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Jeannette Guarner, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States

Jeannette Guarner trained in anatomic and clinical pathology and did a fellowship in surgical pathology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. After training she returned to Mexico City where she grew up. She worked 7 years at the Instituto National de Cancerologia (INCan) where she became the Director of Ancillary Diagnostic Services. During her years at INCan she implemented a laboratory information system, flow cytometry, cytogenetics, and numerous tumor markers in the clinical laboratory. She also taught and mentored students in the Clinical Chemistry Program at the National Autonomous University and researched gastric cancer associated to Helicobacter pylori in Chiapas, the southernmost State in Mexico. She returned to Atlanta and worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Infectious Disease Pathology Branch. During her tenure at CDC she participated in the investigation of the anthrax bioterrorism attack, discovery of SARS in 2003, and introduction of monkeypox in 2003 and West Nile virus into the USA. Currently she works at Emory University and is Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs in the Pathology Department, and Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories at Emory University Hospital Midtown. Dr Guarner has published over 200 peer reviewed articles. The topics include infectious disease pathology, laboratory methods, and education. She teaches medical students, residents and fellows different topics including infectious diseases pathology, immunology, coagulation, and laboratory administration. She has developed several curricula that have interactive online modules for the same topics. Her experience has led to invitations to present globally on quality management, leadership, and infectious disease pathology. In the last 3 years, Dr Guarner has worked with ASCP on quality management courses that have been presented in Latin America and Africa. She has been a member of USCAP and ASCP since she was a trainee and has been active as secretary/ treasurer and later President of the companion Binford Dammin Infectious Disease Pathology Society. She is a member of a group of pathologists from all continents that are working on African Strategies for Advancing Pathology (ASAP).

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