Sarah Garner, MS, PA (ASCP)

Instructor

School of Medicine

Education & Affiliations

PhD, Medical and Health Professions Education, Concentration: Contemporary Human Anatomy Education. Eastern Virginia Medical School. Norfolk, VA. Anticipated 2022.
MS, Pathologists’ Assistant Studies, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, 2016.
MS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, LA, 2014
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, LA, 2013

Biography

Fellowship and Clerkship Training
  • Digital Communications Fellowship in Pathology (2021-2022) – Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and The Pathologist Magazine
  • Autopsy and Surgical Pathology Teaching Fellowship (2015-2016) – Tulane University School of Medicine.
  • Anatomic Pathology Clerkship Training in Surgical and Autopsy Pathology (2015-2016) – Tulane University School of Medicine.
  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Anatomical Sciences (2013-2014) – Tulane University School of Science and Engineering
Certification

Board Certified Pathologists’ Assistant - American Society for Clinical Pathology (2016-Present)

Faculty Appointments

School of Medicine

  • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    • Program Director, Pathologists’ Assistant Program (2018-2024)
    • Instructor (2018 – present)
    • Clinical Instructor (2017-2018)
  • Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, School of Medicine
    • Gross Anatomy Laboratory Director (2016-present)
    • Adjunct Instructor - Gross Anatomy and Medical Histology (2016 – present)
    • Medical Histology Laboratory Director (2017 – 2020)

School of Science and Engineering

  • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology 
    • Adjunct Assistant Professor (2015 – present) 
    • Gross Anatomy Laboratory Director (2015 – present) 

Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Science and Engineering

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor (2015 – Present)
Didactic Teaching Responsibilities

Sole Instructor

  • CELL4920 Advanced Cadaver Dissection 
  • CELL6490/4490 Gross Anatomy
  • CELL6491/4491 Gross Anatomy Lab
  • CELL6110/4110 Human Histology
  • CELL6111/4111 Human Histology Lab
  • CELL6480/4480 Head and Neck Anatomy
  • CELL6660 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • SCEN2010 Clinical Musculoskeletal Anatomy

Course Director

  • PATH6210 Surgical Pathology Techniques
  • PATH6220 Advanced Surgical Pathology Techniques I 
  • PATH6210 Advanced Surgical Pathology Techniques Lab I
  • PATH6230 Advanced Surgical Pathology Techniques II
  • PATH6231 Advanced Surgical Pathology Techniques Lab II
  • PATH6200 Autopsy Pathology
  • PATH6300 Mechanisms of Disease 1 
  • PATH6310 Mechanisms of Disease 2 
  • PATH6240 Pathologists’ Assistant Seminar

Laboratory Director

  • ANAT7065 Medical Gross Anatomy
  • ANAT7055 Medical Histology
Clinical Teaching Responsibilities
  • Course Director

    • PATH7200 Anatomic Pathology Clerkship I-III
    • PATH6280 Autopsy Pathology Practicum
    • PATH6270 Surgical Pathology Practicum
  • Clinical Preceptor

    • Surgical pathology rotations for pathology residents and pathologists’ assistant students
    • Autopsy pathology rotations for pathology residents and pathologists’ assistant students
Professional Memberships and Service
  • American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants (2014-present)
    • Chair, Advocacy Subcommittee - Marketing and Communications Committee
    • Continuing Education Webinar Content Creator, Education Committee
    • Pathologists’ Assistant Liaison for Louisiana
    • Fellow Member
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology (2014 – present)
    • Pathology Resident Mentor, Pathology Ambassador, Career Ambassador, Fellow Member
  • Association of Pathologists’ Assistant Training Program Directors (2019 – present)
  • American Association for Anatomy, Member (2011 – present)
  • National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science, Site Visitor and Self Study Reviewer (2019 – present)
  • American Society for Investigative Pathology, Women in Pathology Founding Member (2020 – present)
  • PathElective.com, Faculty Member – Autopsy Module, Pathologists’ Assistant Module (2020 – present)
  • International Association of Medical Science Educators (2019 – present)
    • Member and journal reviewer, Medical Science Educator

Publications, Invited Presentations, Grants, Awards and Honors

  • Please see here for up-to-date information 

Areas of Expertise

  • Medical and Interprofessional Education
  • Surgical pathology
  • Gross anatomy
  • Autopsy pathology