People
Faculty
Mahmoud Aarabi, MD, PhD 
Ibrahim Abukhiran, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Director, Leidos Computational Pathology Fellowship, Director, Pathology Image Analysis Laboratory, Associate Director, AI Operations, Computational Pathology and Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence (CPACE)
Jamie Adam, MD, PhD 
Nidhi Aggarwal, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Ahmad Al-Attar, MBChB, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Rita Alaggio, MD Affiliate Professor of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology
Mohammad K. Alexanderani, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE)
Christiano Alves, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Yulder Daniel Angarita Marmolejo, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE)
Komal Arora, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Payam Arya, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Huma Asif, PhD 
Cindy G. Avalos-de León, PhD 
Suzanne Bakdash, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Evan E. Baker, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Tanner Bartholow, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Director, Autopsy and Forensic Pathology Center of Excellence, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Sheldon Bastacky, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Dipanjan Basu, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Diana M. Bell, MD Professor of Pathology and Otolaryngology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Lara Berklite, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Director of Autopsy and Gross Room Services, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Rohit Bhargava, MD Division Director, Pathology at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Professor of Pathology
Siddharth Bhattacharyya, MD 
Bharat Bhushan, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Harry C. Blair, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Chemistry
Jocelyn Boccella, DO Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital
Irina M. Bochkis, Ph.D. 
William Borch, MD 
Jaclyn Cappel, MD 
Matthew T. Chambers, MD, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Alex Chang, MD 
Yuan Chang, MD 
Irina Chibisov, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Simion I. Chiosea, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Charleen T. Chu, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, A. Julio Martinez Chair in Neuropathology, Vice Chair for Pathology Faculty Mentorship
Marc Clapper, DO Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Amanda Clark, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Beth Z. Clark, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Nathan C. Clemons, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP)CM Assistant Director of Clinical Microbiology, Assistant Professor of Pathology
Ryan A. Collins, MD 
Robert C. Conley, DO Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology
Elizabeth A. Cullen, MD 
Marwa Daghsni, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Assistant Director of UPMC Cytogenetics Laboratories
Jon M. Davison, MD 
Luiz Paulo de Lima Guido, MD 
Marie C. DeFrances, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Pathology Medical Education, Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Evan R. Delgado, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pathology (Adjunct), Division of Experimental Pathology
Anthony J. Demetris, MD Division Director, Transplantation Pathology, Starzl Professor of Liver and Transplant Pathology
Rajiv Dhir, MBBS, MBA Executive Vice Chairman and Medical Director of Anatomic Pathology Services, Professor of Pathology
Fabiola Diniz, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Miroslav Djokic, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Devin C. Dressman, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Associate Director for Research Operations & Strategy, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Andrew W. Duncan, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
David Dusenbery, MD 
Sarah Eakin, MD 
Mo R. Ebrahimkhani, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Esther Elishaev, MD 
Lanuza A P Faccioli, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Division of Experimental Pathology
Lama Farchoukh Farhat, MD 
Juanita E. Ferreira, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Jeffrey L. Fine, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology, Division of Pathology Informatics
Rodrigo M. Florentino, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Division of Experimental Pathology
Magali J. Fontaine, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Director, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Director of Transfusion Services and Reference Laboratories at Vitalant Pittsburgh, Professor, Department of Immunology
Tanner Freeman, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Daniel Geisler, MD Pathologist, UPMC Harrisburg, West Shore, Community General and Carlisle Hospitals
Catherine K. Gestrich, DO Assistant Professor of Pathology, Divisions of Pediatric and Molecular Genomic Pathology, Director of Pediatric Molecular Pathology and Genomics
Jacob Gildea, MD Pathologist, UPMC Harrisburg, West Shore, Community General and Carlisle Hospitals
Kanika Goel, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Pathologist, UPMC Harrisburg, West Shore, Community General and Carlisle Hospitals
Igor Gomes dos Santos, PhD 
Quincy Gu, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE)
Pathologist, UPMC Harrisburg, West Shore, Community General and Carlisle Hospitals
Jie Han, MD, PhD 
Gordon Handte, MD, MS, FCAP 
Matthew Hanna, MD Vice Chair of Pathology Informatics, Associate Professor of Pathology
Lakshmi Harinath, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Bassem S. Hendawy, MD Division Director, Renal Pathology, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Jonhan Ho, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, Division of Pathology Informatics
Zhiping Hu, MD 
Dong Hu, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Division of Experimental Pathology
George S. Hussey, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Pil Gyu Hwang, MD, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Hun-Way Hwang, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Smita S. Iyer, MS, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Deepali Jain, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Thoracic Pathology Center of Excellence
Majd Jawad, MD 
Frank J. Jenkins, PhD 
Jacob Jerome, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Ivy John, MD Division Director, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology, Associate Professor of Pathology
Miroslawa W. Jones, MD Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Terrell E. Jones, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Muhamuda Kader, PhD Research Instructor, Division of Experimental Pathology
Sonal N. Kamat, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Alesia Kaplan, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Arivarasan Karunamurthy, M.B.B.S, M.D. Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Pathology
Samer Khader, MD 
Mushtaq Khalid, MD Chief of Pathology, UPMC Altoona, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Nigar Anjuman Khurram, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Native Hepatic, Renal and Transplant Organ Pathology, Director UPMC School of Histology, Associate Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Julia Kofler, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology
Christi Kolarcik, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Dimitrios Korentzelos, MD 
Scott Kulich, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology
Justin Kurtz, MD Pathologist, UPMC Harrisburg, West Shore, Community General and Carlisle Hospitals
David Lacomis, MD Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Chief, Neuromuscular Division
Eric Lagasse, PharmD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Guizhu Li, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Jianhua Luo, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, UPMC Endowed Chair of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Division of Experimental Pathology
Dongzhu Ma, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Akila Mansour, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Daniel Marker, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Neuropathology, Assistant Director of the In-Situ Laboratory
Wendy M. Mars, PhD Asst. Dean for the Learning Environment, Professor of Pathology, Director, Pathology Graduate Program
Cody F. Marshall, DO Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Nana Matsumoto, DO 
Mariah McCready, MD 
George K. Michalopoulos, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Marta I. Minervini, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Maedeh Mohebnasab, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Sara A. Monaghan, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Patrick S. Moore, MD, MPH Distinguished and American Cancer Society Professor, Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Innovative Cancer Research
Samaneh A. Motanagh, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Jennifer Naber, MD 
Richard T. Naturale, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Pathologist, UPMC Harrisburg, West Shore, Community General and Carlisle
Azfar Neyaz, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Yuri E. Nikiforov, MD, PhD Division Director, Molecular & Genomic Pathology, Vice Chair of the Department of Pathology, Professor of Pathology
Marina Nikiforova, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Alyaksandr V. Nikitski, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Allison Nixdorf-Miller, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
N. Paul Ohori, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Linda Christine Olmstead, DO Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Kiyoko Oshima, MD, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology, Division of Liver and Transplant Pathology
Tim D. Oury, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Reetesh K. Pai, MD Division Director, Anatomic Pathology at Presbyterian Hospital of UPMC, Director, Gastrointestinal Pathology Center of Excellence, Professor of Pathology
Ivona Pandrea, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Liron Pantanowitz, MD, PhD, MHA Chair of the Department of Pathology, Maud L. Menten Professor of Pathology
Shirish Paranjpe, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Sureshchandra A. Patel, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Pranav Pramod Patwardhan, MBBS, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, UPMC Altoona
Thomas Pearce, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology
Octavia M. Peck Palmer, PhD Division Director, Clinical Chemistry, Vice Chair of Health Equity, Belonging, Excellence, and Engagement, Associate Professor of Pathology
Timothy N. Perkins MS, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, D(ABMM) Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology
Jennifer Picarsic, MD UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Chief of Pathology and Head of Laboratories, Professor of Pathology
Lirong Qu, MD, PhD 
Gabriela M. Quiroga-Garza, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Director, Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship
Parmjeet S. Randhawa, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Hooman H. Rashidi MD, MS, FCAP Associate Dean of AI in Medicine, Professor & Endowed Chair of Lombardi-Shinozuka Experimental Pathology Research at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Executive Vice Chair of Computational Pathology & Informatics Division at UPMC, Executive Director of CPACE (Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence)
Bryan Rea, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Baoguo Ren, MD 
Flavia G. Rosado, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Azhar M. Saeed, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Karen Schoedel, MD Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Pathologist, UPMC Harrisburg, West Shore, Community General and Carlisle Hospitals
Raja R. Seethala, MD Professor of Pathology and Otolaryngology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Director Head and Neck and Endocrine Pathology COE, Director Solid Tumor FISH Laboratory, Co-Director of Tissue, Histology and Imaging Core, H&N SPORE
Nuha Shaker, MD 
Michael Shurin, MD, PhD Division Director, Clinical Immunopathology, Professor of Pathology
Galina V. Shurin, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Immunopathology
Jagjit Singh, MD Division Director, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UPMC St. Margaret, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Aatur D. Singhi, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
John M. Skaugen, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Lauren Skvarca, MD, PhD Director of Perinatal Pathology, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
T. Rinda Soong, MD, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Bryan Stevens, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology
Lydia Strattan, PhD 
Kraig W. Sturtz, MD 
Matthew Swadley, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Edgar N. Tafaleng, PhD 
Ahmad P. Tafti, Ph.D. 
Kenichi (Ken) Tamama, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Chemistry
Roderick J. Tan, MD, PhD 
Matthew T. Then, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Angel R. Toca, MD Medical Director of Laboratories and Chairman, Department of Pathology UPMC Jameson
Irina Tourkova, PhD 
Nam K. Tran, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology, Associate Dean of Biobanking, Medical Director of Point of Care Testing
Darrell J. Triulzi, MD Professor of Pathology, Transfusion Medicine
Rami Vanguri, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE)
Raman Venkataramanan, Ph.D; FACCP; FAAPS Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pathology, Director of Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, Director of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Program, UPMC
Tatiana M. Villatoro, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Nam Vo, PhD Ruby and James Kang Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint appointment Department of Pathology
Abigail I. Wald, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Yanshan Wang, PhD, FAMIA Assistant Professor of Health Informatics, Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE)
Xiaosong Wang, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Qian Wang, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology
Yue (Yolanda) Wang, MD, Msc, MBA, DipACLM 
Alan Wells, MD, DMSc Thomas J. Gill III Professor of Pathology, Executive Vice Chairman, Section of Laboratory Medicine
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, FADLM, CC(NRCC) Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology
Theresa L. Whiteside, PhD, MDHC Professor of Pathology, Immunology and Otolaryngology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Rodney N. Wiltshire, PhD 
Michelle A. Wood-Trageser, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Translational Pathology
Cuiling (Amy) Xu, PhD Research Instructor, Division of Experimental Pathology
Qingyong Xu, PhD, ABHI (D), F(ACHI) Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Mark H. Yazer, MD 
Yan Ping Yu, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Jing Yu, MD, PhD 
Reza Zarnegar, PhD Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Adriana Zeevi, PhD, ABHI (D) Professor of Pathology, Surgery, and Immunology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Chen Zhang, MD, PhD Samuel A. Yousem Director of Thoracic Pathology, Professor of Pathology
Chengquan Zhao, MD Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Staff
Jason Adams, BS, MS 
Amanda Bytzura Coordinator, Cellular and Molecular Pathology (CMP) Graduate Program
Jolene McDade Hogle Executive Assistant to the Chair, Clinical and Operational Affairs
Mary Rose McGivern 
John Moretti, MHA, MBA 
Nancy Ozturk 
Niharika Penumalla 
Nicole Pistorius 
Brandon Putz, MHA 
Adam Ranalli, MBA Executive Administrator, UPMC Department of Pathology
Ellie Roman 
Michele Viola 
Esra Alshaikhnassir, MD 
Daisy Arunthamakun, MD 
Haley Brown, DO 
Robert Bubar, MD 
Martha Caicedo, MD 
Haley Corbin, MD 
Mohamed Elmoryah, MD 
Kyle Hinz, MD, MS 
Ian Lagerstrom, MD 
Shuo (Sean) Niu, MD 
Ashbita Pokharel, MD 
Mohamed Rabie, MD 
Juan Sanchez Ramirez, MD 
Alicia Schmidt, DO 
Haley Taylor, MD 
Tengfei Wang, MD 
Haley Arbore 
Sanjana Basak 
Molly Behan 
Yu Bian 
Yu-Wei Cheng 
Brian Chew 
Tony Chiang 
Joseph Collura 
Carlos Cosme Jr. 
Rachel Covitz 
Andrew Craig 
Maria Dam Ferdinez 
Rutuja C. Deshmukh 
Ava Dou 
Jack Drda 
Alysa Evans 
Sofie Fischler 
Benjamin Glennon 
Jason Hong 
Eileen Huang 
Danielle Illy 
Niloofar Jaafari 
Alice Jiang 
Dana R. Julian 
Minjie Kuang 
Rusy Lee 
Jack Little 
Zhenghao Liu 
Ugonna Mbaekwe 
Christopher Merkel 
Kaylee Montanari 
Noor Nader 
Justin Navidzadeh 
Nadine Oury 
Sita Paudel 
Stephanie K. Podguski 
Ruvi Ranatunga 
Yahira Rivera Lopez 
Kienan Salvadore 
Riley Sawka 
Justine Shamber 
Kavisha Silva 
Claudia Sun 
Swathi Suresh 
Srishti Tiwari 
Karensa Tjoa 
Aisha Vallopra 
Sam Vazquez 
Kristin Alma Sofia Wannemo 
Gillian Williams 
Jennifer Yan 
Tina Yang 
Tyler Yasaka 
Hsuan Yeh 
Rebecca Zack 
Xiyun Zhang 
Bethany Batson, MD, PhD 
Nathaniel Bigot, DO 
Sarah Bowser, MD, PhD 
Shikhar Chohan, MBBS, MD 
Wenli Dai, MD, PhD 
Kyle Damen, DO 
Carson Dougherty, MD 
Jerome Givi, MD, MPH 
Emily W. Gripp, MD 
John Grove, DO 
Yannis Hadjiyannis, MD 
Emma Harvey, DO 
Zachary High, MD 
George Luo, MD, PhD 
Nicholas McCann, MD 
Nathan McGrath, MBBS 
Laura Molina, MD, PhD 
Zobash Noor, MBBS, MD 
Vandana Panakkal, MBBS, MD 
Peace Preston, DO 
Tiarra Price, DO 
Sierra Raney, DO 
Rebecca Reese, MD 
Adnan Syed, MD 
Stephanie Torres, DO 
Rasa Valiauga, MD, PhD 
Claire Wilcox, MD