Welcome to the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine website. Our department members contribute to the research and education missions of The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, to the clinical services across the University of Vermont Health Network, and serve in many leadership roles in local, national, and international committees and organizations. Our department values diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and we value the identities, experiences and perspectives of all members of our department.
As an integrated clinical department across the University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network, we care for patients across Vermont and northern New York. Our academic pathologists and clinical staff at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, VT provide routine and specialty pathology care for our local patients and function as a referral center for regional consultations and reference laboratory testing. The UVM Medical Center Clinical Laboratories offer state-of-the art diagnostic and consultation services to our academic and community healthcare providers. Our pathologists are sub-specialized with expertise in every discipline of pathology and laboratory medicine. Our community practice pathologists and clinical staff serve our patients at the UVM Health Network community hospitals, as well as community hospitals in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire. As a member of the Northeast Community Laboratory Alliance (NECLA), a network of hospital-based clinical laboratories in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire, our academic laboratory serves as the regional NECLA reference laboratory in partnership with the Mayo Clinical Laboratories in Rochester, Minnesota.
We have strong well-established research programs in Redox Biology and Pathology and in Molecular Epidemiology. The Redox Biology and Pathology Program is focused on investigating the role of reactive oxygen species in normal and disease physiology, including cancer, asthma and fibrosis. The Molecular Epidemiology research group, known as the Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research or LCBR, has one of the preeminent biomarker/biosensor laboratories in the country with a focus on molecular and genetic epidemiology of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and aging. As our healthcare delivery system moves to population health management, we are developing a health services research program to study the impact of changes in pathology services and compliance with best practice guidelines on patient outcomes, population health and cost-effectiveness of care.
Virtually every faculty member of our department provides education to our undergraduate students, medical students, graduate students, residents, fellows, and colleagues. We offer graduate research training through the Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont. Our highly competitive clinical training programs include 16 Pathology resident positions and four fellowships: Cytopathology, Dermatopathology, Surgical Pathology, and Hematopathology. The pathology faculty are routinely nominated for Larner College of Medicine medical student teaching awards. Our faculty also instruct and mentor students in the UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences. And many of our faculty provide educational opportunities for students in our community to encourage their interest in science and medicine, including K-12 students, undergraduate students and the public.
We have a vibrant and engaged department, with members who are providing outstanding clinical service to our patients, educating our future physicians and scientists, and contributing to our understanding of health and disease. Come meet our department members at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont and The University of Vermont Health Network.
Debra G.B. Leonard, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine