Stephen C. Peiper, M.D., appointed Chairman of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology at Jefferson
Stephen
C. Peiper, M.D., has been appointed chairman of the Department of
Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology at Jefferson Medical College of
Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Peter A. Herbut Professor
of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology.
Dr.
Peiper comes to Jefferson from the Medical College of Georgia, where he
was chairman of the Department of Pathology in the School of Medicine,
and also the Edgar R. Pund Distinguished Professor of Pathology. He
served as the inaugural senior associate dean for Translational
Research. He was a member of the executive board of the Georgia Center
for Oncology Research & Education, which developed a state-wide
clinical trials network. He was also the founder of the Biorepository
Alliance of Georgia for Oncology, which established a statewide tumor
bank.
“Dr.
Peiper has a strong record as a leader in research, education and
clinical pathology, and will be a definite asset to our team,” said
Michael Vergare, M.D., interim dean of Jefferson Medical College. “We
are pleased that he has agreed to serve as chairman of the Department
of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology.”
Prior
to his endeavors at the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Peiper was a
professor in the departments of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where he founded
the University’s MD/PhD program. His other roles there included
vice-chairman in the Department of Pathology, professor in the
Department of Surgery and founding director for the Center of Genetics
and Molecular Medicine. He was also the Agnes Brown Duggan Professor
and the director of research at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center of
the University of Louisville.
In 1989, Dr. Peiper received the Benjamin Castleman Award from the U.S./Canadian Academy of Pathology. In 2007, he received
the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Clinical Ligand Assay Society.
He
has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed publications and more than 30
book chapters and symposia. He has served as a member of the FDA panel
for Immunological Devices, and has chaired study sections for the
American Cancer Society, the NIH and the Veterans Administration. He
has also served as section editor for multiple journals in his field,
including the Journal of Immunology, and as a reviewer for Nature Medicine, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research.
Dr.
Peiper received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Washington
University in St. Louis, Missouri, and his medical degree from St.
Louis University. He completed his residency at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Editor’s note: Dr. Peiper resides in Philadelphia (19107).
Media Only Contact:
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Phone: (215) 955-6300
Published: 11/4/2008