Maxwell L. Smith MD

Maxwell L. Smith, MD received his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2004, completed a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the same institution in 2008, and became board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology that same year. He went on to complete a fellowship in medical renal and genitourinary pathology at the University of Colorado in 2009.

Dr. Smith joined the faculty in the Department of Pathology at University of Colorado Denver as an Instructor in 2008. While on staff, he was responsible for general surgical pathology and all renal, heart, and liver transplant pathology. In 2009 he became the Director of Liver and Transplant Pathology at the University of Colorado Hospital and was promoted to Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Pathology and Medicine.

In 2011, he joined Mayo Clinic Arizona as a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. He was promoted to Associate Professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in 2016 and serves as the chairman of the Anatomic Pathology Quality Improvement Committee. In 2012 he joined the pulmonary pathology-working group. In 2013 he was promoted to Consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Dr. Smith is a departmental consultant in medical renal, liver, and pulmonary pathology. He became the Chair of the Division of Anatomic Pathology in 2019.

Dr. Smith has lectured nationally and internationally on lean-based quality improvement methods and diagnostic issues in hepatic, renal, and pulmonary pathology. He has authored over 65 peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters in these areas. In 2016 he was awarded the Top 40 Under 40 by the American Society of Clinical Pathology.