The strength of our residency lies in our people. Our faculty bring deep subspecialty expertise and mentorship, our residents form a supportive and collaborative cohort and our alumni pursue successful careers across academic medicine, research and community practice.
Faculty & leadership
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Karen Kaul, MD, PhD
- Meghana Agni, MD
Dermatopathology - Hussein H. Alnajar, MBBS
Associate Program Director, Pathology Residency
Surgical Pathology, Genitourinary Pathology
Google Scholar for Dr. Alnajar - Ankica Braun, MD
Cytology, Surgical Pathology - Ian Clark, MD
Surgical Pathology, Gastrointestinal Pathology - Mark Dieterich, MD
Director, Cytology
Cytology, Surgical Pathology
Google Scholar for Dr. Dieterich - Linda Ernst, MD
Vice Chair, Research
Co-Director, Women's Pathology Fellowship
Co-Director, Autopsy
Google Scholar for Dr. Ernst - John Vincent Groth, MD
Co-Director, Laboratory Informatics
Cytology, Surgical Pathology - Curtis Hall, MD
Surgical Pathology - Nina Krassilnik, MD
Dermatopathology - Todd Kroll, MD, PhD
Surgical Pathology - John Lee, MD, PhD
Director, Neuropathology
Co-Director, Autopsy - Lin Liu, MD
Vice Chair, Quality
Cytology, Surgical Pathology - Kruti Praful Maniar, MD
Co-Director, Women's Pathology Fellowship
Surgical Pathology, Gynecologic Pathology
Google Scholar for Dr. Maniar - Ajit Paintal, MD
Program Director, Pathology Residency
Vice Chair, Education
Cytology and Surgical Pathology
Google Scholar for Dr. Paintal - Michael Paterakos, MD
Surgical Pathology - Jenna Purdy, MD
Surgical Pathology, Autopsy - Megan Sullivan, MD
Division Director, Anatomic Pathology
Surgical Pathology, Breast Pathology
Google Scholar for Dr. Sullivan
- Mir Alikhan, MD
Director, Hematopathology
Molecular Pathology
Google Scholar for Dr. Alikhan - Robert Benirschke, PhD, DABCC
Co-Director, CORE Lab
Co-Director, Laboratory Informatics
Director, Point of Care Testing - Andrew Freeman, MD
Associate Director, Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine - Amandeep Kaur, MD
Hematopathology, Molecular Pathology - Hong Kee Lee, PhD
Division Director, Clinical Pathology
Co-Director, CORE Lab
Google Scholar for Dr. Lee - Erin McElvania, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director, Microbiology
Associate Program Director, Pathology Residency - Mehraboon S. Irani, MD
Director, Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine
Medical Director, Coagulation & Cellular Therapy
Google Scholar for Dr. Irani - Nicole Tarlton, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director, Molecular Microbiology
Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology
Google Scholar for Dr. Tarlton - Antoinette Thomas, MD
Hematopathology
- Mir Alikhan, MD
Director, Molecular Oncology
Program Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship - Karen Kaul, MD, PhD
Chair, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Division Director, Molecular Pathology
Google Scholar for Dr. Kaul - Kathy A. Mangold, PhD
Director, Biorepository
Director, Genotyping
Google Scholar for Dr. Mangold - Megan Parilla, MD
Associate Director, Molecular Pathology - Xiaoyan Yang, MD, PhD
Molecular Pathology
Current residents
- Kadir Isidan, MD
Istanbul University
Turkey - Ximena Wise, MD
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine
Mexico
- Priyanka Batra, MD
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
India - Stuart Hanviriyapunt, MD
University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine
Illinois - Sana Shah, MBBS
Aga Khan University Medical College
Pakistan - Shruti Srikumar, MD
St. Louis University College of Medicine
Missouri
- Chatchanan Ausavarungnirun, MD, PhD
Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine
Thailand - Asmaa Mohamed, DO
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Florida - Muhammad Usama, MBBS
King Edward Medical University
Pakistan
- Ekaterina Gedich, MD
First Moscow State Medical University
Russia - Anum Masood, MBBS
Quaid-e-Azam Medical College
Pakistan - Vamshi Nampally, MBBS
Osmania Medical College
India - Daniel Ngov, MD
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
South Carolina
Past residents
2025
Omar Abdelsadek, MBBCh
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, Mayo Clinic
Marika Forsythe, MD
Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, University of Nebraska
Fellowship, Neuropathology, Emory University
Kritika Prasai, MBBS
Fellowship, Gynecologic and Breast Pathology, Washington University
Payu Raval, MBBS
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Fellowship, Cytopathology, University of Pennsylvania
2023
Aibek Akmatbekov, MD
Fellowship, Hematopathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Swedish Hospital, Chicago, IL
Adesola Akinyemi, MD
Fellowship, Cytology, Northwell Health, New York, NY
Fellowship, Oncologic Surgical Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Ansa Mehreen, MBBS
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, Vanderbilt University
Pathologist, Wellstar Health, Atlanta, GA
2022
Cory Gray, DO
Fellowship, Hematopathology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Pathologist, Missouri
Kiran Manjee, MBBS
Fellowship, GYN/Breast Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Pathologist, Amita Health, IL
2021
Anna-Lee Clarke-Brodber, MD
Fellowship, Cytology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Fellowship, GYN/Breast Pathology, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA
Assistant Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
Haytham Hasan, MD
Fellowship, Transfusion Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Pathologist, Marshfield Clinic, WI
Pouya Jamshidi, MD
Fellowship, Neuropathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Amandeep Kaur, MD
Fellowship, Hematopathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Fellowship, Molecular and Genetic Pathology, University of Chicago (NorthShore), Evanston, IL
Pathologist, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL
2020
Muhammad Ahmad, MBBS
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Fellowship, Gynecologic and Perinatal Pathology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Crystal Bockoven, MD
Fellowship, Pediatric Pathology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Jamaal Rehman, MD
Fellowship, Gastrointestinal Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Pathologist, McHenry Department of Pathology, McHenry, IL
2019
Indu Agarwal, MD
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL
Sharif Nasr, MD
Fellowship, Gastrointestinal Pathology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Talent Theparee, MD
Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
2018
Myra Khan, DO
Fellowship, Forensic Pathology, Cook County Office of the Medical Examiner, Chicago, IL
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Saman Ahmadian, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Fellowship, Neuropathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Assistant Professor, Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Elisheva Shanes, MD
Fellowship, Gynecologic Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2017
Michael D. Eckhardt, MD
Fellowship, Forensic Pathology, Cook County Office of the Medical Examiner, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Cook County Office of the Medical Examiner, Chicago, IL
Garrison Pease, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Fellowship, Genitourinary Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY
Sharda Thakral, MSPA, MD
Pathologist, VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS
2016
Chelsea R. Curry, DO, MBA
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Pathologist, Centerpoint Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
William E. Gibson, IV, MIE, MD
Fellowship, Gastrointestinal Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Memphis, TN
Pathologist, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
2015
Zachary D. Michalicek, DO
Fellowship, Anatomic Pathology, University of Chicago (NorthShore), Evanston, IL
Fellowship, Forensic Pathology, Cook County Office of the Medical Examiner, Chicago, IL (2016)
Medical Examiner, Maricopa Medical Examiner's Office, Phoenix, AZ
ZDM Forensics, LLC
Theera Rojanapremsuk, MD
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of California, San Diego, CA (2016)
Vivian Snyder, DO
Fellowship, Neuropathology, University of California, San Diego, CA
Fellowship, Forensic Pathology, University of California, San Diego, CA (2017)
Deputy Medical Examiner, San Diego County, San Diego, CA
Timothy B. Walls, MD
Fellowship, Medical Microbiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (2016)
Pathologist, Pathology Sciences Medical Group, Norfolk, VA
2014
Michael S. Clarke, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Medical Director, Pathology, North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison, AR
Karan Saluja, MD
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Fellowship, Head and Neck Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (2015)
Pathologist, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX
Dena Shibib, DO
Fellowship, Medical Microbiology, University of Chicago (NorthShore), Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2013
Melanie D. Fox, DO
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Fellowship, Genitourinary Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (2014)
Pathologist, Sierra Pathology Associates, Reno, NV
Beenu Thakral, MD
Fellowship, Hematopathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Clinical Assistant Professor, Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Tiffany A.Thurow, DO
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Chicago (NorthShore) Pathology, Evanston, IL (2014)
Pathologist, Community Hospital, Munster, IN
2012
Rick S. Bains, DO
Fellowship, Dermatopathology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Pathologist, AmeriPath Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Esther Bit-Ivan, DO
Fellowship, Neuropathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Southeastern Pathology Associates, Jacksonville, FL
Nirali Patel, MD
Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Molecular Pathologist, Tempus, Inc., Chicago, IL
2011
Jennifer Bero, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Illinois, Chicago
Pathologist, Midwest Anatomic Pathology Services, Mayville, WI
Cynthia Kelley, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Pathologist, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
Bryan Schmitt, DO
Fellowship, Medical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
2010
Agatha Bogard, MD
Fellowship, Pediatric Pathology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Fellowship, Hematopathology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Hematopathologist, Miraca Life Sciences, Phoenix, AZ
Geoffrey Turner, MD, PhD
Fellowship, Hematopathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Pathologist, P P S, Columbia, SC
Benjamin L. Witt, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2009
Elaine M. Cham, MD
Fellowship, Pediatric Pathology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Children's Pathology Consultants Medical Group, Oakland, CA
Christine Mitchell, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Pathologist, St. John's Hospital, Springfield, MO
Amanda Wilson, MD
Fellowship Hematopathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Pathologist, Great Lakes Pathologists, S.C., West Allis, WI
2008
Mihaela Chiselite, MD
Fellowship, Hematopathology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI
Pathologist, Michigan Pathology Specialists, Grand Rapids, MI
Anna Kemp, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Franciscan Skemp LaCrosse Hospital, LaCrosse, WI
Manan Patel, MD
Fellowship, Hematopathology, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Medical Director, Pathology, Hancock Regional Hospital, Greenfield, IN
Megan Sullivan, MD
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL
2007
Monica Goswami, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Jason R. Weiss, DO
Fellowship, Cytopathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Pathologist, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL
2006
Lena Kubba, DO
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Pathologist, Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, IL
Lin Liu, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Pathologist, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL
Iffat Choudhry, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Fellowship, Transfusion Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Westlake Hospital, Melrose Park, IL
2005
Carol L. Schiller, MD
Fellowship, Breast Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Pathologist, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL
2004
Igor Jovanovic, MD, PhD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Pathologist, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, FL
Ajay Rawal, MD
Fellowship, Hematopathology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI
Pathologist, Health Partners, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Shalini Sethi, MD
Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
Fellowship, Cytopathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Pathologist, India
2003
Ross Worthington, MD
Pathologist, Great Lakes Pathologists, SC, Sheboygan, WI
2002
Heidi Bertram, MD
Pathologist, AmeriPath, Milwaukee, WI
Yelena Kalugina, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, Loyola University, Maywood, IL
Pathologist, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL
2001
Brian Edelman, MD
Pathologist, Northwest Pathology Consultants, Pontiac, MI
Philip Fitchev, MD
Fellowship, Pediatric Pathology, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Research Associate, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Margaret Menezes-Ruocco, MD
Fellowship, Cytopathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Pathologist, Hospital Pathology Associates, Minneapolis, MN
2000
Charles Dais, II, MD
Pathologist, Prevea Health, Green Bay, WI
1999
Michael Paterakos, MD
Pathologist, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL
1998
Eugeni Kouzov, MD
Pathologist, Prevea Health, Green Bay, WI
