Speaker Introduction

Byron E. Crawford, II, M.D. is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans.  He completed his residency in both anatomical and clinical pathology at the same institution, and is board certified by the American Board of Pathology in each of these specialties.  After finishing his residency training, Dr. Crawford spent sixteen years in private practice including the establishment of several laboratories.  In 1998, Dr. Crawford returned to an academic environment by joining the Tulane University School of Medicine faculty.

Currently, Dr. Crawford is an associate professor of pathology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans and practices surgical and autopsy pathology.  He is the director of the T-2 Mechanisms of Diseases – Pathology and Pathophysiology Course and is the Co-Director of the Tulane Pathology Residency Program.  He chairs the T-2 Curriculum Advisory Committee, and is a member of the Curriculum Committee, Student Affairs Committee, Medical Education Management Team and the Pathology Education Committee.  As an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at Tulane, Dr. Crawford participates in the education of urology residents related to urologic pathology.

Dr. Crawford also is an active participant, nationally and internationally, in medical educational organizations.  He is a member of the Group for Research in Pathology Education (G.R.I.P.E.) and is the chairmen of the G.R.I.P.E. Clinical Case Item Bank Committee and member of the G.R.I.P.E. Objectives Committee.  As a member of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Dr. Crawford participates as a member on two committees, Development Committee and the Program Committee (Summer 2004 IAMSE – Tulane Meeting).  He is currently a nominee for the Board of Directors of IAMSE.  Dr. Crawford is also a clinical laboratory inspector for the College of American Pathologists (CAP).  As a team leader, he has inspected numerous hospital laboratories for the CAP Commission on Laboratory Accreditation, who has responsibilities for accrediting and licensing hospital laboratories