2016-2018 Director of Clinical Chemistry -University Medical Center, New Orleans and Professor of Pathology/Vice chair of Clinical Pathology, LSU Medical School

2013-2014 Western Region Medical Director,Quest Diagnostics Laboratory -8 states and Medical Director of the West Hills (Los Angeles) Quest Diagnostics Laboratory

2006-2013 Medical Director - Quest Diagnostics Laboratory - Sacramento, California

2002- 2014 Clinical Professor of Pathology-University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

1993-2002 Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology-University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

1993-2004 Chief of Pathology - VA Northern California Healthcare System

1992 - Promoted to Associate Professor of Pathology, LSU Medical School

1983-1993 Associate Professor of Pathology - LSU Medical School / VA Medical Center, NOLA

Board Certifications:

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1983)
Medical Microbiology (1986)
Cytopathology (1991)

1989- certification -Medical and Public Health Mycology - American Board of Medical Microbiology -emeritus

Clinical Interests

Clinical Pathology and microbiology, laboratory administration and accreditation, and molecular pathology/personalized medicine/cancer genomics.

Research Interests

Infectious disease pathology particularly fungal disease and COVID-19.

Teaching Activities

2016 - Date - LSU Medical School

1993-2014 - UC-Davis, School of Medicine

2011-awarded Faculty Teaching Award by the Pathology residents of UC, Davis, School of Medicine.

Committees & Administrative Responsibilities

- Direction of the UMC Clinical Laboratories including clinical chemistry, molecular pathology, and microbiology.

- Developing a Clinical Pathology teaching program for LSU Pathology residents and medical students.

- Member of the College of American Pathologists Clinical Pathology Education Committee.

- Laboratory inspector for the College of American Pathologists with over 50 career inspections as team leader.

- 6-sigma certified/active interest in quality and lean laboratory operations.

Selected Publications

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Louisiana - one-year follow-up: A case report. Azhar A, Connel HEl, Haas C, Surla J, Reed D, Kamboj S, Love GL and Bennani Y. World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Accepted Date: 2020-10-26. In press

Mycology Color Atlas
Color Atlas of Mycology; Love GL, and Ribes JA. College of American Pathologists Press (Northfield, Illinois) 2018. ISBN: 978-194109642-0

Mycology Benchtop Reference Guide: An Illustrated Guide to Commonly Encountered Fungi
Love GL. College of American Pathologists Press; 2013

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana.
Love GL. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006 Feb;130(2):146.

Epiglottic histoplasmosis presenting in a nonendemic region.
Love GL. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Jan;129(1):12-4; author reply.

Laryngeal and respiratory tract sporotrichosis and steroid inhaler use.
Zhou CH, Asuncion A, Love GL. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Jul;127(7):893-4.

Awards

April 2019 - University Medical Center New Orleans Physician of the Quarter

2013 - Gambino Challenger Award by Quest Diagnostics for laboratory quality metrics.

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Love, Gordon L., M.D.

Chairman, Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans Professor of Clinical Pathology Jack Perry Strong Endowed Professorship of Clinical Pathology Medical Director of the clinical laboratories of the University Medical Center

Degrees

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