Department Leadership

Interim Chair

Paul N. Staats, MD
Interim Chair, Department of Pathology

Meet Our Faculty

• Primary Faculty
• Secondary Faculty

Paul N. Staats, MD
UMMC & University of Maryland Pathology Associates

Bryon P. Jackson, MD
UMMC Midtown Campus

Parvez M. Lokhandwala, MBBS, MSc, PhD
University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute (UMROI)

Rima Koka, MD, PhD
Director, Anatomic Pathology

Robert H. Christenson, PhD
Medical Director, Core Laboratories

Magali Fontaine, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Transfusion Services

J. Kristie Johnson, PhD
Director, Clinical Microbiology

Debra Kukuruga, PhD
Clinical Director, Immunogenetics and Flow Cytometry

Yi Ning, MD, PhD
Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory

Erin T. Strovel, PhD
Director, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory

Richard Y. Zhao, PhD
Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Autopsy Pathology

Allen P. Burke, MD
Director, Autopsy Pathology

Surgical Pathology

Olga B. Ioffe, MD
Director, Surgical Pathology

Cytopathology

Teklu Legesse, MD
Director, Cytopathology Division

Hematopathology

Rima Koka, MD, PhD
Director, Hematopathology

Molecular Pathology

Richard Zhao, PhD
Director, Molecular Pathology

Rima Koka, MD, PhD
Director, Pathology Residency Program

Katie Horton
Academic Manager

Parvez M. Lokhandwala, MBBS, MSc, PhD
Associate Program Director, Clinical Pathology

Michael E. Kallen, MD
Associate Program Director, Anatomic Pathology

Paul M. Luethy, PhD
Chief, Clinical Pathology Curriculum

Teklu B. Legesse, MD
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship

Robert H. Christenson, PhD
Director, Clinical Chemistry Fellowship

Michael E. Kallen, MD
Director, Hematopathology Fellowship

Paul M. Luethy, PhD
Director, Clinical Microbiology Fellowship

J. Kristie Johnson PhD
Co-Director, Clinical Microbiology Fellowship

Carlen L. Bini, MS, PA(ASCP)CM
Program Director

Teklu Legesse, MD
Medical Director