Resident Research and Leadership

With the support of faculty and the department, our residents excel in research and leadership activities.

In 2022 and 2023 UTHealth Pathology residents have:

• Published 1 book chapter and 30 manuscripts.
• Had 65 abstracts accepted for poster or podium presentation at various conferences, including meetings of:
  • United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP).
  • College of American Pathologists (CAP).
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
  • Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB).
  • Association of Clinical Scientists (ACS).
  • Texas Society of Pathologists (TSP).

Our residents are encouraged to pursue leadership roles in order to build the skills required to be the leaders of the future. Leadership roles held by our residents include:

• UTHealth House Staff Association President, 2021-2022.
• UTHealth House Staff Association Secretary/treasurer, 2022-2023.
• Resident Forum Executive committee, College of American Pathologists, 2021-2022.
• Board Member, Pathology Resident Council, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2022-2025.
• Resident Representative, Membership Committee, Texas Medical Association 2020-2022.
• Resident Representative, Medical Education Committee, Texas Medical Association, 2021-2022.

Select resident publications:

• Herrmann AC, Hanau C, Karcher D, Miller DC, Murtha A, Sanders AE, Timmons C, Kaul KL; a work group of the Association of Pathology Chairs’ Graduate Medical Education Committee. The pathology fellowship application crisis: The current state and suggestions for remediation. Acad Pathol. 2022 Jun 25;9(1):100029.
• Ghosh A, Russell A, Dasgupta A. Technical Note: Newly Reformulated Total and Free PSA Immunoassay on Cobas e411 Analyzer Is Virtually Free from Biotin Interference. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2022;52(3):504-506.
• Elzamly S, Al-Habib A, Toraih EA, Jani PP, Thomas-Ogunniyi J, Sun H, Liu J, Zhu H, Buryanek J, Guo T, Zhang S. The optimal approach of EBUS-FNA rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE): a five-year experience from a large academic medical center. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2022; 11(5):328-333.
• Omo-Ogboi AC, Deavers MT, Schmeler KM, Tandon N. Collision Tumor of the Ovary Involving Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor and High-Grade Serous Carcinoma-Report of the First Case [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jun 28]. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2022;10.
• Wang WJ, Omo-Ogbi AC, Rivera Rivera X, Moosvi AM, Chen L. Bone primary, spindle cell variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting in the femur from a Paget’s disease patient. Leukemia and Lymphoma. 2022, Jul; 63(7):1765-1767.
• Wang W, Hu Z. Leukocytosis with left-shifted myeloid maturation in a peripheral blood specimen: a clue to the lymphoid blast phase of CML. Blood. 2022, Jan; 139(2):305.