Parul Bhargava, MD

Parul Bhargava, MD

Professor
Laboratory Medicine
Division
Hematopathology
Surgical Pathology
Specialty Areas
Surgical Pathology
Hematopathology
Lymphoma/Lymph Node Pathology

UCSF
Laboratory Medicine, Box 0100
185 Berry Street, Lobby 6, Room CB2115
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States

Hospital Affiliations
UCSF Parnassus Heights
UCSF Mission Bay
Research and Clinical Interests

Pathogenesis of lymphomas and leukemias

Coagulation disorders

Automation in laboratory hematology

Quality improvement

Selected Publications
  • Bhargava P, Kallakury BVS, Ross JS, Azumi N, and Bagg A. CD79a is heterogeneously expressed in neoplastic and normal myeloid precursors and megakaryocytes in an antibody clone dependent manner. Am J Clin Pathol 2007 Aug; 128(2):306-13.
  • Bhargava P, and Pantanowitz L, Pinkus GS, Pinkus JL, Paessler ME, Roullet M, Gautam S, Bagg A, Kadin ME. Utility of Fascin and JunB in Distinguishing Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant from Classical Lymphocyte Rich Hodgkin Lymphoma. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology [2009 Jun 22 Epub ahead of print]; 2010 Jan 18(1):16-23.
  • Kats LM, Reschke M, Taulli R, Pozdnyakova O, Burgess K, Bhargava P, Straley K, Karnik R, Meissner A, Small D, Su SM, Yen K, Zhang J, Pandolfi PP. Proto-Oncogenic Role of Mutant IDH2 in Leukemia Initiation and Maintenance. Cell Stem Cell [2014 Jan 16 Epub ahead of print] 2014 Mar 6; 14(3): 329-
  • Jain S, Stroopinsky D, Yin L, Rosenblatt J, Alam M, Bhargava P, Clark RA, Kupper TS, Palmer K, Coll MD, Rajabi H, Pyzer A, Bar-Natan M, Luptakova K, Arnason J, Joyce R, Kufe D, Avigan D. Mucin 1 is a potential therapeutic target in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. 2015 Blood July 16; 126(3): 354-362.
  • Nguyen Q, Bhargava P. HHV8 Associated Extracavitary Primary Effusion Lymphomas in HIV Seronegative Subjects. Case Report and Review of the Literature. Human Pathology 2016; 6: 19-25.
  • Weinberg O, Sohani AR, Bhargava P, Nardi V. Diagnostic Work-up of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. American Journal of Hematology. 2017 Mar;92(3):317-321.
  • Ganapathi KA, Brown LE, Prakash S, Bhargava P. New developments in non-Hodgkin lymphoid malignancies. Pathology. 2021 Apr;53(3):349-366. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.01.002. Epub 2021 Mar 5.
  • Asakrah S, Davis R, Bhargava P. Practical Considerations and Testing Nuances for the Detection of Lupus Anticoagulant. Am J Clin Pathol. 2021 Jun 2:aqab069. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqab069. Epub ahead of print.
Awards
  • 2004 Golden Test Tube Award, for best teaching in clinical pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
  • 2010 Margot S. Kruskall award for teaching in clinical pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
  • 2007 Eleanor and Miles Shore fellowship, career development award, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
  • 2018 Faculty teaching award, University of California, San Francisco, CA
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