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Dear Colleagues,

As we are entering year 2016 with pride in our academic excellence and aspirationfor new goals, it is worthwhile to reflect some of the memorable moments in the

past year. This issue of the departmental Newsletter highlights some of these

moments, from graduation of residents, fellows and students to the arrival of new

trainees and new faculty members. Looking back at the past year, the Department

achieved some of its intended goals. Our residents, fellows and students continuehigh-standard learning with great success in their career goals. We continue to

provide excellent diagnostic services, albeit with increased volumes. Our research

missions continue to expand, as reflected by innovative projects, excellent

publications, and extramural grant supports. As we look back with satisfaction in

the accomplishments of our Department, we likewise look forward to achieving newobjectives.

Happy Mardi Gras! Tong Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

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GRADUATION 2015

The Department of Pathology held its graduation ceremony lastJune 13 in an evening filled with awards, recognition, and farewells tograduating residents and fellows. Dr. Tong Wu, DepartmentChairman, presented Lu Yao (see below, right)with the OutstandingGraduate Student Award. Dr. Wu also presented the Award forOutstanding Postdoctoral Fellow to Dr. JunHong Park.

Dr. Barbara Herfel, CytopathologyFellow, received her certificate from Dr.Krzysztof Moroz, while Dr. Janet Schmidawarded Hematopathology Fellow, Dr.Thad Primeaux his certificate forsuccessful program completion. Dr. AlunWang presented Dermatopathology Fellow,Dr. Michael Lee (see below, left) agraduation certificate.

Dr. Janet Schmid awarded graduationcertificates and a textbook of their choiceto the graduating class of residents: Dr.Laura Bratton who will pursue aGastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship atthe University of Rochester in New York;Dr. Buu Duong, Chief Resident, who willremain in the Department of Pathology atTulane as a dermatopathology fellow;Dr. Chancey Christenson, who will jointhe New York Blood Center as a

Transfusion Medicine Fellow;Dr. Greg Mayhall will undertake aSurgical Pathology Fellowship at theMedical College of Wisconsin in

Milwaukee; Dr. Lacey Sullivan, Chief Resident, who will assume theduties of Cytopathology Fellow in the Department of Pathology atTulane.

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GRADUATION 2015 (Continued)

Dr. Andrew Sholl presented the Rokitansky Award for Excellence inAutopsy to Dr. Darshan Trivedi (seen below, left). Dr. PhilipDaroca awarded Dr. Greg Mayhall the Richard J. Reed Award forSurgical Pathology (seen below, right).

Faculty members were likewise recognized for achievement in

pathology education for the year. Presented by Vice-Chairman Dr.Byron Crawford, plaques recognizing their achievement were awardedto Drs. Laura Kidd (below, left with Dr. Crawford);Tim Peterson(second from left);John Schmieg (below, center)and Andrew Sholl(below, right). Dr. Crawford was presented with the Philip J. Daroca

Award in Residency Education from Drs. Duong and Sullivan.

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Left to right: Dr. Lacey Sullivan,

Cytopathology Fellow; Dr. Michael

VanVrancken, Hematopathology Fellow.

Below: Dr. Buu Duong, DermatopathologyFellow. Drs. Duong and Sullivan were

Tulane Residents; Dr. VanVrancken

completed his residency at Baylor

University Medical Center in Dallas, TX.

NEW FELLOWS 2015-2016

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Clockwise left to right: Drs. Victoria Collins;

Zahraa Ghandour, Cacey Peters, and Abida Kadi.

NEW RESIDENTS 2015-2016

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Chief Resident Dr. Lacey Sullivan,(seen below),presented a poster at the American Society ofDermatopathology Conference last year, and two posters at

the American Society of Cytopathology.

Drs. Meggie Doucet and Eleanor Lewis, both PGY II,presented a poster at the ASCP Conference last October in

Long Beach, CA. Dr. Doucet attended the CAP Conferencewith Dr. Darshan Trivedi, PGY I in Nashville, TN as residentdelegates. Dr. Trivedi presented a poster at the CAPConference.

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GUEST SPEAKERS

The Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. GerberMemorial Lecture was delivered onMarch 25, 2015 by Dr. AdrianDiBisceglie (seen left), Chairman of

Internal Medicine, Chief of Hepatology at

the St. Louis School of Medicine. Dr.DiBisceglies topic was, Prevention ofHepatocellular Carcinoma.

The Fifth Annual Sternberg-Reed Lecture Series was heldNovember 19-20, 2015. Guest

speaker Dr. Peter Burger (seen

right), a professor of Pathology,Neurosurgery and Oncology, and

Director of Surgical Neuropathologyat Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, wasthe featured guest. Dr. Burgerconducted resident slides reviews and

a lecture. His topic for the Sternberg-Reed Lecture was, Glioblastoma

Evolution of our Understanding. Later he spoke to theresidents on, The WHO Classification of CNS Tumors.

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NEW FACULTY MEMBERS (continued)

Joining the Department last October asan Assistant Professor of Pathology, Dr.Nadja Falk graduated from WellesleyCollege in Massachusetts with a B.A. in

German Language and Literature. She

received her M.D. from the University ofTexas Health Sciences Center at Houston(UTHSC). She then worked as a General

Surgery Resident at St. VincentsHospital in New York, followed by

postdoctoral research training at MD Anderson Cancer Centerin Houston. After completing her residency training in

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology from UTHSC, she received a

Cytopathology Fellowship at MD Anderson, followed by afellowship in Surgical Pathology. She has co-authored 18articles and abstract and is the first author of six articles.

CONGRATULATIONS

Graduate Student Lu Yao received his post-doctoral fellowship lastNovember. Yao, who works in the Department, focuses his research on

liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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