Faculty

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The faculty of the Department of Pathology includes:

GW University Campus

Antonia R. Sepulveda

Chair, Department of Pathology
Ralph E. Loewy Professor of Oncology
Division Chief, Pathology
Director of Clinical Laboratories
Professor

  • Molecular Genomic Pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Pathology

Elham Arbzadeh

Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Cytopathology Service

  • Breast Pathology
  • Genitourinary Pathology
  • Cytopathology
  • Pulmonary Pathology
  • Forensic Pathology

Mohadese Behtaj

Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Breast and Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology Service

  • Breast Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology
  • Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology

Tapan Bhavsar

Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Hematopathology Service

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Hematopathology Forensic Pathology
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Yan Feng

Assistant Professor

  • Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • Breast Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology

Xiomara Fernandez

Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine

  • Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine

Andrew Hall

Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Autopsy Service

  • Breast Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology

Joseph Kaminsky

Assistant Professor

  • Cytopathology
  • Pulmonary Pathology
  • Breast Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology
  • Molecular Pathology

Donald Karcher

Professor

  • Bone Marrow Pathology
  • Hematopathology
  • Laboratory Administration
  • Health Information Technology

Abiye Kassa

Assistant Professor

  • Head and Neck Pathology
  • Breast Pathology
  • Thoracic Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology

Ian King

Associate Professor

  • Molecular Pathology

Patricia Latham

Professor

  • Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • Liver and Pancreas Pathology

Shabnam Samankan

Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Head & Neck and Endocrine Pathology Service

  • Breast Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology
  • Head and Neck Pathology

Jorge Sepulveda

Professor
Division Chief, Chemistry and Clinical Pathology

  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Health Information Technology
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David Watkins

Director of Translational Research
Professor

Rebecca Yee

Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Microbiology Service

  • Clinical Pathology
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Molecular Pathology
  • Infectious Disease Diagnosis

Washington DC VA Medical Center

Suman Chauhan

Assistant Professor

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Cytopathology

Wen Chen

Assistant Professor

  • Dermatopathology

Jack Lichy

Professor

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Molecular Genetic Pathology

Minling Liu

Associate Professor

  • Clinical Pathology
  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Hematopathology

Victor Nava

Associate Professor

  • Surgical Pathology
  • Cytopathology
  • Molecular Pathology

Edina Paal

Assistant Professor

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Cytopathology

Children's National Hospital

Jessica Albert

Assistant Professor

  • Genetics and Genomics
  • Biochemical Genetics

Joseph Campos

Professor

  • Microbiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Tropical Medicine

Meghan Delaney

Professor

  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Global Health
  • Laboratory Management

Sam Gulino

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Forensic Pathology
  • Surgical Pathology

Cyril Jacquot

Associate Professor

  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Hematology/Coagulation
  • Therapeutic Apheresis

Jose Jara Aguirre

Assistant Professor

  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Clinical and Laboratory

Naomi Luban

Professor

  • Hematopathology
  • Clinical and Laboratory

Irena Manukyan

Assistant Professor

  • Molecular Pathology
  • Cytopathology

Yunchuan Mo

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Hematology
  • Coagulation

Christopher Rossi

Clinical Associate Professor

Lakshmi Ramachandran Nair

Assistant Professor

  • Neuropathology

 

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Sara Achrati

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Forensic Pathology
  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology

Sasha Breland

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Forensic Pathology
  • Autopsy Pathology

Francisco Diaz

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Forensic Pathology
  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Autopsy Pathology

Kristinza Giese

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Forensic Pathology
  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Autopsy Pathology

Samantha Tolliver

Adjunct Instructor

  • Chief Toxicologist

Tatyana Zinger

Adjunct Instructor

  • Forensic Pathology
  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Autopsy Pathology

Sinai Hospital Baltimore

Diana Molavi

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology

Theresa Nicol

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Cytopathology
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Michael O'Malley

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology

 

Limited Service

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Brent Harris

Adjunct Associate Professor

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Neuropathology
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John Harshbarger

Adjunct Professor

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Michael Lewin-Smith

Associate Clinical Professor

Zhong (John) Ye

Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • Medical Laboratory Scientist

 

Emeritus Faculty 

  • Dr. John Kaiser
  • Dr. Arnold Schwartz
  • Dr. Sylvia Silver
  • Dr. Eric Wargotz