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Joseph C. Fantone, III, M.D., earned his M.D. degree from the University of Connecticut in 1977, following which he served as a resident in anatomic pathology at the National Institutes of Health. He then returned to the University of Connecticut for a postdoctoral fellowship in immunopathology from 1979-80. In 1980, Dr. Fantone joined the faculty of the University of Michigan as an Instructor in Pathology. He advanced through the academic ranks and was promoted in 1986 to Associate Professor of Pathology, with tenure. He achieved his present rank of Professor of Pathology in 1991. He has served as Director of Educational Programs for the Department of Pathology since 1986 and appointed Godfrey Stobbe Professor of Pathology Education in 1995.

In addition to his research, teaching and administrative activities in the Department of Pathology, Dr. Fantone has been actively involved in the administrative and educational programs of the Medical School, as Component I and II Director and was appointed Associate Dean for Medical Education in January, 1998. As Associate Dean, Dr. Fantone provides leadership and direction for the Medical School's educational programs for the M.D. degree. He has overall responsibility for the undergraduate medical school curriculum and the several operational/administrative issues associated with that curriculum.