Rate My Professor Amy Gewirtz

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.