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Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

 

Faculty

   

Clinical Faculty

Basic Science Faculty

Lowell L. Tilzer, MD, PhD
Chair
Professor
Medical Director, Clinical Laboratory
Transfusion Medicine, Chemistry, Hematology
M Soares Michael J. Soares, PhD
Director, Division of Cancer and Developmental Biology
University Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Research
Trophoblast stem cells and pathways controlling their developmental fate; biology of hemochorial plancentation; and species-specific reproductive adaptations
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Anderson Harrison Clarke Anderson, MD
Professor Emeritus
Research, Autopsy
F Behbod Fariba Behbod, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Role of cancer stem cells in malignant progression of human ductal carcinoma in situ
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Atkinson Barbara F. Atkinson, MD
Executive Vice Chancellor
Executive Dean, School of Medicine
Professor
Cytopathology
N Cheng Nikki Cheng, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of inflammation during breast cancer progression
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Wei Cui, MD
Assistant Professor
Hematopathology, Surgical Pathology
P Fields Patrick E. Fields, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation during Peripheral T Cell Differentiation
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Cunningham Mark T. Cunningham, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Hematology and Flow Cytometry
Hematology, Coagulation, Flow Cytometry
T Fields Timothy A. Fields, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Wnt signaling in cancer and differentiation/development
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Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD
Professor
Director, Autopsy Service
Surgical Pathology, Autopsy, Renal Pathology
Andrew K. Godwin, PhD
Chancellors Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences and Endowed Professor
Professor and Director of Molecular Oncology
Molecular definition of tumors to define their treatment-sensitive elements
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F Fan Fang Fan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Cytopathology
Associate Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
R Jensen Roy A. Jensen, MD
Professor and Director, University of Kansas Cancer Center
Molecular and cellular biology of BRCA1
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Jim Fishback, MD
Professor
Director, Pre-clinical School of Medicine Curriculum
Autopsy

Easwari Kumaraswamy, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
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Fraga Garth R. Fraga, MD
Assistant Professor
Dermatopathology
Ling Lu, PhD
Assistant Professor
HCV molecular epidemiology, genomic reference panels and novel cell culture models
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Horvat Rebecca T. Horvat, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Microbiology and Molecular Pathology
Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Molecular Pathology
C Nicot Christophe P. Nicot, PhD
Professor
HTLV-1 associated human T-cell leukemia
E-mail
Madan Rashna Madan, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Post-Sophomore Fellowship Program
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
Harsh Pathak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Biomarkers for early detection and risk of breast and ovarian cancer
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Newell Kathy Newell, MD
Associate Professor
Neuropathology
Arindam Paul, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition
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Maura O'Neil, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
S Paul Soumen Paul, PhD
Assistant Professor
Stem cell biology, development and function of the vascular system
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Diane Persons, MD
Professor
Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory
Director, Residency Program
Cytogenetics
P Prochasson Philippe Prochasson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chromatin remodeling and gene expression in budding yeast
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Tawfik Ossama Tawfik, MD, PhD
Professor & Vice-Chair, Education
& Outreach; Director, Anatomic & Surgical Pathology; Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
M.A.K. Rumi, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Transcriptional regulation of trophoblast differentiation
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Thomas Patricia A. Thomas, MD
Professor
Associate Dean, Cultural Enhancement & Diversity
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
Sharmila Shankar, PhD
Associate Professor
Signal transduction, especially in the context of cancer chemotherapy
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Janet Woodroof, MD
Associate Professor
AssociateDirector, Clinical Laboratories
Hematopathology, Surgical Pathology, Breast Pathology, Laboratory Medicine
J Vivian Jay L. Vivian, PhD
Assistant Professor
Genetics of vascular development and gene regulation in embryonic stem cells
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Da Zhang, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Surgical Pathology, Hematology, Renal Pathology
   

 

Joint Appointment Faculty

Bob Klein Robert M. Klein, PhD
Professor
Primary Appointment: Anatomy and Cell Biology
R Kumar

Raj Kumar, PhD
Associate Professor
Developmental genetics of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis
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B Li Benyi Li, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
P13K signal pathways in human cancers and related nanoparticle-based therapies
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Y Wan Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, PhD
Joy McCann Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Director of the Liver Center
Joint Appointment: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Division of Cancer & Developmental Biology
WenFang Wang WenFang Wang, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
   

 

Affiliated Faculty from Stowers Institute for Medical Research

M Blanchette

Marco Blanchette, PhD
Assistant Professor
Alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs and post-transcriptional gene regulatory network  analysis in the fruit fly Drosophilia melanogaster
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L Li

Linheng Li, PhD
Professor
Investigation of the genetic and molecular mechanisms regarding adult stem cell development
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Washburn

Michael Washburn, PhD
Associate Professor
Proteomics
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L Wiedemann

Leanne M. Wiedemann, PhD
Professor
Genes involved in tumor-associated chromosomal translocations: their normal function and defining their role in the oncogenic process
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J Zeitlinger

Julia Zeitlinger, PhD
Assistant Professor
Transcriptional regulatory networks in Drosophilia
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VA Medical Center Faculty

R Cherian Rachel Cherian, MD
Director of Cytopathology, KCVAMC
Associate Professor
MD, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India 1973
MB,BS, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India 1968
S Mathur Sharad C. Mathur, MD
Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, KCVAMC
Director of Hematology, Coagulation and Transfusion Medicine, KCVAMC
Associate Professor
MB,BS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India 1994
D McGregor Douglas H. McGregor, MD
Director of Surgical Pathology and Electron Microscopy, KCVAMC
Professor
MD, Duke University School of Medicine 1966
BA, Duke University Trinity College 1961
Maria M. Romanas, MD, PhD
Staff Pathologist, KCVAMC
Assistant Professor
MD, University of Kansas 1997
PhD, University of Kansas 1996
BA, University of Missouri, Kansas City 1989
Ozlem Ulusarac, MD
Director of Chemistry, Immunology and Microbiology, KCVAMC
Assistant Professor
MD, Istanbul University, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Turkey 1993