Michael Deck, M.D., a board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologist, joined the Catholic Answers board of trustees in 2022. He was elected the board’s vice chairman in June 2023.
Founder and president of MD Pathology which he started over 30 years ago, Dr. Deck was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but grew up in Houston, Texas. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, he received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and did his residency at UT Southwestern/Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was chief resident and clinical instructor of pathology. Since 1987, Dr. Deck has been a diplomate of the American Board of Pathology.
A Catholic Answers supporter since the mid-2000s, Dr. Deck first encountered the apostolate through the Catholic Answers Live radio show, which he heard on Guadalupe Radio Network. Especially inspiring to him have been the conversion stories of people who came to the Faith through the work of Catholic Answers. He also credits CA with having helped himself and so many others “plumb the depths” of the Faith, converting hearts by first guiding people to an intellectual assent to the truth.
An accomplished photographer with particular interest in nature and landscape, Dr. Deck lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is a grandfather of three.