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Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Faculty

Clinical Faculty

L Tilzer

Lowell L. Tilzer, MD, PhD
Interim Chair
Professor
Medical Director, Clinical Laboratory
Transfusion Medicine, Chemistry, Hematology

Anderson

Harrison Clarke Anderson, MD
Professor Emeritus
Research, Autopsy

Atkinson

Barbara F. Atkinson, MD
Executive Vice Chancellor
Executive Dean, School of Medicine
Professor
Cytopathology

Cunningham Mark T. Cunningham, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Hematology and Flow Cytometry
Hematology, Coagulation, Flow Cytometry
Damjanov Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD
Professor
Director, Autopsy Service
Surgical Pathology, Autopsy, Renal Pathology
Dennis Katie Dennis, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Residency Program
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Autopsy
F Fan Fang Fan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Cytopathology
Associate Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
Jim Fishback, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Pre-clinical School of Medicine Curriculum
Autopsy
Fraga Garth R. Fraga, MD
Assistant Professor
Dermatopathology
Horvat Rebecca T. Horvat, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Microbiology and Molecular Pathology
Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Molecular Pathology
Madan Rashna Madan, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Post-Sophomore Fellowship Program
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
Newell Kathy Newell, MD
Assistant Professor
Neuropathology
O'Neil Maura O'Neil, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
Persons Diane Persons, MD
Professor
Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory
Director, Residency Program
Cytogenetics
Pinson David M. Pinson, DVM, PhD
Professor
Director, Lab Animal Resources
Veterinary Pathology
Tawfik Ossama Tawfik, MD, PhD
Professor & Vice-Chair, Education
& Outreach; Director, Anatomic &
Surgical Pathology; Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
Thomas Patricia A. Thomas, MD
Professor
Associate Professor, Cultural Enhamcement & Diversity
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship
Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
Zhang Da Zhang, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Surgical Pathology, Renal Pathology, Hematology
Zucker Marjorie Zucker, MD
Associate Professor
Hematopathology, Flow Cytometry

 

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

Basic Science Faculty

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
E-mail
F Behbod Fariba Behbod, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Role of cancer stem cells in malignant progression of human dunctal carcinoma in situ
E-mail
N Cheng Nikki Cheng, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of inflammation during breast cancer progression
E-mail
P Fields Patrick E. Fields, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation during Peripheral T Cell Differentiation
E-mail
T Fields Timothy A. Fields, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Wnt signaling in cancer and differentiation/development
E-mail
R Jensen Roy A. Jensen, MD
Professor and Director, University of Kansas Cancer Center
Molecular and cellular biology of BRCA1
E-mail
C Nicot Christophe P. Nicot, PhD
Professor
HTLV-1 associated human T-cell leukemia
E-mail
S Paul Soumen Paul, PhD
Assistant Professor
Stem cell biology, development and function of the vascular system
E-mail
P Prochasson Philippe Prochasson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chromatin remodeling and gene expression in budding yeast
E-mail
J Vivian Jay L. Vivian, PhD
Assistant Professor
Genetics of vascular development and gene regulation in embryonic stem cells
E-mail

 

Affiliate Faculty, Stowers Institute

M Blanchette Marco Blanchette, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cancer & Developmental Biology
Alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs and post-transcriptional gene regulatory networkanalysis in the fruit fly Drosophilia melanogaster
L Li Linheng Li, PhD
Li Lab
Professor, Division of Cancer & Developmental Biology
Investigation of the genetic and molecular mechanisms regarding adult stem cell development
M Washburn Michael Washburn, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of
Cancer & Developmental Biology
Proteomics
L Wiedemann Leanne Wiedemann, PhD
Wiedemann Lab
Professor, Division of Cancer & Developmental Biology
Genes involved in tumor-associated chromosomal translocations; their normal function and defining their role in the oncogenic process
J Zeitlinger Julia Zeitlinger, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of
Cancer & Developmental Biology
Transcriptional regulatory networks in Drosophilia

 

Joint Appointment Faculty

Bob Klein Robert M. Klein, PhD
Professor
Primary Appointment: Anatomy and Cell Biology
L Li Raj Kumar, PhD
Associate Professor
Primary Appointment: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
M Washburn Benyi Li, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Urology
Joint Appointment: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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