Meet the Team

Dr. Mini George Abraham received her MD from Trivandrum Medical College in Kerala, India. She completed her pathology residency and hematopathology fellowship at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with added board certification in hematopathology. She is published in the areas of neuroendocrine carcinoma, Von Recklinghausen disease, and T-cell lymphoma. Dr. Abraham has served as a laboratory inspector for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and previously held an academic appointment as assistant professor of pathology at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Publications

Precursor B- Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma:
Saloni Goyal, DO, Chun Siu, DO, Robert Decker, MD, Mini Abraham, MD, Rayna Abraham, OMS- III, Savitri Skandan MD

Plasmacytic neoplasm in a patient with chronic Immunosuppression: an unusual clinical presentation as shoulder mass.
Authors Alisha Hossain, DO (1), Emily Skutnik, DO (1), Rayna Abraham, OMS III (2), Robert Decker, MD (3), Mini Abraham, MD (4), Eliot Friedman, MD (3); (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA (2) Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (3) Department of Hematology Oncology, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA (4) Department of Anatomic Pathology, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

Neuroblastoma presenting as hip pain and skull prominence in a child
Authors: Hunter R. Hewitt, BS* Kimberly L. Fugok, DO* Marna Rayl Greenberg, DO* Andrew C. Miller, DO* Mini G. Abraham MD+ Richard J. Mazzaccaro, MD, PhD^
All authors affiliated with Lehigh Valley Health Network/USF MCOM Departments of Emergency and Hospital Medicine*, Pediatrics^, and Anatomic Pathology+ CC & I-78 Allentown, PA 18103

Dr. Alexandrin received his MD from Kharkov Medical Institute, USSR and completed his pathology residency at Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pa. He completed fellowship training with a Surgical Pathology Fellowship at the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA and an FNA fellowship at the Diagnostic Cytology Laboratory, Indianapolis. He is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with added board certification in Cytopathology. Dr. Alexandrin's areas of interest include endocrine pathology, head and neck pathology and cytopathology.

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Dr. Kirsten Bellucci attended Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) where she dual-majored in Biology and Theatre Arts, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, graduated Summa Cum Laude with both a B.S. and a B.A., and was recognized with the Undergraduate Merit Award for exemplary character, personality, scholarship, and outstanding achievement. 

She studied medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY); taking an extra year to complete a post-Sophomore year Pathology Fellowship.  Upon graduating with her M.D., she was also awarded the Irving M. Ratner Award for Excellence in Pathology. 

She traveled to the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) to do residencies in both Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, and then remained at Penn to complete a fellowship in Surgical Pathology where she received the prestigious H.T. Enterline Fellowship Award.   

Dr. Bellucci's Dermatopathology Fellowship training was done at Harvard University's Combined Dermatopathology Program (Boston, MA) which included instruction at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham & Women's Hospital under the tutelage of many beloved dermatopathology "greats" (Martin C. Mihm, Artur Zembowicz, Steven R. Tahan, George Murphy, and Lyn Duncan). 

Dr. Bellucci is board certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology and by the American Boards of Pathology and Dermatology in Dermatopathology.  She has taught medical students and resident physicians from Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), University of South Florida (USF), Hershey Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University Hospital Systems, and has published and presented in her field. 

 Dr. Kirsten Bellucci currently serves as a committee member on the Lehigh Valley Health Network Well-Being Council and has an academic appointment as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of South Florida (USF), Morsani College of Medicine. 

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Dr. Peter Clifford is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking. Dr. Clifford received his medical degree from UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, NJ and holds a PhD from UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Stratford. He completed his pathology residency at Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and completed his fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Clifford is member of seven societies including the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), American Society for Apheresis (ASFA), and Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists (PAP). His professional interests include education, apheresis, and cellular therapy treatments.

Dr. Chunhua Cui received her MD from Dalian Medical University in China. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital followed by surgical pathology fellowship with emphasis on genitourinary pathology (GU) at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, both in Philadelphia, PA. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Dr. Cui is a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of South Florida (USF), Morsani College of Medicine.

Dr. Dellers received her MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY and complete her pathology residency training at Temple University, Philadelphia,PA, followed by a Surgical Pathology Fellowship at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. At the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Dr. Dellers is a member of the Cancer Committee and the Breast Disease Management Team.

Her professional society memberships include the College of American Pathologists (CAP) where she has been a member of the Pathology Electronic Reporting Team (PERT) since 2018, working as part of that team to improve and standardize pathology reporting.

Dr. Dellers is a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine.
 

Publications:

Torous VF, Allan RW, Balani J, Baskovich B, Birdsong GG, Dellers EA, et al Exploring the College of American Pathologists Cancer Checklists: What They Are and What They Can Do For You Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine 145(4), 392-398. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2020-0239-ED

Metzman, RA, Husson, MA and Dellers, EA: Renal Tubular Dysgenesis: A Description of Early Renal Maldevelopment in Siblings Pediatric Pathology, 13:239, 1993

Dellers EA, Dunn JC, DeSantis P, Aronchick CA: Identification of Blastocystis hominis by Colonic Brush Cytology Report of a Case Acta Cytologica, 36(5):757, 1992

Gerber W, Dellers EA and Putong P: Exaggerated Venous Mural Hypertrophy in Association with Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Of the Prostate J. Urology, 145(1): 151-3, 1991

Taber HW, Dellers EA and Lombardo LR: Menaquinone Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: Isolation of men Mutants and Evidence For Clustering of men Genes J. Bact 145:321, 1981

A Non-randomized, Observational Trial of Short-term Pre-operative Endocrine Therapy in ER Positive Breast Cancer to Investigate Changes in Genomic Expression Using the Oncotype DX® Recurrence Score®, Aaron D. Bleznak MD, FACS; Elizabeth A. Dellers; B Glenn-Porter; Sharon R. Kimmel PhD, MHA; Heiwon Chung MD, FACS; C Yoshizawa; E Burke; D S. Davison; and C Chao (Poster)

Results of Re-Excision for Inadequate Margins Following Partial Mastectomy for Carcinoma of the Breast
Aaron Bleznak MD, FACS; Christine W. Du MD; Samuel Steerman MD; and Elizabeth Dellers MD (Poster)

Abstracts:

Bleznak, A, Dellers, E, Glenn-Porter, B, Kimmel, S, Chung, H, Yoshizawa, C, Burke, E, Davison, D And Chao, C. A Non-randomized Observational Trial of Short-term Pre-operative Endocrine Therapy in ER Positive Breast Cancer to Investigate Changes in Genomic Expression Using the Oncotype DX Recurrence Score. Poster presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Symposium September 8-10, 2011.

Bleznak, A, Du, Christine C, Steerman, S, and Dellers, E Results of Re-excision for Inadequate Margins Following Partial Mastectomy For Carcinoma of the Breast. Poster presented at the 2011 National Consortium of Breast Centers Annual Meeting March 12-16, 2011

Santaniello, M, Chung, H and Dellers, E: Primary Breast Osteosarcoma: A Case Report Poster presented at Miami Breast Cancer Conference, Orlando, FL February 20-23, 2008

Dellers EA, Valente P, Edmonds PR, Balsara G: Extrauterine Mixed Mesodermal Tumors: An Immunohistochemical Study Arch Pathol Lab Med: 115:918-920, 1991 Abstract presented at the US and Canadian Academy of Pathology International Academy of Pathology 77th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC March 1988

Dr. Durra received her MD from University of Jordan. She completed fellowship training in oncologic surgical pathology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. She did her residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at Temple University Hospital, also in Philadelphia. Prior to joining Health Network Laboratories, she was an associate professor of pathology at Temple University Hospital and Medical School, as well as medical director of the pathology laboratory at Bryn Mawr Gastroenterology Medical Specialists. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
 

Publications

Fan Lin, M.D, PhD, Heba Abdallah, M.D, and Steven Meschter, M.D. Diagnostic Utility of CD10 in Differentiating Hepatocellular Carcinoma from Metastatic Carcinoma in Fine-Needle Aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the Liver. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2004; 30; 92-97

Kim V, Criner GJ, Abdallah HY, Gaughan JP, Furukawa S, Solomides CC. Small Airway Morphometry and Improvement in Pulmonary Function after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2005 Jan. 1; 171(1): 40-7

T. Bhavsar, MD, G. Vincent, MD, H. Durra, MD, J. Khurana, MD, Y. Huang, MD, PhD. Primary Amyloidosis Involving Mesenteric Lymph nodes: Diagnosis by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology. Acta Cytologica 2011, 55(3):296-301

Durra H, Flieder D. Peripheral Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung: Potential Pitfalls in Biopsy Interpretation. Pathology Case Reviews. 17(5):211-216, September/October 2012.

Stewart JI, D’Alonzo GE , Ciccolella DE, Patel NB, Durra H, Clauss HE. Reverse halo sign on chest imaging in a renal transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;16(1):115-8

Wang C., Durra HY, Huang Y, Manucha V. Interobserver Reproducibility Study of the Histologic Patterns of Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma With Emphasis on a More Complex Glandular Pattern Distinct from the Typical Acinar Pattern. Int J Surg Pathol. 2014 Jan 29

Durstenfeld AL., Aneja A., Liu J., Durra H., Roehm PC., Facial nerve invasion by Basal cell carcinoma. Otol Neurotol. 2014 Mar;35(3):e121-2

Durra H, Khurana J, Flieder D. Mediastinal Adenofibroma. Histopathology, 2014 Sep;65(3):434-5

Kim V, Oros M, Durra H, Kelsen S, Aksoy M, Cornwell WD. Rogers TJ, Criner GJ. Chronic Bronchitis and Current Smoking are Associated with More Goblet Cells in Moderate to Severe COPD and Smokers without Airflow Obstruction. PloS One. 2015 Feb 3;10(2):e0116108

Kim V, Cornwell WD, Oros M, Durra H, Criner GJ, Rogers TJ. Plasma Chemokine Signature correlates with lung goblet cell hyperplasia in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMC Pulm Med 2015 Sep 30;15:111

Chief, Section of Cytopathology. Dr. Dwyer-Joyce received her MD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland. She completed pathology residency at Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University Hospital. She completed fellowship training in cytopathology at Hahnemann University Hospital and surgical pathology fellowship training at the University of Pennsylvania’s Pennsylvania Hospital, both in Philadelphia.

Following this she was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Prior to joining Health Network Laboratories, she was director of cytopathology at Pennsylvania Hospital. She has taught medical students and residents at Pennsylvania Hospital and the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with added subspecialty board certification in Cytopathology.

Publications

Swami VK, Dwyer-Joyce L,. Anti-Pr Cold Agglutinin Disease. ASCP Check Sample. Transfusion Medicine, 1997; 40(7): 83-91.

Lee DJ, Sigel B, Swami VK, Justin JR, Gahtan V, O’Brien SP, Dwyer-Joyce L, Feleppa, EJ, Roberts AB, Berkowitz HD. Determination of carotid plaque risk by ultrasonic tissue characterization. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 1998; 24(9):1291-1299.

Swami VK, Dwyer-Joyce L. Diagnosing Plasma Cell Leukemia. Laboratory Medicine. 2000; 31(6): 312-315

Dwyer-Joyce L, Galindo LM, Shienbaum AJ, Garcia FU. Atypical hemangioma of the breast: A diagnostic pitfall in breast fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2001 Mar; 24(3): 215-18.

Maity A, Shu HG, Judkins AR, Fisher MJ, Dwyer-Joyce LEA, and Vaughn DJ. Testicular seminoma 16 years after treatment for CNS germinoma. J. Neuro-Onc 70: 83-85, 2004

Boockvar JA, Stiepel M, Malhotra NR, Dolinskas C, Dwyer-Joyce L, LeRoux PD. Dural cavernous angioma of the posterior sagittal sinus: a case report. Surgical Neurol 63: 178-181, 2005.

Biko DM, Spanier JF, Nagamine M, Dwyer-Joyce L, Ball DS. Persistent secondary postpartum hemorrhage after uterine artery embolization. J. Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Feb;20(2):279-281.

Dinesh KP, Owolabi A, Dwyer-Joyce L, Cronin PM, Schimmer BM, Mo GP. Temporal artery vasculitis in young: a report of two cases. Rheumatol Int. 2010 Aug 30(10);1393-6.doi:10.1007/s00296-009-1084-3.

Lang SS, Schuster JM, Smith LJ, Dwyer-Joyce L, Welch W et al. Hemorrhage into Synovial Cysts as a Cause of Acute Radicular Symptoms: Report of Seven Cases and Review of the Literature. J. Spine Neurosurg 2:1. Doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000106

After receiving her M.D. in Hungary, Dr. Farkas completed her residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, an affiliated teaching hospital of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Luis. She completed fellowship trainings in Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology at Washington University. She also holds a certificate degree from the Wharton School of Business.

Before joining HNL Lab Medicine, Dr. Farkas served as chair of pathology at Phoenixville Hospital. Her previous faculty experience includes Temple University, Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical pathology with an added certification in Cytopathology.

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Shereen Gheith MD, Chief, Section of Hematopathology & Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Dennis Cornfield, MD, Education Coordinator coauthored a publication entitled “ Promyelocytic sarcoma present with spinal cord compression and treated successfully with surgical debulking and the PETHEMA regimen for acute promyelocytic leukemia ”. Case Reports in Clinical Pathology. 2015; 2(3).

Shereen Gheith MD, Chief, Section of Hematopathology & Clinical Laboratory Medicine coauthored a publication entitled “Primary dural lymphoblastic B-cell lymphoma: a rare subtype of aggressive dural lymphoma”. J Hematopathol. 2015.

Immunoblastic follicular lymphoma: a very unusual transformation of low-grade follicular lymphoma.
Authors: Gheith S; Hematopathology Section, Department of Pathology, Health Network Laboratories/Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, 18103. Electronic address: Shereen_M.Gheith@lvhn.org. Cornfield D; Hematopathology Section, Department of Pathology, Health Network Laboratories/Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, 18103. Chen W; Molecular Diagnostics Section, Cancer Genetics, Rutherford, NJ, 07070. Singh-Kahlon P; Cytogenetics Section, Cancer Genetics, Rutherford, NJ, 07070.
Ahmed B; Hematology/Medical Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, 18103.
Source: Human Pathology [Hum Pathol] 2014 Nov; Vol. 45 (11), pp. 2359-63. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Aug 13.

Publications

The prognostic significance of multiple morphologic features and biologic markers in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a study of a large cohort of patients t reated with surgery alone.
Cornfield DB, Palazzo JP, Schwartz GF, Goonewardene SA, Kovatich AJ, Chervoneva I, Hyslop T, Schwarting R.Cancer. 2004 Jun 1;100(11):2317-27. PMID: 15160334 Free Article

Glucose transporter Glut-1 is of limited value for detecting breast carcinoma in serous effusions.
Zimmerman RL,Goonewardene S, Fogt F. Mod Pathol. 2001 Aug;14(8):748-51. PMID:11504833 Free Article

Diagnostic utility of BCA-225 in detecting adenocarcinoma in serous effusions.
Zimmerman RL, Goonewardene S,Fogt F. Anal Quant Cytol Histol. 2000 Oct;22(5):353-7. PMID:11064810

Diagnostic value of a second generation CA 15-3 antibody to detect adenocarcinoma in body cavity effusions.
Zimmerman RL, Fogt F, Goonewardene S. Cancer. 2000 Aug 25;90(4):230-4. PMID:10966563

Dr. Grau received her MD from Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa. She completed her pathology residency as well as her fellowship training in Surgical and Gastrointestinal/Liver pathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Grau is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical pathology. She is published in the areas of gastrointestinal and oncologic pathology and has presented on topics including ulcerative colitis at national meetings. Dr. Grau’s special interests include immunohistochemistry and pathology of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Dr. Jillian Grau is a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of South Florida (USF), Morsani College of Medicine.

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Rap2A Is Upregulated in Invasive Cells Dissected from Follicular Thyroid Cancer.
Prabakaran I, Grau JR, Lewis R, Fraker DL, Guvakova MA. J Thyroid Res. 2011;2011:979840. doi: 10.4061/2011/979840. Epub 2011 Oct 20. PMID: 22046576 [PubMed] Free PMC Article
Journal of Thyroid Research. 2011; 2011: 979840.


Sullivan M, Grau J, Shah S. Balloon Extraction of an Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm of the Bile Duct During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography. American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports Journal. 2020; 7(11): p e00481
 
Asad-ur-Rahman FNU, Khan MT, Shah M, Grau J, Shah H. Macroscopic Findings in Microscopic Colitis: Two Case Reports and a Review of Literature. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017. Open Access 7(4): 00245.
  
Grau J, Sachais B. LDL Apheresis for Patients with Severe Hypercholesterolemia.  American Society of Clinical Pathology, Check Sample. 2005; 48(8): 93-107.


Reactive versus neoplastic lymphoid follicles: proliferation and death versus quiescence and staying alive.
Glidden D, Grau J, Bagg A. Br J Haematol. 2004 Sep;126(6):757. No abstract available. PMID: 15352977 Asad-ur-Rahman FNU, Khan MT, Shah M, Grau J, Shah H. Macroscopic Findings in Microscopic Colitis: Two Case Reports and a Review of Literature. Gastroenterol
British Journal of Haematology. 2004; 126(6): 757.

Publications 

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm, pancreas type, presenting as a primary ovarian neoplasm.
Stoll LM, Parvataneni R, Johnson MW, Gui D, Dorigo O, Sullivan P. Hum Pathol. 2012 Aug;43(8):1339-43. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.12.018. Epub 2012 Apr 24. PMID: 22534259

Axonal injury in young pediatric head trauma: a comparison study of β-amyloid precursor protein (β-APP) immunohistochemical staining in traumatic and nontraumatic deaths.
Johnson MW, Stoll L, Rubio A, Troncoso J, Pletnikova O, Fowler DR, Li L. J Forensic Sci. 2011 Sep;56(5):1198-205. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01814.x. Epub 2011 May 19. PMID: 21595698

Papillary tissue fragments in cervicovaginal (Pap) smears: cytomorphologic characteristics and clinicopathologic significance.
Stoll LM, Johnson MW,  Ali SZ. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 Sep;39(9):657-62. doi: 10.1002/dc.21443. Epub 2010 Oct 14. PMID: 20949454

High-grade prostatic sarcoma seen in a catheterized urine specimen: case report and differential diagnosis.
Stoll LM, Johnson MW, Rosenthal DL. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 Oct;39(10):762-6. doi: 10.1002/dc.21545. Epub 2010 Oct 1. PMID: 20890999

Glioblastoma multiforme in the Muir-Torre syndrome.
Binder ZA, Johnson MW, Joshi A, Hann CL, Griffin CA, Olivi A, Riggins GJ, Gallia GL. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Jun;113(5):411-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.12.011. Epub 2011 Feb 1. PMID: 21288634

Acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes with erythroid differentiation involving pleural fluid: a case report and brief cytopathologic review.
Stoll LM, Duffield AS, Johnson MW, Ali SZ. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 Jun;39(6):451-4. doi: 10.1002/dc.21470. Epub 2010 Oct 17. Review. PMID: 20954271

Rapid malignant transformation of low-grade astrocytomas: report of 2 cases and review of the literature.
Frazier JL, Johnson MW, Burger PC, Weingart JD, Quinones-Hinojosa A. World Neurosurg. 2010 Jan;73(1):53-62; discussion e5. doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.05.010. Epub 2009 Aug 7. Review. PMID: 20452869

Lipoglioblastoma: a lipidized glioma radiologically and histologically mimicking adipose tissue.
Johnson MW, Lin D, Smir BN, Burger PC. World Neurosurg. 2010 Feb;73(2):108-11. doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.07.036. Epub 2009 Oct 13. PMID: 20860936

The utility of napsin-A in the identification of primary and metastatic lung adenocarcinoma among cytologically poorly differentiated carcinomas.
Stoll LM, Johnson MW, Gabrielson E, Askin F, Clark DP, Li QK. Cancer Cytopathol. 2010 Dec 25;118(6):441-9. doi: 10.1002/cncy.20108. Epub 2010 Sep 9. PMID: 20830690

Spectrum of pilomyxoid astrocytomas: intermediate pilomyxoid tumors.
Johnson MW, Eberhart CG, Perry A, Tihan T, Cohen KJ, Rosenblum MK, Rais-Bahrami S, Goldthwaite P, Burger PC. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Dec;34(12):1783-91. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181fd66c3. PMID: 21107083

Cytologic diagnosis and differential diagnosis of lung carcinoid tumors a retrospective study of 63 Cases with histologic correlation.
Stoll LM, Johnson MW, Burroughs F, Li QK. Cancer Cytopathol. 2010 Dec 25;118(6):457-67.PMID:21243734

Intramedullary amputation neuromas associated with spinal ependymomas.
Johnson MW, Burger PC. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Apr;33(4):639-43. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31818fe3c9. PMID: 19065100

Angiocentric glioma: a case series.
Shakur SF, McGirt MJ, Johnson MW, Burger PC, Ahn E, Carson BS, Jallo GI. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Mar;3(3):197-202. doi: 10.3171/2008.11.PEDS0858. Review. PMID: 19338465 Free PMC Article

Loss of expression of tuberin and hamartin in tuberous sclerosis complex-associated but not in sporadic angiofibromas.
Fackler I, DeClue JE, Rust H, Vu PA, Kutzner H, Rütten A, Kaddu S, Sander CA, Volkenandt M, Johnson MW, Vinters HV, Wienecke R. J Cutan Pathol. 2003 Mar;30(3):174-7. PMID: 12641776

Ezrin and moesin expression within the developing human cerebrum and tuberous sclerosis-associated cortical tubers.
Johnson MW, Miyata H, Vinters HV. Acta Neuropathol. 2002 Aug;104(2):188-96. Epub 2002 Jun 5. PMID: 12111362

Hamartin and tuberin expression in human tissues.
Johnson MW, Kerfoot C, Bushnell T, Li M, Vinters HV. Mod Pathol. 2001 Mar;14(3):202-10. PMID: 11266527 Free Article

Hamartin expression and interaction with tuberin in tumor cell lines and primary cultures.
Catania MG, Johnson MW, Liau LM, Kremen TJ, deVellis JS, Vinters HV. J Neurosci Res. 2001 Feb 1;63(3):276-83. PMID: 11170177

The TSC1 tumour suppressor hamartin regulates cell adhesion through ERM proteins and the GTPase Rho.
Lamb RF, Roy C, Diefenbach TJ, Vinters HV, Johnson MW, Jay DG, Hall A. Nat Cell Biol. 2000 May;2(5):281-7. PMID: 10806479

Co-localization of TSC1 and TSC2 gene products in tubers of patients with tuberous sclerosis.
Johnson MW, Emelin JK, Park SH, Vinters HV. Brain Pathol. 1999 Jan;9(1):45-54. PMID: 9989450

Quantitative trait locus analysis of plasma lipoprotein levels in an autoimmune mouse model : interactions between lipoprotein metabolism, autoimmune disease, and atherogenesis.
Gu L, Johnson MW, Lusis AJ. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999 Feb;19(2):442-53. PMID: 9974430 Free Article

Cortical dysplasia, genetic abnormalities and neurocutaneous syndromes.
Vinters HV, Park SH, Johnson MW, Mischel PS, Catania M, Kerfoot C. Dev Neurosci. 1999 Nov;21(3-5):248-59. Review. PMID: 10575248

Isolation and characterization of synaptoneurosomes from single rat hippocampal slices.
Johnson MW, Chotiner JK, Watson JB. J Neurosci Methods. 1997 Dec 1;77(2):151-6. PMID: 9489891

Dr. Supriya Kuruvilla received her MBBS degree from Government Medical College (BJMC), Pune, India and her MD from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India. She then completed a four-year residency in Anatomic Pathology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, TX.
 
Dr. Kuruvilla received fellowship training in Forensic Pathology at the Harris County medical examiner's office in Houston, TX and Pediatric Pathology at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
 
She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic, Forensic, and Pediatric Pathology. She is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME).

Devika Lal, MD, currently serves as a pathologist. Dr. Lal received her medical degree from the Temple University School of Medicine, and she completed a combined anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. She completed a fellowship in blood banking/transfusion medicine at the New York Blood Center and Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Lal is board certified in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine.

Prior to joining HNL Lab Medicine, she held a faculty position at Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Additionally, Dr. Lal worked as a transfusion medicine pathologist at RWJ University Hospital and served as Director of Transfusion Medicine at both University Hospital in Newark, NJ and CareWell Health in East Orange, NJ.

During her undergraduate years, she worked at the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, where she studied a transgenic mouse model of tau pathology in astrocytes leading to neurodegeneration.

Dr. Elsie Lee received her medical degree from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. and completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA, followed by an hematopathology fellowship at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She completed her transfusion medicine/blood banking fellowships at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and the University Hospital at Stony Brook in NY. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine.

Dr. Lee is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, American Society for Clinical Pathology, and a past member of the Residency Program Directors Section of the Association of Pathology Chairs. She is an Assistant Professor with appointment in the Department of Medical Education and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. Her areas of expertise and research include Transfusion Medicine and Hematopathology.

Pathologist Concordance for Ovarian Carcinoma Subtype Classification and Identification of Relevant Histologic Features Using Microscope and Whole Slide Imaging. Marios A Gavrielides, Brigitte M Ronnett , Russell Vang, Stephanie Barak, Elsie Lee, Paul N Staats, Erik Jenson, Priya Skaria, Fahime Sheikhzadeh, Meghan Miller, Ian S Hagemann, Nicholas Petrick, Jeffrey D Seidman. Arch Pathol Lab Med2021 Dec 1;145(12):1516-1525. PMID: 33635941

CPIP-K Case 11: Transfusion Medicine - Transfusion Reactions: A practical, Case-Based Guide to Quick and Accurate Diagnosis. Desai D and Lee E. CAP Clinical Pathology Improvement Program Learning Module November 2018

Secure Text Messaging in Transfusion Medicine. Can Texting Decrease Wastage. Melanie Estrella, Elsie Lee. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at AABB Annual Meeting Oct 2017. Transfusion Journal Supplement Sept 2017.

Blue Brain: A Case of Unexpected Discoloration of the Brain at Autopsy Secondary to Methylene Blue and Review of the Literature. Evan Stern, Elsie Lee, Isabel Almira Suarez. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at ASCP Annual Meeting in Sept 2017 and published in citable form in ASCP publication.

ALK Positive Primary CNS Anaplastic Large T-cell Lymphoma: A Unique Case Presentation. Amar Jariwala, Isabel Almira Suarez, Elsie Lee. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at CAP Annual Meeting in Oct 2017. Published in Web supplement to the September 2017 issue of the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Extramedullary Haematopoiesis Presenting with Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Polycythaemia Vera. Haroun, Faysal; Elkis, Viktoria; Chen, Anne; Lee, Elsie. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Aug 10; 2017. PMID: 28798246

Synchronous Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ and Intravascular Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Breast. Fadi Alakeel, Elsie Lee, Marilyn Baird-Howell, Samantha Easley. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology 2017 Mar. PMID: 28582274

Discordance between Cobas BRAF V600 Testing and VE1 Immunohistochemistry in a Melanoma Patient with Bone Marrow Metastases. Rapisuwon S, Busam KJ, Parks K, Chapman PB, Lee E, Atkins MB. American Journal of Dermatopathology 2016 Sep; 38(9):687-9. PMID: 27541170

Concurrent Presentation of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia and Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. Amar R Jariwala, Fadi Alakeel, Elsie Lee and Donald Karcher. Abstract accepted for presentation at the USCAP Meeting 2016.

Outcomes of the Massive Transfusion Protocol in the Non-Trauma Population. M.E. Schroeder, Z Al-harbi, J Hartenstine, R Amdur, J Dunne, E Lee, B Sarani. Abstract accepted as poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery held in Sept 2014.

Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia with FIP1L1-PDGFRA, A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Schallheim Jason, Lee Elsie. Winner of the GW Resident Research Award, case report category 2011.

Massaro and Hany Aly. Red Blood Cell Transfusion, Feeding and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants. Mohamed El-Dib, Sherry Narang, Elsie Lee, An N. J Perinatol 2011 Mar; 31 (3):183-7.

Warfarin Coagulopathy Monitoring and Treatment Strategies. Codispoti Kari-Elise, Lee Elsie. ASCP Check Sample 2010.

The Partial D Phenotype: laboratory diagnosis and clinical implications. Codispoti Kari-Elise, Lee Elsie. ASCP Check Sample October 2009.

Wound Healing Potential of Freeze-Dried Outdated Platelets. Sum R, Hager S, Dee J, Rudolph A, Orser C, Lee E, Ho D. Transfusion. 2005; 45(Suppl): 24A.

Platelet Surface Markers Remain Viable After Several Days After Outdating. Hager S, Dee J, Rudolph A, Orser C, Lee E, Ho D. Transfusion. 2005(Suppl); 45: 75A.

ABO Phenotype is Associated with Variation in the Incidence of Sepsis in the Hospitalized Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Neonates. Aly H, Mack E, Tanveer A, Lee E, Patel K, El-Mohandes AE. Pediatric Research. 2004; 55: 399A-400A.

Does the Age of Transfused Blood Influence Outcomes of the Very Low Birth Weight Infants (VLBWI)? Mack E, Tanveer A, Massaro AN, Lee ES, Patel K, Aly H. Pediatric Research. 2004; 55:306A.

Evaluation of monoclonal antibody-mediated anti-acute myeloid leukemia immunotherapy in a SCID/Human model. Zhong RK, Donnenberg AD, Shultz LD, Swerdlow SH, Lee ES, Griffin DL, Ball ED. Leukemia Research 20(7); 581-9, July 1996.

The association of Epstein-Barr virus with smooth muscle tumors occurring after organ transplantation. Lee ES, Locker J, Nalesnik M, Reyes J, Jaffe R, Alashari M, Nour B, Tzakis A, Dickman PS. New England Journal of Medicine 332(1):19-25, January 5, 1995.

Effect of lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase on distribution of apolipoprotein A-IV among lipoproteins of human plasma. Bisgaier CL, Sachev OP, Lee ES, Williams KJ, Blum CB, Glickman RM. Journal of Lipid Research 28; (6):693-703; June 1987

Publications

Publications

Crystal Magno, MD, currently serves as a pathologist. Dr. Magno received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA and completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. She completed fellowship training in forensic pathology at the State of Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, MD. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and in Forensic Pathology.

Before joining HNL Lab Medicine, Dr. Magno was an Assistant Medical Examiner at the State of Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Malik received his MD from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed his anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Malik completed his surgical pathology fellowship at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. He is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. A former member of the Medical Record and Utilization Committee and associate AP/CP pathologist at Schuylkill Medical Center, Dr. Malik’s research and publications focus on Epstein-Barr viral infection, pilomatrix carcinoma of the thoracic spine, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and inflammatory pseudopolyps in non-inflammatory bowel disease patients.

Dr. Malik has been appointed as the Educational Director because of his interest in educating students, residents, and colleagues in pathology. He has worked on developing the curriculum for fourth year USF medical students who are interested in pursuing a career in pathology.

Dr. Malik also has an interest in digital pathology and is currently working on a team to initiate digital pathology into the day to day workflow at HNL.

Dr. Mukherjee is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, with subspecialty board certification in Neuropathology.

As a native of India and a graduate of Calcutta Medical College, Dr. Mukherjee started his career in beautiful Pokhara, Nepal, at the foothills of the Himalayas, teaching medical students and practicing pathology. His interest in research brought him to the Cleveland Clinic, where he was a research fellow for years.

After his residency in Michigan, Dr. Mukherjee completed a fellowship in Neuropathology at The Methodist Hospital/MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in 2010. This was followed by a move to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where he practiced Neuropathology and general surgical pathology from 2010-2018. Dr. Mukherjee comes to HNL Lab Medicine from Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan, where he has been the section Chief of Neuropathology since 2018.

Dr. Mukherjee and his family reside in suburban Philadelphia. He and his wife are avid travelers, foodies, and music lovers.

Dr. Mukherjee loves sitar music and plays the instrument himself. Both his wife and son work at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sebastiano received his MD from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed anatomic and clinical pathology residency at New York University School of Medicine in New York, where he served as chief resident. He completed fellowship training in oncologic and breast pathology and cytopathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well as Cytopathology. Prior to joining Health Network Laboratories, he was an assistant professor of pathology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Publications

Publications

Publications

Cystic Brain Metastases in NSCLC Harboring the EML4-ALK Translocation after Treatment with Crizotinib
Christine Saraceni, DO,* P. Mark Li, MD,^* Justin F. Gainor, MD, ^† Gary A. Stopyra, MD,^* and Eliot L. Friedman, MD^* Journal of Thoracic Oncology^®: July 2015 - Volume 10 - Issue 7 - p 1116–1117

Biologically enhanced healing of the human rotator cuff: 8-month postoperative histological evaluation.
Protzman NM, Stopyra GA, Hoffman JK. Orthopedics. 2013 Jan;36(1):38-41. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20121217-06. PMID: 23276334 [PubMed - in process]

Fungal prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis caused by Scopulariopsis species: case report and review of the literature.
Isidro AM, Amorosa V, Stopyra GA, Rutenberg HL, Pentz WH, Bridges CR. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 May;131(5):1181-3. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 16678614

Recurrence and bleeding in hibernomas.
Ogilvie CM, Torbert JT, Hosalkar HS, Stopyra GA, Lackman RD. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Sep;438:137-43. PMID: 16131882

Thigh mass in a 73-year-old woman.
Deirmengian GK, Hosalkar HS, Dolinskas CA ,Stopyra GA, Ogilvie CM, Lackman RD. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Jan;(430):266-71. No abstract available. PMID: 15662334

47,XXY with associated bilateral renal agenesis.
Barroeta JE, Stopyra GA. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Mar;128(3):e44-5. PMID: 14987134

Enophthalmos as initial manifestation of occult, mammogram-negative carcinoma of the breast. 
Shields CL, Stopyra GA, Marr BP, Moster ML, Shields JA. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2004 Jan-Feb;35(1):56-7. PMID: 14750765

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the lung.
Stopyra GA. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Jul;127(7):782. No abstract available. PMID: 12823031

Bilateral orbital myeloid sarcoma as initial sign of acute myeloid leukemia: case report and review of the literature.
Shields JA, Stopyra GA, Marr BP, Shields CL, Pan W, Eagle RC Jr, Bernstein J. Arch Ophthalmol. 2003 Jan;121(1):138-42. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12523908

Utility of CK7 and CK20 immunohistochemistry in the detection of synchronous breast and colon carcinoma in a pleural effusion: a case report and supporting survey of archival material.
Stopyra GA, Warhol MJ, Multhaupt HA. Diagn Cytopathol. 2001 Jul;25(1):54-8. PMID:11466814

Cytokeratin 20 immunoreactivity in renal oncocytomas.
Stopyra GA, Warhol MJ, Multhaupt HA. J Histochem Cytochem. 2001 Jul;49(7):919-20. PMID:11410616

Plasmacytoma with aberrant expression of myeloid markers, T-cell markers, and cytokeratin.
Shin JS, Stopyra GA, Warhol MJ, Multhaupt HA. J Histochem Cytochem. 2001 Jun;49(6):791-2. PMID:11373326

Epstein-Barr virus-associated adult respiratory distress syndrome in a patient with AIDS: a case report and review.
Stopyra GA, Multhaupt HA, Alexa L, Husson M, Stern J, Warhol MJ. Mod Pathol. 1999 Oct;12(10):984-9. PMID:10530565

Dr. Jihong Sun received her MD from Beijing Medical University in Beijing, China. She completed her anatomic pathology residency at Indiana University followed by cytopathology fellowship at University of Louisville, Kentucky and Head and Neck Surgical Pathology fellowship at SUNY Buffalo, New York. Dr. Sun is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology.

Dr. Ashley Vogel is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Hematopathology. She received a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences before attending medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

She completed her combined Anatomic/Clinical Pathology residency, where she served as chief resident, as well as Hematopathology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Vogel is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and Society for Hematopathology (SH).

She has been active in teaching medical students and resident/fellow physicians and has published and presented in the field of hematopathology.

John Pierro is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), a position he has held since 2021. He oversees operations at the health network’s hospitals and ambulatory locations, and leads the facilities and construction team. Mr. Pierro leads the development of and is responsible for carrying out health network goals, objectives, plans and policies, and ensures LVHN services are delivered in accordance with quality and financial standards. He drives programs and activities to promote a positive environment of professionalism, and works to engage colleagues and build talent to meet the needs of the health network and community.

A results-focused health care executive, Mr. Pierro has leveraged outstanding relationship-based leadership, a passion for excellence in quality outcomes, hospital operating performance, business competencies, innovation and interpersonal attributes to lead award-winning health systems, academic medical centers and community hospitals. He is the only non-physician to receive the Vision and Partnership Award, presented by a group of 60 independent community physicians

During his 25-year career, Mr. Pierro served in the Cabinet of two New Jersey Governors, achieved Leapfrog No. 1 ranking in patient experience and national recognition for Leapfrog “Top 50 and Top 100 Hospitals,” completed more than $2 billion in design and construction projects, acquired and integrated three community hospitals, led market growth, the recruitment of more than 500 new primary care providers, specialists and surgeons, and expanded ambulatory services by opening more than 100 new physician practices and urgent care centers in locations that give patients convenient access to services and a seamless experience across the health system.

Mr. Pierro is a graduate of Bloomsburg University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance. He studied Health Care and Population Health at Princeton University/Woodrow Wilson School and earned his MBA at The John Hopkins University.

Mr. Pierro and his family are passionate about volunteering in the community. They have supported food pantries, homeless outreach, the improvement of housing and recreation, and hospital events focused on underprivileged children, homelessness and victims of substance abuse.