January 2015

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items

Announcements:

  • Nancy S. Miller, MD was an invited panel member at the Boston Pan African Forum event, “Ebola and other health-related issues in West Africa”, on December 13th in Dorchester, MA
  • Dr. Carmen Sarita-Reyes gave a poster presentation at the SENTAC (Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children) meeting on December 6, 2014 in St Louis. “Marsupialization to treat foregut duplication cysts of the oral cavity: a novel technique;” Minyoung Jang; Carmen Sarita-Reyes; Devaki Sundararajan; Jessica Levi
  • Maria Panchenko, PhD has had her BUMC IACUC Appointment extended until June 2015. Thank you for your service Dr. Panchenko!
  • The American Board of Pathology recently nominated Meera Mahalingam, MD, PhD, FRCPath to serve on the Test Development and Advisory Committee on Dermatopathology.  The committees consist of American Board of Pathology trustees, as well as other pathologists and physicians who are recognized as experts in their respective disciplines
  • From Dr. John Lee; “The Hematology Lab has revised and updated the flow cytometry panels using a more sensitive and algorithmic approach.  In addition, a new technique will be employed to determine light chain restriction in plasma cells, which would be useful for myeloma, MGUS, and AL amyloidosis patients.  These changes were put into effect January 5, 2015 by Dina Pelley, MT (flow cytometry assistant supervisor) and John Lee, MD (Hematology Lab Medical Director) with Angel Lui, MT helping from the IT side.”
  • Dr. Ivana Delalle and her Neuropathology Lab have been acknowledged in recognition of her International Research Collaborations by PsyCourse: Pathomechanisms and Signatures of the Longitudinal Course of Psychosis
  • One of our current residents, Cathryn Byrne-Dugan, MD, will be going to University of Michigan for a GI fellowship in 2016-2017

Publications ACCEPTED:

  • Authors: Caitlin S.L. Parello, Chad L. Mayer, Benjamin C. Lee, Amanda Motomochi, Shinichiro Kurosawa *, Deborah J. Stearns-Kurosawa; Shiga Toxin 2-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress is Minimized by Activated Protein C but Does Not Correlate With Lethal Kidney Injury; Toxins, in press
  • Malek A, Lee J.C. Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue arising in the pleura. Annals of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; (accepted for publication Jan 2014)

Publications: PUBLISHED:

  • Jacquelyn L. Sikora, Mark W. Logue, Gloria G. Chan, Brian H. Spencer, Tatiana B. Prokaeva, David C. Seldin, Lawreen H. Connors; “Genetic variation of the transthyretin gene in wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt);” Hum Genet. 2015 Jan; 134(1):111-21. PMID: 25367359
  • Cathryn J. Byrne-Dugan, Terra A. Cederroth, Anita Deshpande, and Daniel G. Remick (2014) The Processing of Surgical Specimens With Forensic Evidence: Lessons Learned From the Boston Marathon Bombings. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine In-Press http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2014-0441-OA
  • Byrne-Dugan, CJ, Collins AB, Lam AQ, Batal I. Membranous Nephropathy as a Manifestation of Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Association With HLA Antigen Typing, Phospholipase A2 Receptor, and C4d. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Dec;64(6):987-93. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.09.001. Epub 2014 Oct 8
  • Weber HC. Gastrointestinal regulatory peptides. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes
    Obes. 2015 Feb;22(1):1-2. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000130. PubMed; PMID: 25485518
  •  Weber HC. Gastrointestinal peptides and itch sensation. Curr Opin Endocrinol
    Diabetes Obes. 2015 Feb;22(1):29-33. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000122. PubMed;
    PMID: 25485517
  • Hermos JA, Quach L, Gagnon DR, Weber HC, Altincatal A, Cho K, Lawler EV,
    Grotzinger KM. Incident severe thrombocytopenia in veterans treated with
    pegylated interferon plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C infection. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 May;23(5):480-8. doi: 10.1002/pds.3585. Epub 2014 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 24677630

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