April 6, 2006
Haggitt lecture on liver disease
Dr. Linda Ferrell, professor of pathology and surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, will present the Dept. of Pathology’s annual Rodger C. Haggitt Lecture at noon on Thursday, April 13, in Turner Auditorium, Room D-209 of the Health Sciences Center.
She will speak on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The New Epidemic. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Ferrell, vice chair of clinical affairs and director of surgical pathology at UCSF, is an internationally known teacher and expert consultant in the pathology of liver diseases, with publications on liver transplant pathology, cirrhosis, liver cancer, and fatty liver disease.
The recipient of many teaching awards, Ferrell directs the training of residents and fellows in surgical pathology at UCSF and is a frequent participant in national and international courses in liver disease.
The lectureship is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Rodger C. Haggitt, professor and director of Anatomic Pathology, 1984-2000.
