Pathology Department Faculty

Virginia Commonwealth University Service

Current (Department of Pathology)
Chair, Division of Anatomical Pathology Faculty Meetings
Chair, Anatomic Pathology Director's Committee
Member, Medical Staff Quality Oversight Committee
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Clinical Service and Research
Member, Performance Improvement Council
Member, Residency Training Committee
Member, Grand Rounds Committee

Licenses & Certifications

Medical Licenses (Current)
New York
Texas
Virginia

Board Certifications
American Board of Pathology, Added Qualifications in Cytopathology Board Certification, 1992
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1990

Education

Postgraduate Medical Training
Residency: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
University of Texas Medical School/University at Houston
Houston , TX
1985-89

Fellowship: Surgical and Cytopathology
Director: Dr. William J. Frable, MD
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University 1989-90

Medical Education
MD: University of Texas Medical School
Houston, TX, 1985

Graduate Education
PhD: Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, 1981

Awards

2008 - Inductee, Pathology Honor Society, Association of Pathology Chairs

2008 - 2008 George Papanicolaou Award, American Society of Cytopathology

2008 - Selected a s one of “America’s Top Physicians” as “America’s Top Pathologists” Listed in Guide to America’s Top Physicians published by Consumers’ Research Council of America, Washington DC

2008 - Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Inc.

2008 - Top Docs, Richmond Magazine (Pathology)

2007 - ASC Mentor Sky of Fame –Center of the Universe (Highest level of recognition)

2007 - “In Appreciation, Council (2004-2007)”, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

2007 - Dedicated Service to Cancer Cytopathology on occasion of 10th Anniversary, presented by American Cancer Society 2007 America’s Top Pathologists, Consumers Research Council of America

2006-2007 - 25th Brindley Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

2005 - Recognition Award, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) for Service on Education Committee

2005 - John K. Frost Lectureship (6 th Annual Mastering the Challenges of Cytopathology) Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

2002 - ASCP Distinguished Service Award Honoring George F. Stevenson, MD

Editorial Advisory Boards

Editor in Chief Cancer Cytopathology (2009-

Guest Editor, Pathology Case Reviews: Mediastinum - 2001, Body Cavity Fluids - 2006
Associate Editor, Cancer Cytopathology (inception 1996-2008)

Editorial Boards
Advances in Anatomic Pathology
Pathology Case Reviews
Cyto Journal (online journal) (inception 2003 -2008)

Professional Service

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

Director, Regional Education Course: Non-Gynecologic Cytopathology (1996 - 2005)

AMS-CCE Teleconference Committee (1996 - 2002)

CCE Council on Cytopathology: Chair (2001 - 2002), Member (1996 -2000)

Board of Registry, Cytotechnology Examination Committee Member (1994- 2000)

Papanicolaou Society of Cytology

Executive Board Member (2000 - 2003)

Awards Committee Chair (2000 - 2003)

Research Task Force Chair (1995 - 2000)

Research Awards Committee Chair (1996 - 2000)

International Academy of Cytology
Evolving Technologies Committee (1995-1998) (1998-2001) (2002-2004)

American Society of Cytopathology

President, 2004

President Elect, 2003

Vice President, 2002

Executive Board Member (1999-2005)

Chair, Nominating Committee (2005)

Faculty, “Cytologic Evaluation of Salivary Gland Aspirates: A Case-Based Approach with Histologic Correlation” (2004 - 2005), Workshop

Member, ASC Foundation (2002 - 2004)

ASC Strategic Plan, Facilitator

Director of Cytopathology Review (1998 - 2001)

Membership Committee Chair and Member (1995 - 1998)

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Co-Convenor, Cytopathology International Academy of Pathology Centennial Congress (2006)

Member, Council (2004-2007)

Director, Diagnostic Cytopathology (2004- current)

Director, Cytopathology Evening Specialty Conference (2002-2005)

Faculty, “An Integrated Cytologic and Histologic Approach to the Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Tumors" (2005-2008), Short Course

Education Committee (2000 - 2004)

Abstract Review Board (1998 - 2000)

American Board of Pathology
Test Development Committee for Cytopathology (2002-2007)

Professional Organizations

Richmond Academy of Medicine (2000-)
Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology (2000-)
Medical Society of Virginia (1998-)
Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists (1997-)
International Academy of Cytology (1996-)
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Associates (1995-)
American Society of Cytopathology (1988-)
Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (1993-1996)
College of American Pathologists (Fellow) (1991-)
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (1988-)
American Society of Clinical Pathology (Fellow) (1987-)
American Medical Association (1981-)

Recent Publications

Book Chapters

Dragoescu E, Idowu M, Powers CN. “Lung” in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology, Fine-Needle Aspiration. Editor. Mark Sidawy. Elsevier Churchill Livingston. 2007:159-200.

Wick MR and Powers CN. “The Mediastinum and Thymus” Principle and Practice of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology, 4th Edition. Silverberg S, LiVilsi VA, Wick M, DeLellis RL, Frable WJ. Eds. Elsevier Science, Orlando, FL. 2005:1091-1134.

O’Grady A, Atkins KA, Powers CN. “Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Endocrine Glands”. In Lloyd RV. (ed) Endocrine Pathology. Differential Diagnosis and Molecular Advances. Humana Press. Totowa, New Jersey. 2004:329-344.

Powers CN and Atkins, KA. “Mediastinum”. Chapter 9. In Atlas of Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2 nd Edition. Atkinson B (ed). W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA. 2004:391-410.

Atkins KA and Powers CN. “Salivary Glands”. Chapter 12. In Atlas of Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2 nd Edition. Atkinson B (ed) W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA). 2004:497-526.

Atkins KA and Powers CN. “Aspiration of Cutaneous and Miscellaneous Lesions of the Head and Neck”. Chapter 13. In Atlas of Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2 nd Edition. Atkinson B (ed). W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA. 2004:527-550.

Sherman ME, Abdul-Karim F, Berek JS, Powers CN, Sidawy MK, Tabbara SO. “Atypical Squamous Cells” The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, 2 nd Edition. Soloman D and Najar R (Eds). Springer, New York 2004:67-87.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Powers CN, Geisinger KG. Fine Needle Aspiration of the Mediastinum: An overview. Pathology Case Reviews 2001;6(2):49-58.

Pitman MB, Cibas E, Powers CN, Frable WJ, Renshaw AA. Reducing or eliminating ASCUS Decreases Diagnostic Accuracy of the Pap Smear. Cancer (cancer Cytopathol) 2002; 96:128-134.

Atkins KA and Powers CN, Frable WJ. Infectious Diseases in Cytopathology. (Invited Review); Advances in Anatomic Pathology 2002; 9 (1): 52-64.

Idowu MO, Contos M, Gill S, Powers, CN. Merkel cell carcinoma: A report of gastrointestinal metastasis and review of the literature. Archives of Pathol and Lab Med 2003; 127(3):367-369.

Faquin, WC and Powers, CN. Aggressive forms of follicular-derived thyroid cancer. Pathology Case Reviews (invited) 2003; 8(1):25-33.

Dodson K, Powers CN, Reiter ER. Extranodal Rosai Dorfman disease presenting as synchronous nasal and intracranial masses. Am J. Otolaryngol 2003; 24:426-430.

Idowu MO, Reiter ER, Powers CN. Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. A pitfall in aspiration of the thyroid. Am J. Clin Pathol 2004; 121:551-556.

Robertson JC, Buck DA, Schmidt-Ullrich R, Powers CN, Reiter ER. Isolated plexiform neurofibroma: Treatment with 3-D conformal radiotherapy. Laryngoscope 2004; 114:1139-1142.

Reiter ER, Idowu MO, Powers CN. Unusual paratracheal masses presenting with vocal cord paralysis. ENT Journal 2006; 85(2):112-115.

Pitman MB, Abele J, Ali SZ, Duick D, Elsheikh TM, Jeffrey RB, Powers, CN, Randolph G, Renshaw A, Scoutt L. Techniques for Thyroid FNA: A Synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference. Diagn Cytopathol. 2008;36(6):407-424.

Dumur, CI, Ladd, AC, Wright, HV, Penberthy, LT, Wilkinson, DS, Powers CN, DiNardo, Laurence J. Genes involved in Chemoradiation Therapy Response in Head and Neck Cancers. Laryngoscope 2008;119 (1):91-101.

Jain R, Robblee JV, O’Sullivan-Mejia E, Lea J, Heller A, Faquin WC, Powers CN. Sinonasal Eosinophilic Angiocentric Fibrosis: A report of four cases and review of literature. Head and Neck Pathol 2008 1936-055X (Print) 1936-0568 (Online) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12105-008-0077-y)

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Updated January 23, 2009