- President, College of American Pathologists; Laboratory Director, Southeastern Pathology Associates and Southeast Georgia Health System
President, College of American Pathologists; Laboratory Director, Southeastern Pathology Associates and Southeast Georgia Health System
Dr. Godbey has been an active CAP member for more than 20 years and has led numerous CAP committees and councils, including as chair and/or vice chair of the Council on Government and Professional Affairs, Council on Accreditation, Council on Membership and Professional Development, Investment Committee, and Finance Committee. He continues to serve as a CAP inspector for the Laboratory Accreditation Program. In 2011 and again in 2014, the CAP membership elected Dr. Godbey to serve on its Board of Governors; and in 2017, he was elected as CAP president-elect. Dr. Godbey was sworn in as the CAP’s president in 2019.
At Southeastern Pathology Associates in Brunswick, Georgia, Dr. Godbey is the founder, CEO, and laboratory director. He is also chair of the board of directors of Camden Healthcare Network, a 350-member multispecialty group in Brunswick. Dr. Godbey serves as the laboratory director at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center in Brunswick. He also holds a clinical faculty position at the College of Coastal Georgia, also located in Brunswick, and the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
Dr. Godbey received his MD from the Medical College of Georgia where he also completed an internship and residency in obstetrics/gynecology and later trained in anatomic and clinical pathology. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. In addition to the CAP, Dr. Godbey’s memberships include the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Chinese American Pathologists Association, and state pathology societies in Florida and Georgia.