Taylor MacGowan, MS, PA(ASCP)

Instructor

School of Medicine
Department
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Taylor MacGowan

Education & Affiliations

MS, Anatomic Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 2022
BS, Biology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2018

Biography

Taylor, a graduate of the Tulane University Pathologists’ Assistant program, is a board certified pathologists’ assistant. While a student at Tulane, she completed the teaching practicum where she found her enthusiasm for combining education, pathology and advocating for the pathologists’ assistant profession. She has given lectures about pathology ranging from high school students to residents. In her previous role, Taylor gained experience with grossing complex surgical resection specimens, teaching in the clinical setting and intraoperative renal adequacy assessments. Taylor decided to return to Tulane to be able to teach in the didactic setting in addition to the clinical setting.  

Certification  

Board Certified Pathologists’ Assistant - American Society for Clinical Pathology (2023-Present)

Membership in Professional Societies
  • American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology 

Contributions

MacGowan T, McClinchey T, Parcha V, Vatta M, Litovsky S, Arora P and Benson PV (2023) De novo heterozygous pathogenic FBN1 variant in an autopsy case of multiple aneurysms and right renal artery dissection: a case report. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 10:1170460. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1170460