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Alzheimers :
Nitya R. Ghatak, MD: Brain Tumors, Disease of Muscle and Nerve, Surgical, Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy; nrghatak@vcu.edu;
William I. Rosenblum, MD: Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neuropathological Conditions, wirosenb@aol.com

Cancer:

Breast (Clinical):
Margaret M. Grimes, MD: Pulmonary, Cardiac and Breast Pathology, mmgrimes@vcu.edu;
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD: Renal, Breast, Lung, and Oral Pathology, damassey@mail2.vcu.edu

Colon (Research):
Alphonse E. Sirica, MS, PhD: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Experimental Liver Cancer, Tumor Pathobiology, Biliary Epithelial Cell Biology and Pathobiology, aesirica@vcu.edu

Kidney (Clinical):
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD: Renal, Breast, Lung, and Oral Pathology, damassey@mail2.vcu.edu

Liver/Biliary (Research):
Alphonse E. Sirica, MS, PhD: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Experimental Liver Cancer, Tumor Pathobiology, Biliary Epithelial Cell Biology and Pathobiology, aesirica@vcu.edu

Leukemia/Lymphoma (Clinical):
Jonathan M. Ben-Ezra, MD: Bone Marrow and Lymph Node Pathology and Diagnosis of Leukemia and Lymphoma, jbenezra@vcu.edu

Prostate (Research):
Joy L. Ware, PhD: Tumor Metastasis, Cell and Molecular Biology of Human Prostate Cancer, jlware@vcu.edu;
Youngman Oh, PhD: Oncogenomics, Proteomics, Apoptosis, IGF Systems In Cancer, yoh@mail1.vcu.edu 

Telomerase/Apoptosis (Research):
Lynne W. Elmore, PhD: Aging, Telomerase, Mechanisms of tumor development in the female genital tract, lelmore@vcu.edu;
Shawn Holt, PhD: Telomerase activity in human cell lines, seholt@vcu.edu  

Creutzfeld-Jakob Syndrome:
Nitya R. Ghatak, MD: Brain Tumors, Disease of Muscle and Nerve, Surgical, Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, nrghatak@vcu.edu;
Richard A. McPherson, MD: Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, ramcpher@vcu.edu

Cytogenetics:
Colleen Jackson-Cook, PhD: Down syndrome & Mosaic Down syndrome; Chromosomal Changes in Aging, jacksonc@vcu.edu

Infectious Diseases:
Nitya R. Ghatak, MD: Brain Tumors, Disease of Muscle and Nerve, Surgical, Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, nrghatak@vcu.edu;
Betty A. Forbes, PhD: Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, baforbes@vcu.edu

Blood and Bone Marrow Diseases and Transfusion Medicine:
Jonathan M. Ben-Ezra, MD: Bone Marrow and Lymph Node Pathology; Diagnosis of Leukemia and Lymphoma, jbenezra@vcu.edu;
Richard A. McPherson, MD: Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, ramcpher@vcu.edu;
Roger S. Riley, MD, PhD: Hematopathology, Hemostasis and Renal Pathology, rsriley@vcu.edu;
Susan D. Roseff, MD: Pediatric transfusion therapy, clinical apheresis, blood component therapy, immunohematology, sdroseff@vcu.edu
David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD: Clinical and Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Applications of Nucleic Acid Probes and Flow Cytometry, Medical Informatics, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Laboratory Management, dwilkinson@mcvh-vcu.edu

Stroke:
William I. Rosenblum, MD: Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neuropathological Conditions, wirosenb@aol.com

Hematology:
Jonathan M. Ben-Ezra, MD: Bone Marrow and Lymph Node Pathology and Diagnosis of Leukemia and Lymphoma, jbenezra@vcu.edu;
Richard A. McPherson, MD: Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, ramcpher@vcu.edu;
Roger S. Riley, MD, PhD: Hematopathology, Hemostasis and Renal Pathology, rsriley@vcu.edu

Microbiology:
Betty A. Forbes, PhD: Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, baforbes@vcu.edu

Toxicology/Forensic:
Alphonse Poklis, PhD: Analytical Toxicology, including Clinical and Forensic Toxicology, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Drugs of Abuse, Metabolism, and Testing, apoklis@vcu.edu Transfusion Medicine:
Susan D. Roseff, MD: Pediatric transfusion therapy, clinical apheresis, blood component therapy, immunohematology, sdroseff@vcu.edu;
David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD: Clinical and Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Applications of Nucleic Acid Probes and Flow Cytometry, Medical Informatics, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Laboratory Management, dwilkinson@mcvh-vcu.edu

Cyto/Surgical:

Cardiopulmonary:
Margaret M. Grimes, MD: Pulmonary, Cardiac and Breast Pathology, mmgrimes@vcu.edu

Cytopathology:
Ema Berbescu, MD:Surgical and Cytopathology, Gynecological Pathology;
William J. Frable, MD: Surgical and Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy, wjfrable@vcu.edu;
Reena Jain, MD: Cytopathology, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy, Gynecological Pathology, rjain@vcu.edu;
Celeste N. Powers, MD, PhD: Cytopathology, Fine Needle Aspiration, and General Surgical Pathology, cnpowers@vcu.edu

Dermatopathology:
Nooshin K. Brinster, MD:  Dermatopathology, nkbrinster@vcu.edu
Evan R. Farmer, MD: Dermatopathology, farmerer@cox.net

Electron Microscopy:
Nitya R. Ghatak, MD: Brain Tumors, Disease of Muscle and Nerve, Surgical, Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, nrghatak@vcu.edu

Gastrointestinal:
Melissa J. Contos, MD: Liver and GI Pathology, mjcontos@vcu.edu;
A. Scott Mills, MD: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology, asmills1@vcu.edu

Neuropathology:
Nitya R. Ghatak, MD: Brain Tumors, Disease of Muscle and Nerve, Surgical, Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, nrghatak@vcu.edu;
William I. Rosenblum, MD: Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neuropathological Conditions, wirosenb@aol.com

Oral Pathology:
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD: Renal, Breast, Lung, and Oral Pathology, damassey@mail2.vcu.edu;
VCU School of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Diagnostic Service, Biopsy Service

Renal:
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD: Renal, Breast, Lung, and Oral Pathology, damassey@mail2.vcu.edu;
Roger S. Riley, MD, PhD: Hematopathology, Hemostasis and Renal Pathology; rsriley@vcu.edu

Informatics:
W. Gregory Miller, PhD: Clinical Chemistry, Medical Informatics, Interlaboratory Standardization, Quality Control and Proficiency Testing, gmiller@vcu.edu;
David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD: Clinical and Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Applications of Nucleic Acid Probes and Flow Cytometry, Medical Informatics, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Laboratory Management, dwilkinson@mcvh-vcu.edu

Molecular Diagnostics:
Catherine I. Dumur, PhD: Basis and Application of Microarray Gene Expression Analysis to Tumor Stratification, cdumur@mcvh-vcu.edu;
Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, PhD: Development and Application of Nucleic Acid Probe Technology to Diagnosis and Monitoring of Human Diseases, aferreir@vcu.edu;
Carleton T. Garrett, MD, PhD: Molecular Diagnostics, ctgarret@vcu.edu;
David S. Wilkinson, MD, PhD: Clinical and Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Applications of Nucleic Acid Probes and Flow Cytometry, Medical Informatics, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Laboratory Management, dwilkinson@mcvh-vcu.edu

Other Research

Carcinogenesis:
Alphonse E. Sirica, MS, PhD: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Experimental Liver Cancer, Tumor Pathobiology, Biliary Epithelial Cell Biology and Pathobiology, aesirica@vcu.edu

Cellular Aging/ Telomerase:
Colleen Jackson-Cook, PhD: Down syndrome & Mosaic Down syndrome; Chromosomal Changes in Aging, jacksonc@vcu.edu;
Lynne W. Elmore, PhD: Cellular Aging, Telomerase, Mechanisms of tumor development in the female genital tract, lelmore@vcu.edu;
Shawn Holt, PhD: Telomerase activity in human cell lines, seholt@vcu.edu

Conservation Medicine:
Joy L. Ware, PhD: Conservation Medicine; Diseases of Reptiles and Amphibians; prostate cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis, jlware@vcu.edu;

Oncogenomics, Proteomics, Apoptosis, IGF Systems In Cancer
Youngman Oh, PhD: Oncogenomics & Proteomics, Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins (IGFBP), yoh@mail1.vcu.edu

Paleopathology:
Enrique Gerszten, MD: Infectious Diseases-Paleopathology, egerszte@vcu.edu
Marvin J. Allison, PhD: Infectious Diseases-Paleopathology, mallison@mail2.vcu.edu

Breast:
Ema Berbescu, MD: Pulmonary, Cardiac and Breast Pathology;
Margaret M. Grimes, MD: Pulmonary, Cardiac and Breast Pathology, mmgrimes@vcu.edu;
H. Davis Massey, DDS, MD, PhD: Renal, Breast, Lung, and Oral Pathology, damassey@mail2.vcu.edu

Cervix/Ovaries/Uterus (Research):
Lynne W. Elmore, PhD: Aging, Telomerase, Mechanisms of tumor development in the female genital tract, lelmore@vcu.edu

Colon (Research):
Alphonse E. Sirica, MS, PhD: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Experimental Liver Cancer, Tumor Pathobiology, Biliary Epithelial Cell Biology and Pathobiology, aesirica@vcu.edu

Liver/Biliary (Research):
Melissa J. Contos, MD: Liver and GI Pathology, mjcontos@vcu.edu;
A. Scott Mills, MD: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology, asmills1@vcu.edu;
Alphonse E. Sirica, MS, PhD: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Experimental Liver Cancer, Tumor Pathobiology, Biliary Epithelial Cell Biology and Pathobiology, aesirica@vcu.edu

Prostate (Research):
Joy L. Ware, PhD: Tumor Metastasis, Cell and Molecular Biology of Human Prostate Cancer, jlware@vcu.edu;
Youngman Oh, PhD: Oncogenomics, Proteomics, Apoptosis, IGF Systems In Cancer, yoh@mail1.vcu.edu

Skin:
Nooshin K. Brinster, MD:  Dermatopathology, nkbrinster@vcu.edu;
Evan R. Farmer, MD: Dermatopathology, farmerer@cox.net

Updated March 3, 2008