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About Charles E. Alpers
Charles Alpers, M.D., is a board certified pathologist at UW Medical Center and UW's interim chair and Fausto-DeLancey Professor of Pathology and adjunct professor of Medicine and Nephrology. He directs UW Medicine's Renal Pathology Service.
Dr. Alpers is regularly listed as a Seattle Metropolitan Best Doctor. Dr. Alpers' personal philosophy is that he must ensure that comprehensive, state-of-the-art approaches for understanding renal pathology are available to all in the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Alpers earned his M.D. from the University of Rochester. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has served as president of the Renal Pathology Society. He is an editor for multiple medical publications and wrote the chapters on kidney disease in the two most widely used textbooks of pathology used by medical students worldwide.
Personal Interests
In his free time Dr. Alpers enjoys bicycling, hiking and visiting national parks.
Education and Training
Univ. of Rochester SOM
Medical Education, 1978
Univ. of Calif. San Francisco (Path)
Residency, Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Fellowship, Pathology
Boston University School of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Internship, Internal Medicine
Board Certifications
Clinical Pathology, 1985, American Board of Pathology
Anatomic Pathology, 1984, American Board of Pathology