Presently working as Professor of Pathology and course director at Central Michigan University College of Medicine. This includes teaching, lead faculty for interprofessional education, faculty development and curriculum delivery (participating in Curriculum planning, medical education research etc.). I have initiated and implemented a number of innovative teaching strategies that have improved student outcomes. My recent interest includes community outreach, health improvement and Healthy aging programs for older-adult population. My medical career began in India at Banaras Hindu University’s Institute of Medical Sciences, and became board certified in both anatomic and clinical pathology with an MD (Pathology). Subsequently, I specialized in hematopathology and cytopathology. My career spanning three continents (Asia, Europe and North America) includes clinical practice, research and academic medicine. I have served as residency program director and supervised dissertations of over 30 resident physicians. I have worked on the executive committee of International Academy of Pathology (Indian division) and have served as Editor and am presently on editorial panels of journals. I have over 90 publications in peer reviewed journals resulting from my clinical and bench research. I have edited books and contributed chapters to books. I have been invited as a speaker to workshops/seminars including symposium at AACR, AMEE, World Congress on Lung Cancer, IAPM and WHO sponsored seminars. I have organized and participated in seminars/workshops for continuing medical education in pathology and cytopathology, including WHO sponsored seminars and workshops. I was awarded two World Health Organization (WHO) fellowships for technology transfer programs in infectious disease (Royal Tropical Institute and Central Academy of Medicine at Amsterdam, Netherlands), and use of electron microscopy in diagnostic pathology (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand). I am also a recipient of the American Association for Cancer Research-Aflac Cancer Research award, the Fellows Award for Research Excellence-NIH, and a Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Mentor-NIH. My research profile includes a fellowship at National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). My areas of research included tumor-induced angiogenesis and factors involved in metastasis in lung cancer. My present research portfolio includes community-based projects for “healthy aging” and Opioids use disorders in the elderly. In recent 5 years I have nearly 2.7 million of grant funded projects. I have several ongoing major grant funded projects through Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Josiah Macy Jr Foundation, US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Innovative Prosecution Solutions, and federal sources like Area Agency on Aging.