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NEWS Archives 2006
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December 2006  (return to top)
Enrique Gerszten, MD, Professor of Pathology, was recently invited to be the "Residents' Choice Award" Grand Rounds Speaker at the School of Medicine, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Read more ...
Catherine I. Dumur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology presented the final Research in Progress seminar for faculty, students and staff. Research in Progress lectures will resume in January 2007. Read more ...
Lynne W. Elmore, PhD, Co-Director of the Aging & Cancer Laboratory and
Assistant Professor of Pathology presented, "Induction of direct and indirect senescence in breast cancer cells following chemotherapy" during Pathology grand rounds. Grand Rounds will resume in Jan 2007. Read more ...
Second year medical students enrolled in the Pathology elective course for 2006 were introduced to the field of pathology and the role of the pathologist in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Read more ...
November 2006 (return to top)
Alphonse E. Sirica, PhD, MS, Professor of Pathology & Internal Medicine and Division Chair, Cellular & Molecular Pathogenesis presented the Pathology grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Read more ...
Ms. Amy Depcrynski, a graduate student in the Elmore/Holt Research Lab presented her research on "Telomere-Associated Hsp90 in Breast Cancer" during the November Research in Progress seminar. Read more ...
Richard McPherson, MD, Chairman of the Division of Clinical Pathology recently presented W. Gregory Miller, PhD, with an award on behalf of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Dr. Miller, Professor of Pathology, and Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry, received the award for six years of volunteer service as Chair of the Area Committee on Clinical Chemistry. Read more ...
Susan D. Roseff, MD, Director of Transfusion Medicine, Associate Professor of Pathology presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Roseff's topic, "The Role of the Transfusion Committee in a Transfusion Excellence Program:
Can Transfusion Practice Be Altered?" Read more ...
Dr. Youngman Oh's Idea Development Award proposal for the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) of the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has been recommended for funding. Youngman Oh, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry, is Director of the Oncogenomics and Proteomics Laboratory. The grant, entitled “Novel NF-Kappa B Inhibitory Action of IGF Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in Prostate Cancer: New Paradigm for Suppression of Angiogenesis and Chemoresistance," has been awarded $558,750 for 3 years starting December 1, 2006.
Joy L. Ware, PhD, Professor of Pathology, introduced faculty, students and staff to the emergent field of Conservation Medicine during her Grand Rounds presentation last week. Dr. Ware's topic, "Snakes, Salamanders and Conservation Medicine: Crikey! What's That?" included a discussion of on-going research within Virginia wildlife refuges and the VCU Rice Center. Read more ......
Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Director of the VCU Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, has been named to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS). Read more on the VCU News page ...
Margaret M. Grimes, MD, Professor of Pathology, delivered this week's Research in Progress seminar. Dr. Grimes performs surgical pathology, specializing in pulmonary, cardiac, and breast pathology. Her presentation topic, "Overview of Breast Pathology" is available as an abstract. Read this abstract ...
October 2006 (return to top)
Pathology faculty and staff were honored during VCU's 2006 Service Awards Reception held last week. Visit the VCU News page to learn more about five featured employees who have been working here for 40 or more years. Congratulations to all!
This week's Grand Rounds presentation was given by Michael S. Grotewiel, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics at VCU. His topic was, "Genetic Models for Human Disease: A Focus on Drosophila." Read more ...
The VCU Department of Pathology is pleased to announce the opening of another Patient Service Center, the new Midlothian Center, which will be open for business on Monday October 30, 2006. View flyer for details ... (pdf)
David C. Williams Jr., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, introduced faculty, students and staff to his new research lab during this week's Research in Progress seminar. Dr. Williams presented, "Crosstalk between the HOX and TGF-β Regulatory Pathways." Read more ...
Pathology faculty members were honored for their superior teaching during the School of Medicine's 8th Annual Faculty Excellence Awards Program. Teaching award recipients are Jonathan Ben-Ezra, MD;
Mary Jo Martin, MD;
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD; Colleen K. Jackson-Cook, PhD, and Margaret Grimes, MD. .Read more ..
The Pathology Clinical Laboratory Sciences Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to senior undergraduate students in the VCU School of Allied Health Professions, Department of Clinical Laboratory Services. This year's scholarship was awarded to three students in the amount of $10,000 each. Read more ...
The Pathology Scope Annual Report Issue for Fall 2006, 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. Read now ... (pdf)
VCU News Center published two stories about Department of Pathology faculty in their October Faculty and Staff Features. Visit the VCU View ...
Roger S. Riley, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Director, Coagulation Laboratory, presented Grand Rounds on the topic, "An Overview of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia." Read more ...
Grand Rounds were presented by Steve Armstrong, MT (AMT), BB (ASCP), Manager of Transfusion Medicine Services in the Department of Pathology. The lecture Mr. Armstrong gave to faculty, residents and staff encapsulated, "A Practical Guide to Automating the Transfusion Service." Read more ...
September 2006 (return to top)
Youngman Oh, PhD, Professor of Pathology, was recently invited to the University of California at Los Angeles to present Grand Rounds to their faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Oh, who is Director of our Oncogenomics and Proteomics Research Program, gave a lecture entitled, "Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins in Health and Disease."
Visit the Oncogenomics and Proteomics web page ...
Lynne W. Elmore, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Co-Director of the Aging and Cancer Research Laboratory, presented the first Research in Progress seminar for Fall 2006. Dr. Elmore's abstract on, "Breast Cancer Stem Cells: A New Conceptual Paradigm for Disease Recurrence" is available on our RIP web page.
Pathology Grand Rounds for Fall 2006 began with a forward-looking presentation by David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Department Chair. Dr. Wilkinson's lecture, "The Future of Pathology" can be viewed in its entirety, on our Grand Rounds web page. View Pathology Grand Rounds ...
The Department of Pathology is very pleased to announce that Dr. Margaret M. Grimes, Professor of Pathology, was recently elected a new Trustee of the American Board of Pathology (ABP); she will begin her term of service in January 2007. Read feature story ...
Richard A. McPherson, MD, is one of two Editors of the 21st edition of the authoritative text in the field of Clinical Pathology, "Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods." Dr. McPherson is joined by Associate Editor H. Davis Massey, MD, PhD, and nine other contributing experts from VCU Department of Pathology. Read more ...
VCU Medical Center's kickoff of the PET project began with a conference on, "Best Practices in Blood Management: Practicing Excellence in Transfusion Therapy (PET)". The PET project, according to Co-Director Susan D. Roseff, MD, Medical DIrector, Transfusion Medicine at VCU, is an essential educational program for anyone involved in transfusion medicine. Read feature story ...
The top four students from the General Pathology course of the VCU Dental School were recently honored for their academic achievements. Read more ..
Mini-Medical School, sponsored by the Science Museum of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University begins September 6. The Fall 2006 subject area is "Complementary and Alternative Medicine." Visit the Science Museum of Virginia web site for details.
Welcome Michael O. Idowu, MD, MPH, to the Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Idowu is not new to VCU however; he completed a fellowship in Cytopathology as well as his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology here. Dr. Idowu's clinical specialty is Surgical Pathology with an emphasis on breast pathology, cytopathology and fine needle aspiration biopsy. Read feature story ...
August 2006 (return to top)
One of three new faculty members who recently joined the Department of Pathology is David C. Williams Jr., MD, PhD, whose clinical specialty is Hematopathology and his research specialty is structural biology using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy. Read feature story ...
Department of Pathology Grand Rounds will resume Friday September 8th. To view the Fall 2006 schedule, click here.
July 2006 (return to top)
One of the many factors distinguishing Department of Pathology faculty is their impressive array of publications. VCU Pathology faculty members have had leadership roles, either as authors or editors, in major reference manuals, scholarly journals, and medical textbooks. In an effort to showcase this highly talented group of clinicians, educators, and researchers, fifteen authoritative publications authored or edited by VCU Pathology faculty are highlighted in a photographic mosaic. Click here to view ...
The Department of Pathology welcomes new residents and fellows! An orientation breakfast and catered evening reception at the Science Museum of Virginia highlighted the welcoming activities. To learn more about the 2006-2007 Pathology residents and fellows, visit their web site.
June 2006 (return to top)
Min Wang, MD, PhD, a Neuropathologist with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Medical School, presented the final Grand Rounds lecture for Spring 2006. Check back in September for the Fall 2006 schedule.
The last Research in Progress for Spring 2006, was given by a student working in Dr. Youngman Oh's Oncogenomics and Proteomics Research Laboratory. Michelle Trevino presented data relating to IGF and cellular senescence. Research in Progress presentations will resume in September.
On June 1, 2006, the Department of Pathology held its annual Graduation Banquet to honor graduating and departing faculty, residents, fellows and doctoral candidates. Each year's banquet concludes with the presentation of special awards for dedication and excellence. To view names and photos of this year's honorees, click here ...
Phillip McKee, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, and Director of Dermatopathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston (Retired), presented last week's grand rounds lecture entitled, "Recognizing Melanoma Variants and Their Differential Diagnoses: Stepping Through a Mine Field." To read more about Dr. McKee's presentation, click here ...
May 2006 (return to top)
Harvey J. Alter, MD, Chief Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health, presented, "The Rise and Fall of Post-Transfusion Hepatitis," during Pathology Grand Rounds. For more information, click here ...
Zichen Zhang, PhD, Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis, recently shared his Research in Progress regarding, "Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Expression in Cholangiocarcinoma and a CTGF siRNA strategy." Read more ...
Van G. Wilson, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, was the guest speaker for recent Grand Rounds. His lecture addressed, "Papillomaviruses, Pathogens, and PTM Systems." Read more ...
Colleen Jackson-Cook, PhD, Director of the Cytogenetic Diagnostics Laboratory and Professor of Pathology, is featured in the VCU School of Medicine Dean's Discovery Report. The Spring 2006 report highlights Dr. Jackson-Cook's research into acquired chromosomal changes and recent grant award of $1.7 million from the National Institutes of Health. Read feature story ... (PDF, published with permission of Erin Lucero, Editor)
Regina Burton, MD, and Daniel Klink, MD, both Pathology residents at Virginia Commonwealth University, presented Grand Rounds on May 5th, 2006. Dr. Klink discussed, "Cancer Vaccines," and Dr. Burton's presentation covered, "Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis." Read more about these topics ...
Each year, Department Chair, David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD, may nominate one outstanding second year medical student to receive the American Society for Clinical Pathology Award for Academic Excellence and Achievement. The 2006 award was presented to Retha Coetzer. View photo ...
National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week was celebrated April 23 - 29. The name of Lab Week has changed with the addition of the word "Professionals" underscoring the 2006 theme, "Laboratory Professionals: Providing Answers, Guiding Cures." To highlight our professionals, the VCU Department of Pathology created a unique educational display, "Celebrating the Laboratory is More People Than a Place:
Who are these professionals?" View our story ... (flash file)
April 2006 (return to top)
Satdarshan P.S. Monga, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was guest speaker for Pathology Grand Rounds last week. Dr. Monga lectured on, "Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling in Liver Pathobiology." Read more ...
Marcos Rojkind, MD, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Pathology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, was guest speaker for Pathology Grand Rounds, lecturing on, "Hepatic Stellate Cells: To Activate or Differentiate, That is the Question." Read more ...
Research in Progress seminars continued with the most recent presentation given by Paulie Papavassiliou, graduate student in the Jackson-Cook Cytogenetics Laboratory. Read more ...
This year National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week runs from April 23 - 29, 2006. Sunday's Richmond Times Dispatch included a supplement featuring students and graduates of CLS and CLT programs in Central/Southwest Virginia. Read feature ... (pdf)
The April 2006 edition of Richmond Magazine featured "Top Docs" from the area as selected by their peers. Margaret M. Grimes, MD, Professor of Pathology, was on this year's list. Read VCU News Release ...
Recent Grand Rounds presentations have provided attendees with current valuable information on pressing medical issues such as: Optimizing the Management of Out-patient Respiratory Tract Infections in the Age of Resistance , and Pollutants, Pathology and the EPA.
Laboratory professionals like Nikki Williams, MT(ASCP), a Medical Technologist in Clinical Chemistry, are in high demand within VCU Health System reflecting a nationwide shortage. Department of Pathology Administration are addressing the shortages with increased salary ranges and new employee incentive programs. Read the feature story ...
Teneille D. Walker, conducting research in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, was the speaker for this week's Research in Progress Seminar. Ms. Walker presented the following topic, " Regulation of stress-induced senescence in the tumor cell ," to faculty, residents, and staff. Read more ...
March 2006 (return to top)
David C. Williams, Jr., MD, PhD, a fellow in the Department of Pathology, presented last week's Grand Rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Williams' lecture, "Transcription Regulation and Hematological Malignancies," includes an explanation of the use of histone deacetylase inhibitors in the treatment of leukemia. Read more ...
James A. Lister, PhD, and Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, was the speaker for this week's Research in Progress Presentation. Dr. Lister presented his topic, "Modeling neural crest development and disorders in zebrafish," on Monday March 20th. For more information, click here ...
M-IV Medical Students have the opportunity to enroll in the elective, "Paleopathology and Medical Anthropology ". The course is team-taught by Drs. Enrique Gerszten, Marvin J. Allison, and Nitya R. Ghatak. For more information about this medical school elective, contact Dr. E. Gerszten. View photo of the present class ...
Toby Gray and Karen Cline-Parhamovich, Pathology residents at VCU, presented informative Grand Rounds lectures for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Gray presented, "Serologic Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis", and Dr. Cline-Parhamovich presented, "Ancient Pregnancy in Peruvian Mummies." For more information, click here ...
Grand Rounds were delivered by two residents in the Department of Pathology. Micaela Ross, MD, lectured on the following topic,"Transfusion in Sickle Cell Disease: Recognizing and treating hyperhemolysis syndrome". Lisa Warren, MD, presented, "Combined Factor V and Factor VIII Deficiency: A case report and review of the literature." Read more ...
February 2006 (return to top)
Grand Rounds were delivered by two residents in the Department of Pathology. Micaela Ross, MD, lectured on the following topic,"Transfusion in Sickle Cell Disease: Recognizing and treating hyperhemolysis syndrome". Lisa Warren, MD, presented, "Combined Factor V and Factor VIII Deficiency: A case report and review of the literature." Read more ...
Kimberly W. Sanford, MD, and Robert Franklin, MD, both Pathology residents at VCU, presented Grand Rounds lectures on the following topics:"Non-Traditional Body Fluid Analysis", and "West Nile Virus and Blood Supply." Read more ...
Research in Progress presentations for Spring 2006 began last week:
- Binh Nguyen, PhD candidate in the Department of Pathology presented his research on "Localization of Telomerase" Feb 6th.
- Gerald DeMasters, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, presented "Elements mediating the potentiation of radiation-induced cell death in MCF-7 breast tumor cells by the vitamin D 3 analog EB 1089" on Feb 13th.
Read more ..
Celeste N. Powers, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Chair, Division of Anatomic Pathology, has been named Paul Brindley Distinguished Visiting Professor for 2006-2007. The professorship was set up in honor of Paul Brindley, a beloved teacher of pathology and former chair at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and recognizes an eminent pathologist, well known for scholarship in the field, but also, importantly, someone with a real gift for teaching.
On February 1st, the Science Museum of Virginia began the winter 2006 session of the Mini Medical School with a focus on "Healthy Aging." Dr. Colleen Jackson-Cook, Professor of Pathology and Director Cytogenetic Diagnostics Laboratory, presented "Chromosomal and Genetic Conditions Associated With Aging." Read feature story ...
January 2006 (return to top)
William I. Rosenblum, MD, Professor Emeritus Pathology, has been named 2006 recipient of the Eugene M. Landis Research Award. The Microcirculatory Society annually confers this award in recognition of outstanding research in the field of microcirculation. More ....
Grand Rounds continued with the second part of a two-part presentation on Legal Issues, "Medical Malpractice in Pathology: General Liability Issues in Clinical Pathology." Michael L. Goodman, Esquire, presented both parts of this topic; part one was given on October 28, 2005. View details of this presentation ...
Pathology Grand Rounds resumed last week with the first presentation by Dr. Bonny L. Bukaveckas, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pharmacy and Pathology. To view details on, "Personalized Medicine, With Imagination, We'll Get There," click here.
Maria Fernanda Sábato has been chosen by the Association for Molecular Pathology to receive the Young Investigator Award for her recent presentation on "Simultaneous Detection of Two Polymorphisms of the Beta 2-Adrenergic Receptor (ADRB2) Influencing Drug Sensitivity in Asthma Patients." Read the feature story ...
Youngman Oh, PhD, was published in The Endocrine Society's 87th Annual Meeting Highlights for his ongoing research on the role of IGFBP-3 in the pathogenesis of human diseases. Learn more ...
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September 8, 2008
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