Columbia, MO — Lester J. Layfield, MD, FASCP, is being
recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Exceptional
Physician in the Medical Field and in acknowledgment of his work as a
Pathologist at University Hospital.
Dr. Layfield graduated from the David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA in 1979. He performed his internship in pathology, anatomic
pathology, and clinical pathology at the University of Washington Medical
Center. He completed his residency in pathology, anatomic pathology, and
clinical pathology at the University of California in San Diego.
Dr. Layfield is a board-certified pathologist and works at
University Hospital in Columbia, MO. He is also a professor and the Director of
Surgical Pathology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. He helped
develop a new scoring system for a common lung cancer diagnostic test that may
help physicians better understand the risk for malignancy when evaluating
patients.
According to Dr. Layfield, pathology is a branch of medical
science that involves the study and diagnosis of disease through the
examination of surgically removed organs, tissues, bodily fluids, and in some
cases the whole body. Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the
diagnosis and management of diseases and can help a patient’s primary care
doctor make a diagnosis about their medical condition.
Dr. Layfield is considered an expert in cytopathology with
fine needle aspirations, and surgical pathology involving head, neck and
musculoskeletal pathology. He has written and published articles and book
chapters regarding aspirations of the lung and pancreas and has authored
several articles for the World Health Organization regarding cytopathology.
Dr. Layfield is licensed to practice medicine in Missouri,
North Carolina, and California. He is also board-certified in cytopathology and
anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology. The doctor
notes that its mission is to serve the public and advance the profession of
pathology by setting certification standards and promoting lifelong competency
of pathologists.
Dr. Layfield has been nurturing and cultivating students in
the areas of evaluation clinical pathology and cytology, and he continues to
strive for excellence in his every endeavor. He was inspired to pursue his
career path by an innate enjoyment of the visual elements demonstrated
throughout the industry.
Dr. Layfield’s research interests include the cytopathology
of soft tissue bone lesions and head, neck, and breast tumors. In addition to
his clinical diagnostic work and teaching of medical students and pathology
trainees, he has published nearly 300 articles, contributed to or written more
than a dozen books, and lectured around the world to a host of audiences.
With another milestone on his journey, Dr. Layfield received
the 2011 Ward Burdick Award for Distinguished Service to Clinical Pathology at
the 2011 annual meeting in Las Vegas. The award recognizes an ASCP member who
has made a significant contribution to pathology through sustained service to
the profession and ASCP. Dr. Layfield is the fifth ARUP pathologist to receive
the award.
His professional memberships and associations include:
Papnicolaou Society of Cytopathology; Fellow of the American Society of
Cytopathology; American Society of Clinical Pathology; US/Canadian Division of
the International Academy of Pathology; Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical
Pathology.
The doctor is an avid traveler in his spare time and has
been married to Julia Crim, MD, for 31 years. They have two children. He would
like to thank his mentors, Britt Marie Ljung, MD; Walter Coulson, MD; and
Joseph Mirra, MD.
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