Clinical Staff

Department Administration

• Dr. Lowell Tilzer, Professor and Chair; President of University Pathology Association (UPA), 5016 Delp Pavilion, 588-1735, email: ltilzer@kumc.edu
• Dr. Janet Woodroof, Associate Professor and Medical Director of Clinical Laboratory, University of Kansas Hospital Room 1421, (913) 945-6786, e-mail:  jwoodroof@kumc.edu
• Suzanne Scott, Senior Administrator, 5014 Delp Pavilion, Phone: (913) 588-7070, email: sscott@kumc.edu
• Fax no: 588-7073

University of Kansas Hospital Administration for Pathology Services

• Patricia Sanders-Hall, Vice President, Ancillary Services, Hospital, 2004A Wescoe Pavilion, 588-2909, email: psanders-hall@kumc.edu
• Arda Peterson, Administrative Director
• Janet Kliethermes, Assistant Director
• Vicki Parsons, Assistant Director
• Linda Riley, Supervisor
• Paula Miller, Clinical quality Assurance Manager
• Deanne Stephens, Transfusion Service Manager
• Dean Merkel, Stem Cell Manager
• Fax no: 588-8098

Department Business, Billing Services and Materials Management

• Main phone number: (913) 588-7255
• Suzanne Scott, Senior Administrator, 2014 Delp Pavilion, Phone: (913) 588-7070, sscott@kumc.edu
• Ivana Dordevic, Medical Coder
• Karen Pitman, Data Entry Representative
• June Fountaine, Medical Coder/Biller
• Fax no: 588-7073

Quality, Accreditation and Compliance

CAP Activities

• Dr. Lowell Tilzer, Director of Laboratory Medicine and the Clinical Laboratories
• Dr. Janet Woodroof, Associate Director of Laboratory Medicine and the Clinical Laboratories

Laboratory Improvement

• Dr. Rebecca Horvat, Director of Microbiology and Molecular Pathology and Quality Improvement

Anatomic and Core Pathology Services

Anatomic Records

• Dr. Ossama Tawfik, Director Anatomic Pathology

Surgical Pathology Transcription

• Kathy Willis, Transcriptionist, 1612 Hospital, 588-1180
• Fred Rojas, Laboratory Customer Service Representative, 1612 Hospital, 588-1253
• Fax no: 588-8780

Autopsy

• Mark Myers, Coordinator and Supervisor, B508 Hospital, 588-7272, mmyers@kumc.edu
• Todd Williams, Technician
• Patricia Jefferson, Transcriptionist
• Technician on call, Pager 6072
• FAX no: 588-7274

Brain and Tissue Bank

• Dr. Ossama Tawfik, Medical Director
• Dr. Kathy Newell, Supervisor
• Hanluen Kuo, Bioreprository Development Leader

Cytopathology and FNA

• Dr. Fang Fan, Medical Director, 1599 Hospital, 588-1175, email: ffan@kumc.edu
• Marilee Means, PhD, 1602 Hospital, 588-1175, email: mmeans@kumc.edu
• Heather Gallahger-Nelson, Cytology Supervisor, 588-1175
• Susan Dillon, Cytotechnologist
• Shellie Vadnais, Cytotechnologist
• Courtney Robinson, Cytotechnologist

Laboratory Information Systems

• David Weroha, LIS Manager, 1434 Hospital, 588-1786, email: dweroha@kumc.edu
• Bill Justice, LIS Systems Administrator
• Mike Martin, LIS Analyst
• Craig Morey, LIS Analyst
• James Wilhite, LIS Support Specialist

Electron Microscopy

• Dr. Ivan Damjanov
• Steve Jones, Supervisor

Experimental and Prognostic Immunohistochemistry

• Marsha Danley, UPA Director of Immunohistochemistry

Histology/Neurohistology

• Tim Chilton, Histology Supervisor

Image Analysis and Automated Cell Imaging System

• Marilyn Davis, Director
• Dr. Ossama Tawfik, Medical Director

Molecular Pathology/Diagnostics

• Dr. Lowell Tilzer, Medical Director
• Rebecca Horvat, Director
• Denise Lydick, Technical Supervisor
• Beth Fellers, Technologist

Routine Immunohistochemistry

• Melissa Hull, University of Kansas Hospital, Histotechnician, Hospital

Surgical Pathology

• Dr. Ossama Tawfik, Director

UPA Graphics and Photography Services [more information]

• Dennis Friesen, Technical Director, 5010 Delp Pavilion, 588-7263, email: dfriesen@kumc.edu

Kansas City VAMC

• Fax no: 816-498-3601

Laboratory Medicine Services

• Dr. Lowell, Tilzer, Director
• Dr. Janet Woodroof, Associate Director

Chemistry

• Dr. Lowell Tilzer, Medical Director
• Dave Klippel, Medical Laboratory Scientist Supervisor

Cytogenetics

• Dr. Diane Persons, Medical Director
• Terry Arthur, Cytogenetics Supervisor

Hematopathology and Flow Cytometry

• Dr. Mark Cunningham, Medical Director
• Julie Guess, Medical Laboratory Scientist Supervisor

Referral/Commercial Mailouts

• Dr. Lowell Tilzer, Medical Director

Transfusion Services

• Dr. Lowell Tilzer, Medical Director
• Deanne Stephens, Transfusion Service Manager

Medical Microbiology

• Dr. Rebecca Horvat, Medical Director
• Marsha Wilson, Medical Laboratory Scientist Supervisor

Pathology Consultative & Outreach Services

• Ossama Tawfik, Director
• Renal Pathology Faculty:
  • Dr. Ivan Damjanov
  • Dr. Da Zhang
  • Dr. Timothy Fields
• Suzanne Scott, Senior Administrator, 5014 Delp Pavilion, Phone: (913) 588-7070, sscott@kumc.edu