Medical and Scientific Staff
Kim Dickinson, MD • Medical Director - Irvine, CA
Dr Dickinson is
board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology. She received her
medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia,
Penn. She completed her
residency training and surgical pathology fellowship at Los Angeles
County-University of Southern California
(LAC-USC). Dr Dickinson sits on the board for the California Society of
Pathologists and is an active member of the College of American
Pathology.
Ronald
W. Thomason, MD • Medical Director - Brentwood,
TN
Dr Thomason is
board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematopathology.
He received a medical degree with highest honors from the University School of
Medicina in Memphis, Tenn. Dr Thomason completed a
residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at WilfordHallMedicalCenter at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and participated in a hematopathology fellowship
directed by Dr Peter Banks at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.US
LABS Medical and Scientific Staff
Galina I. Bannykh, MD • Surgical Pathology – Irvine, CA
Dr Bannykh is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology. She received her medical degree from the Ivanovo State Medical School in Ivanovo, Russia.
She completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr Bannykh was chief resident in anatomic and
clinical pathology while at UCSD. After
a 1-year surgical pathology fellowship under Dr Noel Weidner at UCSD, Dr
Bannykh completed a fellowship in oncologic pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
George S. Csathy, MD • Surgical Pathology - Irvine, CA
Dr Csathy is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology. He received his medical degree from the University
of Minnesota and completed residency
training in anatomic and clinical pathology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
in Los Angeles,
where he also served as chief resident. Prior to joining US LABS in 2005, Dr
Csathy was a staff pathologist at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare Center,
where he also served as an assistant clinical professor at the University of Southern California's Keck School of
Medicine. He was also a member of the
Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Pathology Education Committee
while at the West Los AngelesVA. Dr Csathy’s duties at US LABS include general
surgical pathology and cytopathology with an emphasis on genitourinary
pathology. He is a member of the College of American Pathologists, the American
Society for Clinical Pathology, and the Los Angeles Society of Pathologists.
Wayne W. Chen, MD, PhD • Hematopathology - Irvine, CA
Dr Chen is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and hematopathology. He received his medical degree from Nanjing Medical University, his master's degree from Peking University Health Science Center, and his PhD from the National
Institute of Virology in China.
He was a postdoctoral fellow at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif.
He completed his residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at University of Arizona,
Tucson. Dr Chen completed a two-year fellowship in
hematopathology with a subspecialty in lymphoma and lymph node pathology under
Dr Elaine S. Jaffe at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD.
Helen L. Drwinga, PhD • Associate Cytogenetics
Director – Winter Park, FL
Dr
Drwinga is board-certified in clinical cytogenetics. She received her PhD from the University of Texas
at M.D.AndersonHospital in Houston.
She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pathology at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Dr Drwinga is a founding fellow of the AmericanCollege
of Genetics and a member of the American Society of Human Genetics.
Froilan P. Espinoza, MD • Hematopathology - Irvine, CA
Dr Espinoza is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and immunopathology. He is a graduate of California State University,
San Bernardino,
and University of California Irvine-California College of Medicine. He served
as a resident in pathology at the University of California Irvine Medical
Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Long Beach and Memorial Medical
Center through a combined program, serving as chief resident his final year. He
completed a fellowship in surgical pathology at the University of California
Irvine Medical Center. Since 1990, Dr Espinoza has held the position of
assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of
California Irvine- California College of Medicine. He joined US LABS after
serving as the medical director of hematology-oncology at Quest Diagnostics'
Nichols Institute, and he is a member of the College of American
Pathologists.
Shi-Ping Jiang, MD, PhD • Hematopathology - Irvine, CA
Dr Jiang is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and hematopathology. She received her medical degree from Tongji Medical University, China, where she also received her
master's degree in clinical research. She received a PhD in pathology from Essen University
in Germany. Dr Jiang completed residency programs at the
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and George Washington University Medical Center. She also
completed a fellowship in hematopathology at Scripps Clinic, San Diego, Calif,
with Dr Sharpe and Dr Bethel. Other training in hematopathology includes
completion of special programs under the tutelage of Dr John Chan, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, and Dr Elaine
Jaffe, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD. Prior to initiating her pathology career, Dr
Jiang gained some clinical experience as a hematologist-oncologist and engaged
in years of research in the field of immunology.
Jerome L. McCombs, PhD • Director of Cytogenetics - Austin, TX
Dr McCombs is board-certified in clinical cytogenetics. He
received his PhD in physiology and genetics from the University
of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala.
He is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics and the American Board
of Medical Genetics.Lydia E. McMorrow, PhD •
Director of Cytogenetics - East
Windsor, NJ
Dr McMorrow is board-certified in clinical cytogenetics. She
received her PhD in biology from New
York University,
and is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics and the Association
of Genetics Technologists.
David T. Miller, MD, PhD • Surgical Pathology - Brentwood, TN
Dr Miller is board-certified in clinical pathology. He
received his PhD from the University
of Virginia and his medical degree
from the University
of Nebraska. He has more
than 20 years of experience in the development and implementation of diagnostic
applications for clinical pathology, with more than 10 years focused in flow
cytometry. Dr Miller is a member of the International Society for Analytical
Cytology and the American Association of Blood Banks.
Takako Mitsuhashi, MD,
PhD • Surgical Pathology - Irvine,
CA
Dr Mitsuhashi is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and dermatopathology. She received her medical degree from Tokyo
Women's Medical School
and completed her PhD at the Gunma University School of Medicine in Japan. Dr
Mitsuhashi was a postdoctoral fellow at Cancer Research Center
at the University of California, San
Francisco. She completed
her dermatopathology training under Dr Ronald J Barr at the University of California,
Irvine. After a
1-year fellowship, she also served as a clinical instructor in general surgical
pathology and dermatopathology at the University
of California, Irvine.
Christian Morosan, MD • Hematopathology - Brentwood, TN
Dr Morosan received his medical degree from the University of Medicine
and Pharmacy “Carol Davalia” Bucharest,
Romania. He received post-medical school training in
family medicine at County Hospital Suceava, Romania,
and residency training in neurology at Trinity Clinic Neurosurgery Hospital, Iasi, Romania. He completed residency training in anatomic
and clinical pathology at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston,
Mass, and a hematopathology fellowship at Shands Medical Center,
University of Florida,
Gainesville. Dr Morosan is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, the
International Academy of Pathology, the College of American
Pathologists, and the American Society for
Clinical Pathology.
Debra M. Mitchell Nelson, MD • Hematopathology - Brentwood, TN
Dr Nelson is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and in hematopathology. She is
a graduate of the University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine, and she
completed residency training in pathology and fellowship training in
hematopathology at the University
of Florida. Dr Nelson is a member of the American Society
of Clinical Pathologists.
Krishna Oza, MD • Hematopathology - Brentwood,
TN
Dr Oza is board-certified in
anatomic and clinical pathology, in hematopathology, and in blood banking and
transfusion medicine. He earned his
medical degree at Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya/M.G.M. Medical College, Indore
(M.P.), India,
where he also completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology and in
anatomic and clinical pathology. He was
a hematology resident at Service Central d’ Hématologie-Immunologie, Hôpital
Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. He completed residency training in anatomic
and clinical pathology and was chief resident in surgical pathology at Beth Israel Medical Center. He completed his fellowship training in
hematopathology and blood banking and transfusion medicine at Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. Before joining US LABS, Dr Oza was director
of blood bank and transfusion medicine at University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences. He is a fellow of
the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and the College
of American Pathologists and a member
of the Canadian and American Academy of Pathology, the
American Association of Blood Bankers, and the American Society of Hematology.
Joseph S. Papiez, MD • Hematopathology - Brentwood, TN
Dr Papiez is board-certified in
anatomic and clinical pathology and in hematopathology. He earned his medical degree at Indiana
University School of Medicine. He
subsequently completed residency training in pathology and a fellowship in
hematopathology at the University
of Florida under Raul
Braylan. He was a faculty member at the University of Florida before joining US LABS. Dr Papiez is a member of the College of American Pathologists and the Clinical
Cytometry Society.
Radha Satyadev, MD,
FCAP • Associate Medical Director of Molecular Diagnostics – Irvine,
CA
Dr Satyadev is board-certified in
anatomic and clinical pathology, hematopathology, and molecular genetic
pathology. She received her medical
degree with honors from Osmania University, Hyderabad,
India. Dr Satyadev completed a rotatory internship
at the University of Massachusetts and residency training at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, and Saint
Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston,
NJ. While in residency, she was elected by the
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology to do a rotation in pulmonary and
diagnostic radiology pathology with Dr William Travis. She did a year of surgical pathology
fellowship at Saint Barnabas Medical Center with Dr Robert V.P. Hutter and Dr
Robert Rickert, followed by hematopathology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Dr Satyadev is a member of the College of American
Pathology and the Association for Molecular
Pathology.
Robert Stroup, MD • Surgical Pathology - Irvine, CA
Dr Stroup is board-certified in anatomic pathology. He
received his medical degree from the University of Washington Medical School.
He completed residency training in surgical pathology at Brigham and Women's
Hospital. He completed a fellowship in hematopathology at City of Hope National
Medical Center under the direction of the late Dr Henry Rappaport. After
completing his fellowship training, Dr Stroup was on the medical staff of City
of Hope Medical Center. More recently, he served as medical director for US
LABS from 2000 through 2003. He has published numerous papers and abstracts
during his extensive career and is an expert in the advanced testing
methodologies utilized at US LABS.
Wlodek Szczarkowski, MD
• Hematopathology - Brentwood,
TN
Dr Szczarkowski received his medical degree from the Jagiellonian University
in Krakow, Poland. He completed his residency
in clinical pathology at Berkshire Medical Center
in Massachusetts and completed fellowships in
hematopathology at Harvard University and William Beaumont Hospital. Additionally, Dr
Szczarkowski completed a molecular pathology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Szczarkowski is one of
the nation's leading experts in flow cytometry, with more than 100,000 reviewed
cases, and is responsible for developing and implementing flow cytometry
testing and maintaining US LABS' high standards in data interpretations and
quality assurance.
Patricia Uherova, MD • Hematopathology - Brentwood, Tenn
Dr Uherova is board-certified in anatomic and clinical
pathology and hematopathology. She earned her medical degree at the Charles
University School of Medicine in Prague,
Czechoslovakia.
She completed her residency training in pathology at the University
of Michigan and completed
hematopathology fellowships at the University
of Michigan and Vanderbilt University.
She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and the United States and Canadian Academy
of Pathologists.
Horacio G. Vall, PhD • Associate Vice President of Science and Technology -
Irvine, CA
Dr Vall
received his doctorate at the National University of Rosario, Argentina. Prior to joining US LABS he served for 3
years as Vice President of Laboratory Services at Clarient, Inc., where he was
responsible for developing and implementing specific tests on flow cytometry,
molecular oncology, and FISH using conventional and new ways to improve
laboratory’s efficiencies and work flow. Prior to that, Dr Vall worked for
Genzyme (formally Impath) for 8 years, where, as the Corporate Technical
Director High Complexity Testing, he was responsible for new technologies
involving flow cytometry, image analysis and complex molecular based testing.
He was also responsible for the overall management of all clinical laboratory
testing, operations, and test development for the division, and led the QA &
QC team in assessment and development of the product pipeline and technology
utilization. During the early1990’s he worked on leukemia-lymphoma flow
cytometry analysis and helper/suppressor studies in transplant patient for drug
monitoring, conducted studies on immunodeficiency patients using flow cytometry,
and performed stem cell studies for autologous bone marrow transplants at both LomaLindaUniversityMedicalCenter and City of Hope National Medical Director.
Changjun Yue, MD,
PhD • Hematopathology - Irvine,
CA
Dr Yue
is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, hematopathology, and
molecular genetic pathology. He received
his PhD in molecular pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Southern
California.
He completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology,
including 8 months of hematopathology training, at Harbor-UCLAMedicalCenter. He completed a hematopathology fellowship at
UCLA and a lymphoma fellowship with Dr Elaine Jaffe at the National Cancer
Institute, Bethesda, Md.
In addition to his responsibilities at US LABS, Dr Yue is also a consulting
physician for the Harbor-UCLA Department of Pathology.
Xiao-Xiang Zhang, MD, PhD • Director of Cytogenetics - Brentwood, TN
Dr Zhang is board certified in
clinical cytogenetics. She received her medical degree from HunanMedicalUniversity, Changsha,
China, and her PhD in
pathology/cytogenetics from McGillUniversity in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada.
She completed fellowship training in clinical molecular genetics at DukeUniversityMedicalCenter
under Dr Y.T.Chen and in clinical cytogenetics at that same institution under
Dr M.B.Qumsiyeh.Dr Zhang has authored numerous articles on topics in her fields
of expertise.
US
LABS Consulting Pathologists
David J. Dabbs, MD • Chief Diagnostic Consultant
Dr Dabbs is
a graduate of the Medical College of Ohio.
He held the position of chief resident at the University of Washington,
and he has devoted his work to diagnostic surgical pathology. Dr Dabbs has extensive experience in
immunohistochemistry and is the author and editor of the textbook Diagnostic
Immunohistochemistry. He is the chief of
pathology at the Magee-Women’s Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center, and a professor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr Dabbs has more than 20 years of experience
in the surgical pathology of solid tumors with additional subspecialty-focused
interest in the study of tumors of unknown origin, breast and gynecologic
pathology, and tumor cytopathology. He
offers national workshops in breast pathology and immunohistochemistry and has
published and presented more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and at
national meetings. He sits on multiple
editorial, educational, and scientific advisory boards and is a member of the College of American Pathologists.
Celia Dawn Delozier, PhD • Cytogenetics Consultant
Dr Delozier
is board-certified in clinical cytogenetics, medical genetics, and genetic
counseling. She was first trained as a
genetic counselor and went on to earn a PhD in medical genetics at the Indiana
University School of Medicine. Much of
her postgraduate career was spent in the Department of Medical Genetics of the GenevaUniversityMedicalSchool
in Switzerland. She returned to the United States
in 2002 and now divides her time between her clinical practice at Genetic
Medicine Central California and her consulting work for US LABS. She has a faculty appointment at the University of California, San Francisco Medical
Education Program and is an active member of the American and European
Societies of Human Genetics.
Paul Kirshman, MD • Consultant
Dr Kirshman
is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology. He received his medical degree from University of Montpellier, France. He completed residency training at WestchesterCountyMedicalCenter,
Valhalla, NY,
and fellowship training in molecular pathology at the National Institutes of
Health in Bethesda, Md.
Dr Kirshman’s subspecialty is uropathology. He worked at UroCor in Oklahoma City, Okla,
from 1997 to 2001 and then joined US LABS in 2001 to develop its expertise in
uropathology.
Susan M. Zneimer, PhD • Cytogenetics Consultant
Dr Zneimer
is board-certified in cytogenetics. She
received her PhD in genetics from TexasA&MUniversity
in College Station, and she completed a
postdoctoral fellowship in cytogenetics at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center in Dallas. She has been a director of clinical genetic
laboratories for more than 15 years and is currently an adjunct professor at
the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, an instructor at
MoorparkCollege,
and a clinical associate at University
of California, San Francisco. Dr Zneimer is also the chief executive
officer of MOSYS Consulting, providing consulting services for US LABS and
other genetics laboratories. She has
been an invited lecturer throughout the United States in the field of
genetics, most prominently speaking about the human genome and cancer genome
projects, prenatal and cancer genetics, ethics in genetics, and the genetics of
the Jewish people.
Events & Education
CAP 2010
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, IL
September 26 - 27
Join us for a dinner workshop on Companion Diagnostics and Targeted Therapies in Oncology.
Visit www.cap.org/cap10 for details and to register.