Faculty

Education

• M.D.

• 1978-1983 M.B:B.S (Bachelor of Medicine and surgery). Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College , Gulbarga , Karnataka , India

• 1975-1977 Intermediate Degree with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Little Flower College , Hyderabad , India

Internship

• 1983-1985 Rotatory intern, Osmania Medical College , Hyderabad , India

Residency

• 1992-1995 Resident in Pathology. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

• 1991-1992 Resident in Pediatrics (PL-1). Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem , NC

Fellowship

• 1995-1996 Fellow in Surgical Pathology. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Specialty

• Clinical Pathology

• 1996-1997 Additional training in Surgical pathology, Hematopathology, Autopsy pathology. University of Texas medical branch, Galveston

Board Certification

• American Board of Pathology (AP CP)

• FLEX

• ECFMG

Area of Interest

• Assay Comparisons for Prostatic Acid Phoshatase using two different instruments

• Comparison of Disk Diffusion and Vitek

• Procedures for the susceptibility testing of Pseudomans Aeruginosa to Ciprofloxacin

Current Position

• Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Professional Positions Held

• 1997-2001 Staff Pathologist at Beckley. Appalacian Hospital, West Virginia

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Performance award as a fellow in Surgical Pathology

Membership on professional organizations

• American Society of Clinical Pathologists

• College of American Pathologists

• Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists Texas Society of Pathologists

Representative Publications

1. Mycobacterium Kansasii Osteomyelitis. Presenting as a Solitary Lytic Lesion of the ulna: FNA findings and Morphologic Comparison with other Mycobacteria. Diagnostic Cytopathology, vol 19, No 2, 1998