University of Virginia Health System

Resident Research Support and Activities

OVERVIEW
Participation in original research is a valuable component of training for a career in Pathology in either the academic or private practice setting.  Accordingly, active involvement in research and investigational projects is strongly encouraged and enthusiastically supported in the Pathology Residency Training Program at University of Virginia Health System.  Resident research is facilitated through active collaboration of the residents with the faculty and by support from the Department for the necessary resources.  In addition, residents may choose to spend elective time devoted solely to pursue research activities.  Furthermore, for those residents presenting their research at national meetings, the meeting expenses are paid for in full by the Department.

SPECIFIC DETAILS
To support resident research, the Department will allot each resident $2000 during the Anatomic Pathology training years and $2000 during the Clinical Pathology training years to pay for the expenses related to their research activities.  These funds will be administered through the residency program coordinator.  In the advent of particularly active research productivity, additional funds may be requested on a case-by-case basis.

To access these funds, the resident must write a one page proposal in which the hypothesis to be tested, the approach that will be taken, the faculty member(s) who will collaborate, and an itemized list of the materials to be purchased, up to $1000, should be described.  The proposal is then submitted to the residency program director for evaluation and approval. 

Appropriate costs to be paid for by these departmental funds include specialized antibodies and chemicals, histology charges (either within the departmental research laboratory or other research core facilities), publication costs and, on an exceptional basis, small equipment that is not otherwise available. 

Within one year after the approval of the research proposal, the resident should provide to the residency program director a one-page summary report of the progress on the project.  This progress report should include conclusions drawn and a list of the abstracts or publications that have resulted or are planned from this research activity.  Only after receipt of the progress report may further funds be requested, either through a proposal to extend the current project or to propose a new project.

The resident should keep the residency program coordinator informed of all accepted abstracts and papers, and when available, provide her with copies of these items.  Also, it is expected that the residents will present their research projects at the annual Departmental research retreat and/or other intradepartmental research presentation forums.  In addition, receipt of funds from the UVA Pathology Resident Research Support Program should be acknowledged in abstracts and publications, and they may be cited in Curricula Vitae as grant funding awarded.

Bibliography of Resident Research Activities (selected)

Todd E. Abbott
Abstract Presentations -

• Abbott TE, Wick MR.  Expression of CD10 Antigen (Neutral Endopeptidase) by Follicular Tumors of the Skin Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 1^st Annual Pathology Research Retreat, September 2004.
• Abbott TE, Cathro HP, Atkins KA, Frierson HF, Stoler MH, Stelow E. The Sources of False Negative FNAs of Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid.  Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat,  November 2005.
• Abbott TE, Cole MD, Patterson JW, Wick MR. CD10 and Ep-CAM Expression in Basal Cell Carcinoma, Classical Trichoepithelioma, and Desmoplastic Trichoepithelioma. Post presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Atlanta, GA. February 2006.

Andrew M. Bellizzi
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• Lommatzsch SE, Bellizzi AM, Cathro, HP, and Rosner MH.  Acute renal failure due to renal infiltration by hematolymphoid malignancy.  Manuscript accepted for publication in Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2006

Abstract Presentations -

• Bellizzi AM, Moskaluk CA, Stelow E. Mismatch Repair Protein Deficiency and Precursor Intraepithelial Serration in Colorectal Adenocarcinomas.  Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat, November 2005.
• Bellizzi AM, Moskaluk CA, and Stelow EB.  Mismatch repair protein deficiency and       precursor intraepithelial serration in colorectal adenocarcinomas.  Post presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Atlanta, GA. February 2006.

Audrey K. Bennett       
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• Bennett AK, Mills SE, Wick MR.  Salivary-type neoplasms of the breast and lung. Sem in Diag Pathol Nov 2003;20(4):279-304.
• Grewal AK, Lopes MB, Berg CL, Bennett AK, Ales VA, Trugman JM.  Recurrent    demyelinating myelitis associated with hepatitis C viral infection.  J Neurol Sci Sep 2004; 224:101-106.
• Nwakakwa V, Kahaleh M, Bennett AK, Berg C, Wick MR, Yeaton P. Endoscopic mucosal resection of ampullary gangliocytic paragangliomas. GIIndosc in press.

Other Publications -

• Bennett AK, Mills SE, Wick MR.  Adenoid cystic Carcinoma of the Lung.  Path Case Rev, Nov/Dec 2004; 9(6):253-258.
• Bennett AK, Passwater ME. Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction in sickle cell        disease with hyperhemolysis. ASCP TECH Sample 2005; 70-79.

Abstract Presentations -

• Bennett AK, Mills SE, Wick MR. Salivary-Type Neoplasms of the Breast and Lung. Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 1^st Annual Pathology Research Retreat, September 2004.
• Bennett A, Ulbrigh T, Ramnani D, Young R, Mills S. Immunohistochemical   Expression of Calretinin, CD99, and a-Inhibin in Sertoli and Leydig Cells and their   Lesions in Adult Testis, Emphasizing Large Cell Calcifying Sertoli Cell Tumor. Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat, November 2005.
  

T. David Bourne
Abstract Presentations -

• Bourne TD, Loy A, Mills SE, Wick MR.  Potential Prognostic Indicators in Olfactory Neuroblastoma. Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 1^st Annual   Pathology Research Retreat, September 2004.
• Bourne TD, Mandell JW, Matsumoto JA, Lopes MB. Primary Leptomeningeal          Oligodendroglioma with Chromosome 1p Deletion: A Case Report and Review of  the Literature. Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat, November 2005.
   

William K. Brix
Abstract Presentations -

• Brix WK, Jackson J, Atkins KA.  Assessing and Improving Knowledge in Cytopathology Training. Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat, November 2005, and Poster presentation at 2006 USCAP Conference, Atlanta GA.

Deborah J. Chute
Peer Reviewed Publications -

• Chute DJ, Covell J, Pambuccian SE, Stelow E. Cytologic-histologic correlation of         screening and diagnostic Pap tests.  Diagnostic Cytopathology (In press).
• Chute DJ, Cousar JB, Mills SE.  Anorectal melanoma: Morphologic and          immunohistochemical features.  American Journal of Clinical Pathology (In press).

Abstract Presentations - 

• Chute DJ, Mills SE, Cousar JB.  Anorectal Melanoma:  Morphologic and      Immunohistochemial Features. Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 1^st Annual Pathology Research Retreat, September 2004.
• Chute DJ, Cousar JB, Mahadevan MS, Siegrist KA, Silverman LM, Stoler MH. Determination of B-Cell Clonality in Hodgkin Lymphoma Using the Invivoscribe IGH Assay. Talk at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat, November 2005.
• Chute DJ, Covell J, Pambuccian SE, Stelow E.  Cytologic-histologic correlation of         screening and diagnostic Pap tests.  Poster presentation at 2005 USCAP Conference, San Antonio Texas.
• Chute DJ, Cousar JB, Mills SE.  Morphologic and Immunohistochemical Features of       Anorectal Melanoma.  Poster presentation at 2005 USCAP Conference, San Antonio Texas.
• Chute DJ, Cousar JB, Mahadevan MD, Siegrist KA, Silverman LM, Stoler MH.         Determination of B-cell clonality in Hodgkin lymphoma using the InVivoScribe assay. Poster presentation at 2006 USCAP Conference, Atlanta GA. 
   

Robert A. Farrar
Other publications -

• Farrar RA,   Passwater M.  False positive donath landsteiner test in paroxysmal           nocturnal hemoglobinuria.  ASCP Tech Sample (accepted for publication).
• Farrar R, Atkins K Fine needle aspiration of abdominal masses in young women          submitted to American Society of Clinical Pathology 2006.

Abstract Presentations -

• Farrar RA, Wick MR, Evans JC. Angiography versus Autopsy: Comparison of Grading of Atherosclerotic Lesions. Poster presentation at the University of Virginia 1^st Annual Pathology Research Retreat, September 2004.

Molly T. Galgano
Peer Reviewed Publications -

• Galgano MT, Hampton GM, Frierson Jr HF.  Comprehensive analysis of HE4 expression in normal and malignant human tissues. Mod Path, 7 April 2006.
• Rice LW, Stone RL, Xu M, Galgano M, et al. Biologic targets for therapeutic intervention in endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma and malignant mixed müllerian tumors. Am J Obstet Gynecol  2006;194:1119-28.
• Galgano MT, Mills SE, Stelow EB.  Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma of the thyroid           revisited; a histologic and immunohistochemical study of thyroid lesions with prominent trabecular architecture and sclerosis.  Am J Surg Path, In press.

Abstract Presentations -

• Galgano MT, Flury SC, Theodorescu D, Mills SE.  Atypical small acinar proliferations and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in incidental prostatectomies. Mod Path 2006;19 Suppl. 1 (Abst.628). Poster presentation 2006 United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• Cathro HP, Taylor NM, Galgano MT.  Microsatellite instability by immuno-histochemistry in mucinous endometrial metaplasia and mucinous endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Mod Path 2006;19 Suppl. 1 (Abstr.802).  Platform presentation 2006 United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• Galgano MT, Frierson HF. Large-Scale Molecular and Tissue Microarray Analysis of HE4 (WFDC2) Expression. Talk at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat, November 2005.

Diana M. Padgett
Other Publications -

• Morris, WR, Padgett DM, Osborn, RD, Fleming, JC.  Pathologic quiz case: an orbital mass in a 45-year old woman.  Arch Pathol Lab Med, September 2004; Vol 129.
• Baskert E, Padgett DM, Matsumoto J.  Multiple hibernomas in a 1-month old female   infant.  Am J Neuroradiol. September 2004; 25:1443-1445.

Abstract Presentations -

• Padgett DM, Hazen KC, Poulter MD. DNA Sequencing for Identification of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi:  Utility and Cost-Effectiveness. Talk at the University of Virginia 1^st     Annual Pathology Research Retreat, September 2004.
• Padgett DM, Wick MR, Mills SE.  Podoplanin Expression in Epithelioid and Sarcomatoid Malignant Mesotheliomas. Talk at the University of Virginia 2^nd Annual Pathology Research Retreat, November 2005.

Alison E. Presley
Peer Reviewed Publications -

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Nathan R. Shumaker
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Nancy M. Taylor
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