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Current Residents

2023-2024 academic year

 Alumni

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Current residents

PGY4

Doctor Rizwan

Raheel Rizwan, MD

Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Medical school: Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Postdoctoral fellowship: Harvard Medical School – Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Postdoctoral fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Clinical interests: Dermatopathology, cytopathology (FNA), clinical research, quality improvement and teaching

PGY3

Doctor Kavus

Haluk Kavus, MD

Hometown: Kadirli, Turkey
Medical school: Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Postdoctoral fellowship: Columbia University, New York, NY
Clinical interests: Molecular pathology, hematopathology, digital pathology and artificial intelligence

Doctor Swid

Mohammed Amer Swid, MD

Hometown: Aleppo, Syria
Medical school: Alfaisal University College of Medicine
Postdoctoral fellowship: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Clinical interests: Cytopathology, general surgical pathology, gastrointestinal pathology, hematopathology, transfusion medicine

PGY2

Doctor Li

Liping Li, MD, PhD

Hometown: Guangdong, China
Medical school: Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Graduate school: Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Postdoctoral fellowship: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD;  The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Clinical interests: Dermatopathology and hematopathology

Sahrish Shah, MD

Sahrish Shah, MD

Hometown: Multan, Pakistan
Medical school: University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Graduate school: University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Postdoctoral fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Clinical interests: Hematopathology, dermatopathology, research and teaching

PGY1

Lindsey Burton, MD

Lindsey Burton, MD

Hometown: Oceanside, CA
Medical school: Saint James School of Medicine
Clinical interests: Molecular pathology, hematopathology
Ghazal Ghafari, DO, MPH

Ghazal Ghafari, DO, MPH

Hometown: Oakland, CA 
Medical school: Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Graduate school: Touro University Master of Public Health, Master of Biomedicine 
Predoctoral fellowship: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Clinical interests: Clinical informatics, dermatopathology, pediatric pathology, molecular genetics and medical education 
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Sara Waqar, MD

Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan, and Gainesville, VA 
Medical school: Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
Clinical interests: Gynecologic pathology and dermatopathology

Alumni

2023

  • Terrance J Lynn, MD, MS, MHCI
    University of Nebraska Medical Center, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
    Omaha, NE

  • Nabil Tabish, MD
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
    Aurora, CO

2022

  • Syeda Fatima Absar, MD, MPH
    Houston Methodist, Surgical Pathology Fellowship
    Houston, TX

  • Iman Sarami, MD
    Mount Sinai, Hematopathology Fellowship
    New York, NY

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Scholarly Activity

2023

  • Lynn T, Shi J, Liu H, Monaco S, Prichard JW, Lin F. Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome Type 1 Is a Highly Sensitive and Specific Marker for Diagnosing Triple-Negative Breast Carcinomas on Cytologic Samples. Arch Pathol lab Medi. 2023; Text
  • Balu B, Ding Y, Junkins-Hopkins JM. VEXAS syndrome: diagnostic clues for dermatologists. Int J Dermatol. 2023; Online ahead of print: PMID36841896.
  • Balu B, Ding Y, Junkins-Hopkins JM. VEXAS syndrome: diagnostic clues for dermatologists. Int J Dermatol. 2023;Online ahead of print:PMID36841896.
  • Beck DB, Bodian DL, Shah V, Mirshahi UL, Kim J, Ding Y, Magaziner SJ, Strande NT, Cantor A, Haley JS, Cook A, Hill W, Schwartz AL, Grayson PC, Ferrada MA, Kastner DL, Carey DJ, Stewart DR. Estimated Prevalence and Clinical Manifestations of UBA1 Variants Associated with VEXAS Syndrome in a Clinical Population. JAMA. 2023;239(4):318-324.
  • Bobak A, Pimentel E, Namjouyan D, Gange M, Li L, Jackson J, Schroeder L. Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Presenting as Gastric Outlet Obstruction. Presented at North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum (NYRIF) at the 2023 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology; Destin, Florida. 05/03/2023.
  • Kavus H, Sarami I, Haley JS, Hill W, Smelser DT, Carey DJ, Junkins-Hopkins JM. New Insights Into Primary Cutaneous Lymphoma Genetics Using Genome-Wide Analyses of 175000 Individuals. USCAP 2023; March 9-16, 2013; New Orleans.
  • Li H, Campbell A, Rovenolt R, Ding Y. Characterization of Homologous Recombination Deficiency-associated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma using Oncomine Comprehensive Assay Plus NGS-Based Cancer Panel. Presentation. 112th Annual USCAP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11-16, 2023.
  • Shah S, Campbell A, Ding Y. It is hard to treat what you can’t see: Hereditary Hemochromatosis workflow improvement at Geisinger. Presentation. 112th Annual USCAP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11-16, 2023.
2022

  • Amjad A, Frank R, Ramakrishna S. Myelomatous Pleural Effusion; A Rare Occurrence in Multiple Myeloma. Cureus. 2022;14(6):e26045.
  • Campbell A, Knock B, Scicchitano M, Chen G, Li H, Ding Y. Performance Evaluation of an Automated Genomic Diagnostic Assay for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms.  Presentation. 2022 Annual AMP Conference and Expo, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1-5, 2022.
  • Campbell K, Bridge JA, DiMaio D, Wilson J, Shalin SC, Gardner JM. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with platelet-derived growth factor-D (PDGFD) rearrangement; two cases with morphologically distinct presentations. J Cutan Pathol. 2022; 49(3): 274-277.
  • Ding Y, Smith GH, Deeb K, Schneider T, Campbell A, Zhang L. Revealing Molecular Architecture of FLT3 Internal Tandem Duplication: Development and Clinical Validation of a Web-based Application to Generate Accurate Nomenclature. Int J Lab Hematol. 2022;44(5):918-927.
  • Ding Y, Zhou Y, Yuan J, Khanna A, Zhang L. Acute leukemias of ambiguous lineage with FLT3-ITD, report of 4 cases. Hematopathology. 2022;7(2):1-10.
  • Ding Y, Chen G. Molecular testing panel in colorectal cancer. Human Pathology Reports. 2022;28:300632.
  • Gupta A, Singh R, Schaberg K, Lynn T, Sonawane S, Ahrendsen J, Joneja U. Ace the Boards: Surgical Pathology Reimagined. In: Gupta A, Singh R, Schaberg K, Lynn T, Sonawane S, Ahrendsen J, Joneja U. Ace the Boards: Surgical Pathology Reimagined. New York, NY: Amazon; 11/14/2022: 1-589.
  • Higgins AD, Dunn RJ, Malikzai O, Ahmadzai M, Gardner JM, Stoff BK, McMichael JR. Kaposi sarcoma in Afghanistan: a case series from a tertiary referral center.. Dermatopathology (Basel). 2022; 9(3): 258-270.
  • Huang J, Stinnett V, Jiang L, et al. Lynch syndrome caused by a novel deletion of the promoter and exons 1-13 of MLH1 gene. Cancer Genet, 2022, 262-263:91.
  • Ibraheim MK, Gupta R, Gardner J, Elsensohn A. Artificial Intelligence in Dermatopathology: An Analysis of its Practical Application. Dermatopathology. 2022; In: Press.
  • Joseph N, Campbell A, Ding Y. No Bones About It: Disease Monitoring Using Next Generation Sequencing in Peripheral Blood for Patients with Myeloid Neoplasms. Presentation. 111th Annual USCAP Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 19-24, 2022.
  • Jawad M, Afkhami M, Ding Y, Zhang X, Li P, Young K, Xu ML, Cui W, Zhao Y, Halene S, Al-Kali A, Viswanatha D, Chen D, He R, Zheng G. DNMT3A R882 mutations confer unique clinicopathologic features in MDS including a high risk of AML transformation. Front Oncol. 2022;12:849376.
  • Jawad M, Afkhami M, Ding Y, Zhang X, Li P, Xu ML, Cui W, Kim YS, Halene S, Viswanatha DS, He R, Chen D, Zheng . DNMT3A R882 mutations confer unique clinicopathologic features in MDS including a high risk of AML transformation. Presentation . 111th Annual USCAP Annual Meeting , Los Angeles, California, March 19-24, 2022.
  • Khan A, Saleem M, Willner KD, Sullivan L, Yu HE, Mahmoud O, Alsaid A, Matsumura ME. Association of Chest Pain Protocol-Discordant Discharge with Outcomes Among Emergency Department Patients with Modest Elevations of High-Sensitivity Troponin. JAMA Network Open. 2022; 5(8): e2226809.
  • Kavus H, Campbell A, Scicchitano L, Knock B, Scicchitano M, Kershner J, Ding Y. C282Y, H63D, and S65C HFE gene mutation testing at Geisinger: A five Year Retrospective Study and Workflow Improvement. Presentation. 2022 Annual AMP Conference and Expo, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1-5, 2022.
  • Kavus H, Monaco SE, Ding Y, Prichard JW, Mehr C, Hoffer ZS. Anatomic Pathology Send Out Testing Utilization at a Large Rural Healthcare System. Collage of American Pathologists (CAP22); October 8-11, 2022; New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Kavus H, Ding Y, Zhang K. A Rare Case of Systemic Mastocytosis With an Associated Hematological Neoplasm (SM-AHN) and double pathogenic SF3B1 mutations. Collage of American Pathologist CAP22; October 8-11, 2022; New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Kavus H, Campbell A, Scicchitano L, Knock B, Scicchitano M, Kershner J, Ding Y. C282Y, H63D, and S65C HFE gene mutation testing at Geisinger: A five Year Retrospective Study and Workflow Improvement. Association for Molecular Pathology 2022 Annual Meeting; November 1-5, 2022; Phoenix.
  • Laam L, Yu HE. Implementation of High-sensitivity Troponin Improve ED Discharge Time at Multiple Facilities in a Hospital System in Central Pennsylvania. Poster presented at the 2022 American Association of Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting, July 2022.
  • Li L, Bailiff OA, Blanchard B, Gardner JM. Primary epithelioid sarcoma of the conchal bowl in a 64-year-old male: A case report and review of the literature. Am J Dermatopathol. 2022; In: Press.
  • Li H, Zhang X, Finberg KE, Walther Z, Jain D, Gibson J. Pathogenic BRCA2 Germline Variants in Combined Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma. Pathol Int. 2021 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/pin.13188. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34808016.
  • Lin F, Confer B, Blansfield J, Monaco SE. The "Path" to a Whipple: Impact of Telecytology Implementation on Pancreatobiliary Small Biopsies Prior to Whipple Resections. Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 2022 Annual Meeting; Los Angeles, California. 03/22/2022.
  • Liu H, Wilkerson M, Lin F. Thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. In Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry: Frequently Asked Questions, 3rd ed. Lin F, Prichard J, Liu H, Wilkerson M, eds. New York, New York: Springer; 2022; 339-374.
  • Lynn T, Frank R, Pramick M, Lin F, Monaco SE. A Rotation of ROSEs: Cost Assessment and Workload Analysis of System-Wide ROSE coverage in a Multi-site Rural Health System. Presented at American Society of Cytopathology / International Congress of Cytology Joint Conference; Baltimore, MD. 11/16/2022.
  • Lynn T, Monaco SE. Telecytology ROSE: Practical Pointers for Telecytology ROSE Implementation. Presented at American Society of Cytopathology/ International Congress of Cytology Annual Meeting; Baltimore, MD. 11/20/2022.
  • Matsuzawa-Ishimoto Y, Yao X, Koide A, Ueberheide BM, Axelrad JE, Reis BS, Parsa R, Neil JA, Devlin JC, Rudensky E, Dewan MZ, Cammer M, Blumberg RS, Ding Y, Ruggles KV, Mucida D, Koide S and Cadwell K. ?d IEL effector API5 masks genetic susceptibility to Paneth cell death. Nature. 2022;610:547-554.
  • Miller WG, Kaufman HW, Levey AS, Straseski JA, Wilhelms KW, Yu HE, Klutts JS, Hilborne LH, Horowitz GL, Lieske J, Ennis JL, Bowling JL, Jewis MJ, Montgomery E, Vassalotti, JA, Inker LA. National Kidney Foundation Laboratory Engagement Working Group Recommendations for Implementing the CKD-EPI 2021 Race-Free Equations for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate: Practical Guidance for Clinical Laboratories. Clin Chem. 2022; 68: 511-520.
  • Mollen KP, Shaffer AD, Yip L, Monaco SE, Huyett P, Viswanathan P, Witchel SF, Duvvuri U, Nikiforov YE, Simons JP. Unique Molecular Signatures are associated with aggressive histology in Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid. 2022 32(3):236-244.
  • Moyer E, Swid MA, Barrese J, Mock J, Tuliszewski, R, Frank R.. Excision of a Sclerosing Polycystic Adenosis of the Deep Parotid Gland. Diagn Cytopathol. 2022;50(5):136-139.
  • Mukosera GT, Lee MP, Ibraheim MK, Elston D, Singh R, Ho J, Motaparthi K, Ahn CS, Lee BA, Gardner JM, Ferringer T, Elsensohn A. From Scope to Screen: A Collection of Online Dermatopathology Resources for Residents and Fellows. J Am Acad Dermat. 2022;In:Press.
  • Nichols JH, Ali M, Anetor J, Chen LS, Chen Y, Collins S, Das S, Devaraj S, Fu L, Greene DN, Karon BS, Kary H, Nerenz R, Rai A, Shajani-Yi Z, Thakur V, Wang S, Yu HE, Zamora LE. AACC Guidance Document on the Use of Point-of-Care Testing in Fertility and Reproduction. J Appl Lab Med. 2022; 7: 1202-1236.
  • Pitch M, Gardner JM. Comment on: “Clinicopathologic and molecular analyses of cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A retrospective, multicenter study of 79 cases. J Am Acad Dermat. 2022; In: Press.
  • Rae M, Wong J, Tunis J, Hess WF, Gardner JM, DelSole EM. Atypical Presentation of Primary Osteosarcoma of the Lumbar Spine with Caval Tumor Thrombus in a 17-Year-Old Male: A Case Report. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2022; 21(11): 391-394.
  • Rizwan R, Ferringer T. Solar Elastotic Material in Lymphatics of Skin and Lymph Nodes: A Rare Finding. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) 59th annual meeting 2022; Chicago, IL, October 20-23, 2022; October 20-23, 2022; Chicago, IL. 2022.
  • Rizwan R, Gardner JM. Cutaneous Syncytial Myoepithelioma with Positive ALK-1 Expression by Immunohistochemistry but Negative ALK Gene Rearrangement by FISH. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) 59th annual meeting 2022; Chicago, IL, October 20-23, 2022; October 20-23, 2022; Chicago, IL. 2022.
  • Rizwan R, Gardner JM. Multifocal Spindle Cell Hemangiomas with Background Benign Vascular Malformation: CD34 Immunostaining Pattern is Important to Recognize. College of American Pathologists (CAP) annual meeting 2022; October 8-11, 2022.; New Orleans, LA.
  • Rizwan R, Bowen TR, Zhu S, Gardner JM. MDM2-negative High-grade Osteosarcoma with Background Low-grade Osteosarcoma in a Pregnant Female with Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome. College of American Pathologists (CAP) annual meeting 2022; October 8-11, 2022.; New Orleans, LA.
  • Rizwan R, Schuerch C. Histopathologic Findings in the Lymph Node of a Child with Kawasaki Disease Presenting as Cervical Lymphadenopathy and Retropharyngeal Fluid Collection. Archives of Pathology. College of American Pathologists (CAP) annual meeting 2022; October 8-11, 2022.; New Orleans, LA.
  • Rizwan R, Fiore C, Melrose E, Gardner JM, Strickler AG. Simple and Effective Initiative for Improving the Quality of Slides for Skin Specimens. 25th Joint Meeting of the International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP); May 16-20, 2022; Virtual.
  • Salavatian S, Hoang JD, Vamaguchi N, Zulfiqar A, Swid MA, Armor JA, Ardell JL, Vaseghi M. Myocardial  Infarction Reduced Cardiac Nociceptive Neurotransmission Through The Vegal Ganglia. JCI insight. 01/05/2022.
  • Sullivan C, Swid MA, Klena JW, Kazmi SAJ, Frank R. Müllerian Cysts of the Posterior Mediastinum: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus. 11/07/2022.
  • Swid A, Campbell A, Chen G, Ding Y. An autonomous estimation of neoplastic cellularity by molecular methodology shows promising results over the light microscopic assessment. Oral Platform Presentation. Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists (PAP) 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 8-9, 2022.
  • Swid MA, Liping L, Drahak E, Idom H, Quinones W. Updated salivary gland immunohistochemistry: A Review. The Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 11/04/2022.
  • Swid MA, Monaco SE. Comparison of Conventional and Novel FNA Needles and Techniques: Use of Conventional Microscopy and Image Analysis to Quantitively Assess and Compare Cellularity and Area of Tissue Fragments. Presented at USCAP 112th Annual Meeting; New Orleans, LA. 03/14/2022.
  • Tabish N, Lin F, Bitting A, Absar SF, Rizwan R, Shi J, Kazmi SA, Liu H. Identification of L1-CAM expression in tumors from various organs by immunohistochemical assay with UJ127.11 monoclonal antibody. College of American Pathologists (CAP) annual meeting 2022; October 8-11, 2022.; New Orleans, LA. Archive of Pathology supplemental issue:
  • Wilkerson M, Hewitt S. Tissue Microarray. In Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry: Frequently Asked Questions, 3rd ed. Lin F, Prichard J, Liu H, Wilkerson M, eds. New York, New York: Springer; 2022; 161-172.
  • Wilkerson M, Cheng L. Urinary bladder and urachus. In Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry: Frequently Asked Questions, 3rd ed. Lin F, Prichard J, Liu H, Wilkerson M, eds. New York, New York: Springer; 2022; 551-574.
  • Wilkerson M, Cheng L. Testis and paratesticular tissues. In Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry: Frequently Asked Questions, 3rd ed. Lin F, Prichard J, Liu H, Wilkerson M, eds. New York, New York: Springer; 2022; 607-628.
  • Yeker RM, Shaffer AD, Viswanathan P, Witchel SF, Mollen K, Yip L, Monaco SE, Duvvuri U, Simons JP. Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis and Aggressiveness of Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Laryngoscope. 2022 132(8):1668-1674.
  • Yin H, Ding Y, Quinones W, Zelonis M, Snyder D. Application of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH) in Surgical and Cytologic Specimens (Solid Tumors, Hematopoietic Tumors, Urine, Bile Duct Brushing, and Bronchoscopy). In Lin F, Prichard J, Liu H, Wilkerson M, eds. Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry-Frequently Asked Questions, 3rd ed. Springer, New York, New York, 2022, pp. 975-1006.