Current Fellows

Program

Fellow

Medical School

Residency Program

Other Credentials

Blood Banking/ Transfusion Medicine

Linda Lee, MD

American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, Sint Maarten

University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
(AP/CP)

Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA

Blood Banking/ Transfusion Medicine

Thomas Ma, MD

Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC

University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
(CP-only)

 

Blood Banking/ Transfusion Medicine

Meghana Vivek, MBBS

Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India

St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL (Internal Medicine)

 

Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology

Muhammad Tahir, MD

 Taishan Medical University (CN)

 

University of South Alabama; Mobile, Alabama

MS, Case Western Reserve

Breast and Gynecologic Pathology

Niloufar Pourfarrokh, MD

 Shahid Sadooghi University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, Temple, Texas

MS, Middle Tennessee State University

Breast and Gynecologic Pathology

Lakshmisree Akhila Vemulakonda, MD

Katuri Medical College and Hospital, India

Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, New York (AP/CP)

 GI & Hepatic Pathology Fellowship, University of Washington

Cytopathology

 Tiffany Levine, MD Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK Madigan Army Medical Center -  University of Washington, Tacoma, WA  

Cytopathology

Jason Siu, MD, PhD

Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

PhD, Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, GI & Hepatic Pathology Fellowship, University of Washington

Dermatopathology

Caitlin Crimp, MD

University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

D-DPT Dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Forensic Pathology

Alex “Aleks” Penev, MD, PhD

New York University Grossman School of Medicine (MD, PhD)

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

 

Forensic Pathology

Erika Wheeler, MD

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, FL

University of Maryland Medical Center - Baltimore, MD (AP/CP)

General Surgery Residency, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore – Baltimore, MD (2017-2020)

GI & Hepatic Pathology

Jason Siu, MD, PhD

Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

PhD, Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

GI & Hepatic Pathology

Lakshmisree Akhila Vemulakonda, MD

Katuri Medical College and Hospital, India

Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, New York (AP/CP)

 

Genitourinary Pathology

Timothy "Isaac" Miller, MD

University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle, WA

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

MA, I/O Psychology, Elmhurst College; Elmhurst IL
Surgical Pathology Fellowship; University of Washington

Hematopathology

Matthew Luo, MD

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA

University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (AP/CP)

 

Hematopathology

Ritika Walia, MBBS

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (CP-only)

Anatomic Pathology Residency, Post-graduate Institute of Medical education and research, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India

Molecular Genetic Pathology

Leo Yermakov, MD

 Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

PhD, Wright State University, Fairborn, OH

Neuropathology 

Lucy Evans, MD, PhD

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/NP)

PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City Iowa

Neuropathology 

Joyce Opara, MD

St. George's University, True Blue Grenada

New York University Langone Health, New York City, NY (AP-only)

 

Pediatric Pathology

Brian Nguyen, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus – Aurora, CO (AP/CP)

 

Surgical Pathology

Heather Kirkham, DO

Midwestern University; Glendale, AZ

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

MA, Biological Sciences, Midwestern University; Glendale, AZ

Surgical Pathology

Bitania Wondimu, MD

Northwestern University, Chicago IL

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

 

Surgical Pathology

Karen Fang, MD

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

University of Washington; Seattle, WA (AP/CP)

Hematopathology Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Program

Fellow

Undergraduate

Graduate

Other Credentials

Clinical Chemistry

Bright Amankwaa, PhD

University of Ghana
(BS, Medical Laboratory Studies)

University of Tennesee Knoxville
(PhD, Clinical Pathology)

 

Clinical Chemistry

Michael Keebaugh, PhD

Ohio University; Athens, OH (BS, Forensic Chemistry)

Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ (PhD, Chemistry)

 

Clinical Microbiology

Nagarjuna "Reddy" Cheemarla, PhD

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, TS, India (BS, Biotechnology)

Wright State University, Dayton, OH (Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (PhD, Pathobiological Sciences)

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University; New Haven, CT

Clinical Microbiology

Nathaniel Christy, PhD

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ  (BS, Microbiology, Chemistry minor)

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (MS, Biological and Physcial Sciences; PhD, Microbiology)

 

Clinical Microbiology

Carissa Harvest, PhD

Folsom Lake College; Folsom, CA (BS, Biological Sciences)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (PhD, Microbiology and Immunology)

California State University Sacramento (BS, Biological Sciences)

Laboratory Genetics and Genomics

Candace Myers, PhD

University of Nevada; Reno, NV (BS, Biochemistry)

University of Arizona; Tuscon, AZ (PhD, Molecular & Cellular Biology)