Loyola Pathologist Named to The Pathologist Magazine's Power List
September 1, 2021Categories: Loyola Medicine, Awards & Recognitions
MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola Medicine pathologist Kamran Mirza, MD, PhD, has been named to The Pathologist magazine's Power List 2021 of 100 of the "best, brightest and most powerful advocates of pathology."
Dr. Mirza was nominated by his peers for his "tireless work and dedication to the pathology field." According to The Pathologist, "you'll find him at the forefront of every major pathology education initiative." Most recently, Dr. Mirza has launched PathElective.com and co-founded the PathPod Podcast, Virtual Pathology Grand Rounds, Virtual Pathology Student Interest Group and the Digital Communications Fellowship in Pathology.
This is the fourth time Dr. Mirza has been named to the Power List, previously receiving the honor in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Dr. Mirza was also recently awarded the inaugural AAMC’s Brownie Anderson Award for New and Emerging Educators.
Dr. Mirza is an associate professor in the departments of pathology and laboratory medicine and medical education of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He is the Vice-Chair of education in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine and serves as the program director of the hematopathology fellowship, MS in in medical laboratory science and director of the medical student pathology elective. His expertise includes pathology, hematopathology and medical education.
Dr. Mirza is a United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology ambassador, social media editor for the British Medical Journal – Journal of Clinical Pathology and Human Pathology, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Central Group on Educational Affairs.
Dr. Mirza completed medical school at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan and graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed a combined residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and fellowships in hematopathology, thoracic pathology and medical education (MERITS) at the University of Chicago.
Other honors Dr. Mirza has received include pathologist-in-training awards from the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology, Society for Ultrastructural Pathology and Society for Pediatric Pathology; Teacher of the Year for second-year students at Stritch School of Medicine and the pathology residency program over several consecutive years; the College of American Pathologists Pathology Advancement Award; and was one of the top five pathologists in the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s “40 Under Forty” list of future leaders in the field.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
Established in 1961, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park that includes the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care, Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, acute rehabilitation, a transitional care center, childcare center and fitness center. Founded in 1919, MacNeal Hospital is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services and a 68-bed behavioral health program.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).