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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
