Welcome to the Academic Home Page for the Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology. Information for patients and the public can be found on the Clinical Home Page.

Chairman Statement

Welcome to the website for the Department of Pathology, Anatomy, & Cell Biology at Thomas Jefferson University. We are dedicated to a mission that includes excellence in clinical diagnostics, research, and education at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. As evident from its name, the department is composed of a diverse faculty with a spectrum of interests that includes diagnostic pathology and laboratory medicine, translational research, basic research, and computational/systems biology and which employ the most current technologies. The environment created by our faculty offers outstanding opportunities through a large clinical practice and multiple funded research programs in matrix biology, retrovirology, pathophysiology of alcohol, neurosciences, visual sciences, stem cell biology, and G protein coupled receptors. We are located in vibrant Center City Philadelphia.

Thank you for your interest in Cell and Developmental Biology’s Website.

Stephen Peiper, MD
Department Chair
279 Jefferson Alumni Hall
1020 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-955-5060

Fax: 215-955-5058