Applause and Accolades

 

 

•"Prediction of Final Gleason Score in Radical Prostatectomy Utilizing Global Gleason Score, Highest Gleason Score and Largest Volume Gleason Score Parameters in Needle Core Biopsies", authors: Dr. Asra Feroze, Dr. Julia Rivera, Dr. Yu Liu,Dr.  Haibo Wang, Dr. Ritu Bhalla, was not only presented in the Stowell-Orbison award category of posters but was selected as the first 6 best posters by the AIPNA (Association of Indian Pathologists in North America). USCAP 2024

 

•Zaid Khreefa's, "Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Intestine, Liver, and Pancreas", published in the Cells Journal and selected as the cover.  January 2023

 

• Jihuan Chen's poster, "A Rare Case of Primary Cardiac T-Cell Lymphoma in Immunocompetent Adult", selected as a blue ribbon finalist in the Case Study Category, ASCP 2022

 

• Michael Webber's poster, "Benign Multicystic Peritoneal Mesothelioma as a Rare Cause of Death", selected as a blue ribbon finalist in the Case Study Category, ASCP 2022.

 

• Zaid Khreefa's poster on ‘Liver Injury in COVID-19: Direct Evidence of Hepatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Associated Histopathologic Findings',  selected as ‘Third Place' in the Junior Member Abstracts for the CAP22 Annual Meeting (October 2022).   

 

• Christopher Girardo, nominated as UMC Outstanding Resident of the Year (2021-2022).

 

• Liz Yang, nominiated as UMC Outstanding Intern of the Year (2021-2022).

 

• Dr. Ritu Bhalla-recipient of the UMC Attending Physician of the Quarter Award (January 2022).

 

• Christopher Girardo accepted a Clinical Informatics Fellowship at the LSU-Ochsner program in Shreveport (2022).

 

• Jack Harbert accepted a Hematopathology Fellowship at the University of Minnesota (2023).

 

•Fernanda Da Silva Lameira accepted a Forensic Pathology Fellowship at Virgina Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (2023).

 

• Bing Han, Gloria Sura, and Katherine Wang all passed their APCP boards (2021).

 

• Gloria Sura, selected as University Medical Center's Resident of the Quarter (First Quarter, 2021).

 

• Fernanda Da Silva Lameira, "A rare cause of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: An autopsy report", award winning poster at the LSU Medical Research Day in the Clinical Vignette section, 2021.

 

• Bing Han nomintated as UMC resident of the year, 2020-2021

 

• Nibras Fakhri received the Jerome Smith Award (First Prize) for best infectious disease pathology poster, USCAP 110th Annual Meeting 2021.

 

• Nibras Fakhri's "Diagnostic Accuracy of Histochemical Stains in Identification of Mucormycetes" poster received the best poster award in the infectious disease section of USCAP (2021)

 

• Christopher Girardo and Hina Khokhar announced as Chief Residents for 2021
 

• Christopher Girardo awarded best education poster by the Digital Pathology Association for "COVID Challenges, Digital Solutions", Pathology Visions 2020

 

• Bing Han accepted a dermatopathology fellowship at Tulane University (2022)

 

• Bing Han, selected as University Medical Center's Resident of the Quarter (Third Quarter, 2020)

 

• Hina Khokhar accepted a Hematopathology fellowship at University of Miami (2022).

 

•  Nibras Fakhri accepted sequential fellowships at Methodist Houston (Weill Cornell) for Cytopathology (2022) and combined GU and Medical Renal Pathology (2023).

 

•  Walter Beversdorf and Hina Khokhar had their poster, "A Rare Case of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia Diagnosed at Autopsy", selected as a blue ribbon finalist in the ASCP resident category. 2020            

 

 • Bing Han and Christopher Girardo chosen as PEC representatives for 2020-2021 academic year.

 

 • Hina Khokhar: Selected to serve as GMEC representative for 2020-2021 academic year.

 

 • Katherine Wang: Served as GMEC representative for 2019-2021 academic year.

 

 • Bing Han and Jack Harbert: Featured in the May 2020 issue of CAP Today for their work on COVID 19 autopsies.

 

• Walter Beversdorf: Accepted his sequential fellowships in Hematopathology at University of Texas, San Antonio, 2021; and Surgical Pathology at Medical  University of South Carolina, 2022.

 

 • Gloria Sura: Accepted as junior member on the CAP Council of Accreditation

 

• Katherine Wang: Accepted her sequential fellowship in Cytology and GI Pathology at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 2021

 

• Gloria Sura is going to Methodist Hospital, Houston, associated with Weill Cornell, for cytopathology fellowship;2021

 

• Bing Han is going to Moffitt Cancer Center, associated with University of South Florida, Tampa, for Breast Pathology fellowship, for the year 2021

 

 •Congratulations are in order to Katherine Wang and Gloria Sura, winners of GRIPE 2019 Photo Contest

 

• Nicole Jackson and Bing Han: chosen as PEC resident representatives

 

• Gloria Sura: Resident CAP delegate, July 2018

 

 •Bing Han: Nominated as best intern of the year, June 2018

 

• Gloria Sura: resident liaison for Students interested in Pathology

 

 • Gloria Sura's abstract: Hyphae in Invasive Coccidioidomycosis: to be presented in CAP meeting, October 2018.