Dr. Faye-Petersen is an internationally recognized perinatal pathologist, author, and lecturer. She is a Past President of the Society for Pediatric Pathology (2016) and was the North American Councilor for the International Pediatric Pathology Association (2015-2018), the educational organization for specialty training in pediatric pathology in countries outside the US. She received her undergraduate (biology, chemistry, and philosophy) and medical degrees from the University of Colorado. She completed residency training at the Denver Presbyterian Hospital in Denver, CO, and later completed postdoctoral training in Surgical Pathology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and pediatric pathology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, NY. Since 1996, she has been cited in the annual publications of "Best Doctors in America." In February 2002, she was received the Society for Pediatric Pathology’s (SPP's) Distinguished Colleague Award. In 2005, Dr. Faye-Petersen established the first free-standing three-day multidisciplinary course in Perinatal Pathology, which she also directed in 2008 and 2015. This highly successful course has 100-140 participants and 12 international faculty and is aimed at pediatric and general pathology trainees and general practice pathologists. In March 2007, she was named the Outstanding Woman UAB Faculty Member for her academic, teaching, research, and community service contributions. In March 2011, Dr. Faye-Petersen was awarded the President's Scroll of Appreciation for her outstanding service to the SPP's educational efforts. Long committed to multidisciplinary education, Dr. Faye-Petersen has received numerous UAB School of Medicine teaching awards, and, in 2010, was one of two UAB School of Medicine faculty inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society. She personally funds an annual, unique, Multidisciplinary Teaching Award for trainees that requires the awardee be nominated by UAB medical students and pathology residents and fellows. One to two trainees have been awarded since 2012. Finally, she was instrumental in starting, and continues to remain active in the UAB Commission for the Status of Women's annual community clothing drive, "Suits for Success." This drive is the major contributor to the YWCA of North Central Alabama's resource, "My Sister's Closet," for interviewing and work attire, for economically disadvantaged women. This campus-wide UAB drive results in the annual collection of at least one to two tons of such clothing and accessories from UAB donors and the surrounding regional communities; April 2019 marked the 14th Annual UAB S4S drive.
