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GWU
Pathology Dept.
2300 Eye Street, NW
Room 502 Ross Hall
Washington, DC
20037
(202)994-2969
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Chairman
Donald
S. Karcher, M.D.
Title:
Professor of Pathology; Chairman, Dept. of Pathology; Director
of Laboratories; Chief, Chemistry and Flow Cytometry
Medical Education:
Louisiana State University, New Orleans
Residency:
Brooke Army Medical Center
Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology
Clinical Interests:
Bone marrow pathology, lymphomas and leukemias, flow cytometry,
and the effects of HIV on the hematopoietic system.
Bio:
Dr. Karcher currently serves as Acting Chair of the Department
of Pathology. He is a hematopathologist and practices actively
on the Hematopathology Service, as well as serving as Chief
of the Clinical Chemistry and Flow Cytometry Services. As
long-time Director of Laboratories, he also has a special
interest in clinical laboratory administration. Since 2002,
he has served as Director of our Pathology Residency Program.
Dr. Karcher is active in many national and international pathology
organizations and is currently a member of two NIH study sections.
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Faculty
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Suman
Chauhan, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology
Medical Education:
RNT Medical College, Rajasthan University, India
Residency:
Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C
RNT Medical College, Rajasthan University, India
Fellowship:
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (Cytopathology)
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Washington D.C (Nephropathology)
Board Certification:
The American Board of Pathology Combined Anatomic & Clinical
Pathology
The American Board of Cytopathology
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Wen
Chen, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology
Medical Education:
Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
Residency:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School at Newark, NJ
Fellowship:
UMDNJ-NJMS
AFIP Washington, DC
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clnical Pathology,
Dermatopathology
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Alejandro
Luiña Contreras, M.D.
Title: Assistant Professor of
Pathology
Medical Education:
Central Del Caribe School of Medicine
Residency:
George Washington University Medical Center
Fellowship:
Slan-Kettering cancer center, The UT MD Anderson Cancer center
Board Certification:
The American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Clinical Interests:
Molecular Pathogenesis of Neoplasia
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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.
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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
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Samantha
Easley , M.D.
Title: Assistant Professor of
Pathology
Medical Education:
State University of New York at Buffalo
Residency:
University Hospitals/Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Fellowship:
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology
Clinical Interests:
breast pathology, endocrine pathology, GI pathology
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Dana
Ashley Hill, M.D.
Title: Assistant Professor of
Pathology
Medical Education:
Washington University St. Louis, MO
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Saint Louis, MO, Pathology and Surgical Pathology
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's
Hospital St. Louis, MO
Board Certification: American
Board of Pathology/Pediatric Pathology
Clinical Interests:
Bio: D. Ashley Hill, MD, is
chief of the Division of Pathology at the Children's National Medical
Center. She is an expert in pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), a rare
childhood lung tumor. Dr. Hill plays a leadership role in the International
PPB Registry and currently works toward identifying the genetic
anomalies that underly this rare disorder.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jack
H. Lichy, M.D., PhD
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology;
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Min-Ling
Liu,M.D., PhD
Title: Assistant professor of
Pathology; Director, Surgical pathology, Hematopathology, Laboratories
of Immunohistochemistry and Clinical Flow Cytometry.
Medical Education: Shanghai
Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China
Residency: Georgetown University
Hospital, Washington DC
Fellowship: Georgetown University
Hospital, Washington DC
Board Certification: American
Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology, Hematology
Clinical Interests: Hematopathology,
Uropathology, Immunohistochemistry and Clinical Flow Cytometry.
Bio: Dr. Liu is Director of
Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Immunohistochemistry and Clinical
Flow Cytometry at VA Medical Center, Washington DC. She practices
actively on both Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology.
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Edina
Paal, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology; Staff Pathologist and Director of
Blood Bank, VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Medical Education: Semmelweis
University of Medicine
Residency:
George Washington University Medical Center
Fellowship: Cytopathology at
George Washington University Medical Center
Board Certification: Cytopathology
(American Board of Pathology), Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (American
Board of Pathology), Anatomic Pathology (National Certification
Board of Hungary )
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Marie-Lydie
Y. Pierre-Louis, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology;
Medical Education: Medical School
of the State University of Haiti
Residency: State University Hospital
in Port-au-Prince Haiti and at Howard University Hospital in Washington
DC
Fellowship: Gastro-Enterology
at Klinikum Charlottenburg, Freie Universitat (Germany) and in Forensic
Pathology at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Government
of the District of Columbia, Washington DC.
Board Certification:
Clinical Interests:
Bio: Dr. Pierre-Louis brings
to the District approximately 20 years of forensic pathology experience,
with licensures to practice medicine in the District of Columbia
and Haiti. Upon completing her fellowship with the Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner, in 1986, she was appointed to serve as a
Deputy Medical Examiner for the office, where she served in this
capacity for 17 years until September of 2003. She became the Interim
Chief Medical Examiner in September 2003, Acting Chief Medical Examiner
in October 2004, and was appointed to serve as the Chief Medical
Examiner in January 2005.
While serving as a Deputy Medical Examiner to the District, Dr.
Pierre-Louis performed over 4,000 autopsies and witnessed over 15,000
throughout her career, as well as provided expert testimony in over
400 criminal and civil cases throughout the Washington DC Metropolitan
area.
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Christine
Ann Reyes, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology;
Medical Education:
University of New Mexico
Residency: George Washington
University Medical Center
Fellowship: Texas Children's
Hospital Houston
Board Certification: American
Board of Pathology/Anatomic & Clinical. American Board of Pathology/Pediatric
Pathology
Bio: Christine Ann Reyes, MD,
is the clinical director of Anatomic Pathology at Children's National.
Dr. Reyes has in pediatric surgical pathology (including hematopathology
and neuropathology), autopsy, and clinical pathology.
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Katy
Rezaei, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology;
Medical Education:
University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Residency:
George Washington University Medical Center
Fellowship: Cytopathology at
George Washington University Medical Center
Board Certification: Anatomic
Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology
Clinical Interests: Genitourinary
pathology, Cytopathology, Surgical Pathology
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Edith
Francisca Schmidt, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology;
Medical Education: University
of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency: George Washington
University Medical Center, Georgetown University Hospital
Fellowship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Saint Louis
Board Certification: American
Board of Pathology
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Lysandra
Voltaggio, M.D.
Title: Assistant Professor of
Pathology
Medical Education:
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Residency: Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology)
Fellowship: George Washington
University Medical Center (Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology)
Board Certification: Anatomic
Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology
Clinical Interests: Gastrointestinal
and Soft Tissue Pathology
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Edward
Wong, M.D.
Title: Assistant
Professor of Pathology, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Principal
Investigator, Children's Research Institute
Medical Education:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Residency:
Barnes-Jewish Hospitals, St. Louis, MO
Fellowship:
UNC Memorial Hospitals, University of North Carolina (Fellow)
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
(Senior Staff Fellow)
Board Certification:
Clinical Interests:
Bio:
Edward Chun Cheung Wong, MD, is the director of Hematology and associate
director of Transfusion Medicine, as well as the director of the
Peripheral Blood Stem Collection Facility in the Division of Laboratory
Medicine at Children's National Medical Center.
Dr. Wong is a recent graduate of the Master Teacher Leadership
Development Program at George Washington University.
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