{"id":14112,"date":"2016-09-30T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T14:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?p=14112"},"modified":"2016-09-30T10:34:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T14:34:29","slug":"pathology-laboratory-medicine-news-items-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/2016\/09\/30\/pathology-laboratory-medicine-news-items-september-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathology &#038; Laboratory Medicine News Items \u2013 September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items \u2013 September 2016<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Announcements:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ahmad Al-Moujahed, Pathology PhD Candidate in Dr. Demetrious Vavvas\u2019s Lab <\/span><\/strong>(off-site at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary<strong>) <\/strong>has been selected to be a Fall 2016 fellow of the MIT IMPACT program. It is \u00a0a career development program for post-doctoral and advanced pre-doctoral trainees (here is a good website for the details; <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__impactprogram.mit.edu&amp;d=DQMFaQ&amp;c=2rxEOw2KLbNB-I14iNYDhE3HM0YslhWt2FDmep0EPOI&amp;r=wXf9IMKUcD0GxK0qDtR-eMBPxD9t9uZWl7ma9NGVY7g&amp;m=g17W3IXXAsb4brxmNYtq3NZOeUceMQHZaEEWF3dksZ0&amp;s=-qz5MSJ2Ip_ZU5q_IyV_fZjzUOYY1jqxOAaJKEpvSmY&amp;e=\">http:\/\/impactprogram.mit.edu<\/a>). Ahmad applied last June; he interviewed and was accepted over the Summer. Ahmad started his first session Tuesday, September 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>From <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Sandra Cerda, Cytology Fellowship Director<\/span><\/strong>, as of July 2016\u2026 \u201cAccordingly, the Residency Review Committee for Pathology, functioning in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), has removed previous citations for the following program: Cytopathology Boston University Medical Center Program<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\/<\/span><\/strong>Boston University Medical Center\u201d Bravo!!!<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barb<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong>Nikolajczyk, PhD<\/strong><\/span> was an invited speaker at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Department of Pharmacology, &#8220;Defining Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes,&#8221; September 14, 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr Sandra Cerda<\/span><\/strong> collaborated with the Endocrine Department in an abstract selected for\u00a0poster presentationat the 86th Annual Meeting of the AMerican Thyroid Association in Denver, Colorado from September 21 &#8211; 25, 2016:\u00a0&#8220;Large Independent Prospective Study to Evaluate the Performances of ThyroSeq2\u00a0<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Multigene Next Generation Sequencing Panel Analysis on Cancer Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytopathology.&#8221; Toraldo Gianluca MD, Godley Frederick A MD, Cerda Sandra \u00a0R MD, Doherty Gerard MD, Braverman Lewis MD, Lee Stephanie MD<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nader Rahimi, PhD<\/span><\/strong> was invited to give a lecture at the Department Pathology, Boston Children Hospital, Harvard Medical School on September 22, 2016. The title of his lecture was &#8220;Adhesion signaling in tumor growth and angiogenesis&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nancy S. Miller, MD<\/span><\/strong> was the invited speaker at the Boston area Microbiology Supervisors Meeting at Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain on September 28<sup>th<\/sup> Dr. Miller presented \u201cGPC Potpourri \u2013 a collection of pesky staph and streps\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Dr. Miller<\/span><\/strong> will also be the ASM Distinguished Lecturer at the Fall Meeting of the New York City branch of the American Society for Microbiology, NYC, October 7, 2016. Dr. Miller will present \u201cFrom the bench: Challenges, conundrums, and lessons learned in this era of improved microbial identification\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CAP 2016:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Lei Li<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Sandra Cerda<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Reine Gedeon<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Carmen Sarita-Reyes<\/span><\/strong> had an abstract accepted for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 25th-28th 2016 titled;\u00a0\u201cAcrania Without Anencephaly In The Presence Of Amniotic Band Syndrome;\u201d Lei Li, MD, PhD., Sandra Cerda, M.D., Reine Gedeon, M.D., and Carmen Sarita-Reyes, MD<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Lei.CAP2016.image1_.SECOND-TRY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-14113 alignnone\" alt=\"Lei.CAP2016.image1.SECOND TRY\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Lei.CAP2016.image1_.SECOND-TRY-150x150.jpg\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Lei.CAP2016.image1_.SECOND-TRY-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Lei.CAP2016.image1_.SECOND-TRY-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Lei Li presenting at CAP 2016 <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Also presented at CAP:<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Israa Laklouk, MD<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mahmoud Soliman, MD<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Robert Pistey, MD<\/span><\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sandra Cerda, MD<\/span><\/strong>; &#8220;Primary Unresectable Locally Invasive Right Atrial Paraganglioma Presenting with Chest Pain\u201d\u00a0 Presented in CAP 2106 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archivesofpathology.org\/\">http:\/\/www.archivesofpathology.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Mahmoud.CAP2016.IMG_2132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-14114 alignnone\" alt=\"Mahmoud.CAP2016.IMG_2132\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Mahmoud.CAP2016.IMG_2132-150x150.jpg\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Mahmoud.CAP2016.IMG_2132-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Mahmoud.CAP2016.IMG_2132-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>Mahmoud Soliman presenting at CAP 2016<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Soliman <\/span><\/strong>was quite busy at CAP, he also presented;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Mahmoud L Soliman, MD, PhD<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sandra Cerda MD<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Huihong Xu MD<\/span><\/strong>, &#8220;An Invasive Moderately Differentiated Adenocarcinoma incidentally identified in Perforated Diverticulitis with Abscess Formation\u201d\u00a0 Presented in CAP 2106\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.archivesofpathology.org\/\">http:\/\/www.archivesofpathology.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-14115 alignnone\" alt=\"Mahmoud.CAP2016.Poster2.\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Mahmoud.CAP2016.Poster2.-150x150.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Mahmoud.CAP2016.Poster2.-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/09\/Mahmoud.CAP2016.Poster2.-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/>Mahmoud Soliman presenting a second poster at CAP 2016<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Welcome to our two new Masters Students<\/span><\/strong>:<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/SubhaSingh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-14009 alignnone\" alt=\"SubhaSingh\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/SubhaSingh-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/SubhaSingh-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/SubhaSingh-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Subha Singh<\/span><\/strong> joins us directly as a McNair Scholars Fellow from the University of New Hampshire:<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/Rawan-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-14010 alignnone\" alt=\"Rawan pic\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/Rawan-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/Rawan-pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/Rawan-pic-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/Rawan-pic-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/07\/Rawan-pic.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Rawan Tahboub<\/span><\/strong> is already an accomplished physician finishing in the top of her class at Jordan University of Science and Technology:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Publications: ACCEPTED:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Elizabeth Moses<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0Teresa Wang, Sean Corbett, George R Jackson, Eduard Drizik,\u00a0Catalina Perdomo, Claudia Perdomo, Eric\u00a0Kleerup, Daniel Brooks, George O\u2019Connor,\u00a0Steven Dubinett, Patrick Hayden, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Marc E. Lenburg<\/span><\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Avrum Spira<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cMolecular impact of electronic cigarette aerosol exposure in human bronchial epithelium.\u201d <em>Accepted to Toxicological Sciences<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Publications: PUBLISHED:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Hafida, S, Mirshahi, T,<strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nikolajczyk<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong>BS<\/strong><\/span>. 2016. <em><\/em>The impact of bariatric surgery on inflammation: quenching the fire of obesity? <em>Current Opin Endocrinol, Diab and Obesity. <\/em><em>23:373-8. PMID: 27455515<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Nicholas DA, Andrieu G, Strissel KJ, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nikolajczyk<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> BS<\/span>, Denis GV. 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov_pubmed_27491296&amp;d=DQMFaQ&amp;c=2rxEOw2KLbNB-I14iNYDhE3HM0YslhWt2FDmep0EPOI&amp;r=wXf9IMKUcD0GxK0qDtR-eMBPxD9t9uZWl7ma9NGVY7g&amp;m=Nol5VdEJr5KpLG4zaiAVDAB7K_Lj6NYGbv-OQruu9Rk&amp;s=yF4wKzcamXNzD6W1pX3i338sLtHDHzDdzfamipGhihs&amp;e=\">BET bromodomain proteins and epigenetic regulation of inflammation: implications for type 2 diabetes and breast cancer.<\/a> <em>Cell Mol Life Sci. (In Press). PMID: 27491296 <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Moshe S, Siwak J, Tapan U, Lee SY, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Meyer RD<\/span><\/strong>, Parrack P, Tan J, Khatami F, Francis J, Zhao Q, Hartshorn K, Kolachalama VB, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rahimi N<\/span><\/strong>, Chitalia V. c-Cbl mediates the degradation of tumorigenic nuclear \u03b2-catenin contributing to the heterogeneity in Wnt activity in colorectal tumors. <span><em>Oncotarget<\/em><\/span><em>. 2016 Sep 20. doi: 10.18632\/oncotarget.12107<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items \u2013 September 2016 Announcements: Ahmad Al-Moujahed, Pathology PhD Candidate in Dr. Demetrious Vavvas\u2019s Lab (off-site at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) has been selected to be a Fall 2016 fellow of the MIT IMPACT program. It is \u00a0a career development program for post-doctoral and advanced pre-doctoral trainees (here is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":939,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/939"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14118,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14112\/revisions\/14118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}