Virginia Commonwealth University Service 

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

Licenses & Certifications

Medical Licenses (Current)
Commonwealth of Virginia

Board Certifications
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology)

Education

Postgraduate Medical Education
Cytopathology Fellowship
Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System/Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, Virginia, 2004 - 2005

Oncologic / Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, 2005 - 2006

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency
Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System/Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, Virginia, 2000 - 2004
- Chief Resident in Pathology (July 2003 to June 2004)

Medical Education
MBBS, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1988 - 1995

Postgraduate Education
MPH, Masters in Public Health Program
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1999 – 2000

Professional Organizations

College of American Pathology, Fellow Member
American Society of Clinical Pathology, Fellow Member
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Awards/Grants

Geno Saccomanno New Frontiers in Cytology Award - Best Scientific paper describing new methods or modification of new methods in cytopathology at the 52 nd Annual Scientific Meeting of American Society of Cytopathology, Chicago, Illinois November 2004

Recent Publications

Reiter ER, Idowu MO, Powers CN. Unusual paratracheal masses presenting with vocal fold paralysis. Ear Nose Throat J. 2006 Feb;85(2):112-5.

Riley RS, Idowu M, Chesney A, Zhao S, McCarty J, Lamb LS, Ben-Ezra JM. Hematologic aspects of myeloablative therapy and bone marrow transplantation. J Clin Lab Anal. 2005;19(2):47-79.

Idowu MO, Mudge M, Ghatak NR. Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) aspiration. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Jan;129(1):125.

Huang D, Liu X, Plymate SR, Idowu M, Grimes M, Best AM, McKinney JL, Ware JL. Proteomic identification of 14-3-3 sigma as a common component of the androgen receptor and the epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathways of the human prostate epithelial cell line M12. Oncogene 2004; 23(41): 6881-6889.

Idowu MO , Reiter ER, Powers CN. Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A Pitfall in Aspiration Cytology of the Thyroid. Am J Clin Pathol 2004;121:551-556.

Idowu MO , Kaliki V, McPherson RA. Antineuronal Antibodies. ASCP Check Sample. Clinical Chemistry, Volume 44, Number 6, 2004 [Clinical Chemistry NO.CC 04-6(CC-340)] pg 65-82.

Mira-Hernandez JL, Idowu M. Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Ovary. ASCP Check Sample. Surgical Pathology II, Volume 27, Number 8, 2003 [Surgical Pathology No. SP II 03-8 (SP-284)] pg93-108.

Idowu MO , Contos M, Gill S, Powers C. Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Report of Gastrointestinal Metastasis and Review of the Literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med2003;127:367-369.

Riley RS, Massey D, Jackson-Cook C, Idowu M, Romagnoli G. Immunophenotypic analysis of acute lymphocytic leukemia. Hematol Oncol Clin N Am2002;16:245-29.

Riley RS, Idowu M, Romagnoli G. The value of Flow Cytometry. Advance/Laboratory 2002; 11(7):101-106.

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Updated February 6, 2008