Dr. Lilo received his medical degree from the University of Baghdad College of Medicine in Iraq, where he also served a two-year medical internship and a surgical pathology fellowship. During this time, he was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Academic Accomplishment.

He then relocated to the United States for his postgraduate training, starting with a four-year anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, Maryland. Here, he subsequently completed a cytopathology fellowship and was awarded the Eggleston Pathology Award and American Society of Cytopathology travel scholarship award. He went on to complete a dermatopathology fellowship at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

During his postgraduate training, Dr. Lilo also operated in a number of laboratory and teaching positions. He was Assistant Professor of General Pathology at the University of Baghdad, and Al-Bashir teaching hospital in Amman, Jorden. He was also Director of the Iraqi Red- Crescent Laboratories in Baghdad. While at Johns Hopkins, he led laboratory workshops and held many conferences for interns and residents, teaching alongside attending physicians.

Dr. Lilo is a fellow member of the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the College of American Pathologists, and he is a member of five other professional medical organizations. He holds full medical licensure in the state of Texas and maintains medical board certification in Iraq. He is board-certified in dermatopathology, cytopathology, and anatomic and clinical pathology.

Dr. Lilo has authored and coauthored 18 articles and more than 30 abstracts that have been published in peer-reviewed medical journals. He has also given many oral and poster presentations at professional society meetings.

Education

University of Baghdad College of Medicine (MBChB, MD) Baghdad, Iraq

Postgraduate Training

Dermatopathology Fellowship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Cytopathology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Iraqi Board for Medical Specialization University of Baghdad Medical City Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD