Kavita Varma, M.D., DNB, joins the Department of Pathology as an assistant professor covering the Community Pathology Practice Program (CPPP) in Anniston, Alabama, under Walter Bell, M.D., Chief of CPPP.

Varma is re-joinng the department after having worked as a staff pathologist at Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) in Birmingham for several years. She worked for a short time within the Anatomic Pathology division at UAB as GYN and Breast pathologist. Prior to that position, she was a clinical instructor of breast and gynecologic pathology at Magee Women’s Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Varma completed residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the Department of Pathology and Lab medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Prior to that, she worked as a research assistant and clinical observer at the Washington University School of St. Louis’s Department Pathology. Before coming to the U.S., Varma worked as a research assistant and resident in India, where she completed her medical training.

Varma’s research interests include ovarian and endometrial cancers, their pathogenesis and progression at histological and molecular level. She has several dozen peer-reviewed publications and abstracts, in addition to many poster presentations at pathology conferences in the US and India. Varma is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists, American Society for Clinical Pathology, College of American Pathologists, and the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Varma to our team.