Virginia A. LiVolsi M.D.

LiVolsi M.D. Virginia A. Of Bryn Mawr, PA. passed away suddenly at her home on March 7, 2024. She was 80 years old. She is the beloved daughter of the late Epifanio and Mary A. (nee LaPorta) LiVolsi. Dr. LiVolsi attended the College of Mount Saint Vincent and received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She spent 8 years at Yale University before moving to the University of Pennsylvania as Director of Surgical Pathology and then Chief of Anatomical Pathology. During her long career at Penn, she developed and evolved her love of endocrine and head and neck pathology, wrote extensively in these areas, including over 450 original articles, numerous reviews and chapters and several books. She is a member of several editorial boards of pathology and endocrine journals. Her expertise in thyroid pathology is recognized around the world. She inherited her interest in teaching and mentoring from her mother who was an elementary school teacher in New York City. Her mentoring of young pathologists has become legendary, and she has pupils serving in academic positions throughout the world. Her diagnostic talents are also appreciated and respected by many clinicians. Dr. LiVolsi is a member and Past President of numerous pathology and endocrinology organizations, both national and international. Her expertise was also recognized by her appointment as USA representative to the Pathology Panel of the Chernobyl Tumor Bank. She is the recipient of many prestigious teaching and mentoring awards. She has also been a funded NCI/NIH investigator for over 35 years as Principal Investigator of the Eastern Division of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network. On a personal level, she has devoted herself to music specifically as a church choir singer, enjoyed needlepoint, and loved her many precious and adorable cats. Relatives and friends are invited to her Viewing Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 9 A.M. to 10:15 A.M. and to her Mass of Christian Burial following at 10:30 A.M., both in St. John Neumann Church 380 Highland Avenue Bryn Mawr, Pa. The mass will be available through a live stream at: https://sjnparish.org. Entombment will take place in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. In lieu of flowers, an offering in Dr. LiVolsi's name to Morris Animal Refuge at 1242 Lombard Street in Philadelphia would be gratefully appreciated.