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The VCU Pathology Honor Society celebrated the achievements of students and faculty during a recent induction ceremony. Students are chosen for this honor based upon their excellent performance in the Pathogenesis course. Read more ... *October 2009* (return to top) Roxanne R. Mercer, MT(ASCP), MS, Associate Director of Laboratory Operations, VCUHS Department of Pathology, Thomas J. Dilts, MT(ASCP), MBPA, Vice Chair of Administration and Operations, VCUHS Department of Pathology and Judith B. Patch, CT(ASCP), IAC, BS, Personnel Manager, VCUHS Department of Pathology, presented at last week's Grand Rounds for faculty, staff and students. Their topic was "It's Not About YOU and ME, It's About US and OUR Relationships". Click here to Read More... Marsha Kinney, MD, Director, Division of Hematopathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, presented at last week's grand rounds for faculty, staff and students. Dr. Kinney's topic was “Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Model for Discovery”. Click here to Read More... *September 2009* (return to top) PonJola Coney, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, VCU School of Medicine, presented at last week's grand rounds for faculty, staff and students. Dr. Coney's topic was "SOM Policy on Industry Relationships". Click here to Read More... Serhan Alkan, MD, Director of Hematopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Vitro Molecular Laboratories presented at last week's grand rounds for faculty, staff and students. Dr. Alkan's topic was "Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasmacytoid Cell Disorders Histopathologic Approach and Pathogenesis". Read More... John E. Prescott, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) , presented at last week's grand rounds for faculty, staff and students. Dr. Prescott's topic was "Academic Medicine: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities". Read More... VCUHS Professor of Pathology and Director of Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, PhD, presented at the National Academy of Sciences Discussion on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Issues on August 31, 2009. Click here to view video on C-SPAN website. Yupo Ma, MD, PhD, Director of Flow Cytometry, Chief of Hematopathology, and Professor, Nevada Cancer Institute, presented at last week's grand rounds for faculty, staff and students. Dr. Ma's topic was "A Cross Talk Between Embryonic, Adult, and Cancer Stem Cells”. Read More... Four Pathology faculty members will be honored for their superior teaching during the School of Medicine's 11th Annual Faculty Excellence Awards Program on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at noon in the Medical Sciences Building. Margaret Grimes, MD - Outstanding Teacher Certificate Award for 'high evaluation' in the 08-09 Cardiovascular Course Margaret Grimes, MD - Outstanding Teacher Certificate Award for 'high evaluation' in the 08-09 Respiratory Course Margaret Grimes, MD - Outstanding Teacher Pin Award for 'Best Teacher' in 08-09 Pathology Teaching Christine Fuller, MD - Outstanding Teacher Certificate Award for 'high evaluation' in the 08-09 Nervous System Course H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD - Outstanding Teacher Certificate Award for 'high evaluation' in 08-09 Pathology Teaching H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD - Outstanding Teacher Pin Award for 'Best Teacher' in the 08-09 Pathogenesis Course Jonathan Ben-Ezra, MD - Outstanding Teacher Pin Award for 'Best Teacher' in the 08-09 Hematology/Oncology Course *August 2009* (return to top) 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 Department of Pathology/Transfusion Medicine is proud to announce that seven (7) abstracts were selected for publication and poster presentation at the 2009 AABB Annual meeting in New Orleans. Click here to see the list of authors and titles. Enrique Gerszten, MD, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Endowment Fund In 2008, Enrique Gerszten, MD, received the VCU School of Medicine's highest honor, the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. To pay tribute to and extend his legacy, Dr. Gerszten's colleagues and former students are uniting to raise $100,000 to endow that premier teaching award in his name. The Enrique Gerszten, MD Faculty Teaching Excellence Award will be given on an annual basis to one School of Medicine faculty member, selected by a peer-review committee, to recognize outstanding teaching achievements. The award will provide support for further innovations in medical teaching methods. To learn more about the endowment and how to become involved, please click here. *July 2009* (return to top) POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN HEPATOBILIARY CANCER RESEARCH A postdoctoral position is currently available to conduct long-term NIH-grant-funded research on the molecular pathogenesis and therapeutic targeting of hepatobiliary cancer. Read More... (pdf) FACULTY POSITIONS IN HEPATOBILIARY/PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH As part of its new major strategic research plan, Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Medicine in conjunction with the VCU Massey Cancer Center, a NCI-designated cancer center, is seeking applicants for full-time tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank to join an expanding basic and translational research initiative with a focus on the molecular pathology and target-based therapeutics of hepatobiliary and pancreatic duct cancers. Read More... (pdf) June 2009 (return to top) Alphonse Sirica, MS, PhD, Chair, Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis, VCU Department of Pathology, was an invited speaker at the 5th Joint Meeting of the Japanese Society for Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterology Association. The meeting was held at the Royton Sapporo Hotel in Sapporo, Japan, on May 7th and 8th, 2009. Dr. Sirica's talk was 'Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Progression: Molecular Insights from a Novel Rat Model Closely Mimicking the Human Cancer'. Dr. Sirica also served as a session chair for 'Inflammation and Carcinogenesis of the Biliary Tract'. April 2009 (return to top) VCUHS Department of Pathology Residents, Ashish Barman, MD and Guan Hua Lai, MD, PhD, presented last week's grand rounds. Read More... Kimberly Stogner-Underwood, MD and Cassie Boggs, MD, VCUHS Dept of Pathology Residents, presented last week's grand rounds lecture. *Dr. Boggs' topic was* "*Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" and Dr. Stogner-Underwood's topic was* "Central Nervous System Findings at Autopsy". Read More... Yasser El-Gohary, MD, VCU Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow, and Regina Burton, MD, VCU Surgical Pathology Fellow, presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Read More... Steven Plymate, MD, Professor, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Plymate's topic was "Androgen Receptor Splice Variants Promote Prostate Cancer Progression". Read More... Shella Mongia, MBBS, Hematopathology Fellow VCUHS Department of Pathology, presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Mongia's topic was "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Lymphoid Neoplasms: Gene Rearrangement Studies". Read More... Stephen I. Fisher, MD, Director, Hematopathology Division Sentara Laboratory Services (SLS), presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Fisher's topic was "Surgical Pathology of the Bone Marrow". Read More... March 2009 (return to top) M. Sherif Said, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Head & Neck Pathology, University of Colorado at Denver, presented last week's grand rounds lecture. Dr. Said's topic was "New and Uncommon Entities of Salivary Gland Tumors". Read More... VCU Cytopathology Fellow, Dr. Kimmelshue, & Resident, Dr. O'Sullivan-Mejia, presented last week's grand rounds lecture. Dr. Kimmelshue's topic was "A History of Fine Needle Aspiration" and Dr. O'Sullivan-Mejia's topic was "Specimens for Future Use in Ribonucleic Acid Based Molecular Testing". Read More... The Department of Pathology Annual Report 2008 is now available. This departmental online publication features the top stories, business and events in the Department of Pathology for the 2008 year. Click here to view... Saud Rahman, MD, Chief Resident, VCUHS Department of Pathology, presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Rahman's topic was "Infectious Etiology of Granulomatous Inflammation on Bone Marrow Biopsy". Read More... February 2009 (return to top) Patrick McDonough, MD & Hilda Ladenheim, MD*, VCUHS Dept of Pathology Fellows, presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Ladenheim's topic was* “EGFR – Gene Analysis on Cytological Specimens of Adenocarcinoma of the lung” and Dr. McDonough topic: “The Role of Clot Sections in Bone Marrow Lymphoma Staging”. Read More... Greg Miller, PhD, Professor of Pathology, VCUHS Dept of Pathology, presented last week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Miller's topic was "Laboratory Measurements in Chronic Kidney Disease". Read More... Jamal Zweit, PhD, Professor and Director of Molecular Imaging Center VCUHS Dept of Radiology, presented this week's grand rounds lecture for faculty, residents and staff. Dr. Zweit's topic was *"Multi-modality Molecular Imaging and Nano-Biotechnology: Molecular Pathology in Cancer Biology and Therapeutics". Read More... Teresa J. Carter, Ed.D., Director of the M.Ed. Program, VCU School of Education, presented last week's grand rounds topic,"Effective feedback and evaluation techniques for residency training". Read More... Dr. Anand Mehta, Associate Professor, Drexel University College of Medicine, and a faculty candidate for VCU School of Medicine's GI Oncology Research Initiative, presented last week's grand rounds topic: "Fucosylated Biomarkers of Liver disease". Read More... January 2009 (return to top) Celeste N. Powers, MD, PhD,* Chair, Division of Anatomic Pathology, has been named Editor in Chief of the journal Cancer Cytopathology. She has been involved with Cancer Cytopathology as a reviewer and associate editor since its launch 11 years ago. State-of-the-art reviews will be solicited in disciplines such as molecular diagnostics, cytogenetics, automation, and virtual imaging. Commentaries on issues important to the field will also be solicited. Dr. Powers plans to keep readers up-to-date with issues such as health care policy, changes in certification, practice guidelines, and controversies in reimbursement and research funding. Along with the American Cancer Society and Wiley-Blackwell, Dr. Powers will be looking at ways to enhance the online experience of the journal for readers as well. Alphonse Sirica, PhD, Chair of the Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis, VCUHS Department of Pathology, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association. This honor was bestowed upon Dr. Sirica by the AGA for his personal commitment to and superior professional achievement in research in the field of gastro enterology. He will be formally installed as a Fellow at the AGA national meeting, to be held on 6/1/09 in Chicago. Click here to read the Press Release Spring 2009 Grand Rounds have begun! To start off this semester, Marigny Roberts, MD, 2008-2009 Chief Resident at VCUHS Department of Pathology presented the topic of: "Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia". Read More... Updated November 19, 2009