Lester Layfield

Lester J. Layfield, M.D. attended medical at the University of California Los Angeles then performed his residency in anatomical and clinical pathology at UCLA. Subsequently, he served as chief resident before joining the UCLA faculty. After promotion to associate professor at UCLA he moved to the University of Iowa to be co-director of cytopathology. He then relocated to Duke University becoming head of the fine-needle aspiration service, director of the imaging laboratory and head of surgical pathology. Six years later he moved to the University of Utah becoming head of anatomic pathology, director of molecular anatomic pathology and vice president for anatomic pathology at ARUP laboratories. In 2012, he moved to the University of Missouri serving as department chair for six years before becoming head of anatomic pathology. He has authored over 450 manuscripts, five books, six book chapters and over 200 abstracts. He has served as president of the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopatholog