USCAP Seminar Speakers
Liron Pantanowitz, MD, PhD, MHA
Chair of the Department of Pathology
Maud L. Menten Professor of Pathology
Professor Liron Pantanowitz is Chair and Professor of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh in the USA. He received his medical degree and PhD from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. He completed his anatomical and clinical pathology residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard in Boston. He subsequently completed a hematopathology fellowship at Harvard and Cytopathology fellowship at Tufts. He is also board certified by the American Board of Pathology in clinical informatics and completed his MHA at Ohio University. Dr. Pantanowitz is an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pathology Informatics. He is the past president of the Digital Pathology Association, past president of the American Society of Cytopathology, and a past president and current council member of the Association of Pathology Informatics. He is widely published in the field of pathology informatics and cytopathology. His research interests include digital pathology and artificial intelligence, as well as non-gynecologic cytopathology.
Matthew Hanna, MD
Vice Chair of Pathology Informatics
Associate Professor of Pathology
Matthew G Hanna, MD is the Vice Chair of Pathology Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Dr Hanna serves on the UPMC Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE) Director of AI Operations. He is an internationally recognized leader in digital and computational pathology, with a focus on translating digital operations and artificial intelligence into routine clinical practice. Dr Hanna serves on the Executive Board of the Digital Pathology Association. He also actively contributes as a member of the CAP as the Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Committee and member of the Council of Informatics and Pathology Innovation. His clinical interests include breast pathology, informatics, digital pathology, image analysis, machine learning, clinical operations/implementation, and decision support tools.
Todd Minnigh
Chief of Medical Imaging Innovation
Leidos Health Mission Systems
Todd serves as the Chief of Medical Imaging Innovation within Leidos Health Mission Solutions business. His primary responsibility is to help Leidos Healthcare develop innovations that contribute significant value in the medical imaging domain. Before coming to Leidos Todd served as the Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer for GE Healthcare’s Global X-Ray business unit. While there he led the launch of the world’s first artificial intelligence on an imaging device for early indication of critical findings, rebranded the X-ray portfolio, and innovated two medical imaging patent submissions. Prior to joining GE, Todd held multiple executive roles over his 16 years at Kodak and Carestream Health in the sales, service, and marketing of radiology systems. This included at various times - CR, DR, PACS, RIS, VNA, Printer, and Film products.