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Faculty
Mahmoud Aarabi, MD, PhD 
Ibrahim Abukhiran, MD 
Nidhi Aggarwal, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Rajnikant M. Amin, MD
Division Director, Community Pathology, Associate Professor of Pathology
Komal Arora, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Payam Arya, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Nathanael G. Bailey, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Evan E. Baker, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Tanner Bartholow, MD
Assistant 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 Pediatric Pathology
Aaron W. Bell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, Administrator, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center
Robert Bendon, MD 
Rohit Bhargava, MD
Division Director, Pathology at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Professor of Pathology
Bharat Bhushan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Harry C. Blair, MD
Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Chemistry
Irina M. Bochkis, Ph.D. 
Gloria Carter, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Yuan Chang, MD 
Irina Chibisov, MD
Assistant 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
Beth Z. Clark, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Amanda Clark, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Nathan C. Clemons, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP)CM
Assistant Director of Clinical Microbiology, Assistant Professor of Pathology
Brittany Cody, DO
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Thoracic Pathology Center of Excellence
Robert C. Conley, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Katelynn Davis, MD 
Jon M. Davison, 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, 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
Miroslav Djokic, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Steven F. Dobrowolski, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Chemistry
Andrew W. Duncan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Mo R. Ebrahimkhani, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Esther Elishaev, MD 
Lama Farchoukh Farhat, MD 
Jeffrey L. Fine, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology, Division of Pathology Informatics
Tanner Freeman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Daniel Geisler, MD 
Catherine K. Gestrich, DO
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology
Kanika Goel
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
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
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Jonhan Ho, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, Division of Pathology Informatics
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
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Smiljana Istvanic-Zdravkovic, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Pathology at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS)
Smita S. Iyer, MS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Majd Jawad, MD 
Frank J. Jenkins, PhD 
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
Sonal N. Kamat, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Alesia Kaplan, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Samer Khader, MD
Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Mushtaq Khalid, MD
Chief of Pathology, UPMC Altoona, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Nigar A. Khurram, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Samira Kiani, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Sungjin Ko, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
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 
David Lacomis, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Chief, Neuromuscular Division
Eric Lagasse, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Sigfred Lajara, MD 
Guizhu Li, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Community Pathology
Silvia Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Joseph Locker, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic 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
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
Satdarshan (Paul) Singh Monga, MD
Vice Chair of Experimental Pathology, Professor of Pathology
Erika M. Moore, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Samaneh A Motanagh MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Women’s Hospital Pathology
Rana Naous, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Director, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Kari Nejak-Bowen, MBA, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental 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
Michael Oertel, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental 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
Alina Ostrowska, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental 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
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, Diversity & Inclusion, Associate Professor of Pathology
Robert L. Peel, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, D(ABMM)
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology
Lirong Qu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Gabriela M. Quiroga-Garza, MD 
Reben Raeman, MS, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Ravi Prakash Rai, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
Parmjeet S. Randhawa, MD
Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Hooman H. Rashidi MD, MS, FCAP
Associate Dean of AI in Medicine, Executive Director of CPACE Ai Center, Executive Vice Chair of Computational Pathology, Professor of Pathology
Bryan Rea, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Flavia G. Rosado, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
Karen Schoedel, MD
Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Raja R. Seethala, MD
Professor of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Michael Shurin, MD, PhD
Division Director, Clinical Immunopathology, Professor of Pathology
Galina V. Shurin, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Clinical Immunopathology
Gabriel Sica, MD, PhD 
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 
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
Junyan Tao, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
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 
Darrell J. Triulzi, MD
Division Director, Transfusion Medicine, Professor of Pathology
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
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Nam Vo, PhD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint appointment Department of Pathology
Abigail I. Wald, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Qian Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology
Yue (Yolanda) Wang, MD, Msc, MBA 
Xiaosong Wang, MD, PhD 
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 Clinical Chemistry
Michelle A. Wood-Trageser, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Qingyong Xu, PhD, ABHI (D), F(ACHI)
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Transplantation Pathology
Research Instructor, Division of Experimental Pathology
Mark H. Yazer, MD 
Jing Yu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
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
Chengquan Zhao, MD
Professor of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital Pathology
Staff
Jason Adams 
Jolene Hogle
Executive Assistant to the Chair, Clinical and Operational Affairs
John Moretti
Center and Division Coordinator, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center and Experimental Pathology
Brandon Putz 
Subhadra Srinivasan
Executive Assistant to the Chair, Academic Affairs
Oluwashanu Balogun 
Yu Bian 
Hannah Elizabeth Butterfield 
Mona Chatrizeh 
Grace Conway 
Shohini Ghosh-Choudhary 
Gabby Gilmer 
Xu Jiazhen 
Dana Julian 
Brandon Lehrich 
Jack Little 
Jie Bin (Jay) Liu 
Varun Mandi 
Joud Mulla 
Justin Sui 
Susannah Waxman 
Seemaab Ali, MD 
Bethany Batson, MD, PhD 
Mariel Bedell, DO 
Matthew T. Chambers, MD, PhD 
Haley Corbin, MD 
Wenli Dai, MD, PhD 
Kyle Damen, DO 
John Grove, DO 
Yannis Hadjiyannis, MD 
Jake Jerome, MD 
Katherine Killian, DO 
Kyle Knickelbein, MD, PhD 
Andrea Leal Lopez, MD 
Mason Marshall, DO 
Laura Molina, MD, PhD 
Azfar Neyaz, MBBS, MD 
Zobash Noor, MBBS, MD 
Simmi Patel, MD 
Pranav Pramod Patwardhan, MBBS, MD 
Tiarra Price, DO 
Rayan Rammal, MD 
Rachel Vanderschelden, MD 
Daisy Wu, MD 
Mustafa Deebajah MD 
Aly Wilhelm MD 
Megan Zilla MD, PhD