Grace Malvar

Grace L. Malvar, MD, is a medical educator specializing in pathology and an Associate Professor and Foundational Sciences faculty member at the Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine (IllinoisCOM) of The Chicago School. She earned her MD from Harvard Medical School and completed pathology residency and subspecialty fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Yale University. She encourages students to see pathology as the bridge between foundational science and clinical care, integrating biologic mechanisms with the environmental, social, and lived contexts that shape health and disease. Her academic interests include pathology education, curriculum development, competency-based assessment, educational scholarship, and faculty development. Outside of medicine, she enjoys photography, botanical and pathology-inspired art, travel, discovering great food, karaoke, and appreciating cat cinema.