Shahla Masood, MD, FCAP

Position

Pathology Liaison

Dr. Shahla Masood is a Persian born physician, who currently holds the positions of Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology at University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. She is the Director of the Cytopathology and Breast Pathology Fellowship Training Programs, as well as the Medical Director of UF Health Breast Center, Chair of the Cancer Committee, and Interim Director of UF Health Jacksonville Cancer Program. As an internationally recognized expert in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis, Dr. Masood has fostered the concept of an integrated multidisciplinary approach in breast cancer care, research, and education. She is the founder and first Editor-in-Chief of The Breast Journal, the founder and past president of the “International Society of Breast Pathology,” the Director of the “Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease”, and “The Breast Cancer Public Forum”. Dr. Masood is a patient advocate, a partner in community affairs and a talented artist and gourmet chef. She is the wife to an accomplished urologist, Dr. Ahmad Kasraeian and a mother of two physicians, Dr. Ali Kasraeian, an urologist, and Dr. Sina Kasraeian, an orthopedic surgeon, both serving in the Jacksonville community.