Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of Pathology
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799
Room: B3154
Phone: (301) 295-3450
fax: (301) 295-1640
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PAT - Leadership
Barbara E.C. Knollmann-Ritschel, M.D., Captain, Navy

Name: Barbara E.C. Knollmann-Ritschel, M.D., Captain, Navy
Research Interests:
Education
Viral countermeasures, TBI, and radioprotection
Education
Medical School: 1988-1993 Doctor of Medicine University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Internship: 1993-1994 Transitional Internship National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Residency: 1994-1998 Pathology: Anatomic Pathology/Clinical Pathology National Capitol Consortium/ USUHS, Bethesda, Maryland
Biography
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- 2013-Present Professor, Department of Pathology, Secondary Appointment: Professor, Emerging Infectious Disease
- 2011-Present Staff Pathologist, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
- 2016 Association of Pathology Chairs, Undergraduate Medical Education Council: Chair-Elect
- 2017 Carol John’s Medal recipient
- 2014 Faculty Development Certificate of Advanced Expertise in Medical Education
- 2013 Innovation in Education, Award Winner
- 2012 F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine Annual Faculty Teaching Award
- 2012 Alpha Omega Alpha, Member
- 2016 Associate Editor for the journal Academic Pathology
- 2011-2014 Module Director for Fundamentals Module and Council of Module Directors, Member: Integrated the basic sciences and clinical sciences in the first module of the new (2011) curriculum and designed the assessment, remediation, and laboratory integration for the curriculum.
Bibliography
- Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Regula, D, Borowitz, M., Conran, R., Prystowsky, M.; Pathology Competencies for Medical Education and Educational Cases. Academic Pathology, Vol 4
- Paridhi Gupta, Anuj Sharma, Jing Barbara Knollmann-Ritschel, Raj K Puri and Radha K Maheshwari. Differential host gene responses from infection with neurovirulent and partially-neurovirulent Han, Amy Yang, Manish Bhomia, strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. MAR 72017 BMJ INFD-D-16-00222R1
- Gayen, M., Gupta, P., Morazzani, E., Gaidaakova, E, Knollmann- Ritschel, B., Daly, M., Glass, P., Maheshwari, R. Dienococcus Mn2+ Peptide Complex: A Noval Approach to Alphavirus Vaccine Development. Vaccine Ms. Ref. No.: JVAC-D-16-01956
- Kiang, J., Smith, J., Anderson, M., Elliott, T., Gupta, P., Balakathiresan, N., Maheshwari, R., Knollmann-Ritschel, B.; Hemorrhage Enhances Cytokine, Complement Component 3, and Caspas-3, and Regulates MiRNAs Associated with Intestinal Damage after Whole-body Gamma-Irradiation. PLoS ONE, Vol 12(9): e0184393
- Knollmann-Ritschel, B, Suarez, E, Gilliland, W, Pock, A. Pathology Course Director Perspectives of a Recent LCME Experience: Preparation in an Integrated Curriculum with the Revised Standards, Academic Pathology, Jan 2017, Vol 4:1-7 DOI:10.1177/2374289516687070
- Raghavendar Chandran, Sharma, A., Bhomia, M., Balakathiresan, N., Knollmann-Ritschel, BE., Maheshwari, R.: Differential Expression of MicroRNAs in the Brains of Mice Subjected to Increasing Grade of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Brain Injury 2017, 31-1: 106-119 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1213420
- Gupta P, Gayen M, Smith JT, Gaidamakova EK, Matrosova VY, Grichenko O, Knollmann-Ritschel B, Daly MJ, Kiang JG, Maheshwari RK.MDP: A Dienococcus Mn2+ Decapeptide Complex Protects Mice from Ionizing Radiation. PLoS One. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):e0160575. doi: 10.1371
- Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Durning, S.; Using Concept Maps in a Modified Team-Based Learning Exercise; AMSUS March 2014, Special Edition
- Sadofsky, M., Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Conran, R., Prystowsky, M.; National Standards in Pathology Education: Developing Competencies for Integrated Medical School Curricula; Arch Path Lab Med, Vol 138, Mar 2014: 328-332.
- Chopra, N., Yang, T., Asghari, P., Moore, E., Huke, S., Akin, B., Cattolica, R., Perez, CF., Hlaing, T., Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Jones, L., Pessah, I., Allen, P., Franzini-Armstrong, C., Knollmann, B., Ablation of triadi causes loss of cardic Ca2+ release units, impaired excitation-contraction coupling, and cardiac arrhythmias. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 5;106(18):7636-41.
John Stephen Dumler, M.D.

Name: John Stephen Dumler, M.D.
Research Interests:
Medical Microbiology
Vector-borne diseases
Education
MD - 1985 University of Maryland at Baltimore, Sch Medicine
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Anatomic Pathology Residency 1985-1988 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine Residency 1988-1989 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pathology Residency (Research) 1990 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Postdoctoral Fellowship 1990-1992 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Biography
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- 1992-1995 Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- 1996-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School Public Health
- 2003-2013 Professor (tenured 2003), Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health
- 2011-2012 Professor, Pathology and Microbiology, Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- 2013-2016 Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology; University of Maryland School of Medicine.
- 2016-present Chair, Joint Departments of Pathology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD and Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, MD
- 2010 American Society for Microbiology Becton Dickinson Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology, 110th ASM General Meeting, San Diego, CA
- 2013 Brindley Visiting Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Pathology, Galveston, TX
- 2013 Meeting Keynote Lecturer, XVII Congreso Sociedad Espanola de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica (Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology), Zaragoza, Spain; May 29-31, 2013.
- 2013 Barnett L. Cohen Award, In recognition of contributions, devotion and interest in promoting the science of microbiology; Maryland Branch, American Society for Microbiology; December 4, 2013.
Bibliography
- Bakken JS, Dumler JS, Chen SM, Eckman MR, Van Etta LL, Walker DH. Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in the upper midwest United States. A new species emerging? JAMA 1994;272:212-218.
- Goodman JL, Nelson C, Vitale B, Madigan JE, Dumler JS, Kurtti TJ, Munderloh UK. Direct cultivation of the causative agent from patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. N Engl J Med 1996;334:209-215. PMID:8531996
- Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CPJ, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales; unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia, and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia; descriptions of six new species combinations; and designation of Ehrlichia equi and "HGE agent” as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
- Martin ME, Caspersen K, Dumler JS. Immunopathology and ehrlichial propagation are regulated by interferon gamma (IFN) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in a murine model of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Am J Pathol 2001, 158:1881-1888.
- Dumler JS, Barat NC, Barat CE, Bakken JS. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis and macrophage activation. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 45: 199-204.
- Choi KS, Scorpio DG, Dumler JS. Stat1 negatively regulates immune-mediated injury with Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection. J Immunol 2014; 193:5088-98. PMC4225178
- Garcia-Garcia JC, Rennoll-Bankert KE, Pelly S, Milstone AM, Dumler JS. Silencing of host cell CYBB Gene expression by the nuclear effector AnkA of the intracellular pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Infect Immun. 2009; 77:2385-91. PMC2687357.
- Garcia-Garcia JC, Barat NC, Trembley SJ, Dumler JS. Epigenetic silencing of host cell defense genes enhances intracellular survival of the rickettsial pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. PLoS Pathogen 2009; 5:e1000488. PMC2694362.
- Sinclair SHG, Yegnasubramanian S, Dumler JS. Global DNA methylation changes and differential gene expression in Anaplasma phagocytophilum-infected human neutrophils. Clin Epigenetics 2015 7:77. PMC4518890
- Rennoll-Bankert KE, Garcia-Garcia JC, Sinclair SH, Dumler JS. Chromatin-bound bacterial effector ankyrin A recruits histone deacetylase 1 and modifies host gene expression. Cell Microbiol. 2015; 17:1640-1652; PMID: 25996657
PAT - Local/NCA Faculty
Clifford M. Snapper, M.D.

Name: Clifford M. Snapper, M.D.
Research Interests:
Basic and Translational Immunology
Education
M.D. Albany Medical College (Union University, Albany, New York, 1981
Intern, Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York, 1981-1982
Resident, Department of Pathology, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, 1982-1985
Medical Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 1985-1988
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- 1994-present Professor (secondary), Cell and Molecular Biology Program,USUHS
- 1998-present Professor (secondary), Department of Medicine, USUHS
- 1998-present Adjunct Professor, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Rajasthan),India
- 2000-present Professor (secondary), Emerging Infectious Diseases Program
- 2000-present Director, Institute for Vaccine Research, USUHS
- 1975 Theodore Smits Memorial Award in Astronomy and Physics
- 1989 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Developing Investigator Award, Immunopharmacology of Allergic Diseases
- 1992 The Jeffrey Modell Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2009 Exceptional Lab Instructor in Pathology, USUHS
- 2008 Member, Ad Hoc; NIH Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel: “Hypersensitivity, Autoimmune, and Immune-Mediated Diseases”
Bibliography
- Snapper, C. M., and F. D. Finkelman. Immunoglobulin class switching. In: Fundamental Immunology 4th edition, W. E. Paul ed., Raven Press, N.Y., 1997.
- Snapper, C. M. and J. Banchereau. Cytokines in antibody responses. In: The cytokine network and immune functions, 1999. Ed. J. Theze.
- Vos, Q., Lees, A., Wu, Z-Q., Snapper, C. M., and Mond, J. J. 2000. B cell activation by T cell independent type 2 antigens as an integral part of the humoral immune response to pathogenic microorganisms. Immunol. Rev. 176:154.
- Snapper, C. M., Shen, Y., Khan, A. Q., Colino, J., Zelazowski, P., Mond, J. J., Gause, W. C., and Wu, Z-Q. 2001. Distinct types of T-cell help for the induction of a humoral immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Trends in Immunology. 22:308.
- Colino, J. and Snapper. C. M. 2003. Dendritic cells, new tools for vaccination. Microbes and Infection 5: 311.
- Snapper, C. M., Wu, Z-Q., Khan, A. Q., and Colino, J. The humoral immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae. In: The Pneumococcus. 2004. Eds. E. Tuomanen, T. Mitchell, D. Morrison, and B. Spratt.
- Snapper, C. M. 2006. Differential regulation of protein- and polysaccharide-specific Ig isotype production in vivo in response to intact Streptococcus pneumoniae. Curr Protein Pept Sci. 7 :295.
- Goldblatt, D. and Snapper, C. M. 2007. Immunobiology of pneumococcal polysaccharides and conjugate vaccines. In. Pneumococcal Vaccines: The Impact of Conjugate Vaccine. Eds. G. Siber, K. Klugman, and H. Makela, ASM Press.
- Snapper, C. M. 2012. Mechanisms underlying in vivo polysaccharide-specific immunoglobulin responses to intact extracellular bacteria. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1253: 92.
- Snapper, C. M. 2015. The humoral immune response to T cell-independent antigens. Encyclopedia of Immunology, Elsevier.
Dennis J Grab, Ph.D.
Name: Dennis J Grab, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Microbes and microvascular endothelial cell (MEC) barriers
Diagnostics loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and LAMPoles
Education
Hunter College of City University of New York
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Ph.D. Pharmacology, 1977
Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Sloan-Kettering Division
Postdoctoral Fellow 1977-1981
Department of Cell Biology
The Rockefeller University
Biography
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- 2015-present Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute of NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University
- 2015-present Adjunct Associate Professor, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- 2016-present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Charles S Via, M.D.
Name: Charles S Via, M.D.
Research Interests:
T cell immunology
Systemic lupus erythematosus, allograft rejection
Education
MD, University of Virginia
Internship and Junior Residency, Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Hospital (Tufts), Boston, MA
Senior Residency, Internal Medicine, The Carney Hospital (Boston Univ), Boston, MA
Rheumatology Fellowship, Walter Reed Army Med Ctr
Medical Staff Fellow, Experimental Immunology Branch, DCBD, NCI, NIH
Biography
1976-1980 U.S. Army: Internist, Stuttgart, Germany; Asst. Chief Int. Med, West Berlin, Germany
1982-1984 Chief, Rheumatology, Brooke Army Med. Center, San Antonio, TX
1988-2004 Assistant, Associate and Full Professor (with tenure), Univ. Maryland Med. Sch., Chief, Arthritis Clinic, Baltimore VA Hospital. Co-Founder and Director, Maryland Lupus Program.
2004-present Professor, Pathology Dept., Uniformed Services Univ. of Health Sci. Bethesda, MD.
Advisory Committees
Study Sections, full member: NIH: Hypersensitivity, Autoimmune and Immune Diseases (HAI) (2009-2013); Veterans Affairs: Immunology, Merit Review Board (1995-98); Arthritis Foundation: Clinical and Applied Immunology (1991-92), Cellular Immunology (2002-03). DOD: DTRA-TMTI Viral Therapeutics (2006-07). Alliance for Lupus Research: Target Identification in lupus (2005-07, 2009-2013); Lupus Research Inst. (2012-13). NIH ad hoc reviewer: IMS/HAI, IMB, ACTS (1992-2008).
Editorial Boards: Clinical Immunology (1992-2004); Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (2002- 2006), Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (2006-2010), Current Immunol Reviews (2005). Section Editor: The Journal of Immunology (2005-2008), Cellular Immunology (2015-present)
NIAMS Advisory Council, ex officio DOD representative. (2002-2004).
Patents
1996 US Patent # 5,514,556: Method for detecting immune dysfunction in asymptomatic AIDS patients and for predicting organ transplant rejection.GM Shearer, M Clerici, CS Via.
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- The Honor Society of Phi Beta Kappa
- Meritorious Service Medal, United States Army
- VA Career Development Award, Research Associate
- Phillip Hench Award in Rheumatology, Assn of Military Surgeons of the United States
- 26th Annual Einbender Lecturer in Lupus, University of Missouri Medical School, Columbia, MO
- Henry Kunkel Society
Bibliography
Sara Contente, PhD
Name: Sara Contente, PhD
Education
Dissertation: Plasmid Transformation and Molecular Cloning in Bacillus subtilis
M.A., Biology, City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, NY 1976
B.A., Psychobiology, New York University, New York, NY 1973
Bibliography
Mary L Cutler, PhD
Name: Mary L Cutler, PhD
Research Interests:
Cancer biology
Molecular and cell biology
Education
1978 M.S. Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102
1980 Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102
1980 - 1983 Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda
Mentor: George F. Vande Woude
Biography
Her research focuses on the role of cell adhesion molecules in signaling and migration of breast cancer. Dr. Cutler identified molecules that control adhesion and migration through integrins and determined the mechanisms by which they regulate cell stress and susceptibility to oncogenic transformation. Her laboratory identified novel cell adhesion contributions to lactogenesis as well. Dr. Cutler has investigated these basic research questions in the context of cancer development and progression with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the CDMRP Breast Cancer Program and through collaborative research with the Clinical Breast Care Program Center of Excellence at the Murtha Cancer.
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- Director, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology 2007-present
Bibliography
Daniel P Perl, M.D.
Name: Daniel P Perl, M.D.
Research Interests:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Neurodegeneration
Education
M.D. State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Internship in Pathology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Resident in Pathology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine
American Board of Pathology, Board Certified - Anatomic Pathology, Neuropathology
Biography
Dr. Perl is highly regarded for his work on various aspects of the neuropathology of age-related neurodegenerative disorders, especially the role of environmental factors in their induction. He is the leading authority on the pathology of the fascinating complex of neurodegenerative disorders occurring among the native population living on Guam. Prior to coming to Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, his research had been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health for 32 years. Dr. Perl has won numerous awards for his research as well as his role as a medical educator.
In September, 2010, Professor Perl left Mount Sinai to join the faculty of the Department of Defense’s Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, in Bethesda, MD. In conjunction with the congressionally mandated Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, he has established a state-of-the-art neuropathology laboratory dedicated to research on the acute and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD among military personnel.
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (Pathology), Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence RI, 1972-1976.
- Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, 1976-1983.
- Professor of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, 1983-1986.
- Attending Neuropathologist, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1976-1986
- Professor of Pathology, Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1986-2010
- Director of Neuropathology Division, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, 1986-2010
- Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 2010 to date
- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Director, Neuropathology Core, MD, 2010 to date
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), Lambda Chapter, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Alumni Achievement Medallion for Distinguished Service to American Medicine and Humanity, SUNY Downstate Alumni Association
Bibliography
- Esiri, M.M. and Perl, D.P. Oppenheimer’s Diagnostic Neuropathology, A Practical Manual, 3rd Edition. Hodder Arnold Press, London, 2006, pp. 1-566.
- Shively, SB, Edgerton, SL, Iacono, D, Purohit, DP, Qu, BX, Haroutunian, V, Davis, KL, Diaz-Arrastia, R, Perl, DP. Localized cortical chronic traumatic encephalopathy pathology after single, severe axonal injury in human brain. Acta Neuropathol. 133: 353-366, 2017.
- Shively, SB, Perl, DP. Viewing the invisible wound: novel lesions identified in postmortem brains of U.S. service members with military blast exposure. Mil. Med. 182: 1461-1463, 2017.
- Shively, SB, Horkayne-Szakaly, I, Jones, RV, Kelly, JP, Armstrong, RC, Perl, DP. Characterisation of interface astroglial scarring in the human brain after blast exposure: a post-mortem case series. Lancet Neurol. 15: 944-953, 2016.
- Logue, OC, Cramer, NP, Xu, XF, Perl, DP, Gladzicki, Z. Alterations of functional properties of hippocampal networks following repetitive closed-head injury. Exp. Neurol. 277: 277-243, 2016.
- McKee, AC, Cairns, NJ, Dickson, DW, Folkerth, RD, Keene, CD, Litvan, I, Perl, DP, Stein, TD, Vonsattel, JP, Stewart, W, et al. The first NINDS/NIBIB consensus meeting to define neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. ACTA Neuropathol. 131: 75-86, 2016
- Diaz-Arrastia, R., Perl, D. Cognitive dysfunction and contact sports. JAMA Neurol. 7:1-2, 2013.
- Shively, SB, Perl, DP Traumatic brain injury, shell shock and post-traumatic stress disorder in the military - past, present and future. J. Head Trauma Rehabil. 27: 234-239, 2012.
- Shively, SB, Perl, D.P., Diaz-Arrastia, R. Dementia resulting from traumatic brain injury: What is the pathology? Arch. Neurol. 69: 1245-1251, 2012.
- McKee, AC, Gavett, BE, Stern, RA, et al. TDP-43 proteinopathy and motor neuron disease in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 69: 918-929, 2010.
Michael J Daly, PhD
Name: Michael J Daly, PhD
Research Interests:
Radiation Biology
Vaccine Development
Education
Biography
Daly’s paradigm-shifting papers have been serving as a ‘Rosetta stone’ in the modern decryption of radiation resistance - away from the many DNA-centric views to one in which a cell’s proteome - not its genome - is the prime target responsible for radiation-induced cell death. This model is known as Death by Protein Damage in Irradiated Cells (4. DNA Repair (Amst.), 2012, 11, 12-21).
Bibliography
Elizabeth A Rouse, MD DVM, Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force
Name: Elizabeth A Rouse, MD DVM, Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force
CUONG M NGUYEN, D.O., M.S., Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force

Name: CUONG M NGUYEN, D.O., M.S., Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force
Research Interests:
Anatomical/Clinical Pathology
Education
Internal Medicine Internship, David Grant Medical Center (DGMC), Travis AFB, CA 2004-2005
D.O., Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, Ca 2000-2004
M.S. in Biomedical Science, Barry University, Miami, FL 1998-1999
B.A. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1994-1997
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- Professional Experience: Assistant Professor, Pathology residency program preceptor, Deputy Course Medical Director (Phase II Laboratory Technician Training),/PALS/BLS Instructor, Elementary Teacher,,
- Other Positions and Experience: Staff Pathologist, College of American Pathologist (CAP) inspector, USAFE-AFAFRICA Pathology Consultant, Clinical/Pathology Laboratory services Medical Director, Drug Demand Reduction Program Medical Review Officer, Staff Flight Surgeon
- Certification and Licensure: Diplomate (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Board), Medical Licensing Board of Indiana
- Professional Memberships and Activities: Fellow for both American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and CAP
- Committee Assignments and Administrative Services: General Tumor Board Committee Chair, Invasive Procedure Council Chair, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff (ECOMS) Voting member
- Clinical / Quality Improvement Activities: USU Admission board Interviewer, Medical Interview Course Instructor, Peer-Peer Pathology Review Committee
- Educational Activities: Pathology Clerkship Director for School of Medicine, Faculty Advisor for Pathology Interest Group, Laboratory Preceptor, Small Group Discussion Preceptor, Team-Base-Learning Lecturer, Pathology Module Review Sessions Lecturer, Normal Histology Pathology Resident Review Series
- Professional Community Activities: USU Open House Presenter
- Publications: Day, R., Ahmed, H., Nguyen, C. “High-affinity galectin-3 antagonist for therapy of lung fibrosis.” (in progress)
Geeta Upadhyay, PhD

Name: Geeta Upadhyay, PhD
Research Interests:
Cancer Immunotherapy
Drug-protein interaction, tumor model
Education
MS (1996), Organic Chemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India,
PhD (2003), Breast Cancer, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India (1997-2000); University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany (2000-2002),
Research Fellow, Neurological Diseases, University of Texas Heath Science Center, San Antonio, TX 2002-2003
Research Fellow, Breast Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 2003-2004
Research Fellow, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 2004-2007
Research Fellow, Breast Cancer, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 2007-2011
Biography
Dr. Upadhyay received award winning PhD degree in 2003 from Molecular Endocrinology of breast cancer at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. Dr. Upadhyay received her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, Boston; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio in the areas of breast, colon cancer and cell signaling pathways of Wnt and oxidative stress pathways. Her postdoctoral work led to identification of a novel regulator DOCK4 in non-canonical Wnt pathway. Dr. Upadhyay served as research faculty at Georgetown University, Washington, DC where she made original observation that stem cell maker Sca-1 binds with TGF-beta receptor-1 in order to disrupt TGF-beta signaling.
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- since 2020: Associate Professor on tenure track, Pathology Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
- 2018 - 2020: Assistant Professor on tenure track, Pathology Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
- since 2018: Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
- 2014 - 2018 Assistant Professor, Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
- 2011 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
- since 2018: Member, John P Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of Health Science Center
- 2017: Young Investigator Award, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, Washington, DC
- 2014: Membership, Early Career Scientific Reviewer, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Bethesda, MD
- 2011, 2018: Scientific Peer Reviewer (Grants), Breast Cancer Research Program, Department of Defense, CDMRP
- 2015-2018: Scientific Peer Reviewer (Grants), Various Study sections at CSR, NIH
Bibliography
- Upadhyay G, Yin Y, Yuan H, Li X, Derynck R, Glazer RI. Stem cell antigen-1 enhances tumorigenicity by disruption of growth differentiation factor-10 (GDF10)-dependent TGF-beta signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 May 10;108(19):7820-5. PMCID: PMC3093514.
- Luo L, McGarvey P, Madhavan S, Kumar R, Gusev Y, Upadhyay G. Lymphocyte antigens 6 complex gene family members drive tumorigenesis. Oncotarget, 2016 Feb 3, 7(10):11165-93, DOI:10.18632. PMID: 26862846
- AlHossiny M, Luo L, Frazier WR, Steiner N, Gusev Y, Kallakury B, Glasgow E, Creswell K, Madhavan S, Kumar R, Upadhyay G. Lymphocyte antigens 6 complex K/E-transforming growth factor-beta axis promotes breast cancer tumorigenesis. Cancer Research Published Online First April 11, 2016; doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-2654.
- Ligaba SB, Khurana A, Graham G, Krawczyk E, Jablonski S, Petricoin EF, Glazer RI, Upadhyay G. Multifactorial analysis of conditional reprogramming of human keratinocytes. PLoS One. 2015;10(2):e0116755. PMID: 4340869.
PAT - National Faculty
Cuong Nguyen, Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force
Name: Cuong Nguyen, Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force
Ryan A Collins, M.D., Major, Air Force

Name: Ryan A Collins, M.D., Major, Air Force
Research Interests:
Digital Pathology
Transfusion Medicine
Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine- MD (2007-2011)
The Pennsylvania State University- BS, Microbiology (2003-2007)
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- Assistant Program Director for Research, SAUSHEC Pathology
- SAUSHEC GMEC Professionalism Subcommittee Member
- Clinical Competency Committee Member, SAUSHEC Pathology
- Residency Program Evaluation Committee Member, SAUSHEC Pathology
- Diplomate, American Board of Pathology (AP/CP)
Bibliography
- Kelley J, Collins R, and Allam C. Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Renal Schwannoma Excision. J Endourol Case Rep. 2016; 2(1):221-223.
- Bahr MP, Yazer MH, Triulzi DJ, Collins RA. Whole blood for the acutely haemorrhaging civilian trauma patient: a novel idea or rediscovery? Transfus Med 2016; 26(6):406-414.
- Collins RA, Wisniewski MK, Waters JH, Triulzi DJ, Alarcon LH, Yazer MH. Excessive quantities of red blood cells are issued to the operating room. Transfus Med 2015; 25(6):374-379.
- Collins RA, Wisniewski MK, Waters JH, Triulzi D, Yazer MH. Effectiveness of multiple initiatives to reduce blood component wastage. Am J Clin Pathol 2015; 143(3):329-335.
- Boisen ML, Collins RA, Yazer MH, Waters JH. Clinical Concepts and Commentary: Pretransfusion Testing and Transfusion of Uncrossmatched Erythrocytes. Anesthesiology 2015; 122(1): 191-195.
- Collins RA, Triulzi DJ, Waters JH, Reddy V, Yazer MH. Evaluation of Real-Time Clinical Decision Support Systems for Platelet and Cryoprecipitate Orders. Am J Clin Pathol 2014; 141(1):78-84.
Angela M Bachmann, M.D., Commander, Navy

Name: Angela M Bachmann, M.D., Commander, Navy
David T Lynch, M.D., Major, Air Force
Name: David T Lynch, M.D., Major, Air Force
Education
Pathology Residency, San Antonio Uniformed Health Services Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio, TX (2015).
Doctor of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE (2011).
Bachelor of Science, Physics, Creighton University, Omaha, NE (2004).
Bibliography
- Lynch DT, Hall J, Foucar K. How I Investigate Monocytosis. Int J of Lab Hematology. (in press).
- Lombardo J, Lynch D, Sickle cell trait with beta thalassemia, elliptocytosis, and thrombocytosis. Blood. 2017; 130(10):1275.
- Lynch DT, et al. Adenovirus Associated Appendicitis: an Under Recognized Relationship? Mil Medicine. 2017; 182(5):e1765-e1768.
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- Lynch DT, Czuchlewski. Peripheral Blood Findings in GM1 Gangliosidosis. Blood. 2016;127(17):2161.
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Mark Brissette, M.D.
Name: Mark Brissette, M.D.
Education
Loma Linda University School of Medicine M.D.
Loma Linda University Hospitals Internship- Internal Medicine
Letterman Army Medical Center Residency- Internal Medicine (1 year)
Madigan Army Medical Center Residency- Pathology (AP/CP)
National Naval Medical Center Fellowship-Hematopathology
Daniel Cruser, MD

Name: Daniel Cruser, MD
Research Interests:
Hematopathology
Ethics
Rachel L Werner, DDS, MS, Commander, Navy

Name: Rachel L Werner, DDS, MS, Commander, Navy
Research Interests:
Using cancer genomics "big data" as well as bulk/single cell RNA sequencing on murine models and CRISPR-treated cell lines to identify and target developmental and mechanistic pathways, particularly in the area of cancer metabolism and metastasis.
Education
Naval Postgraduate Dental School: Certificate of Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (2014)
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences: Master of Science, Oral Biology (2014)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: PhD Candidate, Cancer Biology (2017-current)
Niels Olson, MD, Lieutenant Commander, Navy
Name: Niels Olson, MD, Lieutenant Commander, Navy
Research Interests:
pathology informatics, whole slide imaging, machine learning,
UI/UX, clinical informatics, python
Education
Internship: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Surgical Internship, 2009-2010
Medical Education: Tulane University, New Orleans, MD, 2005-2009
Undergraduate: US Naval Academy, Annapolis, BS Physics, 1994- 1998
PAT - Administrative Staff
Marta Krzywucki
Name: Marta Krzywucki
Frederick L. Juett

Name: Frederick L. Juett