Thomas J. Athanassiades, MD
Associate Professor MS2 Discipline Director
Department of Pathology
Office location: Room 4-137, BSB
Tel: (718)270- 1289 • Fax: (718) 270-3313
e-mail: Thomas.Athanassiades@downstate.edu
Teaching and Other Administrative Responsibilities
Discipline (previously Course) Director, Department of Pathology Second Year Medical Student Teaching Program
Lecturer, Pathology
Preceptor, Histopathology laboratory sessions, Pathology
Co-organizer, Pathology resident didactic teaching program in Anatomical Pathology
Department Quality Assurance Officer, Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Committee, Anatomical Pathology, University Hospital of Brooklyn
Departmental CME Program Director, Anatomical Pathology Conference
Meritorious Awards for Excellence in Teaching:
1974, 1986 Yearbook Dedications for Outstanding Teacher
1988 Alpha Omega Alpha Award for Excellence in Teaching with Honorary membership into AOA
1992 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award of the Preclinical Faculty
1993 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
1995 Honorary Alumnus of the Alumni Association of the College of Medicine Award (Teaching Award)
1996 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award of the Second Year Class
1998 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award of the Second Year Class
Education and Training
1953 B.S., College of the City of New York, Cum Laud.
1960 M.D., Tulane School of Medicine
7/60 – 6/61 Internship, General Rotating, St. Vincent’s Hospital, NY, NY
7/61 – 12/63 Resident, Anatomic Pathology and Chief Resident (7/62 – 12/62), Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
1/64 – 12/64 Research Fellow and Associate in Electron Microscopy, Department of Pathology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
1/65 – 6/66 Resident, Clinical Pathology, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
Laboratory Members / Personnel
Denise Leggard, Senior Staff Assistant (Denise.Leggard@downstate.edu)