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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
Pathology
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Faculty

Bharati S. Helekar, M.D. Assistant Professor

Bharati Helekar

Education

  1. M.B., B.S. (M.D. equivalent), University of Bombay, India

Residency

  1. Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (July 1999 - June 2004)

Fellowship

  1. Surgical Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (July 2005 - June 2006)

  2. Cytopathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (July 2004 - June 2005)

Specialty

  1. Surgical Pathology

  2. Cytopathology

Board Certification

  1. Cytopathology

  2. Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Current Position

  1. Assistant Professor

Professional Positions Held

  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx (June 2007 - Present)

  2. Staff Pathologist, McAllen Medical Center and McAllen Heart Hospital, McAllen, Tx and Edinburg Regional Hospital and Edinburg Children's Hospital, Edinburg, TX (August 2006 - June 2007)

Membership on professional organizations

  1. College of American Pathologists

  2. Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists

  3. Texas Society of Pathologists

Representative Publications

  1. Duvic M, Helekar B , Schulz C, Cho M, DiSepio D, Hager C, DiMao D, Hazarika P, Jackson B, Breuer-McHam J, Young J, Clayman G, Lippman SM, Chandraratna RA, Robinson NA, Deucher A, Eckert RL, and Nagpal S. Expression of a retinoid-inducible tumor suppressor, Tazarotene-inducible gene-3, is decreased in psoriasis and skin cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, 2000, 6, 8, 3249-59.

  2. Howes, K., Bronson, J. D., Dang, Y. L., Li, N., Zhang, K., Ruiz, C., Helekar, B ., Lee, M., Subbaraya, I., Kolb, H., Chen, J., and Baehr, W. Gene array and expression of retina guanylate cyclase activating proteins 1 and 2., Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science , 1998, 39, 867-75.

  3. Semple-Rowland, Gorczyca, W. A., Buczylko, J., Helekar, B. S. , Ruiz, C. C., Subbaraya, I. P., Palczewski, K. and Baehr, W. Expression of GCAP1 and GCAP2 in the retinal degeneration (rd) mutant chicken retina, FEBS Letters. , 1996, 385, 47-52.

  4. Subbaraya, I. , Ruiz, C. C.,  Helekar, B. S .,  Zhao, X.,  Gorczyca, W. A.,  Pettenati, M. J., Rao, P. N.,  Palczewski, K.  and Baehr, W., Molecular characterization of human and mouse photore­ceptor guanylate cyclase-activating protein (GCAP) and chromosomal localization of human gene,  Journal of Biological Chemistry , 1994, 49, 31080-9.

  5. Palczewski, K., Subbaraya, I., Gorczyca, W. A., Helekar, B. S. , Ruiz, C. C., Ohguro, H., H­uang, J.,  Zhao, X.,  Crabb, J. W.,  Johnson, R. S.  et al., Molecular cloning and characterization of reti­nal photoreceptor guanylyl cyclase-activating protein, Neuron , 1994, 13, 395-404.