Alphabetical Listing

George K. Michalopoulos, MD, PhD -- Professor and Chairman   Division of Anatomic Pathology   E. Leon Barnes, Jr., MD -- Professor -- Head and neck pathology Sheldon Bastacky, MD -- Associate Professor -- Renal pathology Simion Chiosea, MD -- Assistant Professor -- MicroRNA expression and processing in carcinomas Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Lung transplantation, pulmonary and mediastinal pathology Jon M. Davison, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Gastrointestinal and pancreatic pathology. Animal models of neoplasia. Douglas J. Hartman , MD -- Assistant Professor -- Gastrointestinal Pathology, Pathology Informatics Shih-Fan Kuan, MD -- Associate Professor -- Gastrointestinal pathology Alyssa M. Krasinskas, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Gastrointestinal and liver pathology, transplant pathology William LaFramboise, PhD -- -- Associate Professor - Stem cell and cancer; myocardial infarct and repair; genomics and proteomics assay Larry Nichols, MD -- Associate Professor -- Pathology of infectious diseases, autopsy pathology, cardiac pathology, medical education Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD -- Professor -- Molecular Anatomic Pathology N. Paul Ohori, MD -- Professor -- Cytopathology, fine needle aspiration, pulmonary and mediastinal pathology Scott R. Owens, MD -- Assistant Professor -- GI Pathology Robert L. Peel, MD -- Associate Professor -- Head and neck pathology Karen Schoedel, MD -- Associate Professor -- Cytopathology Raja Seethala, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Head and neck pathology, tissue banking Samuel A. Yousem, MD -- Professor and Vice-Chairman -- Lung immunology, pulmonary pathology, in situ hybridization and cytopathology.   Division of Experimental Pathology  [Back to Top]   Aaron Bell, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- Transcriptional regulation of hepatocyte differentiation. Chunsun Dai, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- The role and mechanisms of Wnts in podocyte dysfunction and acute renal failure. Nick Giannoukakis, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Gene and cell therapy for autoimmunity. Sikandar L. Katyal, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Pulmonary biology, growth factors in lung development and lung injury/repair. Youhua Liu, PhD -- Professor -- Cellular and molecular pathogenesis of renal fibrosis. Jianhua Luo, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Cancer molecular biology. Wendy M. Mars, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and cancer phenotype. George K. Michalopoulos, MD, PhD -- Professor and Chairman -- Regulation of hepatocyte growth. Satdarshan P.S. Monga, MD -- Associate Professor -- Wnt and HGF signaling in Liver and Hepatic Stem cell characterization. Ivona Pandrea, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- SIV pathogenesis in progressive and nonprogressive hosts. Immune therapies for HIV infection. Steve Strom, PhD -- Professor -- Chemical carcinogenesis, molecular mechanisms of growth control in human liver and prostate. Yanping Yu, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Cancer molecular biology. Reza Zarnegar, PhD -- Professor -- Regulation of gene expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and receptor protooncogene c-met   Division of Pathology Informatics  [Back to Top]   Anil Vasdev Parwani, MD, PhD ---- Associate Professor, Division Director -- Anatomic pathology, pathology informatics Jeffrey Fine, MD - Assistant Professor - Breast pathology and informatics related to women's health Walid E. Khalbuss, MD - Director of Cytopathology; Associate Professor - FNA, molecular diagnostics in Cytopathology Zoltan N. Oltvai, MD --Associate Professor -- Specialty Laboratories Informatics   Division of Neuropathology   [Back to Top]   Robert Bowser, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Molecular and cell biological studies of human brain development and neurodegenerative diseases. Charleen Chu, MD, PhD --Associate Professor -- Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration; proteolytic and oxidative regulation of cell signaling. Ronald Hamilton, MD -- Associate Professor -- Alpha-synuclein aggregation in the pathogenesis of dementia with Lewy bodies. -- Prognostic factors in pediatric brain tumors. Scott Kulich, MD, PhD-- Assistant Professor -- The interaction between oxidative neurotoxins and intracellular signal transduction cascades in the context of neurologic diseases. Kathryn McFadden, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Neuropathology Geoffrey Murdoch, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Pediatric Neuropathology Gutti R. Rao, MD -- Associate Professor -- Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Clayton A. Wiley, MD, PhD -- Professor, Division Director -- Examining mechanisms of neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS, West Nile Virus and influenza infection.   Division of Transplantation Pathology   [Back to Top]   Anthony J. Demetris, MD -- Professor, Division Director -- Liver transplant pathophysiology and immunopathology. Chang Han, MD, PhD -- Research Assistant Professor -- Prostaglandins in hepatobiliary carcinogenesis. Michael A. Nalesnik, MD -- Professor -- Epstein-Barr virus related post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders, transplant pathology. Erin Rubin Ochoa, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Cell-cycle regulatory role of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p27kip1, as it relates to to improve Hepatocyte Transplantation. Parmjeet S. Randhawa, MD -- Professor -- Polymavirus infection, renal transplant pathology. Eizaburo Sasatomi, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- transplant pathology. Adriana Zeevi, PhD -- Professor -- Cellular mechanisms of allograft rejection.   Section of Laboratory Medicine  [Back to Top]   Harry C. Blair, MD -- Professor, Acting Medical Director -- Bone physiology and pathology Richard Bodnar, J., PhD -- Research Assistant Professor -- Signaling mechanisms regulating angiogenesis Marina Nikiforova, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Molecular Anatomic Pathology Alan Wells, MD, DMS -- Professor and Vice-Chairman -- Cell migration, cell motility regulation, and its role in physiologic and pathologic situations Cary Wu, PhD -- Professor -- Cell adhesion: molecular mechanism and the roles in the pathogenesis of cancer and diabetic nephropathy   Division of Clinical Chemistry  [Back to Top]   K. Michael Gibson, PhD, FACMG -- Professor -- Murine models of inborn errors of metabolism Octavia M. Peck Palmer, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- Intra-individual variation of chemistry analytes in the Pediatric population Mohamed A. Virji, MD, PhD -- Professor -- Tumor markers in liver and prostate cancers, rapid assays for intra-operative management, clinical laboratory automation, point-of-care testing, and laboratory information management   Division of Clinical Immunopathology   [Back to Top]   Bruce S. Rabin, MD, PhD -- Professor of Pathology and Psychiatry, Division Director -- Brain and the immune system Galina V. Shurin, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- Therapeutic approaches on incorporation of low-dose chemotherapy into vaccine therapyr Michael R. Shurin, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Tumor-induced immunomodulation, molecular mechanisms of the regulation of dendropoiesis and immunobiology of dendritic cells in cancer   Division of Hematopathology   [Back to Top]   Lydia C. Contis, MD -- Associate Professor -- Evaluation of the ploidy analysis of malignancies by image and flow cytometry - myelodysplastic and other myeloid disorders. Fiona E. Craig, MD -- Associate Professor -- Flow cytometry. Miroslav Djokic, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Follicular lymphoma change this to minimal residual disease and other studies of myeloid and lymphoblastic disorders Raymond E Felgar, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Classification and pathobiology of hematopoietic and lymphoid malignancies. Christine Garcia, MD -- Assistant Professor -- hematopoietic and lymphoid disorders. Sara A. Monaghan, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Pediatric and adult acute leukemias and myeloid disorders. Lisa J. Robinson, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Molecular hematopathology, and cell signaling abnormalities in acute leukemia. Steven H. Swerdlow, MD -- Professor, Division Director -- Multiparameter investigations of hematopoietic and lymphoid proliferations, clinical hematopathology.   Division of Clinical Microbiology   [Back to Top]   A. William Pasculle, ScD -- Associate Professor, Division Director -- Clinical microbiology Charles R. Rinaldo, Jr, PhD -- Professor -- AIDS and herpes virus research   Division of Molecular Diagnostics  [Back to Top]   Jeffrey A. Kant, MD, PhD -- Professor, Division Director -- Clinical and translational applications for molecular diagnostics Marie C. DeFrances, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- PI3K signaling mechanisms in hepatocytes Zoltan N. Oltvai, MD -- Associate Professor -- Post genomic disciplines, including transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics. Tim D. Oury, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Antioxidant enzyme extracellular superoxide dismutase Wenxing Ding, PhD -- Research Assistant Professor -- The regulation of autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis in liver injury. Xiao-Ming Yin, MD, PhD -- Professor -- Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis and its implications in human pathogenesis   Transfusion Medicine   [Back to Top]   Darrell J. Triulzi, MD -- Professor -- Effect of transfusion on the host immune system Donald Kelley, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Transfusion Medicine. Lirong Qu, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- Epstein-Barr virus in normal blood donors, lymphocytes survival during the storage of blood products, and therapeutic mechanism of plasma exchange in the treatment of TTP. Mark Yazer, MD -- Assistant Professor -- blood group genetics, coagulation effects of xenotransplantation.   Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (Pediatric Pathology)  [Back to Top]   Miguel Reyes-Mugica, MD -- Professor, Division Director -- Childhood tumors and defects of neural crest cell migration Ronald Jaffe, MB, BCh -- Professor -- Dendritic cells and their disorders, childhood histiocytoses Amy Davis, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Pediatric Pathology Csaba Galambos, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Neonatal and pediatric lung diseases, childhood vascular tumors and malformations, angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. John Ozolek, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Stem cell biology and cellular therapeutics. Sarangarajan Ranganathan, MD -- Associate Professor -- Clinicopathologic correlations of pediatric neoplasia especially small round cell tumors. Adam Rosendorff, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) -host interactions. Robert M. Wadowsky, ScD -- Professor -- Pediatric microbiology and molecular diagnostics.   Magee-Womens Hospital (Ob/Gyn Pathology)  [Back to Top]   David J. Dabbs, MD -- Professor and Chief of Pathology -- Surgical pathology/cytopathology / FNA diagnostic immunohistochemistry. R. Marshall Austin, MD, PhD -- Professor -- Gynecological cytology. Rohit Bhargava, MD -- Assistant professor -- Surgical pathology / molecular pathology . Gloria Carter, MD -- Associate Professor -- Surgical pathology and cytopathology. Mamatha Chivukula, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Surgical pathology and cytopathology. Esther Elishaev, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Surgical pathology and cytopathology. Jeffrey Fine, MD - Assistant Professor - Breast pathology and informatics related to women's health Mirka Jones, MD -- Professor -- Surgical pathology and cytology. Anisa Kanbour, MD -- Professor -- Surgical pathology and cytopathology. Amal Kanbour-Shakir, MD, PhD -- Professor of Pathology and OB/GYN & RS -- Breast and gynecological pathology and cytopathology. Trevor A. Macpherson, MB, ChB, FRCOG, MS -- Professor -- Perinatal mortality and morbidity. Olga Navolotskaia, MD - Assistant Professor -- Surgical pathology and cytology Urvashi Surti, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Molecular cytogenetics of cancer and reproduction. Giuliana Trucco, MD -- Professor -- Immunological studies of high-risk pregnancies and infertility. Jing Yu, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- Surgical pathology, cytopathology and FNA. Chenquan Zhao, MD -- AssociateProfessor -- Surgical pathology and cytopathology.   Pathology at UPMC Shadyside Hospital   [Back to Top]   Rajiv Dhir, MD -- Associate Professor -- Director of Pathology, Genitourinary pathology, tissue banking Walid Khalbuss , MD -- Director of Cytopathology; Associate Professor -- FNA, molecular diagnostics in Cytopathology Sara E. Monaco, M.D. -- Assistant Professor -- Cytopathology Alka Palekar, MD -- Associate Professor -- Anatomic pathology Anil Vasdev Parwani, MD, PhD ---- Associate Professor -- Anatomic pathology, pathology informatics Uma Rao, MD -- Professor -- Oncologic pathology, bone and soft tissue pathology   Pathology at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System  [Back to Top]   Mona F. Melhem, MD -- Professor, Division Director -- Regulation of gene expression. Richard Bodnar, J., PhD -- Research Assistant Professor -- Signaling mechanisms regulating angiogenesis instead of "the regulation of angiogenesis Roy A. Frye, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- SIRT1 overexpression role in prostate carcinoma, surgical pathology. Nadia F. Habib-Bein, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Anatomic Pathology . Dmitriy W. Gutkin, MD, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Growth factors and oncogensis. Scott Kulich, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- The interaction between oxidative neurotoxins and intracellular signal transduction cascades in the context of neurologic diseases. Agnes K. Liman, MD -- Assistant Professor -- Cytopathology and Surgical Pathology. Gutti R. Rao, MD -- Associate Professor -- Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Anu Sharma, MD -- Associate Professor -- Thoracic pathology   University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute  [Back to Top]   Andrew A. Amoscato, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Natural killer (NK) cell regulation and function Dorothea Becker, PhD -- Professor -- Molecular analysis of genes governing melanoma development and progression. Yuan Chang, MD -- Professor -- KSHV pathogenesis and viral oncogenesis. Shi-Yuan Cheng, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Signaling mechanisms and models of cell invasion/metastases and angiogenesis. Albert B. DeLeo, PhD -- Professor -- Molecular characterization of tumor-specific antigens. Maryann Donovan, PhD - Assistant Professor Vijaya Gandhi, PhD - Assistant Professor Leslie Goldstein, PhD - Research Instructor Elieser Gorelik, MD -- Professor -- Tumor immunology. Ronald B. Herberman, MD -- Professor -- Natural killer (NK) cells. Frank Jenkins, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Epidemiology and molecular biology of Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV). Luyuan Li, PhD -- Associate Professor -- Vascular cell biology and tumor angiogenesis. David Malehorn, PhD - Research Assistant Professor -- Proteomic profiling Hannah Rabinowich, PhD -- Professor -- Regulatory mechanisms in NK cell adhesion. Nikola L. Vujanovic, MD, PhD -- Research Associate Professor -- Cytotoxicity mediated by immune effector cells and their role in anticancer host defense. Theresa L. Whiteside, PhD -- Professor -- Cancer Therapy, Cellular Therapy, Cell Culture, Immunoassays. Jian Yu, PhD -- Assistant Professor -- Defects in the control of apoptosis.   Pathology at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC Braddock Hospital   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC Horizon Hospital - Greenville   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC Horizon Hospital - Shenango Valley   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC McKeesport Hospital   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC Mercy Hospital   [Back to Top]   Aleksandr M Perepletchikov, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor -- Urologic pathology, specifically focused in cytogenetics, immunohistochemistry, molecular analysis and tissue microarray of renal neoplasia.   Pathology at UPMC Northwest Hospital   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC Passavant Hospital   [Back to Top]   Daniel Chung, MD - Assistant Professor -- Surgical pathology, cytopathology and clinical pathology.   Pathology at UPMC Passavant Cranberry Hospital   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC South Side Hospital   [Back to Top]     Pathology at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital   [Back to Top]   Jagjit Singh, MD - Assistant Professor -- General surgical pathology and cytopathology, laboratory administration, quality management and laboratory accreditation.