Jeff Myers, MD, Associate Director

Dr. Myers is A. James French Professor of Diagnostic Pathology and Director of the Division of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School. His research reflects broad interests in diagnostic surgical pathology with a focus in non-neoplastic lung diseases. He has contributed well over 100 publications to the peer reviewed literature, over a dozen book chapters, and is Co-Editor and author of a major textbook on lung pathology. Prior to coming to Michigan Dr. Myers was a member of the Mayo Clinic staff where he served for nearly a decade as Chair of the Division of Anatomic Pathology. Throughout his career, Dr. Myers has held various institutional and national leadership positions, and was the first Chair of the Mayo Clinic Innovation Work Group, a group charged with maximizing success in leveraging opportunities for innovation in health care. He also served as Chair of the Clinical Practice Innovation-10 program, a program focused on providing resources for clinically oriented innovation projects. He has served as a visiting professor and invited speaker on over 250 occasions including a number of presentations focusing on innovation as a core competency in medicine in general and pathology in particular. At Michigan he works closely with members of the College of Engineering and Pathology Data Systems to design new solutions for age-old problems in pathology practice.