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Academic Profile at a Glance

Graduated with BS from Michigan State University in 1984
Received MD from the University of Michigan in 1988
Did Surgery Residency and Research Fellowship at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 1988 to1993
Completed AP/CP residency training at University of California San Diego and Surgical Pathology Fellowship at University of California San Francisco in 1997
Joined The Ohio State University in 1997 with specialty in GI, Liver and Pancreas Pathology
Became GI/Liver Pathology Director in 2005, AP Director and Vice-Chair in 2007, Professor with Tenure in 2008 and Distinguished Professor in 2011
Former Residency Program Director, current GI/Liver Fellowship Director
Author of more than 145 peer-reviewed articles, the majority of which focus on GI, Liver and Pancreas Pathology
Participated in several short courses in GI, Liver and Pancreas for USCAP, ASCP, and CAP
Serves on ADASP and USCAP Council (former member of Education Committee)
Former President of Rodger C. Haggitt GI Pathology Society
Serves on Editorial Boards of AJCP, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Applied Immunohistochemistry
Serves as Vice Chair and GI Cadre leader for Pathology for the ALLIANCE (CALGB)
Received multiple grants as PI and CoI
Awarded multiple medical student and resident teaching awards

About Your Organization/Department

Have attended/worked at 3 Big Ten Universities- MSU, U of M and OSU
Football is big in the Frankel family; Father and Uncle Central Michigan, Cousins USC and Brown, Uncle the Detroit Lions
Completed Warrior Dash in Hocking Hills Ohio for my big recent birthday present and top 5 finisher for my division
Attended Bob Seger's concert decades ago, my father's dog bit Bob Seger's son a few years ago
Have attended 8 different Cirque du Soleil shows (some multiple times)

Most Important Achievement - Trained 7 wonderful fellows (so far) in GI/Liver/Pancreas Pathology

Coping with the Surgical Pathologic Difficult to Diagnose Upper and Lower GI Tract, Liver, Biliary and Pancreatic Lesions

It's Not Easy Being Green: A Primer on Cholestatic Hepatitis (07/11/2013)
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Colorectal Carcinoma (07/10/2013)
Fatty Liver Disease: You May Never Eat Foie Gras Again (07/10/2013)
Colorectal Polyps Are Not So Easy Anymore (07/09/2013)
Unraveling the Mystery of the Liver Biopsy: A Practical Approach to Acute and Chronic Hepatitis (07/08/2013)

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