Dr. Michael Pins graduated from Rush Medical School in 1989, completed a residency in combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Fellowships in Surgical Pathology and Transfusion Medicine in 1995 at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and was on staff briefly at MGH and Harvard Medical School before returning to Chicago in 1996.

He assumed a position at Northwestern Memorial Hospital with an appointment at Northwestern University Medical School for 11 years before joining Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (ALGH) in 2007.