Marsha C. Kinney, M.D., is the Rank M. Townsend Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. She also directs the Division of Hematopathology, including patient care, training, and academic activities. Her research includes the study of lymphoid neoplasms, involving the diagnosis, classification and pathogenesis. Her work with T-cell and cutaneous lymphoma enable her to translate experimental findings into targeted therapies. She has previously served as the president of the Society for Hematopathology, and is a consultant nationally for diagnostics relating to lymphoid neoplasms. Most recently, she was elected as President of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), which has over 100,000 members.
Dr. Kinney earned her M.D. from Southwestern Medical School. She also holds a M.S. in General Biology from Abilene Christian University and a B.A. in Molecular Biology from Vanderbilt University. She completed clinical fellowships in pediatric immunology and hematopathology and a residency in pathology at Vanderbilt University.