Contact
For information about our Pathology Grand Rounds contact Deidra Trabosh at Deidra.Trabosh@vcuhealth.org
Grand Rounds Spring 2025
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
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - Michael Castro, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
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
https://vcuhealth.zoom.us/j/99299907534
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
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
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
Fall 2023
November 13, 2023 - Gwendalyn J. Randolph, PhD
Emil R. Unanue Professor
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Topic: Inflammatory disease and metastasis in the visceral cavity – novel methods and concepts
PDF: Dr. Gwendalyn Randolph flyer | Video unavailable
Summer 2023
Guest Speaker: Friday, July 28, 2023 - Darius Walker PhD
Vimelea Founder and CEO Therapeutics Inc.
University of Colorado Anschutz
Topic: From Bench to Startup: A Journey of Alternative Careers in Science
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - Michele Anderson, DO
PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Validation of Flow Cytometry: an Overview
PDF: Dr. Anderson flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - Natalie Pula, MD
PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Overview of cancer screening guidelines for the transgender population
PDF: Dr. Pula flyer | Video Presentation
June 26, 2023 - Anat Zeidel, MD
PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Diagnostic Considerations: Cytopathology of Common Pediatric Tumors
PDF: Dr. Zeidel flyer | Video Presentation
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - Ifrah Ahmed, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders
PDF: Dr. Ahmed flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - Jason Reardon, MD
PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Gastroblastoma: Cytologic Findings, with Resection and Molecular Correlation
PDF: Dr. Reardon flyer | Video Presentation
June 12, 2023 - Jigisha Chaudhari, MD
PGY 4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Laboratory detection of monoclonal gammopathies
PDF: Dr. Chaudhari flyer | Video Presentation
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - Samia Liaquat, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Video Presentation
June 6, 2023 - Amit Patel, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Recent updates and practical approaches to the diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma (BL and high grade B-cell lymphomas (HGBL)
Video Presentation
Spring 2023
May 31, 2023 - Umamaheshwari Golconda, MBBS
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Atypical Pancreatic Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: Diagnostic Challenges and Clinical Dilemmas
PDF: Dr. Golconda flyer | Video Presentation
May 22, 2023 - Jacob Collie, DO
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: BRAF V600 Mutation Testing in Melanoma Patients: A Comparison of Platforms
PDF: Dr. Collie flyer | Video Presentation
May 15, 2023 - Scott C. Bresler, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology and Dermatology
University of Michigan
Topic: Basal cell carcinoma: from Gorlin to Gli and beyond
PDF: Dr. Bresler flyer | Video Presentation
May 8, 2023 - Siba El Hussein, MD, FCAP
Hematopathologist
Assistant Professor
Pathology Department
The University of Rochester Medical Center
Topic: Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Expansion/Differentiation in the Setting of Myeloid Neoplasms
PDF: Dr. Hussein flyer | Video Presentation
Monday, April 3, 2023 - Julio Diaz-Perez, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology at
The University of Tennessee
Topic: Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach
PDF: Dr. Diaz-Perez flyer | No Video
Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 8:15am - Ramya Velagapudi, MBBS
Surgical Pathologist
Topic: Infectious nephropathies in kidney allografts
PDF:
Dr. Velagapudi flyer | Video Presentation
March 13, 2023 - Betsy Ripley, MD, MS, RAC
Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology
Vice Dean
Senior Associate Dean For Faculty Affairs
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Powerful Communication part 1
PDF: Dr. Ripley flyer | Video Presentation
Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:15 am - Mitul Modi, MD
Dermatopathology Fellow
Loyola University Medical School
PDF: Dr. Modi flyer | Video Presentation
March 6, 2023 - Alex Toker, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Signal Transduction
Associate Director, Cancer Research Institute
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Investigator, Ludwig Center at Harvard
Topic: The PI 3-Kinase and AKT Signaling Pathway in Biology and Disease: From Discovery to Therapeutics
PDF: Dr. Toker flyer | No video presentation
February 27, 2023 - Justin Chang, MD
PGY2
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence Advanced Training at PathAI
PDF: Dr. Chang flyer | Video Presentation
Fall 2022
December 12, 2022 - Rajan Gogna, PhD, MS, MBA
Assistant Professor
Department of Human & Molecular Genetics
VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM)
VCU Massey Cancer Center
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Cell Competition and Cell Fitness in Disease Pathology
Video Presentation
November 14, 2022 - Joie Olayiwola, PhD, CG (ASCP)
ACGME Clinical Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ohio State University
Topic: Diagnostic Genetic Case Files: the clinical utility of cytogenomics
Video Presentation
October 31, 2022 - Benjamin Stueben, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Mastocytosis
Video Presentation
October 24, 2022 - Xiaowei Xu, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor of Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Topic: Emerging γδT cell-based therapies for melanoma
Video Presentation
September 19, 2022 - Amy S. Duffield, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Director of Hematopathology
Topic: Non-canonical FLT3 mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Implications for Therapy and Prognosis
Video Presentation
Summer 2022
August 29, 2022 - Christopher Jackson, MD, MEng
Fellow
Clinical Informatics
Mass General Brigham, Boston MA
Topic: Laboratory Management in Cytopathology
Video Presentation
August 18, 2022 - Taylor M. Jenkins, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Virginia
Topic: Vexing Vulvar Lesions: An Update in HPV-Independent Precursors to Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Video Presentation
August 8, 2022 - Karleen Meiklejohn, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
University of Arizona Health Sciences
Topic: When Hoofbeats aren't Horses: Uncommon cytokeratin positive lesions of the sinonasal tract
Video Presentation
August 1, 2022 - Jean Bailey, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Associate Professor
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Fostering active learning using a Flipped Classroom Approach
Video Presentation
July 29, 2022 - Deepak Donthi, MBBS, MD, MPH
Fellow in Cytopathology
MD Anderson Medical Center
Houston, Texas
Topic: Correlation of clinical outcomes with chemotherapy response score in tubo-ovarian and omental metastasis in high grade serous carcinoma
Video Presentation
July 11, 2022 - Grace R. Williams, PhD
Clinical Toxicology Director
Clinical Chemistry Associate Director
Assistant Professor
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Strategies for Reducing Laboratory Turnaround Times
Video Presentation
June 6, 2022 - Rand Abou Shaar, MD
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Whole Genome Sequencing and its Applications
Video Presentation
June 13, 2022 - Patrick Memari, DO
Surgical Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: The Past, Present, and Future of STK11 Mutations In Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Video Presentation
Spring 2022
May 23, 2022 - Aida Catic, PhD
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: How Our Genes and Environment Shape Our Lives
Video Presentation
May 16, 2022 - Anne Prater, DO
PGY4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Evaluation of small droplet macrovesicular steatosis in liver transplantation and correlation with clinical outcomes
Video Presentation
May 9, 2022 - Daniel Neal, DO
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: An Institutional-based Assessment of Molecular Send Out Testing for Indeterminate Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirations
Video Presentation
May 2, 2022 - Nicole Johnson, DO, MS
Neuropathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Metastatic glioblastoma confirmed with next generation sequencing
Video Presentation
April 25, 2022 - Eric Duncavage, MD
Professor
Department of Pathology and Immunology
Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology
Washington University School of Medicine
Topic: Whole Genome Sequencing for Clinical Cancer Diagnostics
Video Presentation
April 18, 2022 - Kelly Rafferty, PhD, MS CGC
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Multi-method cytogenetic and molecular testing in practice
Video Presentation
April 11, 2022 - Dana Martin, MD
PGY4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Evaluation of the Role of T-Cell Clonality Testing
Video Presentation
March 21, 2022 - Samia Liaquat, MD
PGY4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Mechanism of health disparity in pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Video Presentation
February 21, 2022 - Charles Clevenger, MD, PhD
Carolyn Wingate Hyde Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Prolactin: The seminal hormone of lactogenesis and its role in the pathogenesis of breast cancer
Video Presentation
January 10, 2022 - Amy Miller, EdD
Division for Academic Success
Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Time Management and Effectiveness
Video Presentation
Fall 2021
November 29, 2021 - Margaret Rittenhouse, LCSW
Clinical Director of HelpLink EAP
Department Psychiatry
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Practical and Realistic Resiliency Skills
Video Presentation
November 1, 2021 - Gary Simmons, DO
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Ambulatory Cellular Immunotherapies and Transplant
Leader of Disease Working Group in Cellular Immunotherapies and Transplant
Department of Internal Medicine
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: CAR T cells, Development, Indications and Toxicities in
Hematologic Malignancies
Video Presentation
October 22, 2021 - Andrew Fletcher, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FCAP
Medical Director: Consultative Services
Physician Advisor & Medical Director Consultative Services
Topic: Demonstrating the Value of Clinical Laboratory Medicine: Partnership with Case Management
Video Presentation
October 4, 2021 - Misty Hall, MD
Hematopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Splenic vascular lesions and CD123
Video Presentation
October 11, 2021 - Anne M. Mills, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Residency Program Director
Gynecologic & Breast Pathology Fellowship Director
University of Virginia Department of Pathology
Topic: Immunotherapy Biomarkers in the Gynecologic Tract:
MMR, PD-L1, and Beyond
Video Presentation
Summer 2021
June 7, 2021 - Elham Arbzadeh, MD
Surgical Pathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Prognostic value of Immune microenvironment in Ductal Carcinoma In situ (DCIS); a literature review
Video Presentation
June 14, 2021 - Kaitlyn Wieditz, MD, MPH
PGY 4 Pathology
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: System Changes in Resident Education: An Evolution in the Resident Call Role Over Two Decades
Video Presentation
June 21, 2021 - Won Lee, MD, MPH
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: A review of present application of liquid biopsy
Video Presentation
July 12, 2021 - Grace R. Williams, PhD
Clinical Toxicology Director
Clinical Chemistry Associate Director
Assistant Professor
Division of Clinical Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: New Rules in the Old Dominion: Marijuana legalization in Virginia
Video Presentation
Spring 2021
May 24, 2021 - Paulo Garcia, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: What the FLUS? Assessing rates of FLUS across thyroid FNA samples collected from three different departments
Video Presentation
May 17, 2021 - Nicole Johnson, DO
Neuropathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Metastatic glioblastoma confirmed with next generation sequencing
Video Presentation
May 10, 2021 - Patrick Memari, DO
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: A Serious Presentation about Serous Fluids – The New International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology
Video Presentation
May 3, 2021 - Daniel Neal, DO
PGY4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: The Development of a Dual Color Multiplex Stain for the Diagnosis of Spindle Cell Lesions in the Age of Molecular Diagnostics
Video Presentation
April 19, 2021 - George S. Karagiannis, DVM, PhD
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Topic: Chemotherapy-Induced Metastasis: Mechanistic Underpinnings – Translational Opportunities
Video Presentation
February 22, 2021 - Jose Trevino, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Diversity in Healthcare: A Surgeon’s Approach in Addressing Pancreatic Cancer Health Disparities
Video Presentation
January 25, 2021 - Lorraine Colón-Cartagena, MD
PGY4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Breast Conserving Surgery in Breast Cancer: A Pathologist Perspective
Video Presentation
February 1, 2021 - Patricija Zot, MD
PGY4
Department of Pathology
VCU School of Medicine
Topic: Comparison of Clinical Microscopy Laboratory with the Cytopathology Laboratory in the Detection of Malignant Cells in Body Fluids
Video Presentation
January 11, 2021 - Anant Madabhushi, PhD
Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Case School of Engineering
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Topic: Computational Pathology and Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Precision Medicine
Video presentation