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2009 - 2010 Pathology Residents

Chief Residents

William A. Kanner, M.D. PIC# 4140

Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany.

College: Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA.

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Interests in Pathology: Dermatopathology, Transfusion Medicine

Peer Reviewed Publications -

Kanner WA, Galagano MT, Stoler, MH, Mills, SE, Atkins, KA. Distinguishing Breast Carcinoma from Müllerian Serous Carcinoma with Mammaglobin and Mesothelin. International Journal of Gynecologic Pathology. (In press)
Kanner WA, Saleh, KJ, Frierson HF. Reassessment of the Utility of Frozen Section Analysis for Hip and Knee Joint Revisions. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. (In press)
Kanner WA, Wang S, Meltzer SJ, Sklar GN, Drachenberg, CB, Papadimitriou JC. Urethral Stromal Tumor with Pacemaker Cell Phenotype. Ultrastructural Pathology, 2007 Jan-Feb;31(1):63-71.
Lynn M, Kleinhenz D, Thorson H, Kanner W, Dudley S, Hart CM. Fatty acids differentially modulate insulin-stimulated endothelial nitric oxide production by an Akt-independent pathway. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2004 Vol. 52, 129-136.
Cai H, Li Z, Davis ME, Kanner W, Harrison DG, Dudley SC Jr. Akt-dependent phosphorylation of serine 1179 and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 cooperatively mediate activation of the endothelial nitric-oxide synthase by hydrogen peroxide. Mol Pharmacol. 2003 Feb;63(2):325-31.
Chattopadhyay S, Kanner WA, Chakrabarti J. DNA Nucleotides : A case study of evolution. Eur. Phys. J. B. 2002 26, 393-398.

Abstract Presentations -

Kanner WA, Wehrli, G. An Academic-Based Hospital Donor Site: Who is in the Donor Chair? American Association for Blood Bank. Poster Presentation, 2008.
Park J, Padia SH, Kanner WA, Carey RM. Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide-Secreting Adrenal Pheochromocytoma. Endocrine Society, 2008.
Kanner WA, Saleh KJ, Frierson HF. Reassessment of the Utility of Frozen Section Analysis for Hip and Knee Joint Revisions. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Denver, Colorado. 2008.
Kanner WA, Atkins KA. Podoplanin Expression in Myoepithelial Cells and Basal Cells in Breast and Prostate Tissue; Utility and Potential Pitfalls. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Denver, Colorado. 2008.
Kanner WA, Galagano MT, Stoler, MH, Mills, SE, Atkins, KA. Distinguishing Breast Carcinoma From Mullerian Serous Carcioma with Mammaglobin and Mesothelin.United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Denver, Colorado. 2008.
Javorsky BR, Thorner MO, Carey RM, Kanner WA, Orth DN, Stratakis CA, Malchoff CD, Malchoff DM, Aloi JA. Two "Hits" to Cushing's Syndrome: Carney Complex and ACTH Receptor Mutations in the same individual. American College of Physicians Poster Presentation, 2008.
Kanner WA, Drachenberg, CB, Papadimitriou JC. Interstitial cell penile urethral stromal tumor: A pacemaker cell phenotype. Poster presentation at the International Academy of Pathology, Sept 2006.

Norris J. Nolan, M.D. PIC# 4505

Birthplace: Beaumont, TX

College: St. Edward's University, Austin, TX

Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Galveston, TX

Interests in Pathology: GI pathology and hematopathology

Abstract Presentations -

Nolan N, Crim J, Campbell G. A Rare Case of Hypercalcemia. Poster presented at 2006 American College of Physicians Annual Session. Philadelphia, PA.

PGY-4

Louis B. Brill, M.D., Ph.D. PIC# 3111

Birthplace: Manassas, VA.

College: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Medical and Graduate School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

Interests in Pathology: Surgical Pathology, Molecular Pathology, Translational Research

Peer Reviewed Publications -

Brill LB,II, Bennett JP Jr. Dependence on electron transport chain function and intracellular signaling of genomic responses in SH-SY5Y cells to the mitochondrial neurotoxin MPP(+). Exp Neurol. 2003 May;181(1):25-38.
Trotter SA, Brill LB, II, Bennett JP Jr. Stability of gene expression in postmortem brain revealed by cDNA gene array analysis. Brain Res. 2002 Jun 28;942(1-2):120-3.
Brill LB,II, Pfister KK. Biochemical and molecular analysis of the mammalian cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain. Methods. 2000 Dec;22(4):307-16.

Abstract Presentations -

Louis Brill II, Scott T Eblen, Ammasi Periasamy3 Michael J Weber, James W Mandell. Protein-protein interactions in fixed cells and glial tumors revealed by antibody-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer. American Society for Investigative Pathology, San Francisco 2006.

Vickie Y. Jo, M.D. PIC# 4577

Birthplace: Raleigh, NC.

College: Williams College, Williamstown, MA.

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.

Interests in Pathology: Surgical Pathology, Cytology, Soft tissue pathology, Head & Neck.

Peer Reviewed Publications -

Jo VY, Mills SE, Stoler MH, Stelow EB. Papillary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Frequent association with Human Papilloma Virus infection and invasive carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol (In press)
Jo VY, Mills SE, Cathro HP, Carlson DL, Stelow EB. The morphology of low-grade sinonasal adenocarcinomas and the association with other glandular lesions, especially respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Mar; 33(3): 401-408.

Abstract Presentations -

Stelow EB, Jo VY, Mills SE, Carlson DL. A Histologic and Immunohistochemical Study of High-Grade Non-Intestinal Sinonasal Adenocarcinomas. Abstract presented at USCAP Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 2009.
Cathro HP, Smolkin ME, Theodoresceau D, Jo VY, Ferrone S, Frierson HF. Antigen Processing Machinery Alterations in Bladder Carcinoma: A Tissue Microarray Study of 167 Cases. Abstract presented at USCAP Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 2009.
VY Jo, SE Mills, HP Cathro, EB Stelow. A reappraisal of non-intestinal sinonasal adenocarcinomas: Associations with respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas and Schneiderian Papillomas. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. 2008
MC Policarpio-Nicolas, MH Stoler, EB Stelow, VY Jo, CA Moskaluk, HF Frierson Jr. Human papillomavirus in situ hybridization and p16 immunostaining in 410 cases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. 2008

Randall L. Woodford, M.D. PIC# 4802

Birthplace: Roanoke, VA.

College: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.

Interests in Pathology: Hematopathology, Gastrointestinal pathology.

PGY-3

Michael W. Cruise, M.D., Ph.D. PIC# 3465

Birthplace: Mount Airy, NC

College: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Medical and Graduate School: University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesvile, VA.

Peer Reviewed Publications -

Lukens JR, Cruise MW, Lassen MG, Hahn YS. Blockade of PD-1/B7-H1 interaction restores effector CD8+ T cell responses in a hepatitis C virus core murine model. J Immunol. 2008 Apr 1;180(7):4875-84.
Cruise, MW. Lukens, J. Nguyen, AP. Lassen, MG. Landes, S. Hahn, YS. Fas ligand of CD4+ T cells induced by HCV core is responsible for chemokine production and hepatic damage. J of Immunology. May 2006; 176: 6235-44.
Cruise, MW. Lukens, J. Hahn, YS. Hepatitis C Virus's Immune Evasion Strategies. Current Immunology Review. Vol 1 issue 3 Nov 2005; 1(3): 223-235.
Waggoner, SN, Cruise, MW. Kassel, R. Hahn, YS. gC1qR ligation selectively downregulates human interleukin-12 production through activation of the phosphoinositide-3 kinase pathway. J of Immunology. Oct 2005; 175(7): 4706-14.
Cruise, MW. Melief, H. Soguero, C. Lukens, J. Hahn, YS. Increased Fas ligand expression of CD4+ T cells by HCV core induces T cell-dependent hepatic inflammation and damage. J of Leukocyte Biology. Aug 2005; 78: 412-425. Cover Art same issue.
Hahn, YS. Soquero, C. Cruise, MW. Towards a reliable parameter of liver damage in hepatitis C: TUNEL versus caspase activation. Hepatology. Vol 34(4). Oct 2001 840-841. Editorial Review.

Susanne K. Jeffus, M.D. PIC# 4879

Birthplace: Rudolstadt, Germany

College: Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR

Graduate School: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Interests in Pathology: Cytopathology, Transfusion Medicine

Peer Reviewed Publications -

Jeffus S, Bourne TD, Lopes MB. "A 58-year-old woman with a corpus callosum nodule at autopsy" (accepted for publication in the journal "Brain Pathology")
Kanner WA, Jeffus S, Wehrli G. "An Academic-Based Hospital Donor Site: Who is in the Donor Chair?" (submitted, May, 2009 for publication)

Sarah R. Nassau, M.D. PIC# 3012

Birthplace: Portsmouth, VA.

College: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

Medical School: University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.

Dirk P. Stanley, M.D. PIC# 3075

Birthplace: Charleston, WV.

College: Duke University, Durham, NC.

Medical School: University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.

Interests in Pathology: Surgical pathology, Cytology, Neuropathology, Dermatopathology.

Peer Reviewed Publications -

Zanelli SA, Stanley DP, Kaufman DA. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. eMedicine from WebMD. Updated December 15, 2008. Available at: http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic149.htm.
R. Boedefeld, J. Eby, W. Boedefeld II, D. Stanley, C. Lau, J. Kern, B. Kozower. Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 1176-1178, 2008.
Rao MS, Hattiangady B, Abdel-Rahman A, Stanley DP, and Shetty AK. Newly born cells in the aging dentate gyrus display normal migration, survival and neuronal fate choice but endure retarded early maturation. Eur J Neurosci. 21(2):464-476, 2005.
Stanley, DP. and Shetty, AK. Aging in the rat hippocampus is associated with widespread reductions in the number of glutamate decarboxylase-67 positive interneurons but not interneuron degeneration. Journal of Neurochemistry. 89(1):204-216, 2004.
Skotko, B., Lee, B., Katzen, J., Stanley, D., Guo, H., and Song, A. Syllables and nonpronounceable clusters do not appear to activate distinct regions in the brain: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Young Investigators. Vol. 1, Issue, 5, 2001.

Abstract Presentations -

Rao, MS, Abdel-Rahman, A, Stanley, DP, and Shetty, A.K.. Production of new neurons in the middle-aged and the senescent dentate gyrus after hippocampal injury. Society for Neuroscience Abstract, 2003.
Abdel-Rahman, A., Rao, M.S., Stanley, DP, and Shetty, AK. Are newly generated granule cells in the lesioned adult and aged hippocampus capable of long-term survival? Society for Neuroscience Abstract, 2003.
Hattiangady, B., Rao, MS, Stanley, DP, and Shetty, AK Long-term survival and integration of fetal hippocampal CA3 cell grafts enriched with neurotrophic factors FGF-2 and BDNF in the lesioned aging hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience Abstract, 2003.
Stanley, DP, Ellinwood, EH, Davidson, C, and Lee, TH. Delayed inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase reduces progressive motor deficit and early nigrostriatal changes following partial striatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesion. Presented at American College of Neuropsychopharmacology conference, 2003.

Jocelyn T. Sutton, M.D. PIC# 4674

Birthplace: Denville, NJ.

College: Williams College, Williamstown, MA.

Medical School: University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey/RW Johnson Medical School.

Interests in Pathology: Neuropathology, Forensic Pathology.

Peer Reviewed Publications -

Sutton JT, Cummings PME, Ross WG, Lopes MB. Sudden death of a 7-year-old male due to undiagnosed glioblastoma. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. (In press).
Sutton, JT, Bachmann, GA, Arnold, LD, Rhoads, GG, Rosen, RC. Assessment of vulvodynia symptoms in a sample of U.S. women: a follow-up national incidence survey. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Oct;17(8):1285-92.