Laura C. Lelenwa, M.D.

Associate Professor

Email

laura.lelenwa@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Pathology & Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

MD from UT Long School of Medicine at San Antonio: 05/2014 - San Antonio, Texas

Residency at UT McGovern School of Medicine at Houston: 06/2018 - Houston, Texas; Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Residency at Yale School of Medicine: 06/2015 - New Haven, Connecticut; Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2019 - Houston, Texas; Transfusion Medicine & Blood Banking

Fellowship at UT McGovern Medical School at Houston: 06/2020 - Houston; Cardiovascular Pathology

Certifications

American Board of Pathology

Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

American Board of Pathology

Transfusion Medicine & Blood Banking

Texas Medical Board

Texas Medical License

Selected Publications

Arana Rosainz MJ, Nguyen N, Wahed A, Lelenwa LC, Aakash N, Schaefer K, Rios A, Kanaan Z, Chen L.. " Acute myeloid leukemia with mutated NPM1 mimics acute promyelocytic leukemia presentation " International Journal of Laboratory Hematology. 2021 ;
Pubmed PMID: 33099879.
Buja, L.M., Zehr, B., Lelenwa, L., Ogechukwu, E., Zhao, B., Dasgupta, A., & Barth, R. F.. " Clinicopathological complexity in the application of the universal definition of myocardial infarction. " Cardiovascular Pathology,. 2020 ;
Pubmed PMID: 31760238.
Buja, L.M., Ottaviani, G., Ilic, M., Zhao, B., Lelenwa, L. C., Segura, A. M., Bai, Y., Chen, A., Akkanti, B., Hussain, R., Nathan, S., Petrovic, M., Radovancevic, R., Gregoric, I. D., & Kar, B.. " Clinicopathological manifestations of myocarditis in a heart failure population. " Cardiovascular Pathology,. 2020 ;
Pubmed PMID: 31896440.
Sadaf, H., Zhao, B., Lelenwa, L. C., Patel, M. K., Jyothula, S. S., Gregoric, I. D., & Buja, L. M.. " Granulomatous fungal and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infestation complicating chronic lung disease: Outcomes in patients undergoing lung transplantation. " Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2021 ;
Pubmed PMID: 34628284.
Palaskas, N.L., Segura, A., Lelenwa, L., Siddiqui, B. A., Subudhi, S. K., Lopez‐ Mattei, J., Durand, J. B., Deswal, A., Zhao, B., Maximilian Buja, L., & Iliescu, C.. " Immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis: elucidating the spectrum of disease through endomyocardial biopsy. " European Journal of Heart Failure. 2021 ;
Pubmed PMID: 34114291.
Nwogu, L.C., Showalter, J. A., Roy, S., Deavers, M. T., & Zhao, B.. " Retiform Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor in a 38-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report, Retrospective Review, and Review of Current Literature. " Case Reports in Pathology. 2017 ;
Pubmed PMID: 28316852.
Nwogu, L.C., Moise, K. J., Klein, K. L., Tint, H., Castillo, B., & Bai, Y.. " Successful management of severe red blood cell alloimmunization in pregnancy with a combination of therapeutic plasma exchange, intravenous immune globulin, and intrauterine transfusion. " Transfusion. 2018 ;
Pubmed PMID: 29250791.
Buja, L.M., Wolf, D. A., Zhao, B., Akkanti, B., McDonald, M., Lelenwa, L., Reilly, N., Ottaviani, G., Elghetany, M. T., Trujillo, D. O., Aisenberg, G. M., Madjid, M., & Kar, B.. " The emerging spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Report of 3 autopsies from Houston, Texas, and review of autopsy findings from other United States cities. " 2020 ;
Pubmed PMID: 32434133.
Jeyakumar N, Etchegaray M, Henry J, Lelenwa L, Zhao B, Segura A, Buja LM.. " The Terrible Triad of Checkpoint Inhibition: A Case Report of Myasthenia Gravis, Myocarditis, and Myositis Induced by Cemiplimab in a Patient with Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. " 2020 ;
Pubmed PMID: 32695533.