About the Author
Maxwell L. Smith, M.D., 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 the University of Colorado Denver in 2008. In 2011, he joined Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona as a senior associate consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. In 2012, he joined the pulmonary pathology working group. Dr. Smith has lectured nationally and internationally on quality improvement methods and diagnostic issues in hepatic, renal and pulmonary pathology. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters in these areas.
Disclosure: Dr. Smith states that he does not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.