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Department Chair
David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD
Director of Resident Training
Professor of Pathology
Medical School: University of Miami
Graduate School: University of Wisconsin
Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Ctr.
Office: (804) 828-0183; FAX: (804) 828-2869; dwilkinson@mcvh-vcu.edu
Clinical Specialties: Clinical and Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Applications of Nucleic Acid Probes and Flow Cytometry, Medical Informatics, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Laboratory Management

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	Paleopathology Marvin J. Allison, PhD, Professor Emeritus Co-Director of Paleopathology Research Laboratory Graduate School: University of Pennsylvania Office: (804) 828-9746, FAX: (804) 828-9749; mallison@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Interests: Infectious Diseases-Paleopathology, and Diseases of Ancient Man
	Clinical Chemistry Lorin M. Bachmann, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry Graduate School: Molecular Medicine/Microbiology, University of Virginia Fellow: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Viriginia Office: (804) 828-6407; lbachmann@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Interests: Mass spectrometry based quantification of differentially expressed proteins in biological fluids utilizing a novel proteomics platform
	Hematology, Coagulation Fluids and Molecular Diagnostics Jonathan M. Ben-Ezra, MD, Director of Hematology Laboratories, Professor of Pathology Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Pathology) Fellowship: City of Hope National Medical Center (Hematopathology) Office: (804) 828-0902; FAX: (804) 828-2812; jben-ezra@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Bone Marrow and Lymph Node Pathology; Diagnosis of Leukemia and Lymphoma
	Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Ema Berbescu, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Medical School: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Romania Residency: Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York Fellowhips: Surgical Pathology - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and Cytopathology - Medical College of Virginia Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-8733 Clinical Specialties: Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy; Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; Breast, Heart and Lung; Gynecological and Genitourinary Pathology
	Surgical Pathology and Dermatopathology Nooshin K. Brinster, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Dermatology Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Residency: Intern in Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Residency in Dermatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore Fellowship: Dermatopathology, Harvard Medical School Office (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-8733; nbrinster@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Dermatopathology
	Surgical Pathology Melissa J. Contos, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology Medical School: Medical College of Virginia Residency: Medical College of Virginia Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-5055; mcontos@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Liver and GI Pathology
	Transfusion Medicine Marie C. Do, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor Medical School: VCU School of Medicine Office: (804) 828-0093; FAX: (804) 828-0876; mdo@mcvh-vcu.edu Residency: Clinical Pathology, VCU Medical Center Clinical Specialties/Research Interests: Clinical Pathology, Transfusion Medicine, Apheresis
	Molecular Diagnostics Catherine I. Dumur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Graduate School: Universidad Nacional de Cordoba Office: (804) 828-9564; FAX: (804) 825-4738; cdumur@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Interests: Basis and Application of Microarray Gene Expression Analysis to Tumor Stratification
	Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis Lynne W. Elmore, PhD, Co-Director of the Aging & Cancer Laboratory Assistant Professor of Pathology Graduate School: Medical College of Virginia Fellowship: Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health Office: (804) 628-0256; FAX: (804) 628-0257; lelmore@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Interests: Breast Cancer Pathogenesis; Telomerase in Cancer and Aging
	Surgical Pathology and Dermatology Evan R. Farmer, MD Clinical Professor of Pathology and Dermatology Medical School: Johns Hopkins University Residency: Vanderbilt University Hospital; Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Assistant Resident and Fellow Fellowships: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Skin and Gastrointestinal Division, Earl D. Osborne Fellow Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-8733; efarmer@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialities: Dermatopathology
	Molecular Diagnostics Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, PhD, Director of Molecular Diagnostics Professor of Pathology Graduate School: The George Washington University School of Medicine (Microbiology) Office: (804) 828-9564; FAX: (804) 825-4738; aferreira-gonzalez@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Development and Application of Nucleic Acid Probe Technology to Diagnosis and Monitoring of Human Diseases
	Clinical Microbiology Betty A. Forbes, PhD Professor of Pathology Director of Clinical Microbiology Graduate School: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Office: (804) 828-3494; bforbes@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases
	Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology William J. Frable, MD, Professor of Pathology Medical School: Northwestern University School of Medicine Residency: Passavant Memorial Hospital; Northwestern University School of Medicine Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; wfrable@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Surgical and Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
	Molecular Diagnostics Carleton T. Garrett, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus Director of CTRF Cancer Genomics Project Director, Tissue and Data Acquisition and Analysis Core Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Graduate School: University of Wisconsin Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Wisconsin Hospitals (Pathology) Office: (804) 828-7950; FAX: (804) 225-4738; cgarrett2@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Molecular Diagnostics
	Autopsy Pathology and Paleopathology Enrique Gerszten, MD, Vice Chair of Pathology Education Programs, Co-Director of Paleopathology Research, Professor of Pathology Medical School: University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Residency: Medical College of Virginia Office: (804) 828-9746; FAX: (804) 828-9749; egerszten2@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Infectious Diseases-Paleopathology
	Autopsy Pathology and Neuropathology Nitya R. Ghatak, MD, Director of Neuropathology, Professor of Pathology Medical School: University of Calcutta Residency and Fellowship: Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 225-4438; nghatak@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Brain Tumors, Disease of Muscle & Nerve, Surgical, Neuropathology, EM
	Surgical Pathology Margaret M. Grimes, MD, Professor of Pathology Vice Chair for Graduate Medical Education Medical School: New York Medical College Residency: Medical College of Virginia Fellowship: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; mgrimes@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Pulmonary, Cardiac and Breast Pathology
	Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis and Functional Genomics Shawn Holt, PhD, Co-Director of the Aging & Cancer Laboratory, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Pathology Graduate School: Texas A&M University Office: (804) 827-0458; FAX: (804) 828-9749; sholt3@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Interests: Telomerase activity in human cell lines
	Surgical Pathology Michael O. Idowu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pathology Medical School: University of Ibadan, Nigeria Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Fellowships: Cytopathology - VCU Health System and Oncologic/Surgical Pathology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York Postgraduate Education: Masters in Public Health, University of South Carolina Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; midowu@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Breast Pathology
	Cytogenetics and Functional Genomics Colleen Jackson-Cook, PhD, Director of the Cytogenetic Diagnostics Laboratory, Professor of Pathology Graduate School: Virginia Commonwealth University Office: (804) 628-2992; FAX: (804) 828-4242; ccook@mcvh-vcu.edu Research interests: Down Syndrome & Mosaic Down Syndrome; Chromosomal Changes in Aging
	Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Reena Jain, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India Residency: University of Miami School of Medicine Fellowship: Gynecological Pathology - Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT and Cytopathology – VCU Health System Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX :(804) 828-8733; rjain@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Gynecological and Genitourinary Pathology, Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
	Neuropathology Mary Jo Martin, MD, Assistant Professor Neuropathology Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia Residency: Medical College of Virginia Fellowships: Legal Medicine, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Medical College of Virginia; and Neuropathology, Medical College of Virginia Office: (804) 828-9737 or 628-1293; FAX: (804) 804) 225-4438 mmartin@mcvh-vcu.edu
	Autopsy Pathology and Surgical Pathology H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Director of Autopsy Pathology Medical School and Residency: Medical College of Virginia Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; hmassey@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Renal, Breast, Lung, and Oral Pathology
	Clinical Pathology Richard A. McPherson, MD, Chair of the Division of Clinical Pathology, Director of Clinical Pathology Services; Harry P. Dalton Professor of Pathology Medical School and Residency: University of California at San Diego Fellowship: National Institutes of Health Office: (804) 828-5389; FAX: (804) 828-6156; rmcpherson@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology
	Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Information Systems W. Gregory Miller, PhD, Director of Pathology Information Systems, Director of Clinical Chemistry, Professor of Pathology Graduate School: University of Arizona Office: (804) 828-0375; FAX: (804) 828-0353; gmiller@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Clinical Chemistry, Medical Informatics, Interlaboratory Standardization, Quality Control and Proficiency Testing
	Surgical Pathology and Hepatobiliary Pathology A. Scott Mills, MD, Professor of Pathology Medical School: Medical College of Virginia Residency: Medical College of Virginia Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; amills@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology
	Oncogenomics and Proteomics Youngman Oh, PhD, Professor of Pathology Director of Oncogenomics and Proteomics Lab Graduate School: Stanford University Office: (804) 828-9746; FAX: (804) 828-9749; yoh@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Specialties: Oncogenomics, Proteomics, Apoptosis, IGF Systems In Cancer
	Toxicology, Environmental, and Industrial Pathology Alphonse Poklis, PhD, Director of the Toxicology Laboratory Professor of Pathology Graduate School: University of Maryland Office: (804) 828-0272; FAX: (804) 828-7722; apoklis@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Analytical Toxicology, including Clinical and Forensic Toxicology, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Drugs of Abuse, Metabolism, and Testing
	Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Celeste N. Powers, MD, PhD, Chair of the Division of Anatomic Pathology Director of Anatomic Pathology Services, Surgical Pathology, and Cytopathology, Professor of Pathology Medical School: University of Texas Medical School Graduate School: Baylor College of Medicine Residency: University of Texas Medical School at Houston Hermann Hospital Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; cpowers@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Cytopathology, Fine Needle Aspiration, and Surgical Pathology
	Hematology, Coagulation Fluids and Renal Pathology Roger S. Riley, MD, PhD, Director of the Coagulation Laboratory, Associate Director of Hematology, Professor of Pathology Medical School: West Virginia University School Medicine Residency and Fellowship: West Virginia University Office: 804-828-0338; FAX: 804-828-2812; rriley@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Hematopathology, Hemostasis and Renal Pathology
	Transfusion Medicine Susan D. Roseff, MD, Director of Transfusion Medicine, Associate Professor of Pathology Medical School: Albany Medical College Residency: George Washington University Medical Center Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Office: 804-828-0255; FAX: 804-828-0876; sroseff@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialties: Pediatric Transfusion Therapy, Clinical Apheresis, Blood Component Therapy, Immunohematology.
	Autopsy Pathology and Neuropathology William I. Rosenblum, MD, Professor Emeritus Medical School: New York University Residency and Fellowship: Bellevue-NYU Office: (804) 628-1272; Voice Mail: (804) 278-0542; FAX: (804) 828-3299; wirosenb@aol.com Clinical Specialties: Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neuropathological Conditions
	Transfusion Medicine Kimberly W. Sanford, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Associate Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine Medical Director of Stony Point Laboratory Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Office: 804-828-2745; FAX: 804-828-0876; ksanford@mcvh-vcu.edu
	Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis Alphonse E. Sirica, MS, PhD, Chair of the Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis, Professor of Pathology Graduate School: University of Connecticut Office: (804) 828-9549; FAX: (804) 828-9749; asirica@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Interests: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Experimental Liver Cancer, Tumor Pathobiology, Biliary Epithelial Cell Biology and Pathobiology
	Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis Joy L. Ware, PhD, Director of Conservation Medicine Program, VCU Rice Environmental Center Professor of Pathology, Vice Chair for Research and Graduate Education Graduate School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Office: (804) 828-135; FAX:(804) 828-9749;jware@mcvh-vcu.edu Research Interests: Conservation Medicine; Diseases of Reptiles and Amphibians; prostate cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis
	Hematopathology David C. Williams Jr., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Fellowships: Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, and Hematopathology - VCU Health System Postgraduate Education: PhD, Biophysics, University of Virginia Graduate School Office: (804) 628-2073; dwilliams8@mcvh-vcu.edu Clinical Specialty: Hematopathology Research Specialty: Structural Biology using NMR Spectroscopy

pathology faculty by academic division

Anatomic Pathology | Clinical Pathology | Molecular Diagnostics | Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis

Department Chair
David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD, Department Chair, Director of Residency Program, Professor of Pathology; Office: (804) 828-0183, FAX: (804) 828-2869, dwilkinson@mcvh-vcu.edu

Anatomic Pathology
Division Chair: Celeste N. Powers, MD, PhD, Chair of the Division of Anatomic Pathology, Director of Anatomic Pathology Services, Surgical Pathology, and Cytopathology, Professor of Pathology
Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; cpowers@mcvh-vcu.edu

Directors:
Nitya R. Ghatak, MD, Director of Neuropathology, Professor of Pathology
Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 225-4438; nghatak@mcvh-vcu.edu

Nooshin K. Brinster, MD, Director of Dermatopathology Services, Assistant Professor of Pathology
Office (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-8733; nbrinster@mcvh-vcu.edu

Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD, Director of Autopsy Services, Assistant Professor of Pathology
Office: (804) 828-9739; FAX: (804) 828-9749; hmassey@mcvh-vcu.edu

Ema Berbescu, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology
Melissa J. Contos, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology
Marie C. Do, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
William J. Frable, MD, Professor of Pathology
Evan R. Farmer, MD, Clinical Professor of Pathology and Dermatology
Enrique Gerszten, MD, Vice Chair of Pathology Education Programs, Professor of Pathology
Margaret M. Grimes, MD, Vice Chair for Graduate Medical Education, Professor of Pathology
Michael O. Idowu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pathology
Reena Jain, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology
A. Scott Mills, MD, Professor of Pathology
Mary Jo Martin, MD, Assistant Professor Neuropathology
William I. Rosenblum, MD, Professor Emeritus
Kimberly W. Sanford, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology
David C. Williams Jr., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology

Clinical Pathology
Division Chair: Richard A. McPherson, MD, Chair of the Division of Clinical Pathology, Director of Clinical Pathology Services, Harry P. Dalton Professor of Pathology
Office: (804) 828-5389; FAX: (804) 828-6156; rmcpherson@mcvh-vcu.edu

Directors:

Jonathan M. Ben-Ezra, MD, Director of Hematology Laboratories, Professor of Pathology
Betty A. Forbes, PhD, Director of Clinical Microbiology, Professor of Pathology
W. Gregory Miller, PhD, Director of Pathology Information Systems, Director of Clinical Chemistry, Professor of Pathology
Alphonse Poklis, PhD, Director of Toxicology, Vice Chair for Graduate Education, Professor of Pathology
Roger S. Riley, MD, PhD, Director of the Coagulation Laboratory, Associate Director of Hematology, Professor of Pathology
Susan D. Roseff, MD, Director of Transfusion Medicine, Associate Professor of Pathology

Molecular Diagnostics

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, PhD, Director of Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Professor of Pathology
Office: (804) 828-9564; FAX: (804) 825-4738; aferreira-gonzalez@mcvh-vcu.edu
Catherine I. Dumur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology

Cytogenetics
Colleen Jackson-Cook, PhD, Director of Cytogenetic Diagnostics Laboratory; Professor of Pathology
Office: (804) 628-2992; FAX: (804) 828-4242; ccook@mcvh-vcu.edu

Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis
Division Chair: Alphonse E. Sirica, MS, PhD, Chair of the Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis, Director of the Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis Laboratory, Professor of Pathology; Office: (804) 828-9549; FAX: (804) 828-9749; asirica@mcvh-vcu.edu

Directors:

Lynne W. Elmore, PhD, Co-Director of the Aging & Cancer Laboratory, Assistant Professor of Pathology

Shawn Holt, PhD, Co-Director of the Aging & Cancer Laboratory, Assistant Professor of Pathology

Youngman Oh, PhD, Director of the Oncogenomics and Proteomics Laboratory, Professor of Pathology

Joy L. Ware, PhD, Vice Chair for Research and Graduate Education, Professor of Pathology; Director of Conservation Medicine Program, VCU Rice Environmental Center

Updated May 6, 2008