Sabina Desar, MD
Anatomic Pathology
Assistant Professor;
Genitourinary Pathologist;
Surgical Pathologist
Department: Pathology
Phone: (804) 628-5383
Email: Sabina.Desar@vcuhealth.org
Dr. Sabina Desar, is an Assistant Professor of Pathology. She specializes in Genitourinary Pathology and Surgical Pathology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Education
2023 Fellowship, Genitourinary Pathology
University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine
2022 ‐ 2023 Fellowship, Surgical Pathology
University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine
2019 ‐ 2022 Residency, Anatomic Pathology
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
2007 ‐ 2013 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences , Sunsari, Nepal
Licenses & Certifications
The American Board of Pathology‐Anatomic Pathology
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Papers
Song K, Desar S, Pengo T, Shanley R, Giubellino A. Correlation of MET and PDL1 expression in Malignant Melanoma. Cancers (Basel). 2020;12(7):E1847. Published 2020 Jul 9. doi:10.3390/cancers12071847.
Relan, A.; Desar, S.; Dunnette, B.; Shanley, R. & Giubellino, A. Inflammatory infiltrates in melanocytic lesions. Int. J.Morphol., 39(2):512‐519, 2021
Diggs LP, Ruf B, Ma C, Heinrich B, Cui L, Zhang Qianfei, McVey J, Wabitsch S, Heinrich S, Rosato U, Lai W, Subramanyam V, Longerich T, Loosen SH, Luedde T, Neumann UP, Desar S, Kleiner D, Gores G, Wang XW, Greten TF. CD40‐mediated immune cell activation enhances response to anti‐PD‐1 in murine intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Hepatol . 2020 Dec 1; S0168‐8278(20)33824‐1. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.11.037.
Huang N, Pérez P, Kato T, Mikami Y, Okuda K, Gilmore RC, Conde CD, Gasmi B, Stein S, Beach M, Pelayo E, Maldonado JO, Lafont BA, Jang SI, Nasir N, Padilla RJ, Murrah VA, Maile R, Lovell W, Wallet SM, Bowman NM, Meinig SL, Wolfgang MC, Choudhury SN, Novotny M, Aevermann BD, Scheuermann RH, Cannon G, Anderson CW, Lee RE, Marchesan JT, Bush M, Freire M, Kimple AJ, Herr DL, Rabin J, Grazioli A, Das S, French BN, Pranzatelli T, Chiorini JA, Kleiner DE, Pittaluga S, Hewitt SM, Burbelo PD, Chertow D; NIH COVID-19 Autopsy Consortium; HCA Oral and Craniofacial Biological Network; Frank K, Lee J, Boucher RC, Teichmann SA, Warner BM, Byrd KM. SARS-CoV-2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva. Nat Med. 2021 May;27(5):892-903. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01296-8. Epub 2021 Mar 25. PMID: 33767405; PMCID: PMC8240394.
Jha KK, Kumar M, Jha U, Desar S. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with SIADH. Int J Cadiol. 2016 Dec 15; 225:342‐344. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.10.022. Epub 2016 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 27756039.
Jha KK, Chaudhary DP, Dahal S, Desar S. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after mumps infection. J Family Med Prim Care. 2016 Oct‐Dec;5(4): 892‐893. doi:10.4103/2249‐4863.201170. PubMed PMID: 28349019; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5353842.
Abstracts/Meeting Presentations
Desar S, Cowen E, Lee CC, Merino MM. “Clinical, Morphologic and Molecular Characteristics of Cutaneous Leiomyomas, a Tool to Recognize Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer”. USCAP 111th Annual Meeting, 2022, Platform Presentation Dermatopathology.
Desar S, Giubellino A, Lee CC. “Report of a new Family with BAP1 Cancer Syndrome and Review of the Literature”. American Society of Dermatopathology, 2020, dual presentation.
Desar S, Sargen M, Cowen EW, Lee CC, “Intradermal nevus with extensive neurotization and neurofibroma‐like changes in a patient with BAP‐1 Tumor Predisposition Syndrome.” American Society of Dermatopathology, 2021, Poster Session 2, #251.
Desar S, Cowen E, Blau J, Lee CC. “Clear Cell Angiofibroma with Granular Cell Variant feature, A Rare Histologic Finding in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 1” American Society of Dermatopathology, 2020, Poster Session 2, #539.
Desar S, Relan A, Pengo T, Song K, Giubellino A. Correlation of MET and PDL1 expression in Malignant Melanoma. American Society of Dermatopathology, 2019, Poster Session 1, #264.
Passi M, Desar S, Scheuler S, Quezado M, Kumar S. Longitudinal characteristics of gastric intestinal metaplasia subtypes and risk factors associated with progression from complete to incomplete subtype. Lecture presentation during Digestive Disease Week at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, May 21‐23, 2021.
Chapter
“Blue nevus/Cellular Blue nevus” Pathology outlines. Ali Alani MD, Sabina Desar MD, Carlos Torres‐Cabala, MD.