Carol Farver, MD

2023 Harvey Goldman Teaching Award

Dr. Carol Farver is a member of the Cleveland Clinic staff where she is Professor of Pathology in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.  She received her MD from Yale University School of Medicine and completed residency training and a chief residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, followed by a Pulmonary Pathology fellowship at the same institution.  She has served as the Director of Pulmonary Pathology, Director of Surgical Pathology, Director of the Residency Program and Vice Chair of Education in the Pathology and Laboratory Institute at the Cleveland Clinic where she is also past President of the Medical Staff and former member of its Board of Governors.  From 2019-2021, she was a Professor of Pathology at the University Michigan where she was the Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Pathology Education and the Director of the Division of Education.  She has authored over 210 publications, 38 book chapters, and is the editor of Dail and Hammar’s Pulmonary Pathology and Pulmonary Pathology, in the Foundations of Surgical Pathology series.  She has served in multiple roles at the USCAP including as a member of the Board of Directors and the Education Committee, session moderator, evening session panelist, and faculty of multiple short courses and of a Long Course. More recently, she earned a master’s degree in Organizational Development from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and has co-directed two USCAP-sponsored leadership workshops including a residents’ workshop entitled Leadership, Collaboration, and Healthcare (2013-2016) and a two-day Emerging Leaders Workshop (2018).  Her contributions have been recognized with numerous awards including the First Annual Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education from the Association of Pathology Chairs, and she is the recipient of the Sam and Maria Miller Professional Excellence in Education—Master Educator award from the Cleveland Clinic, given annually to one faculty member in recognition of outstanding dedication to teaching excellence and a sustained commitment to educational programs.