CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Position : [summary]

Lexington Medical Center
Department of Pathology
2720 Sunset Blvd.
West Columbia, SC 29169
Telephone: (803) 791-2410

EDUCATION:

Undergraduate:
The Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY
01/64, B.Mus.

College of L.S. & A.
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
64-65

Postgraduate:
The University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
06/69, M.D.

Rotating Internship
The University of Pennsylvania Division
Philadelphia General Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
69-70

Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
The University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, MI
70-74

LICENSURE: 

Michigan (#29612)
South Carolina (#8992)

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

 American Board of Pathology,
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 05n4

MILITARY SERVICE: 

74-76 - Active Duty
Chief, Section of Hematology and Coagulation
Department of Pathology
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

 South Carolina Society of Pathologists

College of American Pathologists

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

Columbia Medical Society

SC Medical Association

Lexington Medical Association

American Medical Association 

American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

International Society of Thrombosis & Hemostasis

International Society for Laboratory Hematology

International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

A. James French Society of Pathologists

Inclusion in "Best Doctors, Inc." data-base 9/2005 (by invitation only).

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Clinical Instructor in Pathology
Georgetown University Medical School
Washington, DC
1976

Clinical Professor of Pathology
USC School of Medicine
Columbia, SC
1978 - Present

Adjunct Professor of Law
USC School of Law
1989 - Present

Consulting Pathologist:

SC Department of Mental Health
(Byrnes Medical Center and Crafts
Farrow State Hospital)
1979 - Present

Consulting Pathologist
Richland County Coroner
1978 - 2000

NONMILITARY EMPLOYMENT:

Department of Pathology
Division of Hernatopathology
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
1976-78

Department of Pathology
Richland Memorial Hospital
Columbia, SC
1978 - 2000

Pathology Associates of Lexington, PA @
Lexington Medical Center
West Columbia, SC
Jan. 2001-present

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

1 Beck,M.L., S.H. Butch, W.R. Armstrong, and H.A. Oberman. An Auto-antibody with U- Specificity in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis. Transfusion, 12:280:1972.

2. VanKirk,I.E., A.B. Simon, and W.R. Armstrong. Candida Myocarditis Causing Complete Heart Block. JAMA 25, Feb'74, p.931-33.

3. Amistrong,W.R. and E.W. Catalano. The PAS Stain in Acute Leukemia - Increased Sensitivity with Diastase. Am.J.Clin.Path. 72:652, 1979.

4. Godder,K, Pati,AR, Abhyankar,SH, Lamb,LS, Armstrong,W and Henslee-Downey, J: De-novo Chronic Graft versus Host Disease Presenting as Hemolytic Anemia Following Partially Mismatched Related Donor Bone Marrow Transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant 19:813-817, 1997.

5. Thurer,Robert L, Luban,N., AuBuchonjP, et al: Universal WBC Reduction. Letters to the Editor, Transfusion 40:751-2, June 2000.

PRESENTATIONS:

1 Armstrong,W.R. "Fibrous Histiocytic Neoplasms." Department of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Michigan, 4/73. M.R. Abell, MD, PhD, Director

2. Annstrong,W.R. "Antithrombin-M." Blood Coagulation Techniques. Dept. Postgrad. Med. U. of Michigan. 9/73. J.Penner, MD, Director.

3. Armstrong,W.R. "The Hypercoagulable State." AFIP Lecture Series in Hematopathology. 3n7. F.M. King, MD, Director. Washington, DC.

4. Armstrong,W.R. "Heparin." AFIP Lecture Series in Hematopathology. 3n8. F.M. King, MD, Director. Washington, DC.

POSTGRADUATE TEACHING:

1. Armstrong,W.R., Director: "Quality Control in Coagulation." ASCP-CAP Meetings in: Las Vegas (16m); Dallas (3/78); St. Louis (10/78); New Orleans (3/79).

2. Armstrong,W.R. "Anti-Platelet Therapy" in "Current Monitoring of Anticoagulant Therapy." Triplett, D.A., Director. ASCP-CAP Meetings in: Chicago (6/78); St.Louis (10/78); New Orleans (3ng).

3. Armstrong,W.R. "Coagulation Review" (ASCP Regional Meetings: Charlotte, NC, 1981; Anderson, SC, 1980; Williamsburg, VA, 1982.

4. Armstrong,W.R. "Hematologic Morphology" ASCP Regional Meetings: Anderson, SC, 1980; Charlotte, NC, 1981; Williamsburg, VA, 1982; Nashville, TN, 1983.

5. SC Society of Medical Technologists: "Hematology Potpourri", 1984.

6. Yearly lecture series to 2nd Year Pathlogy Students, USC School of Medicine: "Hematopathology", 1979-Present.

7. "Forensic Pathology" in Medicine and the Law. USC School of Law. 1986-Present.

8. Trial Advocacy. USC School of Law. 1979-Present.

SEMINARS:

Medicolegal Death Investigation Seminar in Forensic Medicine, SC Society of Pathologists, Columbia, SC, December 2-3, 1995.

Rev: 04/08/2001 [addition 10/15/05]