Connect Sign InEmerging Infections: Historical Perspectives, Precipitating Factors, and Pathologic Diagnosis
This lecture will discuss the definitions of emerging infections, and how epidemiologic factors interact with pathogens to produce patterns of emergence. We will then use a case-based approach to illustrate the importance of recognizing emerging infections in diagnostic pathology and clinical care.
Dr. Laura Webb Lamps, MD is the Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Gastrointestinal Pathology at the University of Michigan Department of Pathology, and the first Patient Safety Officer for the University of Michigan Hospital System. Dr. Lamps, originally from Auburn, Alabama, received her B.S. degree from Davidson College, followed by her M.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1992. She also completed her residency and surgical pathology fellowship training at Vanderbilt. She joined the faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 1998, where until February of 2017 she was Professor of Pathology and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, as well as the Associate Chief Quality Officer for Risk and Safety.
Dr. Lamps is a renowned academic pathologist and educator, and a leader in the fields of gastrointestinal, hepatic, and infectious disease pathology. She has received multiple teaching awards, and has been invited as a visiting professor or course faculty at over 60 institutions throughout the country and the world. She has authored numerous papers and abstracts, particularly in her primary area of interest, the study of infectious diseases of the liver and GI tract. She is the co-author or author of several major pathology textbooks including Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System: Bacterial, Fungal, Viral, and Parasitic Infections; Diagnostic Pathology: Normal Histology; and Diagnostic Pathology: GI Endoscopic Correlation. She has also contributed numerous book chapters to texts including Odze and Goldblum’s Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas, which is regarded as the most widely used GI textbook in the world. She is one of four editors of the recently published 11th edition of Rosai and Ackerman’s Surgical Pathology. Until March of 2017, she served as the chair of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Education Committee.
Dr. Lamps lives in Ann Arbor with her husband, Paul Ward, and their rescue corgi, Henry. She is active in animal welfare efforts, and served on the board and as the past President of the Central Arkansas Rescue Effort for Animals. She is an avid knitter, cook, and substitute yoga instructor.
