George K. Michalopoulos is a
Greek-American
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pathologist
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, currently the Chair of the Department of Pathology,
Maud L. Menten Professor
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of
Pathology
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and a
Distinguished Professor
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at the
University of Pittsburgh
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.
Education
He earned an M.D. at the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
(1969) and a Ph.D. in Oncology at the
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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(1977).
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of Pittsburgh faculty
American pathologists
Greek pathologists
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health alumni
Greek emigrants to the United States
American medical academics
American medical researchers