire academic career in the Department, starting as chief resident at the outset of his medical career.

Dr. Crowe is a surgical pathologist and cytopathologist with more than 30 years of experience in clinical diagnostic pathology of multiple organ systems. He joined the Department in 1989 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 2002, before his promotion to full professor in 2012.

Dr. Crowe became a primary pulmonary transplant biopsy pathologist in 2004. His involvement with non-neoplastic and neoplastic lung disease in the following years expanded to include medical student and fellowship-level teaching, and active participation in several interdisciplinary teaching and clinical conferences. Dr. Crowe is a Birmingham native who graduated magna cum laude with a degree in philosophy from Birmingham Southern College before receiving his medical degree at UAB. He completed an internship and residency at Carraway Hospital (then Carraway Methodist Medical Center), followed by a residency at UAB Hospital, serving as chief resident in the Department of Pathology. His participation in professional societies and service to various committees and councils is too numerous to list. Crowe has published many academic articles, abstracts and manuscripts over his career, and presented lectures, papers and posters at conferences nationwide. Andra Frost, M.D., Professor, Anatomic Pathology, retired after more than 20 years as a surgical, cyto-and autopsy pathologist at UAB Hospital. Dr. Frost started in the Department of Pathology as an associate professor in 1997, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology in 2006. She became full professor in both departments in 2012.

She was medical director of the Cytotechnology Training Program in the Auburn University School of Sciences. She also served as scientist in the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Cell Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix Center.

Dr. Frost served as chair of numerous committees of pathology professional organizations, with an emphasis on training and cytopathology interests. She is a member of the American Association of Cancer Research, of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, and of the American Society of Cytopathology.

Over her many years with UAB, Dr. Frost served as a mentor for numerous undergraduate and graduate students in both the medical and graduate schools.

Before her appointments at UAB, Dr. Frost worked for Georgetown University Hospital and as an associate professor in the Department of Pathology at Georgetown University. She was a surgical pathologist and cytopathologist at George Washington University Hospital. After moving to Birmingham, Dr. Frost served as a surgical pathologist/cytopathologist/autopsy pathologist at the Birmingham Veteran’s Administration Hospital.

Over the years, Dr. Frost's research focus is on diagnostic pathology within the breast and thyroid as well as breast cancer biology. She provided effort on research grants funded by the NIH, NCI and other private organizations throughout her career. 4

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Dr. Frost’s writing has been published in more than 118 manuscripts, 7 books, 98 abstracts and additional other publications. She gave invited lectures and served visiting professorships throughout her career, at institutes around the country.

Simmons, M.D., retired July 1 from his position as Associate Professor, UAB Pathology, in which he has served since 2016.

Prior to this professorship, Simmons served as the associate coroner/medical examiner for the Jefferson County Coroner's Office in Birmingham, from 1988 to 2016, and as Assistant Professor, UAB Pathology. Over his career Dr. Simmons published 11 manuscripts, 15 abstracts, and a book chapter. He gave presentations on forensic pathology and autopsy throughout his career.

Simmons was awarded the Helen Keller Award in 1994 by the Alabama Eye and Tissue Bank.

Dr. Simmons is a member of two professional societies, serving as a fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and in the National Association of Medical Examiners.

He has demonstrated autopsy findings and procedures to various law enforcement classes throughout his career, and in 1991 authored the Jefferson County Coroner/ Medical Examiner Office Exposure Control Plan. He was a member of the UAB Hospital Organ Donation Task Force from 2006-2011, and presented findings regularly at the UAB Hospital Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conference.

Throughout his career, Simmons taught autopsy procedures and forensic pathology to UAB students in medicine, anatomic pathology, and criminal justice.

Stephanie Reilly, M.D.,

Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology and Autopsy Section Head, retired September 30, 2019. Dr. Reilly served on faculty with the UAB Department of Pathology for 28 years, having started as a visiting assistant professor in 1991. She worked her way up to associate professor a decade ago, in 2009, and since 2015 served as Autopsy Section Head. Dr. Reilly was valedictorian of her college class at the University of New Orleans before pursuing a medical degree at Louisiana State University Medical School. She completed a pathology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern in addition to a year of pediatrics training at Children's Medical Center of Dallas.

Reilly has twice been recognized by the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)'s StowellOrbison Award, in 2009 and 2013, for poster presentations at the organization's annual conference.

She won the Argus Teaching Award at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2008. She served as AOA Councilor at UAB from 2009 to 2015. Reilly has acted as an ad hoc reviewer for Human Pathology and BMJ Case Reports.

Dr. Reilly holds appointments at Birmingham Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Highlands Hospital, and University Hospital of Birmingham. She has published numerous articles in Laboratory Medicine and other academic journals, in addition to published abstracts, posters, and invited lectures at various national conferences.

We congratulate Drs. Crowe, Frost, Simmons and Reilly on their tremendous careers and thank them for their service.