Sabina Desar, MD

Anatomic Pathology

Sabina Desar, MD Assistant Professor; Genitourinary Pathologist; Surgical Pathologist

Department: Pathology

Phone: (804) 628-5383

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

Postgraduate Medical Training

2023 Fellowship, Genitourinary Pathology, University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI

2023 Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI

2022 Residency, Anatomic Pathology, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

Medical Education

2013 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Sunsari, Nepal

Licenses & Certifications

Michigan Board of Medicine, Physician license

Controlled Substance license

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers

Relan, A.; Desar, S.; Dunnette, B.; Shanley, R. & Giubellino, A. Inflammatory infiltrates in melanocytic lesions. Int. J.Morphol., 39(2):512‐519, 2021.

Huang N, Perez P, Kato T, Mikami Y, Okuda K, Gilmore R, Conde C, Gasmi B, Stein S, Beach M, Pelayo E, Maldonado J, Lafont B, Padilla N, Murrah V, Maile R, Sampaio De Melo M, Dikoglu E, Desar S, Ylaya K, Chung JY, Smith G, Vannella K, Kleiner D, Chertow D, Richert M, Nasir N, Das S, Lee R, Warner B. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva. Accepted for publication in nature medicine. Manuscript # NMED‐A109277C.

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.

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.

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.

Chapter
“Blue nevus/Cellular Blue nevus” Pathology outlines. Ali Alani MD, Sabina Desar MD, Carlos Torres‐Cabala, MD.