Maria Westerhoff MD

Dr. Maria Westerhoff is a full professor and the Assistant Chair of Wellness and Culture at the University of Michigan. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, she completed her residency and gastrointestinal and liver fellowship at the University of Chicago. She began her academic career at the University of Washington in 2011, where she was recognized twice as Faculty Educator of the Year. She has been a member of the University of Michigan Pathology Department since 2017.

Dr. Westerhoff has attended every USCAP meeting since her first year of residency. She served as Lead Reviewer of the Liver Pathology Category as part of the USCAP Abstract Review Committee. She was also a member of the USCAP Publications Committee and was elected to the USCAP Education Committee in 2019. Dr. Westerhoff has presented in multiple USCAP offerings, including at the USCAP Evening Specialty conferences for both Gastrointestinal and Liver subspecialties. She has also taught USCAP Liver Pathology Short Courses alongside Drs. John Hart and Lei Zhao. In addition, Dr. Westerhoff has participated as a faculty member of multiple USCAP Interactive Microscopy Courses.

Dr. Westerhoff has experience serving on the executive boards of multiple companion societies. She is the Past-President of the Rodger Haggitt GI Pathology Society (GIPS) and has previously organized the content and speakers for the 2019 USCAP Companion Society meeting for GIPS. Moreover, she has also organized GIPS symposia at ASCP, CAP, the European Congress of Pathology, and Digestive Disease Week. She served as Treasurer of the Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists from 2019-2023. She is a member of the Korean Pathologists Association of North America, the Laennec Liver Society, and has participated as a Journal Club writer for the Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society.

Dr. Westerhoff has given numerous lectures nationally and internationally to multidisciplinary audiences regarding both liver and gastrointestinal topics. She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, is co-Editor of the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas textbook of the Elsevier Diagnostic Pathology series, and has numerous book chapters. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband and three children. She enjoys promoting well-being in her department for faculty, staff, and trainees.