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82 MILLENNIUM-SECOND EDITION ROBERT DARRELL CARDIFF, MD, PHD DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR University of California, Davis Davis, CA community, Dr. Cardiff received the Outstanding Basic Science Teacher Award from the medical school classes of 1984 and1989 and recognitionas the Outstanding Teacher of 1985 from the faculty. In 1991, he was recognized for his contributions to mentoring undergraduate interns at the UCD Medical Center with the Affirmative Action Award and, two years later, with a similar award from the UC Davis campus. Dr. Cardiff has held numerous administrative positions at the school, including chair of the department of pathology, founder and medical director of the UC Davis Medical Center for Medical Informatics, and chair of the Medical Informatics Graduate Group. Dr. Cardiff has written and published over 350 articles in science, history, informatics, education and administration. He has used informatics, digital pathology and the internet to communicate worldwide, and most of his scientific work is based on internet communications. D r. Cardiff graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in entomology and parasitology from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1962, he earned a Doctor of Medicine from the University of California, San Francisco. He commenced his medical career as an intern at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York from 1962 to 1963. He then completed a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Oregon, Portland between 1963 and 1966 and completed a PhD in zoology in 1968. Dr. Cardiff began his academic career at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine in 1970 as an associate professor of pathology. He is one of few board-certifiedmedical pathologists with an extensive knowledge of genetically modified mice. Dr. Cardiff developed his career at the University of California, ultimately becoming a distinguished professor in the department of pathology. His achievements include creating a biology of cancer course for undergraduates and history and philosophy of science seminar series for graduate students, as well as introducing problem-based learning into the medical school curriculum. He was an early adopter of internet technology and a founder of the UC Davis graduate program in medical informatics. He became a pioneer in digital pathology. A valued member of the institution’s