Dr. Welch, a Nashville native, is a graduate of the University of Tennessee as College Scholar program participant with a combined degree in Philosophy/Bioethics and Biology. He earned his M.D. from Vanderbilt University and completed his Clinical and Anatomic Pathology residency, serving as Chief Resident and Instructor. Dr. Welch completed fellowships at Vanderbilt: GI/Hepatobiliary Pathology and General Surgical/Breast Pathology. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been a platform presenter at the U.S./Canadian Academy of Pathologists annual meeting. He is a Fellow of the CAP and Roger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society.