Dr. James Hackney is a well-known pathologist in Birmingham, Alabama. He received his medical diploma from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1979. He completed his medical education with his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Ochsner Clinic Foundation, a residency in pediatric pathology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a residency in hematopathology at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. The fellowship in neuropathology at the University of Alabama Hospital followed. He is certified by the American Board in neuropathology, nematology, and anatomic and clinical pathology. This doctor is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Alabama at the University of Alabama and Marshall Medical Center North. He published 7 articles in collaboration with other medical specialists.