Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department Expert Team

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine includes more than 35 experienced pathologists, all certified by the American Board of Pathology, many with multiple certifications in anatomic and clinical pathology, immunopathology, cytopathology, hematopathology and transfusion medicine. Twelve members of this department also have PhDs. Faculty members have various academic appointments at the University of California, Los Angeles and at the University of Southern California.

Program Leadership

Mahul B. Amin MD Chairman, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	David P. Frishberg MD Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology
Cynthia C. Nast MD Director, Residency Program

Bone and Soft Tissue

Bonnie L. Balzer MD, PhD Director, Dermatopathology	Catherine I. Barry DO Attending Pathologist
Julie Wu MD Attending Pathologist

Breast Pathology

Karen A. Scharre MD Director, Breast Pathology	Shikha Bose MD Director, Cytopathology
Farnaz Dadmanesh MD Attending Pathologist	Xuemo Fan MD PhD Attending Pathologist
Richard Mertens MD Attending Pathologist

Cardiac Pathology

Daniel J. Luthringer MD
Director, Autopsy Service
Director, Cardiac Pathology
Director, Genitourinary Pathology

Christine VanBeek MD
Attending Pathologist

Clinical Chemistry

Sayed M. H. Sadrzadeh PhD
Director, Clinical Chemistry; Scientific Director, Core Laboratory

Kimia Sobhani PhD
Scientific Director, Emergency Department
Scientific Director, Cancer Center Laboratories
Associate Scientific Director, Core Lab

Coagulation

Oxana Tcherniantchoulk MD
Director, Coagulation Laboratory
Co-Director, Pathology Residency Program

Sumire Kitahara MD
Associate Medical Director, Microbiology

Cytogenetics

Jean Lopategui MD Medical Director, Molecular Pathology and Clinical Cytogenetics	Rena Falk MD Medical Co-Director, Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory Director, Prenatal Diagnosis Center
Rhona Schreck PhD Scientific Director, Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory	Sulagna Saitta MD, PhD Associate Director, Clinical Genetics
Elizabeth Spiteri PhD Scientific Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory; Associate Scientific Director, Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory

Cytopathology

Shikha Bose MD Director, Cytopathology	Mariza De Peralta-Venturina MD Attending Pathologist
David P. Frishberg MD Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology	Karen A. Scharre MD Director, Breast Pathology
Ann E. Walts MD Pathologist

Dermatopathology

Bonnie L. Balzer MD, PhD Director, Dermatopathology	Catherine I. Barry DO Attending Pathologist
David P. Frishberg MD Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology	Julie Wu MD Attending Pathologist

Electron Microscopy

Arthur H. Cohen MD
Director, Renal Pathology

Serguei I. Bannykh MD PhD
Director, Neuropathology

Experimental Pathology

Kenneth Bernstein MD Director, Experimental Pathology	Sebastien Fuchs MD, PhD Research Scientist, Biomedical Sciences Phone: 310-423-7768
Romer A. Gonzalez-Villalobos MD, PhD Research Scientist

Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization

Jean Lopategui MD
Medical Director, Molecular Pathology and Clinical Cytogenetics

Flow Cytometry

Randa Alsabeh MD Director, Immunopathology	Serhan Alkan MD Director, Personalized Medicine Diagnostics Director, Hematopathology Director, Academic Clinical Pathology
Sumire Kitahara MD Associate Medical Director, Microbiology

Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology

Deepti Dhall MD Attending Pathologist	David P. Frishberg MD Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology
Melissa E. Kahn MD Associate Director, Residency Program	Richard Mertens MD Attending Pathologist

Genitourinary Pathology

Mahul B. Amin MD Chairman, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Mariza De Peralta-Venturina MD Attending Pathologist
Daniel J. Luthringer MD Director, Autopsy Service Director, Cardiac Pathology Director, Genitourinary Pathology	Sijian Wang MD PhD Attending Pathologist

Gynecologic Pathology

Bonnie L. Balzer MD, PhD Director, Dermatopathology	Denise Barbuto MD PhD Director, Gynecologic Pathology
Farnaz Dadmanesh MD Attending Pathologist	Karen A. Scharre MD Director, Breast Pathology
Elvio Silva MD Attending Pathologist	Ann E. Walts MD Pathologist

Head and Neck Pathology

Bonnie L. Balzer MD, PhD Director, Dermatopathology	Catherine I. Barry DO Attending Pathologist
Julie Wu MD Attending Pathologist

Hematopathology

Serhan Alkan MD Director, Personalized Medicine Diagnostics Director, Hematopathology Director, Academic Clinical Pathology	Randa Alsabeh MD Director, Immunopathology
Sumire Kitahara MD Associate Medical Director, Microbiology	Bharat N. Nathwani MD Attending Pathologist
Oxana Tcherniantchoulk MD Director, Coagulation Laboratory Co-Director, Pathology Residency Program

Immunopathology

Randa Alsabeh MD Director, Immunopathology	W. Stephen Nichols MD Medical Director, Microbiology Interim Director, Clinical Pathology
Richard Mertens MD Attending Pathologist

Microbiology

Margie Morgan PhD Scientific Director, Microbiology	W. Stephen Nichols MD Medical Director, Microbiology Interim Director, Clinical Pathology
Sumire Kitahara MD Associate Medical Director, Microbiology

Molecular Pathology

Jean Lopategui MD Medical Director, Molecular Pathology and Clinical Cytogenetics	W. Stephen Nichols MD Medical Director, Microbiology Interim Director, Clinical Pathology
Elizabeth Spiteri PhD Scientific Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory; Associate Scientific Director, Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory	Serhan Alkan MD Director, Personalized Medicine Diagnostics Director, Hematopathology Director, Academic Clinical Pathology

Neuropathology

Serguei I. Bannykh MD PhD
Director, Neuropathology

Xuemo Fan MD PhD
Attending Pathologist

Post-Mortem (Autopsy) Pathology

Daniel J. Luthringer MD
Director, Autopsy Service
Director, Cardiac Pathology
Director, Genitourinary Pathology

Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology

Mariza De Peralta-Venturina MD Attending Pathologist	Melissa E. Kahn MD Associate Director, Residency Program
Alberto M. Marchevsky MD Director, Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology	Sijian Wang MD PhD Attending Pathologist

Renal Pathology

Arthur H. Cohen MD Director, Renal Pathology	Mark Haas MD, PhD Attending Pathologist
Cynthia C. Nast MD Director, Residency Program	Christine VanBeek MD Attending Pathologist

Thyroid Pathology

Shikha Bose MD Director, Cytopathology	Bonnie L. Balzer MD, PhD Director, Dermatopathology
Denise Barbuto MD PhD Director, Gynecologic Pathology	Mariza De Peralta-Venturina MD Attending Pathologist
Xuemo Fan MD PhD Attending Pathologist	David P. Frishberg MD Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology
Farnaz Dadmanesh MD Attending Pathologist	Alberto M. Marchevsky MD Director, Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology
Karen A. Scharre MD Director, Breast Pathology

Transfusion Medicine

Ellen B. Klapper MD
Director, Transfusion Medicine
Director, Point-of-Care Testing

Samuel H. Pepkowitz MD
Transfusion Medicine, Pediatric Pathology

Translational Pathology

Beatrice Knudsen MD, PhD
Medical Director, Advanced Biobank
Director, Translational Pathology