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For a complete list of names with pictures from the 2004 Service Awards Ceremony, click more... The Pathology Scope Annual Report Issue for Fall 2004 is now available. This departmental publication, under the direction of Larry Vetter, Managing Editor, features the top stories, business and events in the Department of Pathology. More... *November 2004* (return to top) Dr. William J. Frable is the 2004 recipient of the Fred Waldorf Stewart Award, bestowed annually by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Pathology on an individual deemed to have contributed significantly to the study of human neoplastic disease. More... Susan Roseff, MD, Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, VCU, presented an intriguing lecture during Grand Rounds Friday November 19, entitled, "Death by Transfusion." More... The Pathology Honor Society celebrated the academic achievements of Second Year Medical School students scoring the highest grades in their Pathogenesis Course. This year the Robert C. Bryan Prize in Pathology went to Robin Rashmi Bhavsar. More... The newest faculty member of the VCU Pathology Department is Reena Jain, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology. Dr. Jain's clinical specialties are Gynecological Pathology, Cytopathology, and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy. More... Gerald DeMasters, working with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, shared his latest research during a Pathology Department Research in Progress presentation entitled, " Examining EB 1089's Ability to Promote Radiation-Induced Cell Death in the Breast Tumor Cell." More... *October 2004* (return to top) During Grand Rounds Lawrence True, MD, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, discussed "What cell-specific transcriptomes tell us about prostate cell lineages and how prostate cancer progresses." More... Robin Leach, PhD, Professor in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, presented Paget's Disease of the Bone: Genetic Clues to the Molecular Basis during Grand Rounds. More... During the 6th Annual Teaching Awards Program sponsored by the School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, seven Pathology faculty members were recognized for their excellence in teaching. More... Lingo Fan, MD, discussed the progress of his research Dysregulation of the IGFBP-3 / IGFBP-3R Axis in ProstateTumorigenesis, currently being performed in the Oncogenomics and Proteomics Research Program. More... W. Gregory Miller, PhD, Director of Pathology Information Systems, Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry and Professor of Pathology presented the latest information from the National Kidney Education Program regarding Calculation of GFR from Serum Creatinine. More… Marvin J. Allison, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Paleopathology researcher shared rare images from mummified tissues during his Grand Rounds presentation on Laboratory Diagnoses of Diseases Past and Present. More… *September 2004* (return to top) Ronald G. Strauss, MD, Professor, Pathology & Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine presented a grand rounds lecture on the Anemia of Prematurity: Pathogenesis & Transfusion Management. More... Fred G. Silva, MD, Secretary Treasurer and Executive Director United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc., engaged Pathology Department faculty, residents and staff in an enlightening discussion regarding American Medicine and Pathology: Past, Present and Future. More... Sarah Compton, PhD, working with advisor Shawn Holt, PhD, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Elmore/Holt Aging and Cancer Laboratory, summarized her current research on Free Radical-Induced Telomere Damage. More... David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD, Chairman/Manager of VCUHS Pathology Outreach Program, presented a grand rounds lecture entitled Outreach in Academic Medical Centers to Pathology Department faculty, residents, and staff. More... Janina P. Lewis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial MolecularBiology, a Division of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, presented Proteomics of Oral Pathogens to Pathology Department faculty and residents. Updated March 3, 2008