Ralph Hruban Named Director of Pathology Department

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce that Ralph Hruban has been named the Baxley Professor in Pathology, director of the pathology department for the school of medicine, director of pathology for Johns Hopkins Medicine and pathologist-in-chief for The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He will assume this new role on July 1, after serving as interim director and leading the department since February 2014.

Ralph is a highly respected senior member of the pathology faculty, director of the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center and director of the Division of Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology. A recognized innovator, he is a co-founder of the National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry at Johns Hopkins and created an award-winning iPad application to teach pancreas pathology. 

Renowned for his collaborative research, Ralph has been recognized by the Institute of Scientific Information as a highly cited researcher and by Essential Science Indicators as the most highly cited pancreatic cancer scientist. One of his numerous research contributions includes the characterization of PanINs, the precursor lesions that give rise to invasive pancreatic cancer. Published extensively in his field, Ralph has authored more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and five books, including a standard textbook on pancreatic pathology. He is a frequent speaker nationally and abroad.

Ralph has received numerous awards, including the Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumni Award, the Team Science Award from the American Association for Cancer Research and five teaching awards from the school of medicine. He was elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2013.

A member of the Johns Hopkins faculty for the last 25 years, Ralph earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in anatomic pathology at Johns Hopkins, serving as chief resident, and a fellowship in surgical pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He returned to Johns Hopkins in 1990 as an associate professor. He was promoted to professor in 1999.

We appreciate the diligence of the search committee, co-chaired by Antony Rosen and William Nelson.

Please join us in congratulating Ralph as he continues to advance the work of one of the largest departments in the school of medicine.

Sincerely,

Paul B. Rothman, M.D.
Dean of the Medical Faculty
CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Ronald R. Peterson
President
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
EVP, Johns Hopkins Medicine