Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Nicosia’s research has focused on mechanisms of angiogenesis and the development of methods to study the angiogenic response to injury and pathologic stimuli. As a practicing pathologist, Dr. Nicosia has a special interest in medical renal disease and the diagnostic evaluation of kidney biopsies with light, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy techniques.
Board Certifications
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Research Interests
Renal Pathology, Angiogenesis, Vascular Biology, Electron Microscopy
Academic and Medical Appointments
Academic Appointments
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2021-Present
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2020-2021
Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1999-2020
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) and Hahnemann University (renamed Allegheny University of the Health Sciences in 1996 and MCP-Hahnemann University in 1998), Philadelphia, PA, 1994-1999
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, MCP, Philadelphia, PA, 1987-1994
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, MCP, Philadelphia, PA, 1983-1986
Instructor, Department of Pathology, MCP, Philadelphia, PA, 1983
Medical Appointments
Renal Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1999-Present
Director, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services, VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS), 2015-2019
Service Line Leader, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services, VAPSHCS, Seattle, WA, 2008-2015
Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services, VAPSHCS, Seattle, WA, 1999-2015
Director, Electron Microscopy and Renal Pathology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, MCP / AUHS / MCP-Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, 1983-1999.
Education and Training
Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, MCP, Philadelphia, PA, 1979-1982
Doctorate of Philosophy, Experimental Pathology, MCP, Philadelphia, PA, 1980-1984
Medical Doctorate, Faculty of Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, 1970-1976
Classical High School (humanities-based curriculum), Liceo Ginnasio “Francesco Vivona”, Rome, Italy, 1965-1970
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