Alden Chesney, MD
Hematopathology
Director of Hematopathology
Department: Pathology
Phone: (804) 628-1319
Fax: (804) 828-2812
Email: Alden.Chesney@vcuhealth.org
Alden Chesney joined the Pathology Department in 2016 and has a broad background in laboratory medicine with expertise in Laboratory Hematology. His research interests include the diagnostic molecular pathology of hematologic neoplasms, with the development of novel assays to facilitate their diagnosis; and unraveling the pathobiology and improving the laboratory diagnosis of leukemias, lymphomas and myelodysplastic syndromes.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Chesney has collaborated with several different research groups, and extended his knowledge and expertise in hematopathology to colleagues in lesser developed countries.
Clinical Specialties: Hematological Pathology, Immunopathology and Flow Cytometry, Diagnostic Microscopy, Clinical Research and Data Analysis
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Education
1983 - M.D., University of Havana, Cuba
1985-88 - Resident, Clinical Laboratory Medicine, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
1995-96 - Fellow, Hematopathology, George Washington University, St Louis, MO
1999-2003 - Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
2003-2004 - Fellow, Hematopathology, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
2004-2005 - Clinical Fellow, Hematological Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Licenses & Certifications
2009 - Diplomate in Pathology - Hematology, American Board of Pathology
2009 - Diplomate in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
1996 - USMLE Certification
1983 - Guyana Medical Council Registration
2004 - Commonwealth of Virginia Dept. of Health, Medicine & Surgery
2005 - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Canada
Selected Awards & Honors
The Danny Ghazarian Resident Teaching Award, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2012
J.G. Scott Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2008
Recent Grants and Funding
Modeling Marginal Zone Lymphoma, NIH R21
Professional Service (outside)
Advisory Board Medical Laboratory Science Program. VCU College of Health Professions Richmond, VA
Consultant, Doctors without Borders
International Clinical Cytometry Society, Committee member
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Papers
Massey GV, Chesney A, Gadgeel M, Ravindranath Y. Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type IV with KLF1 E325K mutation: A new case with dysmorphic male genitalia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Mar 24; Volume: 71 Issue: 6 Pg: e30955 PMID: 38523248
Martin D, Smith SC, Chesney A, Jackson-Cook C, Pillappa R. Too Sensitive or Just Right?. American journal of clinical pathology. 2022 Aug 04; Volume: 158 Issue: 2 Pg: 283-290 PMID: 35482487
Zelikson V, Simmons G, Raman N, Krieger E, Rebiero A, Hawks K, Aziz M, Roberts C, Chesney A, Reed J, Gress R, Toor A. Dynamical Systems Modeling of Early-Term Immune Reconstitution with Different Antithymocyte Globulin Administration Schedules in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. Transplantation and cellular therapy . 2022 Feb 01; Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Pg: 85.e1-85.e9 PMID: 34688968
Neal D, Robila V, Chesney A, Sayeed S. Fine needle aspiration and core needle biopsy of the spleen: A case series illustrating current practices and challenges. Diagnostic cytopathology. 2021 Nov 01; Volume: 49 Issue: 11 Pg: 1196-1206 PMID: 34546006
Riley RS, Gandhi P, Harley SE, Garcia P, Dalton JB, Chesney A. A Synoptic Reporting System to Monitor Bone Marrow Aspirate and Biopsy Quality. Journal of pathology informatics. 2021 May 25; Volume: 12 Pg: 23 PMID: 34447603
Koebley SR, Mikheikin A, Leslie K, Guest D, McConnell-Wells W, Lehman JH, Al Juhaishi T, Zhang X, Roberts CH, Picco L, Toor A, Chesney A, Reed J. Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Paired with High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy for Quantitation and Length Analysis of DNA Length Polymorphisms. ACS nano. 2020 Nov 24; Volume: 14 Issue: 11 Pg: 15385-15393 PMID: 33169971
Posters/Abstracts
Modeling marginal zone lymphomagenesis. Blood Cancer Discov . 2024 Jun 19;
Volume: 5 Issue: 3_Supplement Pg: PO-021
Bone Marrow Involvement by NK Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder with Hemophagocytosis. Society-for-hematopathology.org/2023/program.php 2023 Nov 11
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