Faculty

Chair
Lisa M Rimsza, MD Department Chair Professor Member of the Graduate Faculty Professor, BIO5 Institute lrimsza@arizona.edu

Professors
Achyut K Bhattacharyya, MD Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) Professor, Clinical Surgery abhattac@arizona.edu
Erika R. Bracamonte, MD Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology Professor, Pathology and Medicine Division Chief, Anatomic Pathology Director, Surgical Pathology erikab@pathology.arizona.edu
Margaret M. Briehl, PhD Associate Director, Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination, UACC Chair, Cancer Biology GIDP Professor, Pathology (520) 626-6827 mmbriehl@arizona.edu
Barun K. De, PhD, NRCC, DABCC, FACB Member of the Graduate Faculty Professor, Applied BioSciences - GIDP Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) bkde@arizona.edu
Deborah A. Fuchs, MD Professor, Pathology (Educator Scholar Track) dfuchs@arizona.edu
Mark A. Nelson, PhD Investigator, Center for Toxicology Member of the Graduate Faculty Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP Professor, Pathology mnelson@pathology.arizona.edu
Catherine Spier, MD Professor, Pathology Residency Assistant Program Director Medical director of the HLA laboratory Medical director of the Cancer Center laboratory Medical director of the Orange Grove Clinic laboratory Medical director of the University Clinical Genetics core laboratory (520) 626-1271 cspier@arizona.edu
Maria A. Proytcheva, MD Vice Chair, Laboratory Medicine Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics Division Chief, Clinical Pathology Medical Director, Banner University Medical Center-Tucson Laboratories mproytcheva@pathology.arizona.edu
Monika Schmelz, PhD Professor, Applied BioSciences - GIDP Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Pathology - (Research Scholar Track) schmelz@arizona.edu

Associate Professors
Robert Klein, MD Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) rrk@arizona.edu
William D. Lainhart, PhD, D(ABMM) Associate Professor, Department of Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Medical Director, Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Banner UMC, Tucson (520) 626-6097 William.Lainhart@BannerHealth.com
Demaretta S Rush, MD Associate Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) rushd@arizona.edu
Debra Smith, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) debrasmith@arizona.edu
Belinda Sun, MD, PhD, FCAP Associate Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) Chief, GI/Liver Pathology Service Program Director of the GI Fellowship bsun@arizona.edu

Assistant Professors
Matthew Karl Ball Assistant Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) mattballthai@arizona.edu
Yigit Baykara Assistant Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) ybaykara@arizona.edu
Alexis Elliott, MD Assistant Professor, Pathology aselliott@arizona.edu
Pete Manchen Assistant Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) pmanchen@email.arizona.edu
David Nolte, MD Assistant Professor, Pathology dnolte@pathology.arizona.edu
Gregory Novak, MD Assistant Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) gnovak@arizona.edu
Bruce O. Parks, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) bparks@arizona.edu
Candace Reveles, MD Program Director of the Hematopathology Fellowship candacer@arizona.edu
Troy Benjamin Tenney Assistant Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) troytenney@arizona.edu

Affiliates
Tan T Nguyen, MD, PhD, FCAP, RAC Associate Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) tantnguyen@arizona.edu
Kenneth J. Ryan, MD Professor of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology kjryan@email.arizona.edu
Derek Seaquist, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) dseaquist@arizona.edu
Evan Stern, DO Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) estern1@arizona.edu

Faculty Emeriti
Leslie V. Boyer, MD Medical Director, Viper Institute boyer@viper.arizona.edu
Anna Graham, MD
Thomas Grogan, MD
Douglas Huestis Professor Emeritus, Pathology dhuestis@email.arizona.edu
Raymond Nagle, MD, PhD
Naomi E. Rance, MD, PhD Professor Emerita, Pathology Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Professor, Neurology Professor, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute nrance@arizona.edu
Richard E. Sobonya, MD Professor Emeritus, Pathology rsobonya@arizona.edu

Associates
Jennifer Gardetto Chen, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) gardetto@arizona.edu
Gregory L. Hess, MD Chief Medical Examiner, Pima County greg.hess@pima.gov
Peter Charles Johnson Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) petercjohnson@arizona.edu
Walter E Kelley, DO Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Series Track) wkelley@arizona.edu
Kevin M Lougee, DO Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Pima County Program Director, Forensic Pathology Fellowship Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology Kevin.Lougee@pima.gov
Anil R. Prasad, MD Associate Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track) anil@arizona.edu