The UAB Department of Pathology is excited to welcome two new faculty starting September 3: Farzad Esfahani, M.D., as assistant professor, Anatomic Pathology, and Adam Wilberger, M.D., as assistant professor, Laboratory Medicine.
Dr. Esfahani, an Iranian native, joins UAB Pathology from private practice, moving from Sebastian, Florida, where he was a staff pathologist and independent contractor at Sebastian River Medical Center. He completed undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Oklahoma, in the state where he has lived since moving to the US. Esfahani became a US resident in 1987.
He completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa campus. Esfahani spent time at the University of South Alabama completing residencies in anatomic pathology and cytopathology. There, Esfahani he worked for a year as a clinical assistant professor in the USA College of Medicine, departments of Emergency Medicine and Pathology. Before working as a pathologist, Esfahani worked as an emergency room physician at hospitals in Alabama and Florida.
Esfahani has worked as a staff pathologist in several clinical settings in Florida over the course of his career. He is joined by his wife Heather, an Alabama native, and their son.
Dr. Adam Wilberger joins the department as assistant professor in the Division of Laboratory Medicine. Originally from Sewickley, PA, a town outside of Pittsburgh, Wilberger grew up with parents who both worked in healthcare, which influenced his career choice. He majored in psychology at the University of Virginia and remains interested in the field.
Wilberger attended medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine. He spent his third and fourth years at Allegheny General Hospital clinical campus in Pittsburgh, where he was exposed to and developed an interest in pathology. His first two years of an AP/CP residency were spent at the Cleveland Clinic, where experience with hematopathology led to his decision to specialize in hemepath.
Wilberger completed a residency at the University of Colorado, including a fifth year dedicated to research in the molecular lab under Dr. Dara Aisner as part of the physician scientist pathway. He comes to UAB having completed a 1-year hematopathology fellowship under world-renowned hematopathologist Dr. Steven Swerdlow.
Wilberger's wife, Danica Kempinski, a yoga instructor who runs an online women’s clothing boutique.