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RESIDENCY PROGRAM NEWS

Performance in 2012 American Board of Pathology Examinations (AP / CP)
We are delighted to report that all of our graduates who have completed our program since 2002 have passed the American Board of Pathology AP and CP exams! We congratulate our graduates on their outstanding performance!

Outstanding Performance in 2012 ASCP Residents In-Service Examination (RISE)
We are delighted to report that our residents performed at the 95th percentile or better overall as compared with their peers nationally. We congratulate our residents for their outstanding performance. At the end of the day, it is their hard work and determination that has paid off.

Our four-year ACGME AP/CP Residency Program is fully accredited with no citations.

Effective April 17, 2009, our AP/CP Training Program received continued accreditation for four years with no citations by the Residency Review Committee for Pathology of the ACGME.

Four New Residents Joined Our Program July 1, 2012
We welcome our four new residents and look forward to working with each of them in the years ahead:

Dr. Eric Cochran earned his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and received his MD from Technion Israel lnstitute of Technology, Israel.




Dr. Chuanyong Lu received his MB from Peking University Health Science Center, China. Subsequently, he performed a residency in orthopaedic surgery and has held research positions at the University of California San Francisco and Columbia University.




Dr. Remegio Maglantay, Jr. received his MD from the University of the Philippines.

 



Dr. Jia Qin received her BM from China Medical University. Subsequently, she earned a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Physiology at the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago.

 

Recent Resident Publications

Lili Lee, Fang Zhou, Anthony Simms, Rosemary Wieczorek, Yanan Fang, Antonio Subietas-Mayol, Beverly Wang, Patricia Heller, Hongying Huang, Zhiheng Pei, Iman Osman, Shane Meehan, and Peng Lee. 2011. Metastatic balloon cell malignant melanoma: a case report and literature review. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 4(3): 315–321.

Matthew R. Pincus, MD, PhD, Donghong Cai, MD. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods
Chapter 27. Chemical Basis for Analyte Assays and Common Interferences

Zhang X, Gupta R, Nicastri AD. Bladder adenocarcinoma following gastrocystoplasty. J Pediatr Urol. 2010, 6(5):525-527

Zhang X, Ouyang J, Kim Y-D. Large cecal lipoma mimicking malignancy. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2010, 2(7):304-306

Zhang X, Travis WD. Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010.

Zhang X, Axiotis CA. Thyroid-type carcinoma of Struma Ovarii. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010, 134(5):786-91

Zhang X, Ouyang J, Wieczorek R, DeSoto F. Iron medication-induced gastric mucosal injury. Pathol Res Pract. 2009, 205 (8):579-581

Ouyang J, Dalal S, Blumenthal D, et al. Myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and septicemia: rare complications of exertional rhabdomyolysis in a patient with sickle cell trait. Federal Practitioner, 2009, 26, (4): 14-26.

Recent Presentations:

Zhang X, Wang Z, Axiotis CA. Testicular hamartomata in complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2010, 134(9): 1356-1357. CAP’10 annual meeting. Sep. 26-29, 2010. Chicago, IL, USA

Zhang X, Oultache A, Axiotis CA. Plasmablastic lymphoma: usual and unusual presentations. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2010, 134(9): 1381. CAP’10 annual meeting. Sep. 26-29, 2010. Chicago, IL, USA

Zhang X. Cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis and oxidant stress. China Heart Congress/International Heart Forum. Aug. 12-15, 2010. Beijing, China

Malhotra S, Howanitz PJ, Howanitz JH, Alfaro S. Comparative cost analysis of point of care and central laboratory glucose testing. AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) meeting, Baltimore, 2010.

Malholtra S, Valencia GB, Miller ST, Kang SH, Gloster ES. Neonatal hemoglobinuria secondary to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency mimicking a hemolytic transfusion reaction. AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) meeting, Baltimore, 2010.

Yang X, Wang H, Taylor R, Axiotis CA. Plasmacytoid variant urothelial carcinoma: E-cadherin and beta-catenin. To be presented at College of American Pathologists meeting, 2010.

Yang X, Zhang X. Melanoma with an unusual immunophenotypic profile. To be presented at College of American Pathologists meeting, 2010.

Zhang X, Gottesman SR, Wang H, Axiotis CA, Pulakhandam P, Gupta R. Plasmablastic lymphoma versus plasma cell leukemia with plasmablastic features: A diagnostic dilemma. ASCP 2009 annual meeting. Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2009, Chicago, IL, USA

Zhang X, Ouyang J, Axiotis CA. Bone marrow infiltration of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2009, 133(10): 1646. CAP’09 annual meeting. Oct. 11-14, 2009. Washington DC, USA

Ouyang J, Zhang X, Axiotis CA. Langerhans cell histiocytosis: E-cadherin and Cyclin D1 (poster). Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009 133(10): presented on CAP'2009

Dr. Weijie Li presented a case study, "Placental chorioangioma associated with diffuse fetal vascular malformations" at the CAP meeting, Washington, DC, October, 2009.