Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Disclosure(s): GenMark Dx: Grant/Research Support, Honoraria
Dr. Leal received his MD/PhD training in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Case Western Reserve University, pathology residency training at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Microbiology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic. He is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Clinical Pathology and Medical Microbiology and the American Board of Medical Microbiology with a special clinical interest in medical mycology, parasitology, and molecular diagnostics. He serves on the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Microbiology Resource Committee and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) fungal diagnostics and antifungal subcommittee working groups.