Recent Faculty and Fellows Academic Society Activities

American Association of Neuropathologists 2024 Meeting 

Awards

  1. AANP Travel Award: Biswarathan Ramani. A Novel Strategy to Screen for Genetic Determinants of Selective Neuronal Vulnerability In Vivo. 

Scientific Presentations

  1. Platform (Abstract 11): Preanalytic variables impacting clinical evaluation of PI3/AKT/mTOR signaling in diffuse glioma.  J Phillips, S Beccari, E Mohamed, V Voong, S Hilz, J Lupo, E Chang, S Hervey-Jumper, M Berger, J Costello.
  2. Platform (Abstract 18): Cellular dissection of multiple system atrophy. D Mordes, N Elphick, R Thomas, M Traglia, W Singer.
  3. Platform (Abstract 39): Brain Digital Slide Archive (BDSA): An Open Source Whole Slide Image Sharing Platform for AD/ADRD Research and Diagnostics. M Flanagan, B Dugger, D Gutman, T Pearce, L Cooper, G Kovacs, D Fardo, S Forest, W Kukull, J Crary, D Manthey, S Biber, J Vizcarra, M Gearing, M Sargurupremraj, J Glass, C Keene, L Grinberg, C Suemoto, C Bumgardner, P Nelson. 
  4. Platform (Abstract 43): Clinical and Molecular Landscape of TERT Promoter Mutant Meningiomas. K Groff, R Patel, A Suwala, C Kresbach, M Youngblood, W Chen, C Cai, A Patel, T Bale, S Magill, T Richardson, S Santagata, U Schuller, D Raleigh, F Sahm, W Bi1, D Pacione, M Snuderl.
  5. Platform (Abstract 64): Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Frequent Copy Number Alterations in Intraocular Leiomyomas. V Tang*, T Milman, C Demirkesen, C Iacob, A Sarici, M Bloomer, B Crawford, W Devine, M Pekmezci. 
  6. Poster (Abstract 9): Comprehensive analysis of MYB/MYBL1-altered pediatric-type diffuse low-grade glioma. J Chiang, D Moreira, I Qaddoumi, S Spiller, T Bouldin, A Davidson, N Saba-Silva, D Sullivan*, R Tanaka, A Wagner, M Wood, P Klimo, G Job, M Devidas, X Li, A Gajjar, G Robinson.
  7. Poster (Abstract 20): Autopsy findings in a patient with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder due to compound heterozygous mutations in PNPT1. S Perez*, M Terry*, E Guney*, G Chan, M Margeta.
  8. Poster (Abstract 52): Tackling selective neuronal vulnerability: Involved subnuclei in amygdala-predominant Lewy body disease in early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. D Fischer, L Vandevrede, W Seeley, S Spina, F Wekselman, A Lario Lago, L Grinberg.
  9. Poster (Abstract 81): TDP-43-regulated cryptic exon expression in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. D Mordes, N Aytan, E Sullivan, R Nicks, K Wang, B Huber, J Crary, K Farrell, V Alvarez, A McKee, T Stein.
  10. Poster (Abstract 83): A Novel strategy to screen for genetic determinants of selective neuronal vulnerability in vivo. B Ramani, I Rose, A Pan, N Teyssier, S Danner-Bocks, L Yadanar, T Sanghal, R Tian, K Ma, J Palop, M Kampmann.
  11. Poster (Abstract 86): Neuropathology of Patient-Customized Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy in the Setting of CLN7 Batten Disease. R Villaverde*, Q Zhang, A Li, S Alexandrescu, A Stagner, T Yu, M Miller.
  12. Poster (Abstract 105): Mechanisms of glioma induced neuronal hyperexcitability. D Baker, K Lee, S Krishna, S Hervey-Jumper, C Cadwell.
  13. Poster (Abstract 115): Granular cell astrocytoma, IDH-wildtype, CNS WHO grade 4 involving the optic nerve and mimicking a histiocytic neoplasm: A Case Report. E Guney*, M Terry*, V Tang*, M Bloomer, A Bollen, T Tihan, A Perry, M Pekmezci.
  14. Poster (Abstract 116): Chordoid glioma with strong keratin expression and lacking mucinous stroma: A diagnostic challenge. E Guney*, M Terry*, F Akarca, V Tang*, A Bollen, T Tihan, A Perry, M Pekmezci.
  15. Poster (Abstract 220): Anaplastic transformation of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs): The UCSF experience. M Terry*, M Nguyen, V Tang*, S Dahiya, O Choutka, E Borys, G Reis, L Blevins, M Aghi, S Kunwar, J de Groot, D Raleigh, T Tihan, A Bollen, A Perry.
  16. Poster (Abstract 221): PAS+/PASD- intracytoplasmic glycogen is not specific for clear cell meningioma. M Terry*, V Tang*, G Reis, M Pekmezci, J Phillips, A Bollen, T Tihan, A Perry.
  17. Poster (Abstract 239): Crystal-storing histiocytosis in the central nervous system. I Caliskan*, V Tang*, A Perry.

Invited Lectures and Additional Meeting Roles

  1. Executive Council Member: Eric Huang
  2. Nominating Committee Chair: Eric Huang
  3. Education Committee Member: Melike Pekmezci
  4. Membership Committee Member: Biswa Ramani
  5. Professional Affairs Committee Member: Ekin Guney*
  6. Neuropathology Fellowship Program Director Committee Member: Arie Perry
  7. DSS Charter Member: Arie Perry
  8. 2024 Special Course: Reflecting Backward While Marching Forward: Marta Margeta
  9. 65th AANP Diagnostic Slide Session (DSS) Case 2023-8: Merryl Terry*, Arie Perry

American Association of Neuropathologists 2023 Meeting

  1. Platform (Abstract 132): Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes (ETMR) lacking C19MC and DICER1 alterations versus new CNS embryonal tumor type.  E Guney*, K Mirchia*, R Lu*, A Putnam, M Alashari, H Zhou, N Whipple, P Chan, S Cheshier, S Wu, D Samuel, S Ferri6, E Pinarbasi, M Terry*, M Pekmezci, A Bollen, T Tihan, K Aldape, A Perry.
  2. Poster (Abstract 54): CRISPR-based screens uncover novel molecular chaperones that modify polyglutamine protein aggregation in specific cellular compartments. B Ramani*, M Kampmann.
  3. Poster (Abstract 102): Detailed genetic assessment of an oligosarcoma with retained IDH-mutation and 1p/19q codeletion at time of transformation. A Ziaei, M Terry*, C Stoos, A Perry. 
  4. Poster (Abstract 103): A combined cyclin D1, SOX10, and p16 immunopanel is specific in distinguishing MAP kinase activated gliomas from reactive gliosis. V Tang*, K Mirchia*, R Lu*, E Guney*, M Terry*, C Lucas, A Perry.
  5. Poster (Abstract 161): Meningeal solitary fibrous tumor: A genome-wide DNA methylation study. K Eschbacher, Q Tran, S Jenkins, K Fritchie, E Moskalev, R Stoehr, A Caron, M Link, P Brown, A Guajardo, D Brat, A Wu, S Santagata, D Louis, P Brastianos, A Kaplan, B Alexander, S Rossi, F Ferrarese, D Raleigh, M Nguyen, J Gross, J Velazquez Vega, F Rodriguez, A Perry, M Martinez-Lage Alvarez, B Orr, F Haller, C Giannini.
  6. Poster (Abstract 167): Spatial molecular imaging of immune microenvironment in brain metastases. I Caliskan*, J Phillips.

Invited Lectures and Additional Meeting Roles

  1. President and ex-officio member of all committees: Eric Huang
  2. Executive Council Member: Eric Huang
  3. Constitution Committee Chair: Joanna Phillips
  4. AANP Councilor to the International Society of Neuropathology: Tarik Tihan
  5. Education Committee Member: Melike Pekmezci
  6. Professional Affairs Committee Member: Ekin Guney*
  7. Neuropathology Program Director Committee Member: Arie Perry
  8. DSS Charter Member: Arie Perry
  9. 2023 Special Course: Part I: Neurodegeneration of the Brain with Age: Clinicopathologic Correlation and Heterogeneity in Alzheimer Disease and Tauopathies: Lea Grinberg
  10. 2023 Special Course: Part II: Adult-onset Neuromuscular Disorders: The Role of Autophagy Impairment in Skeletal Myopathies: Marta Margeta
  11. 2023 Presidential Symposium: New Frontiers of Neuropathology in the Next Century. Director: Eric Huang
  12. 64th AANP Diagnostic Slide Session (DSS) Case 2023-6: Ekin Guney*, Arie Perry
  13. 64th AANP Diagnostic Slide Session (DSS) Case 2023-7: Rufei Lu*, Marta Margeta
  14. Moderator for Platform Session 2 (Tumors – Glial): Arie Perry
  15. Moderator for Platform Session 6 (Tumors – Non-glial): Melike Pekmezci 
     

American Association of Neuropathologists 2022 Meeting

Scientific Presentations (Neuropathology member in bold; trainees with asterisk)

  1. Platform (Abstract 15): Multiplatform molecular analyses refine classification of gliomas arising in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.  Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Emily Sloan, Jung Jangham, Rohit Gupta, Jasper Wu, Harish Vasudevan, Anny Shai, Nicholas Whipple, Carol Bruggers, David Samuel, Ossama Maher, Rufei Lu*, Kanish Mirchia*, Daniel Sullivan*, Melike Pekmezci, Tarik Tihan, Andrew Bollen, Arie Perry, Anuradha Banerjee, Nalin Gupta, Sabine Mueller, John de Groot, Jennifer Clarke, David Raleigh, Joanna Phillips, Alyssa Reddy, Susan Chang, Mitchel Berger, Aaron Diaz, David Solomon.
  2. Platform (Abstract 24): Nemaline myopathy associated with a novel pathogenic variant in α-actin (c.131G>T, p.Gly44Val) gene. Kanish Mirchia*, Marta Margeta.
  3. Platform (Abstract 27): Assessment of Tau Pathology in the Pons of Young Military Service Members. Aryck Russell, Lea Grinberg, Daniel Perl, David Priemer.
  4. Platform (Abstract 108): Rainwater Neuropathologic Criteria for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Shanu Roemer, Lea Grinberg, John Crary, William Seeley, Ann McKee, Gabor Kovacs, Thomas Beach, Charles Duyckaerts, Isidro Ferrer, Ellen Gelpi, Edward Lee, Tamas Revesz, Charles White, Mari Yoshida, Felipe Pereira, Kristen Whitney, Dennis Dickson.
  5. Platform (Abstract 112): Loss of p16 expression is a sensitive marker of CDKN2A homozygous deletion in higher-grade meningiomas. Vivian Tang*, Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Rufei Lu*, Kanish Mirchia*, Daniel Sullivan*, Jessica Van Ziffle, Patrick Devine, Julieann Lee, Joanna Phillips, Arie Perry, David Raleigh, David Solomon.
  6. Platform (Abstract 118): Solitary Fibrous Tumor: Natural History and Prognosis in Accordance with the WHO 2021 Classification of CNS Tumors. Kathryn Eschbacher, Sarah Jenkins, Karen Fritchie, Kassandra Jensch, Evgeny Moskalev, Alissa Caron, Michael Link, Paul Brown, Andrew Guajardo, Daniel Brat, Ashley Wu, Sandro Santagata, David Louis, Priscilla Brastianos, Alexander Kaplan, Brian Alexander, Sabrina Rossi, Fabio Ferrarese, David Raleigh, Minh Nguyen, John Gross, Jose Velazquez Vega, Fausto Rodriguez, Arie Perry, Maria Martinez-Lage, Florian Haller, Caterina Giannini.
  7. Poster (Abstract 48): Cerebellar Collision Tumor of High-Grade Astrocytoma and Meningioma. Vanessa Smith, Annick Desjardins, Julieann Lee, Patrick Devine, Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Ranleigh Fleshman, Arie Perry, Giselle Lopez.
  8. Poster (Abstract 65): Regulators of the brain tumor-associated immune response in glioma. Anupam Kumar, Esraa Mohamed, Schuyler Tong, Joydeep Mukherjee, Russell Pieper, Nalin Gupta, Arie Perry, Andrew Bollen, Annette Molinaro, David Solomon, Joseph Shieh, Joanna Phillips. 
  9. Poster (Abstract 160): A FRET-based model of nuclear polyglutamine disease protein seeding and aggregation for functional genomics studies. Biswarathan Ramani, Martin Kampmann. 

Invited Lectures and Additional Meeting Roles

  1. 2022 Special Course: WHO CNS5: Meningiomas: Arie Perry
  2. 63rd AANP Diagnostic Slide Session (DSS) Case 2021-10: Kanish Mirchia*, Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Rufei Lu*, Samir Atiya, Nicole Shonka, Jie Chen, Arie Perry
  3. DSS Charter Member: Arie Perry
  4. Constitution Committee Chair: Joanna Phillips
  5. Constitution Committee Member: Calixto-Hope Lucas*
  6. Professional Affairs Committee Member: Ekin Guney*
  7. Awards Committee Member: David Solomon
  8. Education Committee Member: Melike Pekmezci
  9. Neuropathology Program Director Committee Member: Arie Perry
  10. President-Elect and ex-officio member of all committees: Eric Huang
  11. Executive Council Member: Eric Huang
  12. AANP Councilor to the International Society of Neuropathology: Tarik Tihan
     

American Association of Neuropathologists 2021 Meeting

Scientific Presentations (Neuropathology member in bold; trainees with asterisk)

  1. Platform (Abstract 12): COVID-19-Associated Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy: A 3-Case Series. Daniel Sullivan*, Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Dorukhan Bahceci, Biswarathan Ramani*, Henry Sanchez, Marta Margeta. 
  2. Platform (Abstract 15): A Clinicopathologic Outcome Study of CNS Post-transplant Lympho-proliferative Disorder (PTLD).  Ekin Guney*, Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Melike Pekmezci*, Sanda Alexandrescu, Bret Mobley, Serguei Bannykh, Susanne Powell, Angus Toland, Hannes Vogel, Christian Davidson, Kristian Schafernak, Janna Neltner, Daniel Boue, Robert Ohgami, Andrew Bollen, Tarik Tihan, Arie Perry, David Solomon, Kwun Wah Wen.
  3. Platform (Abstract 113): Intracranial Mesenchymal Tumor with FET-CREB Fusion Is Composed of Two Distinct Epigenetic Subgroups. Emily Sloan, Rohit Gupta, Christian Koelsche, Andreas von Deimling, Jason Chiang, Javier Villanueva-Meyer, Sanda Alexandrescu, Jennifer Eschbacher, Wesley Wang, Manuela Mafra, Nasir Ud Din, Emily Carr-Boyd, Michael Watson, Michael Punsoni, Angelica Oviedo, Ahmed Gilani, Bette Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, Dylan Coss, M. Beatriz Lopes, Corey Raffel, Alyssa Reddy, Sabine Mueller, Biswarathan Ramani*, Sean Ferris, Julieann Lee, Jeffrey Hofmann, Soo-Jin Cho, Andrew Horvai, Melike Pekmezci, Tarik Tihan, Andrew Bollen, Fausto Rodriguez, David Ellison, Arie Perry, Susan Chang, Mitchel Berger, David Solomon.
  4. Poster (Abstract 61): Recurrent Pediatric Glioma with EP300-BCOR Fusion. Eric Goold, Daniel Sullivan*, Arie Perry, Joshua Klonoski, Lorraina Robinson, Sanda Alexandrescu, Walter Devine, Mouied Alashari, Angelica Putnam.
  5. Poster (Abstract 98): Caspase-6 Truncated Tau Play A Major Role In Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnostic And Therapeutic Implications. Panos Theofilas, Antonia Piergies, Petersen Cathrine, Chao Wang, David Butler, Song Hua Li, Brian Chin, Teddy Yang, Shireen Khan, Ramond Ng, Salvatore Spina, William Seeley, Bruce Miller, Li Gan, Jason Gestwicki, Celeste Karch, Sally Temple, Michelle Arlin, Lea Tenenholz Grinberg.
  6. Poster (Abstract 141): A FRET-based Reporter to Screen for Genetic Modifiers of Nuclear Inclusion Formation in Polyglutamine Disease. Biswarathan Ramani*, Anthony Abarientos, Giovanni Aviles, Stephanie See, Martin Kampmann. 
  7. Poster (Abstract 178): FGFR3-LRRC48 Novel Fusion in a Left Temporal Lobe Mass with Pigmented Granules. Aliaksandr Aksionau, Hidehiro Takei, James Cotelingam, Arie Perry, Areli Cuevas Ocampo. 
  8. Poster (Abstract 188): Primary Intracranial Ewing Sarcoma. Maria Pimenova, Karen Thompson, Arie Perry, Jane Uyehara-Lock.
     

Invited Lectures and Additional Meeting Roles

  1. Platform Session 3: Glial Tumors 1, Moderator: Arie Perry
  2. 62nd AANP Diagnostic Slide Session Case 2021-1: Filip Garrett, Peter Nelson, Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Arie Perry
  3. 62nd AANP Diagnostic Slide Session Case 2021-8: Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Andrew Bollen, David Solomon
  4. Membership Committee Member: Calixto-Hope Lucas*
  5. Professional Affairs Committee Member: Ekin Guney*
  6. Awards Committee Member: David Solomon
  7. Education Committee Member: Melike Pekmezci
  8. Education Committee Member: Eric Huang
  9. Nominating Committee Member as ex-President: Arie Perry
  10. Neuropathology Program Director Committee Member: Arie Perry
  11. Vice President: Eric Huang
  12. Executive Council Member: Eric Huang
  13. AANP Councilor to the International Society of Neuropathology: Tarik Tihan
     

American Association of Neuropathologists 2020 Meeting

Scientific Presentations (Neuropathology member in bold; trainees with asterisk)

  1. Platform (Abstract 29): Publishing a high-quality, non-commercial neuropathology journal without a publisher: A proof-of-principle study. Marta Margeta, Sonika Dahiya, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Tibor Hortobagyi, Edward Lee, Calixto-Hope Lucas*, William Yong, Werner Paulus. 
  2. Platform (Abstract 133): Characterization of the immune microenvironment in low grade glioma.  Joanna Phillips, Katharine Chen, Mariarita Santi-Vicini, Arie Perry, Andrew Bollen, David Solomon, Anupam Kumar.
  3. Platform (Abstract 136): Diffuse hemispheric glioma, H3 G34-mutant: validation of mutant specific antibodies and frequent accompanying PDGFRA mutation. Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Julieann Lee, Emily Sloan*, Jeffrey Hofmann*, Cathryn Cadwell*, Biswarathan Ramani*, Cassie Kline, Alyssa Reddy, Anu Banerjee, Jennifer Clarke, Jennie Taylor, Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, Steve Braunstein, Manish Aghi, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, Corey Raffel, Nalin Gupta, Mitchel Berger, Melike Pekmezci, Tarik Tihan, Andrew Bollen, Arie Perry, Joanna Phillips, David Solomon.
  4. Platform (Abstract 137): Genome-wide haploidization is a distinctive mechanism of tumorigenesis in glioblastoma.  Julieann Lee, Yalan Zhang, Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, Jennie Taylor, Nicholas Butowski, Emily Sloan*, Cathryn Cadwell*, Biswarathan Ramani*, Jeffrey Hofmann*, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, Philip Theodosopoulos, Manish Aghi, Michael McDermott, Mitchel Berger, Andrew Bollen, Tarik Tihan, Arie Perry, Joseph Costello, Susan Chang, Annette Molinaro, Jennifer Clarke, David Solomon.
  5. Poster (Abstract 69): Diffuse midline gliomas with H3F3B K27I mutation: not all H3 K27M-negative gliomas are histone H3 wildtype. Julieann Lee, Cathryn Cadwell*, Emily Sloan*, Dick Hwang, Joanna Phillips, Melike Pekmezci, Andrew Bollen, Tarik Tihan, Arie Perry, David Solomon.
  6. Poster (Abstract 105): Clinicopathologic characterization of ocular adnexal marginal zone lymphoma with a focus on PD1, PD-L1, and IDO1 expression. Ekin Guney*, Melike Pekmezci, Michele Bloomer, Zoltan Laszik, Robert Ohgami, Kwun Wah Wen.
  7. Poster (Abstract 109): Ciliary body and iris melanocytomas harbor GNAQ or GNA11 mutations without additional alterations. Biswarathan Ramani*, Gunay Uludag, J Brooks Crawford, Michele Bloomer, Jessica van Ziffle, Courtney Onodera, Devron Char, Boris Bastian, David Solomon, Melike Pekmezci.
  8. Poster (Abstract 175): Establishing a Model for Autophagy Impairment as a Cause of Neurodegeneration. Jeffrey Hofmann*, Eric Huang, Jayanta Debnath.
  9. Poster (Abstract 221): Intracranial Mesenchymal Tumor with EWS-CREB Fusion: Clinicopathologic and Genomic Characterization of 20 Cases. Emily Sloan*, Jason Chiang, Sanda Alexandrescu, Jennifer Eschbacher, Jian-Qiang Lu, Manuela Mafra, Nassir Ud Din, Emily Carr-Boyd, Mike Watson, Rodney McComb, Ross Okimoto, Angelica Oviedo, B.K. Kleinschmidt-Demasters, M. Beatriz Lopes, Corey Raffel, Susan Chang, Alyssa Reddy, Melike Pekmezci, Biswa Ramani*, Sean Ferris, Jeffrey Hofmann*, Tihan Tarik, Andrew Bollen, Fausto Rodriguez, David Ellison, Mitchel Berger, Arie Perry, David Solomon.
  10. Poster (Abstract 228): Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale is Likely a Distinct Clinicopathologic Entity. Biswa Ramani*, Rohit Gupta, Andrew Bollen, Tarik Tihan, Bruce King, Elizabeth Treynor, Viktor Zherebitskiy, Jeffrey Hofmann*, Emily Sloan*, David Solomon1, Arie Perry.
  11. Poster (Abstract 237): PRAME expression in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Cathryn Cadwell*, Gul Yuksek, Melike Pekmezci.
  12. Poster (Abstract 239): Diagnostic value of genomic analysis in neoplasms arising after treatment of medulloblastoma. Merryl Terry (future NP fellow), Cathryn Cadwell*, Tarik Tihan, David Solomon.

Invited Lectures and Additional Meeting Roles

  1. Platform Session 2: Glial Tumors 1, Moderator: Melike Pekmezci
  2. 61st AANP Meeting Special Course Lecture: Arie Perry
  3. 61st AANP Diagnostic Slide Session Case 2020-5: Cathryn Cadwell*, Arie Perry
  4. Professional Affairs Committee Member: Emily Sloan*
  5. Membership Committee Member: CJ Lucas*
  6. Award Committee Member: David Solomon
  7. Education Committee Member: Melike Pekmezci
  8. Education Committee Member: Eric Huang
  9. Future Annual Meeting Scope/Financing Ad Hoc Committee Member: Eric Huang
  10. Nominating Committee Member as ex-President: Arie Perry
  11. Neuropathology Program Director Committee Member: Arie Perry
  12. Vice President Elect: Eric Huang
  13. Executive Council Member: Arie Perry
  14. Executive Council Member: Eric Huang
  15. AANP Councilor to the International Society of Neuropathology: Tarik Tihan

American Association of Neuropathologists 2019 Meeting

Scientific Presentations (Neuropathology member in bold; trainees with asterisk)

  1. Platform (Abstract 11): Gene Therapy Trial in X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy(XLMTM): Update on Preliminary Safety, Efficacy and Pathology with AT132. Michael Lawlor, Benedikt Schoser, Caroline Sewry, Marta Margeta, James Dowling, Carsten Bonnemann, Nancy Kuntz, Wolfgang Muller-Felber, Mo Noursalehi, Salvador Rico, Laurent Servais, Perry Shieh, Barbara Smith, Suyash Prasad.
  2. Platform (Abstract 23): Targeted kinase inhibitor therapy for pediatric bithalamic diffuse gliomas with frequent EGFR exon 20 insertions.  Gourish Mondal, Julieann Lee*, Javier Villanueva-Meyer, Jessica Van Ziffle, Courtney Onodera, Patrick Devine, James Grenert, David Samuel, Rong Li, Laura Metrock, Lee-way Jin, Reuben Antony, Mouied Alashari, Samuel Cheshier, Nicholas Whipple, Carol Bruggers, Corey Raffel, Nalin Gupta, Cassie Kline, Alyssa Reddy, Anu Banerjee, Matthew Hall, Minesh Mehta, Ziad Khatib, Ossama Maher, Carole Brathwaite, Melike Pekmezci, Joanna Phillips, Andrew Bollen, Tarik Tihan, Arie Perry, David Solomon.
  3. Platform (Abstract 134): Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor is Defined by FGFR1 Activating Alterations with Frequent Accompanying PI3K and MAPK Pathway Mutations.  Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Julieann Lee*, Emily Sloan*, Jeffrey Hofmann*, Jessica Van Ziffle, Courtney Onodera, James Grenert, Boris Bastian, Cassie Kline, Anu Banerjee, Jennifer Clarke, Jennie Taylor, Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, Robin Buerki, Nicholas Butowski, Susan Chang, Michael McDermott, Manish Aghi, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, Mitchel Berger, Corey Raffel, Nalin Gupta, Bette Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, Matthew Wood, Marjorie Grafe, Hua Guo, Peter Sun, Joseph Torkildson, Tabitha Cooney, Cynthia Fata, David Scharnhorst, David Samuel, Serguei Bannykh, Ziad Khatib, Ossama Maher, Gabriel Chamyan, Liset Pelaez, Carole Braithwaite, Lee-way Jin, Mirna Lechpammer, Donald Born, Hannes Vogel, Han Lee, Joanna Phillips, Melike Pekmezci, Andrew Bollen, Tarik Tihan, Arie Perry, David Solomon.
  4. Platform (Abstract 135): The genomic landscape of spinal cord ependymoma.  Biswarathan Ramani*, Javier Villaneuva-Meyer, Christine Glastonbury, Ece Meram, Kyle Walsh, Jennie Taylor, Jessica VanZiffle, Courtney Onodera, James Grenert, Andrew Bollen, Arie Perry, Tarik Tihan, David Solomon, Melike Pekmezci.
  5. Platform (Abstract 136): Telomere Alterations in NF1-associated Solid Tumors are Associated with Clinical Outcome.  Fausto Rodriguez, Mindy Graham, Jacqueline Brosnan-Cashman, Christine Davis, M. Adelita Vizcaino, Doreen Palsgrove, Caterina Giannini, Melike Pekmezci, Sonika Dahiya, Murat Gokden, Michael Noë, Laura Wood, Christine Pratilas, Carol Morris, Allan Belzberg, Jaishri Blakeley, Christopher Heaphy.
  6. Platform (Abstract 137): Recurrent KBTBD4 small in-frame insertions differentiate pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation from pineoblastoma.  Julieann Lee*, Tali Mazor, Richard Lao, Eunice Wan, Alpha Diallo, Nicholas Hill, Naina Thangaraj, Katherine Wendelsdorf, David Samuel, Cassie Kline, Anuradha Banerjee, Kurtis Auguste, Corey Raffel, Nalin Gupta, Mitchel Berger, David Raleigh, Anny Shai, Joanna Phillips, Andrew Bollen, Tarik Tihan, Arie Perry, Joseph Costello, David Solomon.
  7. Platform (Abstract 142): Cortical somatostatin interneuron dysfunction after trauma. Amber Nolan, Vikaas Sohal, Susanna Rosi.
  8. Poster (Abstract 168): ALK-Positive Histiocytosis with KIF5B-ALK Fusion in the Central Nervous System. Calixto-Hope Lucas*, Ahmed Gilani, David Solomon, Xiayuan Liang, Ossama Maher, Gabriel Chamyan, Bette Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, Arie Perry.
  9. Poster (Abstract 174): Primary intracranial sarcoma, DICER1-mutant: a pleomorphic sarcoma with myogenic or chondrogenic differentiation and eosinophilic globules. Julieann Lee*, Javier Villaneuva-Meyer, Sean Ferris*, Emily Sloan*, Jeffrey Hofmann*, Eyas Hattab, Brian Williams, Hua Guo, Joseph Torkildson, Adriana Florez, Mark Curtis, Caterina Giannini, Ankur Sangoi, Jessica Van Ziffle, Courtney Onodera, Patrick Devine, James Grenert, Soo-Jin Cho, Andrew Horvai, David Jones, Stefan Pfister, Christian Koelsche, Andreas von Deimling, Andrey Korshunov, Arie Perry, David Solomon.
  10. Poster (Abstract 175): Primary Intracranial Sarcoma, DICER1-Mutant, with Meningioangiomatosis-Like Pattern at Presentation and Anaplastic Progression. Jeffrey Hofmann*, Mark Curtis, Caterina Giannini, David Solomon.
  11. Poster (Abstract 182): Spinal Undifferentiated Round Cell Sarcomas with CIC-DUX4 Fusion. José Velázquez Vega, Bryan Morales Vargas, Abigail Goodman, Lindsey Lowder, Stewart Neill, Arie Perry, David Solomon, Matthew Schniederjan.

Invited Lectures and Additional Society Leadership Roles

  1. Platform Session 2: Muscle/Nerve, Moderator: Marta Margeta
  2. Platform Session 3: Glial Tumors, Moderator: David Solomon
  3. 60th Annual Diagnostic Slide Session Case 2019-3: Emily Sloan*, David Solomon, Marta Margeta
  4. 60th Annual Diagnostic Slide Session Case 2019-6: Julieann Lee*, Joanna Phillips
  5. Program Committee Member: Sean Ferris*
  6. Award Committee Member: David Solomon
  7. Executive Council Member: Arie Perry
  8. Nominating Committee Member as ex-President: Arie Perry
  9. Neuropathology Program Director Committee Member: Arie Perry

American Association of Neuropathologists 2018 Meeting

Scientific Presentations (Neuropathology member in bold; trainees with asterisk)

  1. Platform (Abstract 26): The genomic landscape of anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Joanna Phillips, Henry Gong, Katharine Chen, Nancy Joseph, Jessica Van Ziffle, Boris Bastian, Theodore Nicolaides, Tarik Tihan, Andrew Bollen, Perry Arie, Joseph Shieh, David Solomon.
  2. Platform (Abstract 30): The Genomic Landscape of Ganglioglioma.  Melike Pekmezci, Javier Villaneuva-Meyer, Benjamin Goode, Jessica Van Ziffle, James Grenert, Boris Bastian, BK DeMasters, David Samuel, Sabine Mueller, Anu Banerjee, Jennifer Clarke, Tabitha Cooney, Joseph Torkildson, Nalin Gupta, Philip Theodosopoulos, Edward Chang, Mitchel Berger, Andrew Bollen, Arie Perry, Tarik Tihan, David Solomon.
  3. Platform (Abstract 31): Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor of the cerebrum is defined by genetic alterations activating the MAP kinase signaling pathway.  Melike Pekmezci, Meredith Stevers, Joanna Phillips, Jessica Van Ziffle, Boris Bastian, Nadejda Tsankova, Bette Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, Marc Rosenblum, Tarik Tihan, Arie Perry, David Solomon.
  4. Platform (Abstract 32): Deep sequencing of WNT-activated medulloblastomas reveals secondary SHH pathway activation.  Bryan Iorgulescu*, Jessica Van Ziffle, Meredith Stevers, James Grenert, Boris Bastian, Lukas Chavez, Damian Stichel, Ivo Buchhalter, David Samuel, Theodore Nicolaides, Anu Banerjee, Sabine Mueller, Nalin Gupta, Tarik Tihan, Andrew Bollen, Paul Northcott, Marcel Kool, Stefan Pfister, Andrey Korshunov, Arie Perry, David Solomon.
  5. Poster (Abstract 54): An unusual case of recurrent epilepsy associated rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor with anaplastic transformation in the absence of therapy. Aaron Halfpenny, Sean Ferris*, Marjorie Grafe, Randy Woltjer, Nathan Selden, Kellie Nazemi, Arie Perry, David Solomon, Stephen Moore, Helen Lawce, Lora Lucas, Chris Corless, Matthew Wood.
  6. Poster (Abstract 94): Brachial Plexopathy Caused by Endoneurial IgM Deposition in a Patient with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia.  Sean Ferris*, Giselle López*, Marta Margeta.
  7. Poster (Abstract 157): CNS High-Grade Neuroepithelial Tumor with BCOR Alteration: Heterogeneous Histologic Features Expand the Morphologic Spectrum. José Velázquez Vega, Matthew Schniederjan, Arie Perry, David Solomon.

Invited Lectures and Additional Society Leadership Roles

  1. Nominating Committee Chair: Arie Perry
  2. Executive Council Member: Arie Perry
  3. Membership Committee Member: Melike Pekmezci
  4. Program Committee Member: Giselle Lopez*
  5. Program Committee Member: Sean Ferris*
  6. Program Committee Member: Annie Hiniker
  7. Fellowship Program Directors Committee Member: Arie Perry
  8. Diagnostic Slide Session Case 2 Presentation: Julieann Lee*, Sean Ferris*, David Solomon, Dimitri Trembath, Arie Perry

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 2018 Meeting

Scientific Presentations (Neuropathology member in bold; trainees with asterisk)

  1. Poster: Histologic changes induced by traditional and micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation. M Pekmezci, K Moussa, B Amoozgar, M Feinstein, M Bloomer, Y Han.
  2. Poster: Astrocytic tau deposition is frequent in Alzheimer disease and does not correlate with an atypical clinical presentation. A Nolan, E De Paula Franca Resende, C Petersen, A Ehrenberg, S Spina, W Seeley, L Grinberg.
  3. Poster: Clinicopathologic features of anaplastic myxopapillary ependymomas. J C Lee*, N Sharifai, S Dahiya, B K DeMasters, M Rosenblum, G F Reis, DA Solomon, T Tihan, A Perry.
  4. Poster: Lack of PD-1 and PD-L1 protein expression in pilocytic astrocytoma. N Sinha, J Phillips, A Ersen, T Tihan, D Gutmann, S Dahiya.
  5. Poster: Aberrant ATRX protein expression is associated with worse survival in NF1-associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. H-C Lu, A J Apicelli, V Eulo, M Pekmezci, A C Hirbe, S Dahiya
  6. Platform: The genetic landscape of gliomas arising after therapeutic radiation for childhood cancer. GY López*, AW Bollen, T Tihan, A Perry, DA Solomon.
  7. Platform: Grading considerations for meningeal solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma. K Fritchie, S M Jenkins, F Rodriguez, A Guajardo, A Perry, A Wu, S Santagata, A B Kaplan, S Rossi, M Link, P Brown, K Jensch, F Haller, P Brastianos, D Louis, B Alexander, D Raleigh, J V Vega, F Ferrarese, D Brat, C Giannini.

Administrative Society Roles

  1. Board of Directors Member, 2018-2020: Arie Perry
  2. Stout Award Committee Member: David Solomon

Educational Activities/Courses

  1. Companion Society Case Presenter: Ophthalmic Pathology: Melike Pekmezci
  2. Special Course Faculty: Molecular Diagnostic and Genomic Applications in Cancer: Arie Perry
  3. Short Course Faculty: WHO is Changing! A Survival Manual for Practicing Pathologists for the Upcoming Changes in Glial Tumor Classification and Its Impact on Routine Practice: Tarik Tihan
  4. Short Course Faculty: The Nerve of Some Nerve Sheath Tumors! A Practical Approach to Common Problems in Surgical Pathology: Arie Perry

Contact Information

Director
Arie Perry, MD

Associate Director
Marta Margeta, MD, PhD

Fellowship Program Administrator
Suria Sadat
[email protected]

UCSF Department of Pathology