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Faculty Detail    
Name C BRUCE ALEXANDER
 
Campus Address HSB 175L Zip 6823
Phone  (205) 934-0502
E-mail  cba@uab.edu
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Clinical Pathology  Anatomic Pathology Professor Emeritus

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Molecular and Cellular Pathology Program 

Biographical Sketch 
COLLEGES/POST-GRADUATE TRAINING BS 1967 Hampden-Sydney College, VA MD 1971 University of Virginia, VA 1971-73 Intern in Internal Medicine, Cleveland Metro General Hospital, OH 1975-79 Resident in Anatomic Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, NC 1976-77 NIH Fellow, Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, NC 1978-79 Fellow, Forensic Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, NC MILITARY SERVICE 1973-75 Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, USNR, Beaufort Naval Hospital HONORS AND AWARDS 1966 Omicron Delta Kappa 1970 Alpha Omega Alpha 1970 Raven Society 2002 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” Award 2011 Association of Pathology Chairs Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education 2012 Academy of Laboratory Physicians and Scientists Gerald Evans Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service to the Society 2013 Best Doctors in America –Birmingham Magazine December 2013 issue ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor and Vice Chair Section Head, Autopsy Pathology Residency Program Director Coursemaster, Pulmonary Module (MS1), School of Medicine Secondary Faculty, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Related Professionals Clinical Associate Professor, School of Allied Health/CLS HOSPITAL AND OTHER NON-ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Laboratory Medical Director, Kirklin Clinic Laboratory Chair, Credentials Committee, University of Alabama Health System Consulting Pathologist, UH Nuclear Medicine Laboratory Associate Coroner/Medical Examiner, Jefferson County, Alabama

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
Association of Pathology Chairs - Program Directors Council     
College of American Pathologists     
American College of Chest Physicians     
Pulmonary Pathology Society     
U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology     
National Association of Medical Examiners     
American Academy of Forensic Sciences     
Alabama Association of Pathologists     
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society  Board of Directors   
American Pathology Foundation  Board of Directors   



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Description
Residency Training – Competency-based residency training in Pathology. Pulmonary Pathology - New treatment protocols for Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis. Forensic Pathology – Using Forensic Pathology analysis models to identify under-reported lethal forces at work upon society and drive the implementation of preventive measures.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Smith BR, Wells A, Alexander CB, Bovill E, Campbell S, Dasgupta A, Fung M, et. al. (for the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists). Curriculum content and evaluation of resident competency in clinical pathology (laboratory medicine): A proposal. Clin Chem 2006;52(6):917-949   
Naritoku, WY, Alexander CB, Bennett BD, Black-Schaffer, Brissette M, Grimes MM, Hoffman RD, Hunt J, Iezzoni J, Johnson R, Kozel J, Mendoza R, Post MD, Powell SZ, Procop GW, Steinberg JJ, Thorsen L, Nestler SP. The Pathology Milestones and the Next Accreditation System. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2014 Mar; 138 (3): 307-15s.  24576024 
Smith BR, Wells A, Alexander CB, et. al. for the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists. Curriculum content and evaluation of resident competency in clinical pathology (laboratory medicine): A proposal. Hum Pathol 2006; 37:934-968   
Naritoky, WY, Alexander CB, (2014) Pathology Milestones. Journal of Graduate Medical Education: March 2014, Vol. 6, No. 1s1, pp. 180-181.   
Alexander CB. Pathology graduate medical education (overview from 2006-2010). Hum Pathol 2011; 42:763-769.    
Luning Prak ET, Young DS, Kamoun M, Nachamkin I, Alexander CB et al. 2008 ACLPS Panel Discussion on Resident Education in Clinical Pathology. Am J Clin Pathol 2009:131:618-622.   
Barton JC, Acton RT, Anderson LE, Alexander CB. A Comparison Between Whites and Blacks with Severe Multi-Organ Iron Overload Identified in 16,152 Autopsies. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, E-pub. 03/21/09   
Peerschke EIB, Agrawal Y, Alexander CB, Bovill E, Laposata M. Proposed research training guidelines for residents in laboratory medicine. Clin Lab Med 2007;27(2):241-253.   
Alexander CB. Assessing resident competency in laboratory medicine. Clin Lab Med 2007;27(2):269-281.   
Alexander CB. Pathology graduate medical education (overview from 2006-2010). Hum Pathol 2011; 42:763-769.   
Alexander CB. Pathology graduate medical education (overview 1926-2005). Hum Pathol 2006;37:923-928.   
Smith BR, Wells A, Alexander CB, Bovill E, Campbell S, Dasgupta A, Fung M, et. al. (for the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists). Curriculum content and evaluation of resident competency in Clinical Pathology (Laboratory Medicine): A proposal. Am J Clin Pathol 2006;125 (Suppl 1):S5-S7.   
Folberg R, Antonioli DA, Alexander CB. Competency-based residency training in pathology: Challenges and opportunities. Human Path 2002;33(1):3-6.   
Alexander CB, McDonald JM. Cost-based (Part A) pathology physician services: Origin, current spectrum, and future. Clin Lab Med 1999;19(4).   
Alexander CB. Trends in pathology graduate medical education. Human Path 2001;32(7):671-676.   
Park YA, Tatum CJ, Reardon JE, Alexander CB, Ho KJ, and Marques MB. Not all Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemias are Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Clinicopathologic Correlation. Am J Clin Pathol 2006; 126(3): 470.   

Keywords
Graduate Medical Education, Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis, ACGME Competencies, Forensic autopsy, Medical Autopsy