Contact
For information about our Pathology Grand Rounds contact Deidra Trabosh at Deidra.Trabosh@vcuhealth.org
Fall 2025
Monday, October 20, 2025 - Yan Zhang, PhD
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology
Director, VCU Center for Drug Discovery
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Institute on Drug and Alcohol Studies
Topic: Novel PROTACs Targeting FOSL1 Degradation to Eliminate HNSCC Cancer Stem Cells: from a Drug Discovery and Development Perspective
PDF: Dr. Zhang flyer
Monday, November 10, 2025 - Jacob Bledsoe, MD
Director of Hematopathology
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Monday, November 17, 2025 - Grace R. Williams, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC)
Assistant Professor Division of Clinical Pathology
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Monday, December 1, 2025 - Christopher Doern, PhD
Director of Clinical Microbiology
Professor of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Monday, December 8, 2025 - Paul J. Jannetto, PhD, DABCC, FACB, MT(ASCP)
ADLM Association President
Association for Diagnostic & Laboratory Medicine
Grand Rounds Summer 2025
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - Mayuri Shende, MD
Molecular Genetics Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Beyond the Grim Prognosis: A Case of Acute myeloid leukemia, RAM phenotype with CBFA2T3::LIS2 Fusion
PDF: Dr. Shende flyer | Video Presentation
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Kohl Strauss, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Hematopathology for the General Surgical Pathologist and Cytopathologist
PDF: Dr. Strauss flyer | Video Presentation
Monday, June 9, 2025 - Ramsey Al Hosri, MD
PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: What Lies Beneath the Mucosa: Unmasking Hidden Pathology in the Oral Cavity
PDF: Dr. Al Hosri flyer | Video Presentation
Grand Rounds Spring 2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - Azad Bakht, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: WHO Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology
PDF: Dr. Bakht flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Mehrnoosh Ghandili, MD
Forensic Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Broken Hearts - Pathologic Findings in Fatal Cardiovascular Events in a Forensic Setting
PDF: Dr. Ghandili flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - Michael Castro, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Myeloid Neoplasms: What’s New with the WHO?
PDF: Dr. Castro flyer | Video Presentation
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - Yazan Juma, MD
Surgical Path Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: STK11/TP53 Co-mutations in Lung Adenocarcinoma
PDF: Dr. Juma flyer | Video Presentation
May 12, 2025 - Eric Walk, MD, FCAP
Chief Medical Officer
PathAI & Member
CAP Digital & Computational
Pathology Committee
Topic: AI Fluency in the Era of Digital & AI Pathology: Matching Machine Learning Methods to Clinical and Precision Medicine Applications
PDF: Dr. Walk flyer (This is an unaccredited presentation) | Video Presentation
Thursday, May 8, 2025 - Michele Anderson, DO
Molecular Genetics Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: T-Cell Gene Rearrangements: Assay Validation to Clinical Utility
PDF: Dr. Anderson flyer | Video Presentation
Monday, May 5, 2025 - Robert D. Nerenz, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Clinical Chemistry, Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Topic: Preeclampsia: Will New FDA-Approved Biomarkers Change Patient Care?
PDF: Dr. Nerenz flyer | Video Presentation
Thursday, May 1, 2025 - Jonathan Kanakaraj, MD
Neuropath Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Forensic Neuropathology: A survey and primer for the uninitiated
PDF: Dr. Kanakaraj flyer | Presentation unavailable
Monday April 7, 2025 - Matthew Oberley, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer
Pathologist-in-Chief
Caris Life Sciences
Topic: Unlocking the Future of Precision Oncology: Integrating Digital Pathology and Molecular Profiling to Improve Patient Outcomes and Drive Research Advancement
PDF: Dr. Oberley flyer | Video Presentation
Friday, March 28, 2025 - Feng Yue, PhD
Duane and Susan Burnham Professor of Molecular Medicine
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Professor, Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Topic: Epigenomic and 3D genome alteration in human cancer
PDF: Dr. Yue flyer | Presentation unavailable
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - Justin Chang, MD
PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Evaluating Realism of AI Generated Cytology Images
PDF: Dr. Justin Chang flyer | Presentation unavailable
Grand Rounds Fall 2024
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 2pm
on Zoom and in person at the Egyptian Building auditorium
Topic: From Slides to Bytes: New Imaging Techniques for Tumor Research
October 16, 2024 - Michele Anderson, DO
12:15pm to 1:15pm
Molecular Genetics Fellow
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Eosinophils on the Rise: Navigating Hypereosinophilia
October 2, 2024 - Sami Talibi, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Lymphocytes with Villous Projections: A Case examination
Video Presentation
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - Margaret Elizabeth Moore, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology
University of Virginia
September 16, 2024 - Lorraine Colón-Cartagena, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Professor
Yale School of Medicine
Topic: Uncommon Breast Lesions Explained: From Histology and Molecular Characteristics to Clinical Outcomes
PDF: Dr. Colon-Cartagena flyer | Video Presentation
Grand Rounds Summer 2024
August 26, 2024 - Marie Do, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Transfusion Medicine
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Why practice doesn't always make perfect
PDF: Dr. Do flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - Michael Castro, MD, PGY 4
Department of Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine
Topic: Thyroid: New 2023 Bethesda Updates for Atypia of Undetermined Significance
PDF: Dr. Castro flyer | Video Presentation
June 24, 2024 - Amit Patel, MD, PGY 4
Department of Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine
Topic: Paradigm shifts in newest Heme WHO classification concerning Castleman Disease
PDF: Dr. Patel flyer | Video Presentation
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - Sami Talibi, MD, PGY4
Chief Resident
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Myeloid Proliferations Associated With Down Syndrome: A review, updates, and diagnosis
PDF: Dr. Talibi flyer | Video Presentation
June 17, 2024 - Richard R. Drake, PhD
Professor of Cell & Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Medical University of South Carolina
Topic: Multimodal mass spectrometry imaging approaches for profiling N-glycosylation of cancer and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment in clinical FFPE tissues
PDF: Dr. Drake flyer | Video Presentation
June 3, 2024 - Kamran M. Mirza, MBBS, PhD, FCAP, FASCP, MLS(ASCP)
Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Pathology Education
Clinical Professor of Pathology, Hematopathology
University of Michigan
Topic: Screens, Scrolling, and Scholarship: Pioneering Pedagogies in the Web-Based World
PDF: Dr. Mirza flyer | Video Presentation
Grand Rounds Spring 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - Anat Zeidel, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: From Fine Needle to Definitive diagnosis: The power of cytology-histology correlation in salivary gland tumors
PDF: Dr. Zeidel flyer | Video Presentation
May 28, 2024 - Samia Liaquat, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Assessment of the quality of the bone marrow clot sections and the method to improve it
PDF: Dr. Liaquat flyer | Video Presentation
Thursday, May 23, 2024 - Divya Vinjamur, MSc, PhD
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: An update on carrier screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
PDF: Dr. Vinjamur flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - Hannah Wollenzien, PhD
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Plasma Cell Enrichment Enhances Cytogenetic Analysis of Plasma Cell Neoplasms
PDF: Dr. Wollenzien flyer | Video Presentation
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - Fernanda Da Silva Lameira
, MD
Forensic Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: What's the cause and manner of death
PDF: Dr. Da Silva Lameira flyer | Video presentation unavailable
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Jason Reardon, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Unveiling the spectrum: Non-neoplastic findings in core lung biopsies
PDF: Dr. Reardon flyer | Video Presentation
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - Kohl Strauss, MD, PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: An Underrecognized Manifestation of Lynch Syndrome
PDF: Dr. Strauss flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - Michele Anderson, DO
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia: A review of updated diagnostic criteria and current molecular biology
PDF: Dr. Anderson flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - Felix Medrano Garcia, MD, PGY 3
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Evaluation of four Fentanyl Immunoassays for the detection of Fentanyl analogs in urine
PDF: Dr. Medrano Garcia flyer | Video Presentation
April 29, 2024 - Jeremiah X. Karrs, DO
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Topic: Advancing in Molecular Pathology
PDF: Dr. Karrs flyer | Video Presentation
April 23, 2024 - Elena Fenu, MD
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: P53 immunohistochemistry in acute myeloid leukemia
PDF: Dr. Fenu flyer | Video Presentation
April 8, 2024 - Michael Joseph Borowitz, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Hematologic Pathology
Professor of Pathology
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Topic: A long way from E-rosettes: A 50-year journey through acute lymphoblastic leukemia
PDF: Dr. Borowitz flyer | Video Presentation
March 28, 2024 - Joseph Gillam, MD, PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease with MAP2K1 mutation initially mimicking an infectious process with parasitized histiocytes
PDF: Dr. Gillam flyer | Video Presentation
February 5, 2024 - Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD
Maud T. Lane Professor of Surgical Immunology
Professor, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
Topic: Oncogenic KRAS as a Regulator of the Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment
PDF: Dr. Pasca Di Magliano flyer | Video presentation unavailable
January 29, 2024 - Mark A. Cervinsky, PhD, PGY 4
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Topic: Patient-Based Quality Control: Current Applications and Future Promise
PDF: Dr. Cervinski flyer | Video Presentation
January 10, 2024 - Mrinal S. Patnaik, MBBS
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Enterprise Co-Leader
Cancer Individualized Medicine
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topic: The molecular biology and treatment advances in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
PDF: Dr. Patnaik flyer | Video Presentation