Mary Beth Beasley, M.D.

Mary Beth Beasley received her undergraduate education at Wake Forest University. She went on to medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, followed by a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Duke University Medical Center and at Tulane, where she was Chief Resident. She was then a Callendar-Binford Fellow in Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington D.C. She remained at the AFIP as a staff pathologist for two and a half years, and was also a consultant pathologist at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2000 she joined the Tulane University Pathology Faculty; she was honored as the Tulane University “Rookie of the Year” Professor in 2001. Dr. Beasley is the author of several articles and book chapters on pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors and acute lung injury, and serves on the editorial board for Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Beasley’s office is located at Providence Portland Medical Center.

James Booth, M.D.

Jim Booth received his undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University and attended medical school at the University of Tennessee. He served an internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver and then came to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center as a resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He was a Fellow in Nuclear Medicine at OHSU and served a Fellowship in Immunopathology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Board Certified Cytopathologist as well as an Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist. Dr. Booth’s office is located at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Xiaohong “Chris” Cai, M.D.

Dr. Cai received his MS and MD degrees from Hunan Medical University in China. He also received a Ph.D. in Tumor Immunology from Hunan Medical University. He first was a Post-Doctorate Fellow in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and later joined the faculty of Yale Medical School as an Associate Research Scientist. He was a resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Chicago Hospital prior to a Fellowship in Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cai’s office is located at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Franklin D. Curl, M.D.

Frank Curl is a graduate of Ohio State University and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He served as an intern and resident in surgery at the University of Colorado and as an NIH Research Fellow in Neuroscience at the University of New Mexico. He then completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and a residency in Nuclear Medicine at Georgetown University. Dr. Curl came to Providence Portland Medical Center in 1972. He has served long terms as the Director of Nuclear Medicine of Diagnostic Ultrasonography and Echocardiography. He served as the PPMC Medical Director of Laboratories from 1974-2004.

James B. Durham, M.D.

James Durham graduated from Oberlin College prior to attending medical school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He served an internship in Internal Medicine at State University New York-Buffalo, and then returned to the University of Missouri for his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He was subsequently an Associate Professor of Pathology at Missouri, and served as the Director of Anatomic Pathology. He also has 11 years of private practice experience in pathology in Kansas City, Missouri. Most recently, Dr. Durham completed a Fellowship in Dermatopathology with A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D. in New York. Dr. Durham is a board certified Anatomical and Clinical Pathologist. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Dermatopathology. Dr. Durham’s office is located at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Jeffrey Harter, M.D.

Jeff Harter graduated with honors from Baylor University. He attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He first came to Providence as a resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at St. Vincent Medical Center, where he also served as Chief Resident. He then served a Surgical Pathology Fellowship at the M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. After three years of private practice in Missouri, Dr. Harter came to Providence Portland Medical Center in 2001 and is now the Director of Point of Care Testing and Medical Director of Anatomic Pathology at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Eugene Henschel, M.D.

Gene Henschel received his undergraduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring in Life Sciences. He returned to his native Missouri to attend the University of Missouri Medical School in Columbia. He served a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Oregon Health Sciences University, where he was also a postdoctoral Fellow in biochemistry. He then served a Surgical Pathology Fellowship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Prior to joining Providence, Dr. Henschel was a staff pathologist and Director of Surgical Pathology at Corning Clinical Laboratories in Portland. Dr. Henschel’s office is located at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

P. Holbrook Howard, M.D.

Brook Howard received his undergraduate education at Stanford University and Amherst College, where he graduated in biophysics and history. He went on to study at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, receiving his Masters degree in biochemistry. He then completed a research Fellowship in mitochondrial bioenergetics at the University of California-Davis. After finishing medical school at Tulane University, he served as a resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at UCLA and subsequently as Chief resident at UC Davis. He was then a Fellow in Hematopathology at UC Davis prior to joining the pathology faculty. Dr. Howard came to Providence Portland Medical Center in 1990. He is the Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank at Providence Portland Medical Center.

Mary N. Kilo, M.D.

Mary Kilo graduated from the University of Charleston and attended medical school at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. She served as a resident in Anatomic Pathology and then as a Fellow in Surgical Pathology at Barnes Hospital of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She then served a Fellowship in Hematopathology, followed by a residency in Clinical Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard University Medical School. She was an instructor in Pathology at Harvard Medical School and was an Associate Pathologist in Community Hospitals in the Boston area prior to joining Providence in 2000. Dr. Kilo’s office is at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. She is the Medical Director of Hematology and Coagulation, and the Medical Director of the Blood Bank at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Melissa Li, M.D.

Melissa Li is a native of Oregon. After attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she returned to Oregon for medical school at Oregon Health Sciences University. She served her residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Washington and stayed at UW as a Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellow with the late Dr. Roger Haggitt. She was then a Forensic Pathology Fellow with the King County Medical Examiners Office in Seattle. She rounded out her Fellowship training as a Surgical Pathology Fellow at the University of California-San Diego working with Dr. Noel Weidner. Dr. Li was on the Pathology Faculty at the University of Florida in the Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology unit and was an Assistant District 8 Medical Examiner before coming to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Theresa Perrone, M.D.

Terry Perrone is a native of New York City. After graduating Magna cum Laude from Harvard University, she attended medical school at the State University of New York (Downstate), receiving her M.D. degree (AOA) in 1978. She served her residencies in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was Chief Resident. She was then a Fellow in Surgical Pathology at the University of Minnesota, and was awarded the Kenneth F. Ernst award for Outstanding Research in Anatomic Pathology. She remained on the faculty at the University of Minnesota for ten years with a sub-specialty area of Gynecologic Pathology, eventually becoming an Associate Professor. While at Minnesota, she collaborated with Louis Dehner. In 1994 Dr. Perrone left academics for private practice. She joined the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Two years later, she went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester for a Dermatopathology Fellowship, returning to Marshfield in 1997. Dr. Perrone is married and has four children. Her office is located at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

Allan Sacker, M.D.

Allan Sacker is a native of Portland and graduated with honors from the University of Portland. He attended medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He returned to Portland to serve a residency in Anatomic Pathology at OHSU, also serving as Chief Resident. He stayed at OHSU for a Fellowship in Surgical Pathology. Before joining Providence, he was with Phoenix Pathologists, Ltd. in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Sacker is the Medical Director of Pathology at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. His areas of focus include Renal Pathology and Immunopathology.

Su Wang, M.D.

Su Wang received her M.D. at the West China University of Medical Sciences in Chengdu, China, followed by postgraduate training in pathology at the Beijing Medical University, where she was subsequently appointed Assistant Professor. She completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and went on to serve a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She rounded out her training as a Cytopathology Fellow at M D Anderson Cancer Center. She was a staff pathologist with Brown and Associates in Houston, Texas before coming to Providence. Dr. Wang’s office is located at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Her focus areas include Cytopathology and Molecular Pathology.