Endowed Chairs

Eyas M Hattab, MD, MBA

AJ Miller Endowed Professor & Chairman
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 

Eyas M. Hattab, MD, MBA, AJ Miller endowed professor and chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at University of Louisville, is an internationally recognized neuropathologist and pathology business leader and a frequent invited speaker. Under his leadership, University of Louisville has become one of the first academic centers to implement a fully digital workflow and employ artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. Hattab is an expert in the study of brain cancer and the characterization of its morphologic, immunohistological and molecular features. His practice also includes ophthalmic pathology, transplant pathology and immunohistochemistry. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to many books and media appearances. Dr. Hattab is a passionate educator and the recipient of multiple teaching awards. He serves on many national and international pathology professional societies, including AANP, APC, CAP, IAP and USCAP. 

Dr. Hattab obtained his medical education from Jordan University of Science and Technology and completed his pathology training at the University of Florida, Stanford University and Washington University. In addition, Dr. Hattab holds an Executive Business of Medicine MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He is an avid runner and cyclist and enjoys international travel and fine dining.

Samer AlQuran, MD

William M. Christopherson Endowed Chair (Oncologic Pathology)
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 

Samer Z. AlQuran, MD, is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with subspeciality certification in Hematology (Hematopathology). He graduated from the College of Medicine at Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan. He completed his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Florida, where he obtained focused training in genitourinary pathology with Dr. William M. Murphy. Following residency, he completed a Surgical Oncologic Pathology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he furthered his expertise in genitourinary, breast and general surgical oncologic pathology. After that, He worked as a Hematopathology fellow at the University of Florida under the tutelage of Dr. Raul C. Braylan, one of the world’s foremost authorities on flow cytometry.

Dr. AlQuran joined the University of Louisville after working for more than 10 years at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, where he served as the director of Breast Pathology from 2008 to 2016, Director of the Surgical Pathology Fellowship from 2014 to 2016 and Associate Director of the Hematopathology Fellowship from 2012-2016.  He also served as an attending hematopathologist and provided coverage to a wide spectrum of services in surgical pathology.

Dr. AlQuran has diverse research interests that reflect his areas of clinical responsibility. His primary area of interest is in the application of flow cytometry in the diagnosis and classification of hematolymphoid neoplasia and in developing new diagnostic techniques. He has authored more than 65 publications including original articles, abstracts and book chapters and has given many invited talks, workshops and lectures at national and international conferences.