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William Cox, MD, Pathology, Southport, NC

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Pathology • Southport, NC

Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Retired

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  • Office

    3082 Baycrest Dr
    Southport, NC 28461
    Phone+1 970-846-4278

Summary

  • Dr. William Cox is a pathologist based in Southport, NC, with subspecialties in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He completed his medical education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 1974, followed by an internship and residency in Pathology at the University of Colorado. He served as a pathologist at AmeriPath from 1979 to 2014 and was previously an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Hospital. His published work primarily focuses on the origin of endocrine cells in adenocarcinomas. He has held leadership roles, including positions on the UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center Board of Directors and as President of the Colorado Society of Clinical Pathologists.

Education & Training

  • University of Colorado
    University of ColoradoResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1975 - 1978
  • University of Colorado
    University of ColoradoInternship, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1974 - 1975
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1974
  • Guilford College
    Guilford CollegeB.S., Biology

Certifications & Licensure

  • CO State Medical License
    CO State Medical License 1976 - 2025
  • Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
    American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Board of Directors UCHealth, Yampa Valley Medical Center, 2005-2018
  • Commission on Governance American Hospital Association
  • President, Medical Staff Yampa Valley Medical Center, 2004-2007
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • The Endodermal Origin of the Endocrine Cells of an Adenocarcinoma of the Colon of the Rat  
    W F Cox, Jr. MD and G Barry Pierce MD, Cancer 50:1530-1538, 1982, 8/1982
  • The endodermal origin of the endocrine cells of an adenocarcinoma of the colon of a rat  
    Cox, W. and Pierce, G., Cancer, 1/1/1982

Books/Book Chapters

  • Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research 
    Chapter: Neoplasms as Caricatures of Tissue Renewal 
    Page 57 - 66G B Pierce and W F Cox JrEditors: Grady F Saunders, PhD..Raven Press, New YorkEdition 30th,

Abstracts/Posters

  • Origin of endocrine cells of an adenocarcinoma of the rat.
    Cox, W., and Pierce,G., Federation Procedings, 1979
  • Origin of endocrine cells of an adenocarcinoma of the colon of the rat
    Cox, W. and Pierce, G., Federation Proceedings, 1/1/1979
  • Neoplasms as caricatures of tissue renewal
    Pierce, G. B. and Cox, W., Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research. Cell Differentiation and Neoplasia, 1/1/1977
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Other

  • Induction of plasma cell neoplasms in BALB/C mice 
    Lieberman, R., Mantel, N., Humphrey, J., Cox, W.
    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC - 1/1/1974

Professional Memberships

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