Gregory Davis, M.D., M.S.P.H., Division Director, Forensic Pathology, was installed as the 2025-2026 president of the American Society for Clinical Pathology during the annual meeting on November 17-20 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Davis previously served as president-elect of the organization for 2024-2025. ASCP has over 100,000 members, including board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologists, trainees and laboratory professionals globally.
“I am honored to assume the presidency of ASCP, and am eager to continue working with my colleagues to promote outstanding care for our patients,” Davis said. “My forensic experience has taught me not only the importance of engaging with others for a worthy cause, but also the deep satisfaction that comes from that engagement as we work together to improve public health.”
Davis earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, before earning his Master of Science in Public Health degree from the UAB School of Public Health in 2001. In 2000, he joined the department as an associate professor and become professor in 2005. Dr. Davis was named Division Director of Forensics in 2013 and is currently the Chief Coroner/Medical Examiner for Jefferson County.
Additional faculty members and trainees from the department were busy presenting their latest work at the annual meeting.
Megan Amerson-Brown, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Division of Laboratory Medicine, was a moderator for the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists education session. Elizabeth Staley, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Division of Laboratory Medicine, presented on behalf of the American Society for Apheresis in a joint session, titled, "Clinical Consultation for Therapeutic Apheresis and/or Cellular Collections: Medically Complex Cases." Anne Hylander, D.O., PGY2, presented the poster, titled, "It is Safe to Transfuse ABO-Incompatible Platelets Due to a Very Low Frequency of High-Titer Isohemagglutinins.” Alyssa Lee, M.D., M.S., PGY4, presented the poster, titled, "Evaluation of Blood Glucose Measurement in Patients at Risk for Neonatal Hypoglycemia" and Chiamaka Umah, M.D., PGY3, received the travel award, titled, “TRIG Travel Award to Genomics 101: Practical Information for Patient Care.”