Vimal Krishnan, MD
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Division
Cytopathology
Specialty Areas
Cytopathology
Head and Neck Pathology
Thyroid Pathology
UCSF
Pathology, Box 4034
1825 4th Street, Rm L2181K
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States
Hospital Affiliations
UCSF Mission Bay
Research and Clinical Interests
My clinical interests are in cytopathology, FNA biopsy and head and neck pathology. My research interests are in thyroid and salivary gland neoplasms.
Selected Publications
- Krishnan V, Nguyen L, Shen R, Lieu D, De Peralta-Venturina M, Fan X. NOR-1 (NR4A3) immunostaining on cytologic preparations for the preoperative diagnosis of acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary gland. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2022 Nov-Dec;11(6):352-358. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2022.07.001. Epub 2022 Jul 9. PMID: 36058827.
- Krishnan V, Victor AR, Bose S, Bakkar R. Lymphoid cell rich fine-needle aspirations of the salivary gland: What is the risk of malignancy? Cytojournal. 2023 May 6;20:11. doi: 10.25259/Cytojournal_4_2022. PMID: 37292122; PMCID: PMC10246398.
- Lee H, Krishnan V, Wirth LJ, Nucera C, Venturina M, Sadow PM, Mita A, Sacks W. Case Report of CCDC149-ALK Fusion: A Novel Genetic Alteration and a Clinically Relevant Target in Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Thyroid. 2022 Dec;32(12):1580-1585. doi: 10.1089/thy.2022.0389. Epub 2022 Nov 21. PMID: 36150036; PMCID: PMC9918347.