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John T. Fallon III, M.D., Ph.D.

Chairman of Pathology and Director of Laboratories at Westchester Medical Center
M.D.and Ph.D., 1974, Albany Medical College
Certified:
American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology
Tel: (914) 594-4146. E-mail: john_fallon@nymc.edu

Iradge Argani, M.D. Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1955, University of Teheran, Iran
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1964
Blood Banking, 1973
Hematology, 1974
Certified: American Board of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics in Allergy and Immunology, 1977 (Recertified 1980)
Immunohematology; transplant immunology.
Tel: (914) 594-4150. E-mail: iradge_argani@nymc.edu
Michael Balazy, Ph.D.   Professor of Pathology
Ph.D. 1984, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Role of transformation of polyunsaturated lipids by free radicals and enzymes in inflammation, asthma, hypertension and cigarette smoking.
Tel: (914) 594-4291. E-mail: michael_balazy@nymc.edu
Alex Braun, M.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
M.D., 1980, University of Illinois, College of Medicine
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology, 1988
American Board of Pathology - Neuropathology, 1988
Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology.
Tel: 914-493-7433. E-mail: alex_braun@nymc.edu
Praveen N. Chander, M.D. Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1969, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1977
Nephropathology.
Pathogenesis of renal and vascular damage in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats - role of aldosterone; renal transplant rejection.
Tel: (914) 594-4172. E-mail: praveen_chander@nymc.edu
Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology
M.D., 1960, Ph.D., 1966, Warsaw, Poland
Cell proliferation and apoptosis; analysis of cell-cycle specificity of antitumor drugs.
Tel: (914) 594-3780. E-mail: darzynk@nymc.edu
Henry P. Godfrey, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Director, Ph.D. Program in Experimental Pathology
M.D., 1965, Harvard; Ph.D., 1980, Birmingham, UK
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2000
Host-parasite interactions and immunology of Lyme disease and tuberculosis; diagnosis of chronic bacterial infections; biochemical mechanisms of delayed hypersensitivity.
Tel: (914) 594-4160. E-mail: hgodfrey@nymc.edu
Kathleen Grima, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1981, Northwestern University
Certified: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine/Hematology, 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine/Oncology, 1991
American Board of of Pathology - Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking, 1993
Blood Banking; Transfusion Medicine; Hematology.
Tel: (914) 784-4560. E-mail: kathleen_grima@nymc.edu
Liying Han, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1989 Fourth Military Medical University, China
Ph.D., 1996 Fourth Military Medical University, China
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2006.
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Cytopathology, 2007.
Cytopathology; Surgical Pathology
Tel: (914) 493-7415. E-mail: hanl@wcmc.com

Michael Iatropoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1964, Ph.D., 1965, Tübingen, Germany
American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology, 1972.
Comparative mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenesis.
Tel: (914) 594-3106. E-mail: mcneil3@aol.com
Humayun Islam, M.D., Ph.D.
 
Associate Professor of Pathology, Program Director - Pathology Residency, Director of Hematopathology
M.D. 1993, Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh
Ph.D. 2000, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Japan
Certified: American Board of Pathology – Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2004
American Board of Pathology – Hematology, 2006
Hematopoietic Neoplasms; Flow Cytometry.
Tel: (914) 493-1072. E-mail: humayun_islam@nymc.edu
Sudhir Jain, Ph.D.
 
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology
Ph.D. 1997, School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya Viswa Vidyalaya, Indore, India
Molecular Genetics of cardiovascular and renal pathologies
Role of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in human essential hypertension
 914-594-3102. Email: sudhir_jain@nymc.edu
Alan M. Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Pathology
Ph.D. 1970, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK
Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and toxicity: DNA adduct formation and molecular epidemiology.
Tel: (914) 594-3105. E-mail: alan_jeffrey@nymc.edu
Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor of Pathology and Neurosurgery
Ph.D. 1979, Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Tumor suppressor genes, p53, PTEN and breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, and metastasis related gene, nm23.
Tel: (914) 594-3186. E-mail: meena_jhanwar@NYMC.edu
Sadiqa Karim, M.B.B.S.

Assistant Professor of Pathology
M.D. 1994, Sindh Medical College
Certified: American Board of Pathology – Clinical Pathology, 2007.
Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine
Tel: (914) 493-7610. E-mail: skarim@nybloodcenter.org

Umadevi S. Katta, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1969, Kasturba Medical College,Mangalore, India
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, 1978
American Board of Pathology - Hematopathology, 1982.
American Board of Pathology - Immunohematology & Transfusion Medicine, 1996.
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology, Transfusion
Medicine and Immunohematology.
Tel: 914-493-1695. E-mail: umadevi_katta@nymc.edu
Ashok Kumar, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Ph.D., 1963, Allahbad University, India
Molecular genetics of hypertension, role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in human essential hypertension and pregnancy induced hypertension.
Tel: (914) 594-4398. E-mail: Ashok_Kumar@nymc.edu
Hyun Soon Ellen Kwark, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1982, Jeonbug National University, Jeonju, Korea
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology, 1995
American Board of Pathology – Dermatopathology, 1995.
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology; Dermatopathology.
Tel: (914) 493-7419. E-mail: ellen_kwark@nymc.edu
Paul A. Lucas, M.D.
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Pathology
Ph.D., 1981, University of Minnesota
Wound healing and tissue engineering.
Tel: (914) 594-3222. E-mail: paul_lucas@nymc.edu
Myron R. Melamed, M.D.
Senior Attending Pathologist
M.D., 1950, Cincinnati
American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology, 1957 – Recertified, 1998.
Flow and static cytometry of human cancer cells in conjunction with cytochemical, immunochemical and in situ nucleic acid reactions for diagnostic and prognostic purposes.
Tel: (914) 493-1222. E-mail: melamed@nymc.edu
Fred H. Moy, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Director, M.S. Programs in Experimental Pathology
Ph.D., 1986, Sussex, UK; M.B.A., 1991, University of California at Los Angeles
Biostatistics and epidemiology in environmetrics, lead exposure, risk assessment, reproductive epidemiology, biomarkers and molecular epidemiology.
Tel: (914) 594-4174. E-mail: moy@nymc.edu
Stanley Oiseth, M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty Member
Assistant Professor of Pathology
M.D., Ph.D., 1988, Florence, Italy.
Mechanisms of metastasis in breast cancer.
Tel: (718) 920-9875. E-mail:
stan_oiseth@nymc.edu
Fouzia Alam Shakil, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor of Pathology
M.B.B.S., 1984, Sir Salimullah Medical College, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Surgical Pathology
Tel: (914) 493-5189. E-mail: shakilf@wcmc.com
Millicent Sutton, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
M.D., 1980, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee
Certified: American Board of Pediatrics - 1991, 2002
American Board of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology -2006
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Tel: (914) 493-1069. E-mail: msutton@nybloodcenter.org
Frank Traganos, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology
Ph.D., 1979, Cornell University Medical School
Cell biology-study of mechanisms involved in control of cell cycle progression (check points) and cell death (apoptosis) in model systems (cell cultures) and clinical material.
Tel: (914) 594-3780. E-mail: frank_traganos@nymc.edu
John Weisburger, Ph.D., M.D.(hc).
Research Professor of Pathology
Ph.D., 1949, Cincinnati; M.D. (Hon.), 1980, Umeå (Sweden).
Effects of reactive oxygen species and prevention with antioxidants, including vegetables, soy, or black and green tea; role of nutrition in human carcinogenesis; rational means of prevention of cancer, coronary heart disease, and stroke.
Tel: (914) 592-4037. E-mail: johnweisburger@aol.com
Gary M. Williams, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
M.D., 1967, University of Pittsburgh
American Board of Pathology, 1974.
American Board of Toxicology, 1981.
Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; metabolic and genetic effects of chemical carcinogens.
Tel: (914) 594-4627. E-mail: gary_williams@nymc.edu
Yasmin Yusuf, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology and Director of Laboratories, Dobbs Ferry Hospital
M.D., 1979, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Certified: American Board of Pathology - Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, 1992
American Board Pathology - Cytopathology, 1996
Anatomic Pathology; Cytopathology.
Tel: (914) 559-1028. E-mail: yasmin_yusuf@nymc.edu
Reinhard E. Zachrau, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Director, Pathology/Pathophysiology Course, New York Medical College
M.D., 1964, Heidelberg, Germany
American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology, 1977
Tumor immunology.
Tel: (914) 594-3221. E-mail: zachrau@nymc.edu
   

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