Atif Ahmed, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology

Katherine Berezowski, M.D.

Title: Associate Professor of Pathology; Chief, Cytopathology Service; Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program

Medical Education:
National University Pedro Henriquez Urena

Residency:
Medical College of Virginia

Fellowship:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; The George Washington University Medical Center

Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology

Clinical Interests:
Cytopathology, including breast ductal lavage and liquid-based cytologic preparations

Bio:
Dr. Berezowski is trained in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and cytopathology, and practices actively on the Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Services. She is also an active participant on our Fine Needle Aspiration Service. Dr. Berezowski is active in many national and international pathology organizations, currently serving on two committees of the American Society for Clinical Pathology.

Suman Chauhan, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology

Louis DePalma, M.D.

Title: Professor of Pathology; Director, Division of Clinical Pathology; Chief, Hematopathology, Molecular Pathology

Medical Education:
University of Naples Medical School

Residency:
Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey; Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut

Fellowship:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine

Clinical Interests:
Developmental hematology and immunology, hematopathology, immunohematology, and molecular diagnostics

Bio:
Dr. DePalma is trained in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and blood banking/transfusion medicine, and serves as Director of Clinical Pathology and Chief of the Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology Services. He is active in many national and international pathology organizations. Dr. DePalma is co-investigator in the NIH funded HIV Tumor Registry and has published numerous articles and chapters in the field of hematology and immunology. He is also Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at GW.

D. Robert Dufour, M.D.

Title: Emeritus Professor of Pathology,
Acting Chief, Pathology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington DC,
Fellow, Public Health Program Practice Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA

Medical Education:
Medical College of Wisconsin

Residency:
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD

Fellowship:

Board Certification:
National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Pathology: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Chemical Pathology

Clinical Interests:

Bio:

Robert V. Jones, M.D.

Title: Associate Professor of Pathology; Chief, Neuropathology and Immunohistology

Medical Education:
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Residency:
Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Fellowship:
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Neuropathology

Clinical Interests:
CNS tumors, CNS infections, demyelinating disorders, epilepsy, and neuromuscular diseases

Bio:
Dr. Jones is trained in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology and neuropathology, and serves as Chief of Neuropathology and the Neuromuscular Pathology Laboratory. He practices both general surgical pathology and neuropathology. Dr. Jones is active in many national and international pathology organizations, and is a frequent speaker at the annual Neuropathology Review Course sponsored by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

John F. Keiser, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor of Pathology; Chief, Microbiology Laboratory

Medical Education:
Pennsylvania State University

Residency:
Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Board Certification:
Medical Microbiology

Clinical Interests:
Diagnostic microbiology, rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases, and clinical relevance in laboratory microbiology.

Bio:
Dr. Keiser is a clinical pathologist who serves as Chief of the Clinical Microbiology Service. He is active in many national and international organizations.

Janna Kelleher , M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology

Medical Education:
University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Residency:
The George Washington University Medical Center

Fellowship:
The George Washington University Medical Center

Board Certification:
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Clinical Interests:
Cytopathology, Gynecologic Pathology

Patricia Latham, M.D.

Title: Associate Professor of Pathology; Chief, Autopsy Service- Internist, Division of Gastroenterology

Medical Education:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Residency:
Yale-New Haven Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada

Fellowship:
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Clinical Interests:
Liver pathology

Bio:
Dr. Latham is both an anatomic pathologist and internist, currently serving as Chief of the Autopsy Service. She performs subspecialty sign-out of liver biopsies and other hepatobiliary specimens on the Surgical Pathology Service. In addition to her clinical and research activities in the Department of Pathology, she also serves as a clinical gastroenterologist in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Latham has a special interest in medical education and is Course Director of our systemic pathology courses for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students. She is active in many national and international pathology and hepatology organizations, currently serving as a Governing Board member and Treasurer of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease.

Elsie Lee, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology; Chief, Transfusion Service

Medical Education:
SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse

Residency:
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Fellowship:
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Mayo Clinic

Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology, Blood Banking/Transfusion

Clinical Interests:
Transfusion medicine, stem cell transplantation, and hematopathology.

Bio:
Dr. Lee is trained in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, hematopathology, and blood banking/transfusion medicine, and serves as Chief of the Transfusion Service. She is active in national and international pathology organizations, as well as the regional chapter of the American Red Cross.

Jack H. Lichy, M.D., PhD

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;

Min-Ling Liu,M.D., PhD

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;

Jan M. Orenstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Title: Professor of Pathology; Chief, Electron Microscopy Service

Medical Education:
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center

Residency:
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, National Cancer Institute

Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology

Clinical Interests:
Diagnostic electron microscopy, autopsy pathology, HIV/AIDS

Bio:
Dr. Orenstein is a senior member of the faculty who is Chief of the Electron Microscopy Service and who practices actively on both the Surgical Pathology and Autopsy Services. He is an international authority on the pathology and ultrastructural morphology of HIV-related disorders. He is currently principle investigator or co-investigator of two large NIH-funded tumor tissue banks headquartered in our department. He is very active in many national and international pathology organizations, particularly those focused on HIV-related disease.

Edina Paal, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;

Medical Education:

Residency:
George Washington University

Fellowship: Cytopathology at
George Washington University

Katy Rezaei, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;

Medical Education:
University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

Residency:
George Washington University

Fellowship: Cytopathology at
George Washington University

Board Certification: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology

Clinical Interests: Genitourinary pathology, Cytopathology, Surgical Pathology

Mariarita Santi, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;

Arnold M. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.

Title: Professor of Pathology

Medical Education:
University of Miami

Residency:
Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Fellowship:
Brandeis University

Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Clinical Interests:
Pulmonary, bone, breast, and gastrointestinal pathology.

Bio:
Dr. Schwartz is a senior member of the faculty who serves actively on the Surgical Pathology Service. He is an active researcher, participating as a collaborator with many investigators in the Medical Center. Dr. Schwartz is active in many national and international pathology and pulmonary disease organizations, and currently serves as a member of the Council of Governors of the American College of Chest Physicians.

Sylvia Silver, D.A.

Title: Professor of Pathology, of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Professor of Community Health and Prevention in the School of Public Health and Health Services. Director of the Office of HIV Activities for the George Washington University Medical Center.

Education:
BA, Drake University;
MTS, Catholic University;
DA, Catholic University

Bio:
Dr. Silver is the Principal Investigator for the NCI-funded East Coast AIDS and Cancer Specimen Bank (part of the National AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource), the Co-Principal Investigator of the NCI-funded Mid-Atlantic Prostate Cancer Bank headed by GWUMC, and a Co- Investigator, on the NIH-funded Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). For this project, she is the Research and Retention Coordinator for the Metropolitan Washington DC site, and an active member of the national WIHS Cancer/Pathology Working Group. Dr. Silver has been a member of the Metropolitan Washington DC HIV Planning Council and President of the Board of Directors of Metro TeenAIDS, a community-based organization whose mission is to prevent HIV infection in youth and young adults and to serve those infected. Dr. Silver chaired the Montgomery County, Maryland (population > 800,000) Task Force on HIV/AIDS, an effort to define prevention activities. She has served on numerous NIH study sections for applications related to HIV.
During 2004-2005, Dr. Silver spent a sabbatical year with the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation developing and implementing a Professional Development Program for Clinical Research. This program builds capacity and develops individuals in their roles as members of a clinical research team. The Professional Development Program is in effect at Aeras/University Cape Town site in the Boland/Overberg region in South Africa and the Aeras/ St.Johns Medical College site in Palamneer, India.
Dr. Silver is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the newly formed George Washington University Africa Center for Health and Security

Carol Smith, M.S., M.T.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology

Education:
BS, University of Maryland;
MS, Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University

Bio:
Ms. Smith is trained as a medical technologist (clinical laboratory scientist) and coordinates teaching activities as part of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program, the Health Laboratory Technique Program (sponsored by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army), and the Masters of Science in Health Sciences Concentration in Immunohematology Program. She has a special interest in distance education. She is active in many organizations focused on health sciences education, including the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.

Steve Soldin , M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;

Medical Education:

Residency:

Fellowship:

Board Certification:

Clinical Interests:

Bio:

Michael Stamatakos, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;

Medical Education:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Bethesda, MD.)

Residency: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center (San Antonio, Tx)

Fellowship: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Board Certification: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, and Cytopathology

Clinical Interests: Gynecologic and Breast Pathology

Sana O Tabbara, M.D.

Title: Professor of Pathology; Director, Division Anatomic Pathology; Chief, Surgical Pathology.

Medical Education:
American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Residency:
University of Virginia Health System

Fellowship:
University of Virginia Health System

Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Cytopathology

Clinical Interests:
Breast, gynecologic and head and neck pathology, immunohistochemistry

Bio:
Dr. Tabbara is Director of Anatomic Pathology and Chief of the Surgical Pathology Service and practices actively on both the Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Services. She is also an active participant in our Fine Needle Aspiration Service. She is active in many national and international pathology and cytopathology organizations, currently serving on the Executive Board and Chair of the Research Committee of the Papanicolaou Society for Cytopathology.

Edward Wong, M.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology;