Therese J. Bocklage, MD

Dr. Bocklage practices academic surgical pathology and cytopathology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Health Sciences Center. After graduating medical school at the University of Toledo, she completed a pathology residency at the University of Vermont and followed that with a fellowship in surgical pathology at the University of New Mexico and a cytopathology fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Over three decades, she has personally microscopically examined ~150,000 cases. Dr. Bocklage has co-authored three texts in diagnostic and molecular pathology primarily focusing on head and neck and bone and soft tissue tumors and has enthusiastically collaborated with basic researchers as well as conducted clinical research throughout her career. Dr. Bocklage serves also as the Vice Chair for Education at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and is the Director of the Markey Cancer Center’s Biospecimen Procurement and Translational Pathology Shared Resource Facility.