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Faculty and Staff Faculty Systems Support Staff Administrative Staff Current Oncology/Pathology informatics trainees Faculty Gary E. Blank, PhD – Associate Professor Director of Laboratory Informatics, UPMC Information Services Division. Dr. Blank is Director of Laboratory Informatics, UPMC Information Services Division. His primary focus is management and development of the multi-institutional clinical laboratory information system, including programming new capabilities to support UPMC requirements. He also manages point-of-care testing at UPMC. Current projects include the development and implementation of laboratory robotics, process control, and monitoring tools suitable for managing multiple laboratories in a multiple-hospital environment. Dr. Blank collaborates with numerous clinical services across the institution in areas including electronic notification services, quality improvement and quality assurance programs, and rule-based decision support. Current Funding (2003) Department of Pathology funding UPMC Information Services Division Selected Publications Blank G. HIS Maintenance and Support, Sunquest User Group, 1999 Blank G. Clinical Pathology Lab and LIS Disaster Support and Y2K Recovery Plan, Sunquest User Group, 1999. Blank G, Glodon B, Parker D, Reeves T.  Episode/event management for Revision 5.1 implementation for hospital information system interfaces monogram for Sunquest User Group, 1996. Blank G, Potter T.  Episode/event management for Revision 5.1 clinical service reporting considerations monogram for Sunquest User Group, 1995. Blank G. Informatics in clinical pathology. Proceedings of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology meeting, San Francisco, March 1994. Anil Vasdev Parwani, MD, PhD - Associate Professor    Medical Director, Anatomical Pathology Lab Information Systems    Fellowship Director, Pathology Informatics    Pathology Residency/Fellowship Rotation Director, UPMC Shadyside Hospital Dr. Parwani is a member of the Center for Pathology Informatics as well as also a member of the GU division, PUH/Shadyside . Dr. Parwani's research interests are: Urological Pathology Immunohistochemical markers for diagnosis of prostate carcinoma Benign Mimickers of Prostate Carcinoma Correlation of Histomorphological Features of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Cytogenetic and Molecular Changes. Anatomical Pathology Informatics Digital Imaging Clinical Applications of Whole Slide Imaging Selected Publications: Herawi M, Parwani AV, Irie J, Epstein JI. Small glandular proliferations on needle biopsies: most common benign mimickers of prostatic adenocarcinoma sent in for expert second opinion. Am J Surg Pathol. 2005;29:874-80. Zhang J, Parwani AV, Ali SZ. Hepatocyte paraffin 1 immunoexpression in esophageal brush samples. Cancer. 2005 May 25; Herawi M, Parwani AV, Edlow D, Smolev JK, Epstein JI. Glomus tumor of renal pelvis: a case report and review of the literature. Hum Pathol. 2005;36:299-302. Review. Parwani AV, Ali SZ. Retraction halos in adenoid cystic carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol. 2005;33:95-96. Parwani AV, Smith Sehdev AE, Kurman RJ, Ronnett BM. Cervical adenoid basal tumors comprised of adenoid basal epithelioma associated with various types of invasive carcinoma: clinicopathologic features, human papillomavirus DNA detection, and P16 expression. Hum Pathol. 2005;36:82-90. Parwani AV, Stelow EB, Pambuccian SE, Burger PC, Ali SZ. Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the brain: cytopathologic characteristics and differential diagnosis. Cancer. 2005;105:65-70. Parwani AV, Ali SZ. Pathologic quiz case: a 52-year-old woman with jaundice and history of necrotizing pancreatitis. Primary colloid carcinoma of the pancreas. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005;129:255-6. Parwani AV, Baisden BL, Erozan YS, Burger PC, Ali SZ. Pineal gland lesions: a cytopathologic study of 20 specimens. Cancer. 2005;105:80-6. Rogers CG, Parwani A, Tekes A, Schoenberg MP, Epstein JI. Carcinosarcoma of the prostate with urothelial and squamous components. J Urol. 2005;173:439-40. Parwani AV, Herawi M, Tsay S-H and Epstein JI. Urothelial Carcinoma with Rhabdoid Features: Report of Six Cases. Human Pathology 2006 Feb;37(2):168-72. Ho J, Parwani AV, Jukic D, Yagi Y, Anthony L, Gilbertson J. Use of Whole Slide Imaging in Surgical Pathology Quality Assurance: Design and Pilot Validation Studies. Published Online January 26th, 2006 (Available Online, Human Pathology) Walid E. Khalbuss, M.D. - Associate Professor Systems Support Staff Pathology Informatics Systems Support Staff    Ralph Anderson Systems Analyst  Pat Arndt Systems Analyst  Jill Bacha Systems Analyst  Chad Baloga Systems Analyst   Robert Berdik Analyst/Programmer Jan Carney Systems Analyst  Lisa Devine LIS Training Coordinator Cynthia Gabbianelli Systems Analyst  Anthony Gigliotti  Systems Analyst/Web Developer Fang He  Academic Computing Services Peggy Hockswender Systems Analyst  Roseann Hyman Analyst/Programmer Anthony Kondisko  Systems Analyst Karen Lassige Systems Analyst  Frank Losos Senior LIS Analyst Jeffrey McHugh Systems Analyst Julia Michel Systems Analyst Anne Miller Systems Analyst  Rick Nestler Systems Analyst Mary Mueller Coordinator, Clinical Applications Kevin Nauman Systems Analyst Anthony Piccoli Manager, CoPath / Systems Analyst Kelli Richter Programmer Christina Ritchie Systems Analyst/Programmer Michael Sendek Project Leader Geoffrey Shullo Systems Analyst Tara Straw Systems Analyst Chuck Susanin Senior LIS Analyst Amy Woelke PC Support    Oncology Informatics Systems Support Staff   Rebecca Boes Programmer Dean Brown Programmer Gary Burdelski LAN Administrator  Brenda Crocker Database Administrator  Michael Davis Programmer Roberta Elnyczky Systems Analyst Daniel Goldberg Web Communications Specialist Thomas Harper Programmer Denine Maglicco Database Administrator  John Milnes Database Administrator  Kevin Mitchell Programmer Ryan Mitchell LAN Administrator  Bob Rubin Programmer   Telepathology Support Staff      Othman Abdul-Karim Programmer  Ishtiaque Ahmed Telepathology Systems Analyst Leslie Anthony Project Manager Jon Duboy  PC Consultant  Jonhan Ho Research Project Clinician Sharma,Anurag Systems Analyst I Yagi,Yukako Director, Technical Management     Administrative Staff     Bill Gross Manager, Pathology/Oncology Informatics  Barbara Karnbauer  Director of Operations, Pathol. /Oncol. Informatics Wendy Frank  Adminisrator / APIII Coordinator Genine Bartolotta Administrative Supervisor  Lucy Cafeo Administrator  Linda Mignogna Administrator    Cancer Registry      Sharon Winters Director, Registry Information Services Debbie Amigh  Cancer Registrar Gina Anania  Cancer Registrar Jennifer Christakis Cancer Registrar Kathy Fenlock Cancer Registrar Jennifer Ridge-Hetrick  Cancer Registrar Lorraine Ickes  Cancer Registrar Kelly Kitterly Cancer Registrar Doris Kurinko Cancer Registrar Sharon LaFace Cancer Registrar Margaret Lightfoot Cancer Registrar Kimberly Marks Manager, Clinical Registry Information Services Gail Martin  Cancer Registrar Sandy McGlumphy Cancer Registrar Mary Beth Miller  Cancer Registrar Jim Munizza Cancer Registrar Kathy Nixon Cancer Registrar Heidi Patterson-Orlando Cancer Registrar Maribel Porter Cancer Registrar Beverly Rozanok Cancer Registrar Franca Sciullo Cancer Registrar June Spencer Cancer Registrar Linda Stahr Cancer Registrar Malini Srinivasan Cancer Registrar Betsy Turner Cancer Registrar Maryann Wood Cancer Registrar