Speakers Bio
Dina R. Mody, M.D.
Dr Dina R Mody is Director of the Cytopathology laboratory and Fellowship at The Methodist Hospital, and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She graduated from Bombay University (Seth G.S. Medical College) and did her pathology residency at Baylor College of Medicine. Previously, at Baylor she was Professor of Pathology and held the Ibrahim Ramzy Endowed Chair.
Dr. Mody is currently President of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC). She has given numerous workshops, teleconferences, symposia and lectures at local, national and international meetings. She has served on the Executive Board, the Scientific Program Committee and chaired the Quality Assurance Committee of the ASC. She co-Chaired the Practice Guidelines Committee, which developed the Cervical Cytology Practice Guidelines for which she received the President�s Award of the ASC in 1999. In 2002, she received the Lansky Award of the College of American Pathologists for her leadership role in cytology, and has served as Chair of the CAP Cytopathology Resource Committee. In 2004, Dr. Mody was appointed to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) of the CDC which advises CDC and CMS . Previous leadership positions include President of the Texas Society of Cytology, and Chair of Scientific Program of the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists.