Shikha Bose, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Cytopathology

Clinical Specialties:
Breast Pathology
Cytopathology

Email:  Shikha.Bose@cshs.org
Phone:  310-423-6623

Education and Training

  • King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India; MD
  • Residency in Anatomic Pathology, Lakenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fellowship in Cytopathology, Lakenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fellowship in Surgical Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • Fellowship in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Surgical Pathology, New York University   Medical Center, NY
  • Fellowship in Breast Pathology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

Medical Board Certification

  • Board Certified, Anatomic Pathology
  • Board Certified, Cytopathology

Clinical and Research Interests

  • Cancerous and precancerous lesions of the breast and cervix
  • NIH sponsored studies in breast and cytopathology

Awards and Activities

  • Mentored finalists and recipients of the Paul Rubenstein, M.D. Prize for Excellence in Resident Research
  • Mentored recipients of the Nathan Friedman, M.D. Prize for Excellence in Resident Research
  • Mentored resident recipient of the Warren Lang, M.D. Resident Physician Award for best poster presentation given by the American Society of Cytopathology
  • American Society of Cytopathology webinar speaker

Selected Publications

  • Loghavi S, Walts AE, Bose S. CINtec® plus dual immunostain: A triage tool for cervical pap smears with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance and low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012 Jul 26. doi: 10.1002/dc.22900.
  • Bose S, Walts AE. Thyroid fine needle aspirate: a post-Bethesda update. Adv Anat Pathol. 2012;19(3):160-9.
  • Gertych A, Joseph AO, Walts A, Bose S. Automated detection of dual p16/Ki67 nuclear immunoreactivity in liquid-based Pap tests for improved cervical cancer risk stratification. Ann Biomed Eng. 2012;40(5):1192-204.
  • Rubinek T, Shulman M, Israeli S, Bose S, Avraham A, Sandelovitch A, Evron E, Nili- Gal-Yam E, Kaufman B, Wolf I. Epigenetic silencing of the tumor suppressor Klotho in human breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012;133(2):649-57.
  • Abramovitz L, Rubinek T, Ligumsky H, Bose S, Barshack I,  Avivi C, Kaufman B  and Wolf I. KL1 internal repeat mediates klotho tumor suppressor activities and inhibits bFGF and IGF-1 signaling in pancreatic cancer. Clin Can Res 2011;17(13):4254-66.
  • Loghavi S, Bose S. Polyomavirus infection and urothelial carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011;39(7):531-5.

Click here for a list of peer-reviewed publications by Shikha Bose, MD.

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