Ifeoma U. Perkins

Dr. Ifeoma Perkins is a practicing pathologist, double board certified in anatomic pathology/clinical pathology and dermatopathology. She is an assistant professor adjoint in the department of pathology at the University of Colorado School of Mdicine where she teaches pathology residents, fellows, and medical students pathology and disciplines related to ethics and professionalism. Dr. Perkins is also affiliate faculty of the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities, where she participates in multidisciplinary efforts to better understand ethical challenges in indirect patient care, including pathology and lab medicine. She is known for having created a novel ethics curriculum for pathology graduate medical trainees ("Broadening Our Scope") which has now been taught over years at several pathology residency programs within the United States (US). She has served on hospital ethics committees, completed multiple clinical ethics-related training workshops, and is currently completing a graduate program for bioethics and humanities at the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Perkins is considered an emerging respected educator in the US on the subject matter of clinical ethics as it pertains to pathology and laboratory medicine.