Bruce M. Wenig, MD

2021 Maude Abbott Lecture

Dr. Wenig is Chairman and Senior Member in the Department of Pathology at the Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida (2016-current). He completed a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, NY (1981-85). Following completion of his residency training, he took fellowships in Surgical Pathology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA (1985-86) and in Otorhinolaryngic Head and Neck Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, DC (1986-87). Subsequently, he became a Staff Pathologist in the Department of Otorhinolaryngic-Head and Neck Pathology, and Endocrine Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology where he remained for 11 years. During this period Dr. Wenig was appointed as the Chief, Division of Otolaryngic Pathology and then the Assistant Chairman. He served on active duty in the United States Navy with honorable discharge (1987-1994). In 1998 Dr. Wenig became the Director of Anatomic Pathology and Vice Chair for Anatomic Pathology in the Department of Pathology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. In 2001 he became the Director of Anatomic Pathology in the Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Beth Israel Medical Center, and St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY, and subsequently was named Chairman of that department (2004-2016).

Dr. Wenig has published 130 articles, 85 books chapters and is co-editor or single author of 3 textbooks primarily in the areas of Head and Neck Pathology, and Endocrine Pathology. Dr. Wenig is an acknowledged national and international authority on Head and Neck Pathology, and Endocrine Pathology, and is an invited lecturer throughout the world.