Residency Program Graduates

Fellowships and Faculty Positions

2024 Graduates

  • Maelle Saliba, MD
    Training: AP
    Fellowship: Anatomic Pathology Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Sepideh Besharati, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI/Liver Fellows, Columbia
  • Michael Daniel, MD, PhD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology Fellow, Columbia
  • Jeffrey Thomas, DO
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology Fellow, Columbia
  • Ian Mellis, MD, PhD
    Training: CP
    Fellowship: Transfusion Medicine New York Blood Center and Columbia University
  • Evan Waldron, MD, PhD
    Training: CP
    Fellowship: Transfusion Medicine New York Blood Center and Columbia  University

Previous Graduates

2023

  • Amy Ku, MD, PhD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology - Columbia
  • Chinwe Madubata, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology - Columbia
  • Mine Yilmaz, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Breast Pathology - UT Southwestern University
  • Christopher Shin, MD
    Training: CP
    Fellowship: Transfusion Medicine - Stanford
  • Shaheen Malick, MD
    Training: CP
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology - Montefiore Medical Center

2022

  • Joseph Burt, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI/Liver - Columbia
  • Lanny DiFranza, MD
    Training:AP/CP
    Fellowship: Renal Pathology - Columbia
  • Jeremy Miyauchi, PhD
    Training: AP
    Fellowship: GU Pathology - Weill Cornell
  • Jacob Valk, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology - Columbia;  2. Genitourinary Pathology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Washington ​​
  • Maxwell Weidmann, PhD
    Training: CP
    Fellowship: Medical Microbiology - Columbia 

2021

  • Diane Chen, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI/Liver – Columbia
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia
  • Simona De Michele, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI/Liver – Columbia
  • Mitra Dowlatshahi, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Surgical Pathology – Columbia
  • Igor Katsyv, MD, PhD
    Training: AP
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology - Memorial Sloan Kettering
    Current Position: Dermatopathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Kenneth Ofori, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology – Columbia
  • Marie Smithgall, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GYN Path – Weill Cornell
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia
  • Gary Wang, MD, PhD
    Training: CP
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology - UCSF

2020

  • Wendy Lin, MD, PhD      
    Training: AP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology – Columbia
    Current Position: Instructor, Columbia
  • Shajo Kunnath Velayudhan, MD,PhD       
    Training: AP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology - Weill Cornell      
    Current Position: Hematopathologist/Physician-Scientist, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
  • Ijeuru Chikeka, MD         
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology - U. Pittsburgh            
    Current Position: Dermatopathologist, Private Practice
  • Paul Lin, MD, PhD
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology at Columbia             
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  • Osama Al Dalahmah, MD, PhD
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology at Columbia             
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia

2019

  • Elizabeth Stone, MD,  PhD           
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, New York Blood Center and Columbia            
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mt. Sinai, NY
  • Anna Lee, MD   
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Oncologic Pathology - Memorial Sloan Kettering  2. GI/Liver - Columbia              
  • Mary Rosenblatt, MD    
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Surgical Pathology - Columbia; Hematopathology, U Vermont             
  • Magdalena Jurkiewicz, MD, PhD
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology - Columbia       
  • Diana Bryk, MD
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology - Columbia       
  • Angela Zhang, MD, PhD 
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology - Columbia       
    Current Position: Pathologist, Oncology Division, Sema4, Stamford, CT
  • Anthony Rubino, MD     
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI/Liver - Columbia 
    Current Position: Attending Pathologist, Ochsner Health System, LA

2018

  • Sonya Purushothaman, MD        
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. GI/liver  2. Surgical Pathology - both at Columbia  
    Current Position: Attending Pathologist, Wilson Medical Center - A Duke LifePoint Hospital, Wilson, NC
  • Yawei Yang, MD, PhD     
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic, Columbia University        
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell
  • Sarah Vossoughi, MD     
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, New York Blood Center and Columbia            
  • Shane Betman, MD        
    Training: AP/CP   
    Fellowship: Hematopathology - Cornell  
    Current Position: Attending Pathologist, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
  • Gunnar Hargus, MD, PhD             
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology at Columbia      
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia

2017

  • Stefanie Forest, MD, PhD             
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY 
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein; Deputy Dir. Clin. Chem at Montefiore
  • Sandeep Wontakal, MD, PhD      
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology - Columbia       
    Current Position: Post-doctoral fellow, Columbia
  • Elizabeth Godbey, MD   
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, New York Blood Center and Columbia            
    Current Position: Assistant Profesor, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA
  • Marilyn Nedumcheril, MD           
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology - Columbia. 2. Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, New York Blood Center and Cornell         
  • Monika Paroder, MD, PhD           
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, New York Blood Center and Columbia            
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein; Montefiore
  • Maryam Shirazi, MD      
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. GI/Liver, 2. Molecular Genetic Pathology - both at Columbia           
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago
  • George Zanazzi, MD, PhD            
    Traning: AP/NP 
    Fellowship: Neuropathology at Columbia             
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dartmouth-Hitchcock

2016

  • Shih-Hsiu Jerry Wang, MD, PhD 
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Duke, Durham, NC
  • Stuart Weisberg, MD, PhD           
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, New York Blood Center and Columbia            
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia
  • Diana Sung, MD
    Training: AP/CP    
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology - Columbia 2. Gynecologic Pathology - Cornell   
    Current Position: Pathologist, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
  • Simon Sung, MD              
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: 1. Cytopathology - Cornell 2. Surgical Pathology - Columbia
  • Jung Son, MD    
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Biomedical Informatics at Columbia 
    Current Position: Senior Bioinformaticist at pulseData, Inc., NY, NY

2015

  • Armando del Portillo, MD, PhD
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: GI/Liver Pathology - Columbia            
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia
  • David Terrano, MD, PhD             
    Training AP/CP  
    Fellowship: 1. Oncologic Pathology - Memorial Sloan Kettering 2. Dermatopathology - Mt. Sinai, NY
    Current Position: Dermatopathologist, Co-director resident education, Aurora Diagnostics, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Patricia Raciti, MD         
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Oncologic Pathology - Memorial Sloan Kettering. 2. Hematopathology – Columbia
    Current Position: Attending Pathologist, Greenwich Hospital, CT and with PAIGE.AI, MSKCC, NY, NY
  • Elizabeth Margolskee, MD, MPH             
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: MPH - Columbia; Hematopathology - Cornell.             
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell
  • Hemant Varma, MD, PhD           
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology, Columbia; Molecular Pathology, Columbia 
    Current Position: Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
  • Allison Mautone, MD    
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Forensic Pathology - Fort Worth, TX 
    Current Position: Medical Examiner, New Jersey Southern Regional Office
  • Annie Koehne de Gonzalez, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology. 2. GI/Liver pathology - both at Columbia            
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia
  • Amy Coffey, MD             
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: 1. Pediatric Pathology - Texas Children's Hospital - Baylor, Houston. 2. Hematopathology, Baylor            
    Current Position: Pathologist, Seton Hospitals and Dell Children's Hospital, Austin, TX
  • Daniel Green, MD          
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Microbiology - Yale 
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia
  • Najiyah Kazi, MD            
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology - Johns Hopkins  
    Current Position: Pathologist, Affiliated Dermatology, Scottsdale, AZ

2014

  • Jennifer Oliver-Krasinski, MD, PhD         
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology - Columbia 2. Pediatric Pathology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Montefiore Medical Center, NY
  • Paul Rosenstiel, MD, PhD           
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Renal Pathology - Columbia 
    Current Position: Pathologist, South Texas Pathology Associates, San Antonio, TX
  • Jean Hou, MD   
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Renal pathology – Columbia; 2. Surgical Pathology-Hartford, CT     
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Fresia Pareja Zea, MD, PhD        
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: 1. Oncologic Pathology and 2. Breast Pathology - both at Memorial Sloan Kettering
    Current Position: Instructor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY

2013

  • Ashleigh Allen, MD         
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology, Columbia              
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ
  • Mark Ewalt, MD              
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Hematopathology - Stanford 2. Molecular Pathology - Stanford      
    Current Position: Assistant Professor and Dir. Mol. Hematopathology, U. Colorado Denver
  • Shana Coley, MD, PhD   
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Renal Pathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Clinical Senior Lecturer (Asst Prof), Univ. Glasgow, Scotland
  • James Mitchell, MD        
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: 1. GI/Liver and 2. Surgical Pathology - Columbia         
    Current Position: Associate Pathologist and Teaching Staff, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
  • Susan Hsiao, MD, PhD   
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Molecular Genetic Pathology, U. Pittsburgh  
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Columbia
  • Markus Siegelin, MD      
    Training: AP       
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Columbia

2012

  • Kamraan Gill, MD            
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Oncologic Pathology, MSKCC, 2. Hematopathology, Columbia         
    Current Position: Dermatopathologist, CBL Path, Rye Brook, NY
  • Melanie Hawver              
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology, Univ. of Pennsylvania. 2. Gynecologic Pathology, Cornell
    Current Position: Pathologist, St. Peter's Hospital, Maplewood Pathology PC, Albany, NY
  • Jonas Heymann, MD      
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Cytopathology, Cornell. 2. Surgical Pathology, Columbia 3. Molecular Pathology, Columbia
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, NYPH-Weill Cornell, NY
  • Nadejda Tsankova, MD, PhD       
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mt. Sinai, NY
  • Huy Pham, MD, MPH     
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: 1. MPH Program, Mailman School of Public Health 2. Transfusion Medicine, Columbia/NYBC
    Current Position: Medical Director, National Marow Donor Program Collection Center, Seattle
  • Andrew Turk, MD           
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology, Columbia 2. Molecular Genetic Pathology, Cornell              
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Columbia

2011

  • Tatyana Gindin, MD, PhD             
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Hematopathology, Columbia              
  • Paul Hosking, MD            
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: 1. Post-doctoral research fellow, Columbia. 2. Hematopathology, Columbia              
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo, NY
  • Shafinaz Hussein, MD    
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Hematopathology, Columbia              
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mt. Sinai, NY
  • Stephen Lagana, MD      
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Surgical and GI/hematopathology, Columbia
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Columbia
  • Marcela Salomao, MD   
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Surgical and GI/hematopathology, Columbia
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Anthony Sireci, MD, MSc             
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Clinical Chemistry, Columbia              
    Current Position: Senior Medical Director, Loxo Oncology, Stamford, CT

2010

  • Nike Beaubier, MD         
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: 1. Molecular Genetic Pathology, Columbia. 2. GI Pathology Fellowship, Northwestern
    Current Position: Dir. Pathology & Medical Lab Operations, Tempus, Chicago, IL
  • John Crary, MD, PhD      
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Mt. Sinai Med Center, NY
  • Kalpana Devaraj, MD     
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI/Liver, Columbia   
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver
  • Richard Francis, MD, PhD             
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine, NY Blood Center/Columbia            
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Columbia
  • Jennifer Lambe Kirkland, MD      
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Oncologic Pathology, MSKCC, NY. 2. Dermatopathology, Ackerman Inst/Downstate Univ., NY            
    Current Position: Dermatopathologist, StrataDx, U. Conn. Health Center
  • Andrew Teich, MD, PhD
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Columbia
  • Erin Weeden, MD           
    Training: AP/CP
    Current Position: Pathologist & Director of Anatomic Pathology, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV
  • Woojin Yu, MD 
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI/Liver Path, Columbia        
    Current Position: Pathologist, Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento, CA

2009

  • Anand Padmanabhan, MBBS, PhD           
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine, Univ. of Pittsburgh             
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin; Med Dir Blood Cntr of WI
  • Renata Joffe, MD            
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology, Ackerman Institute/Downstate Univ., NY              
    Current Position: Dermatopathologist, Inform Diagnostics, Irving, TX
  • Keagan Lee, MD              
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology, Ackerman Institute/Downstate Univ., NY              
    Current Position: Founder, Sagis Diagnostics PLLC, Houston, TX
  • Robert Schlaberg, MD, MPH       
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Microbiology, Univ. of Utah/ARUP    
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Univ. Utah/ Director Microbial Amplified Detection Lab ARUP
  • Brie Stotler, MD, MPH   
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine, NY Blood Center 
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Columbia
  • David deVinck, DO          
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology,-Columbia. 2. Dermatopathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
    Current Position: Pathologist, Woodland Memorial Hospital, Woodland, CA

2008

  • Keith Baribault, MD        
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology, Ackerman Institute//Downstate Univ., NY            
    Current Position: Pathologist, DermPath Diagnostics, Tampa, Florida
  • Dave Chow, MD
    Training: AP/CP   
    Fellowship: 1. Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine, NY Blood Center. 2. Hematopathology, Columbia
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, UMDNJ - Hackensack Univ Medical Center, NJ
  • Leal Herlitz, MD
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Renal Pathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Staff Pathologist, Cleveland Clinic, Director of Renal Pathology
  • Eldad Hod, MD 
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine, NY Blood Center/Columbia            
    Current Position: Professor at CUMC, Columbia
  • Basil Horst, MD 
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology, UCLA     
    Current Position: Clinical Asst. Professor, U. British Columbia, Vancouver

2007

  • Bryan Ebert, MD              
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology -Columbia. 2.Dermatopathology, Ackerman Institute/Downstate Univ., NY   
    Current Position: Pathologist, Dermpath Diagnostics, Newton Square, PA
  • Jeffrey Kaplan, MD         
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, UCLA      
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver
  • Christian Keller, MD       
    Fellowship: AP/NP          
    Fellowship: Neuropathology and Surgical Pathology, Columbia    
    Current Position: Senior Staff Pathologist, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
  • William Twaddell, MD   
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: GI/Liver Pathology, Columbia             
    Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Maryland

2006

  • Kimberly Chu, MD           
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: GI Pathology, Cleveland Clinic            
    Current Position: Pathologist, Mt. Kisco Medical Group, NY
  • Nancy Ciau, MD
    Training: AP
    Fellowship: GI/liver pathology, UCLA
    Current Position: Pathologist, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
  • Jeffrey Hodgin, MD, PhD              
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Renal Pathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Univ. of Michigan
  • Sara Monaco, MD           
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Cytopathology, Univ. of Pittsburgh    
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Univ. of Pittsburgh
  • Efsevia Vakiani, MD, PhD             
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Oncologic Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY 
    Current Position: Attending Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY
  • Shine Yun, MD  
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Cytopathology, Univ. of Pennsylvania              
    Current Position: Pathologist, California Pacific Med Center, SF, CA

2005

  • Jason Cohen, MD            
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology - Columbia. 2. Dermatopathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
    Current Position: Managing and Medical Director, Dermpath Diagnostics, Port Chester, NY
  • Melissa Gill, MD              
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Dermatopathology, Cornell  
    Current Position: Pathologist, Skin Medical Research & Diagnostics, Dobbs Ferry, NY
  • Jenny Libien, MD, PhD   
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Chair of Pathology, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
  • Risha Ramdall, MD         
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Cytopathology, NYU
    Current Position: Pathologist, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA
  • Jamie Shutter, MD          
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: GYN & Breast Pathology at University of Virginia        
    Current Position: Lab Director - Women's Pathology Laboratory, Tampa, FL
  • Lawrence Tsao, MD        
    Training: AP/CP 2005     
    Fellowship: 1. Surgical Pathology -Columbia. 2. Hematopathology, U. New Mexico              
    Current Position: Medical Director, East Region, Quest Diagnostics, Teterboro, NJ

2004

  • Adel Assaad, MD             
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Head and Neck Pathology, Univ. of Pittsburgh             
    Current Position: Deputy Chief of Pathology, Virginia Mason Clinics, Seattle, WA
  • Jennifer Eleazar, MD      
    Training: AP/CP
    Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, Columbia             
    Current Position: Pathologist, CareMount Medical, Mt. Kisco, NY
  • Robert Mazziotta, MD   
    Traing: AP/CP    
    Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, Columbia             
    Current Position: Pathologist, The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ
  • Samih Nasr, MD
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Renal Pathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Neil Renwick, MBChB, PhD          
    Training: AP       
    Fellowship: Molecular Pathology, Columbia         
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Queen's Univ, Ontario
  • Kurenai Tanji, MD, PhD 
    Training: AP/NP
    Fellowship: Neuropathology, Columbia  
    Current Position: Professor of Pathology (in Neurology) at CUMC, Columbia
  • Tilla Worgall, MD, PhD   
    Training: CP       
    Fellowship: Clinical Chemistry, Columbia
    Current Position: Professor, Columbia