Rate My Professor Amy Gewirtz

Amy Gewirtz, MD, is the Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She obtained her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1990, completed her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1994, served as chief resident in clinical pathology at Stanford University Medical Center, and finished her Hematopathology Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1995. Board certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Hematology Pathology, her career centers on pathology and laboratory medicine, with a foundation in hematopathology.

Dr. Gewirtz started her faculty tenure at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine as a hematopathologist, then spent 17 years at The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center practicing medicine, teaching, and leading laboratory operations as Vice Chair of Clinical Pathology and Chief Operating Officer. She returned to UK in 2017 as Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Director of Clinical Pathology, and CLIA Laboratory Director for UK HealthCare clinical laboratories, becoming Acting Chair in 2024 and officially appointed Chair in March 2025. Over 28 years, she has developed efficient processes for laboratory operations, diagnostic services, trainee education, and research support, managing interdisciplinary teams and instructing medical, dental, optometry students, residents, and fellows. She has earned numerous teaching honors from the UK College of Medicine Pathology Department, including annual resident and teaching awards. Her publications include "The clinical usefulness of the preoperative bleeding time" (Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1996), "Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis: Report of a case in northern California" (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1996), "Howell-Jolly body-like inclusions in neutrophils" (Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2003), and contributions to books on hematology case studies and atlases of body fluids.