The University of New Mexico Hematopathology Fellowship training program instills diagnostic excellence through a team-oriented approach to challenging cases. We are an academic practice based at TriCore Reference Laboratories, where we perform and interpret all testing necessary to support a contemporary hematopathology service—including 10-color flow cytometry, comprehensive cytogenetic and molecular offerings, and in-house next-generation sequencing for myeloid and other neoplasms.
Our fellows take graduated responsibility for all cases, including the especially stimulating and educational cases seen in our national consultation service. Our faculty members are enthusiastic teachers, prominent authors, and lecturers at the national level—and our collegial environment ensures that fellows derive full benefit from these resources.
At graduation, our fellows are confident hematopathologists with expertise in all aspects of the discipline, especially the integration of morphology with molecular, cytogenetic and flow cytometric data in bone marrow and lymph node cases. We hope you will consider joining us in the “Land of Enchantment” for a rewarding and enjoyable fellowship year!
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Daniel Babu, MD
Dr. Babu, Director of the Hematopathology Fellowship Program, graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin, and received his MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He completed anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the Cleveland Clinic and fellowship in hematopathology at UNM. Dr. Babu served as Medical Director of Laboratory Hematology at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake and Harford Memorial Hospitals before returning to UNM, where he is currently the Associate Director of the Flow Cytometry Laboratory at TriCore. He is the recipient of the George C. Hoffman Excellence in Teaching Award from the Cleveland Clinic.
David Czuchlewski, MD, MEd
Dr. Czuchlewski graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and received his MD degree from the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, followed by fellowships in hematopathology and molecular genetic pathology at UNM. He currently directs the Hematopathology Division and serves as Medical Director of the Genetics and Cytometry Laboratories at TriCore.
Dr. Czuchlewski has twice been awarded the UNM School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award for residency/fellowship education, and recently received his Master of Education in the Health Professions degree from Johns Hopkins University. He has served on education committees for the College of American Pathologists, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, and the Society for Hematopathology. Dr. Czuchlewski also co-directs the medical student Hematology course at the UNM School of Medicine.
Kathy Foucar, MD
Dr. Foucar received her BS and MD degrees from the Ohio State University, and completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at UNM and the University of Minnesota. She is currently a Distinguished Professor of Pathology with over 30 years of experience in diagnostic hematopathology. She is the author/co-author or editor of thirteen books on neoplastic and non-neoplastic hematopathology, including the landmark textbook Bone Marrow Pathology, and has contributed over 120 peer-reviewed publications to the literature. A renowned teacher and diagnostician, she is a former president of the Society for Hematopathology and was recently awarded the Berard-Dorfman Founders Award from the Society for Hematopathology and the H.P.Smith Award for Distinguished Pathology Educator from the American Society for Clinical Pathology for her outstanding contributions to the field.
Carla S. Wilson, MD, PhD
Dr. Wilson received her BS degree from Cornell University and her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She completed medical training and residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at UNM, with fellowship training in hematopathology at the City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA. She served on the faculty of the University of Arkansas before moving to UNM, where she is currently Medical Director of the Flow Cytometry Laboratory at TriCore. Her research has concentrated on plasma cell neoplasms and gene expression profiling of patients with acute leukemia. She is co-author of the AFIP fascicle Non-neoplastic Disorders of the Bone Marrow. Dr.Wilson is the recipient of the UNM School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award for residency/fellowship education and has served on multiple education and curriculum committees for the College of American Pathologists. She is currently a member of the Hematopathology Test Development and Advisory Committee for the American Board of Pathology.
Mohammad Vasef, MD
Dr. Vasef received his MD from the University of Tehran, and completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, an affiliate of Case Western Reserve University. After a fellowship in hematopathology at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA, he joined the faculty of the University of Iowa, where he was co-director of the molecular pathology laboratory. At UNM he is currently Professor of Pathology and Director of the Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship program. Dr. Vasef has published widely on the application of molecular techniques in diagnostic hematopathology. He is the lead author of the textbook Molecular Oncology in the Diagnostic Pathology Series of Amirsys/Elsevier.
Qian-Yun Zhang, MD, PhD
Dr. Zhang received her medical degree from West China University of Medical Sciences/Sichuan University Medical Center and her PhD from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. After post-doctoral research at the University of Michigan, she trained in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences and at UNM, where she also completed her hematopathology fellowship. She is currently Medical Director of the University Hospital Hematology Laboratory, the clinical laboratory of the Clinical and Translational Science Center, and the Cytogenetics Laboratory at TriCore. Dr. Zhang’s major research interest is B-cell chronic leukemias. She has served on national committees for the College of American Pathologists and the Centers for Disease Control,and on the Education Committee of the International Society for Laboratory Hematology. She received the UNM School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award for her work teaching medical students, including co-directorship of the medical school Hematology course.
Marian A. Rollins-Raval, MD, MPH
Dr. Rollins-Raval graduated cum laude from Princeton University and received her MD and MPH from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency and her hematopathology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. She then joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina before being recruited to UNM, where she currently leads the Coagulation Laboratory at TriCore. She has published extensively on both hematopathology and coagulation medicine and has served on multiple national committees for the American Society for Apheresis. She is the recipient of the Phil Blatt Clinical Pathology Faculty Teaching Award at UNC.
Devon Chabot-Richards, MD
Dr. Chabot-Richards graduated cum laude from UNM, where she also received her MD degree and completed anatomic and clinical pathology residency and fellowships in hematopathology and molecular genetic pathology. She is currently Medical Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory and Associate Director of the Transplant and Histocompatibility Laboratory at TriCore. Dr. Chabot-Richards, an enthusiastic teacher of residents and fellows, is Associate Director of the Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship program. She has received multiple teaching awards, and has served on committees devoted to furthering resident and fellow education for the Association for Molecular Pathology and the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Kaia Adams, MD
Degree: MD, MS from Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Dutch Caribbean
AP/CP Residency: South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Michael Franklin, DO
Degree: DO from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
AP/CP Residency: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Jordan Redemann, MD
Degree: MD from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
AP/CP Residency: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Andres Mindiola Romero, MD
Degree: MD from University of Zulia School of Medicine, Maracaibo, Venezuela
AP/CP Residency: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
“I can't imagine a better way to gain experience and knowledge than by working directly with world-renowned hematopathologists, in a supportive setting that fosters growth and independence. The diversity and complexity of the cases on the consult service coupled with those from a busy university academic service is exceptional.”
“It was an amazing opportunity to work alongside some of the top hematopathologists in the country during residency and fellowship. I can’t imagine getting better training elsewhere. The quality of the bone marrow and lymph node consult cases is phenomenal.”
“Doing my Hematopathology fellowship at UNM was the most valuable training experience in my entire medical career. It offered me the unique experience of handling the most complicated cases in the field under the guidance of people who literally wrote the book.”
Year | Fellow | Position after training |
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2021 - 2022 | Anthony "Jake" Emanuel, MD | Surgical Pathology Fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina (Charlseton, SC) |
2021 - 2022 | Feras Zaiem, MD | Oncologic Pathology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY |
2021 - 2022 | Stephanie Holdener, MD | Denver Health, Denver, CO |
2021 - 2022 | Elise Venable, MBBS | Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, University of New Mexico |
2020 - 2021 | Favia Dubyk, MD | Private Practice, Diagnosis Education Clinic, Albuquerque, NM |
2020 - 2021 | Audra Kerwin, MD | Pediatric Clinical Pathology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH |
2020 - 2021 | Rebecca Kunak, DO | Michigan Pathology Specialists PC, Grand Rapids, MI |
2020 - 2021 | Olumide Odeyemi, MD | Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
2019 - 2020 | Brittany Coffman, MD | Molecular Genetics Pathology Fellowship, University of New Mexico Department of Pathology |
2019 - 2020 | Heather Gridley, MD | Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL |
2019 - 2020 | Andrew Judd, MD | Pacific Pathology Associates, Salem, OR |
2019 - 2020 | Alae Yaseen, MD | Diagnostic Pathology Medical Group, Inc., Sacramento, CA |
2018 - 2019 | Chelsey Deel, MD | University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK |
2018 - 2019 | Jonathon Gralewski, DO, MS | The University of New Mexico MGP Fellowship, Albuquerque, NM |
2018 - 2019 | Audrey Sato, DO | Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO |
2017 - 2018 | Laura Toth, DO, MPH | The University of New Mexico MGP Fellowship, Albuquerque, NM |
2017 - 2018 | Peter Carbone, MD | Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA |
2017 - 2018 | Joanna Conant, MD | UNM Department of Pathology, Albuquerque, NM |
2017 - 2018 | Amy Jencks, DO | Scottsdale Pathology Consultants, Scottsdale, AZ |
2017 - 2018 | Sarah Kelting, MD | University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS |
2016 - 2017 | M. Brandon Allen, MD | Arkansas Pathology Associates, Little Rock, AR |
2016 - 2017 | Simone Davion, MD | Billings Clinic, Department of Pathology, Billings, MT |
2016 - 2017 | Payal Sojitra, MD | Advocate Sherman Hospital, Dept. of Pathology, Elgin, IL |
2016 - 2017 | Jie Yan, MD | Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI |
2015 -2016 | Daniel Bustamante, MD | Texas Tech University, El Paso, TX |
2015 -2016 | Melody Harrison, MD | Pathology Laboratories of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR |
2015 -2016 | David Lynch, MD | San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX |
2015 -2016 | Celina Villa, MD | Aurora Diagnostics Austin Pathology, Austin, TX |
2014 - 2015 | J. Anthony Halfacre, MD | Pathology Associates of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM |
2014 - 2015 | Nathan Thompson, DO | Valley Pathology Associates, Twin Falls, ID |
2014 - 2015 | Daniel Babu, MD | UNM Department of Pathology, Albuquerque, NM |
2014 - 2015 | Michael Reyes, MD | NM Veterans Affairs, Albuquerque, NM |
2013 - 2014 | Dorothy Wong, MD, JD | Regional Medical Center of San Jose, San Jose, CA |
2013 - 2014 | Nichole Steidler, MD | Vista Pathology, Medford, OR |
2013 - 2014 | Benjamin Wetzel, MD | Valley Pathology Services, Corvallis, OR |
2013 - 2014 | Julia Boncher, MD | Northwest Permanente, Portland, OR |
2012 - 2013 | Frank Moore, MD | Ameripath Colorado, Denver, CO |
2012 - 2013 | Stella Wenceslao, MD | PBM/Medfusion, Lewisville, TX |
2012 - 2013 | Elizabeth Chastain, MD | St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi |
2012 - 2013 | Amer Mahmoud, MD | Pathology Associates of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM |
2011 - 2012 | Devon Chabot-Richards, MD | UNM Department of Pathology, Albuquerque, NM |
2011 - 2012 | Bijayee Shrestha, MD | El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA |
2011 - 2012 | Jennifer Knight, MD | Pathology Associates of Greenville, Greenville, SC |
2011 - 2012 | Joshua Coleman, MD | University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT |
2010 - 2011 | Alexei Bakhirev, MD | Pathology Associates of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM |
2010 - 2011 | Giovanni Insuasti-Beltran, MD | Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC |
2010 - 2011 | Jake Sramek, MD | Iowa Pathology Associates, Des Moines, IA |
2010 - 2011 | Natalia Golardi, MD | Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX |
2009 - 2010 | Melissa Myrsiades, MD | Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, CA |
2009 - 2010 | Jordan Hall, MD | San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX |
2009 - 2010 | Christine Sillings (Norton), MD | WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, NC |
2009 - 2010 | Douglas Kingma, MD | OncoMetrix, Memphis, TN |
2008 - 2009 | Nathan Shumaker, MD | Pathology Associates of Central Virginia, Lynchburg, VA |
2008 - 2009 | Clovis Pitchford, MD | Pathology Associates of Huntsville, Huntsville, AL |
2008 - 2009 | Sara McClintock-Treep, MD | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center, Neenah, WI |
2007 - 2008 | Heath Worcester, MD | Summit Pathology, Loveland, CO |
2007 - 2008 | Jared Andrews, MD | Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA |
2007 - 2008 | Kenneth Spengel, DO | MAWD Pathology Group, Kansas City, MO |
2007 - 2008 | David Czuchlewski, MD | UNM Department of Pathology, Albuquerque, NM |
2006 - 2007 | Kristin Karner, MD | University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT |
2006 - 2007 | Christine Roth, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
2006 - 2007 | Larry Tsao, MD | Quest Diagnostics, Teterboro, NJ |
2006 - 2007 | Jennifer Jastram-Belcher, MD | Pathology Group of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA |
2005 - 2006 | Michael Sennett, MD | Amarillo Pathology Group, Amarillo, TX |
2005 - 2006 | Jason Hyde, MD | Legacy Hospital Systems, Portland, OR |
2005 - 2006 | Mohamed Salama, MD | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
2004 - 2005 | Ayumi Corn, MD | Incyte Diagnostics, Spokane Valley, WA |
2004 - 2005 | Cindi Starkey, MD | Regional Medical Laboratory, Tulsa, OK |
2004 - 2005 | Charles Abbott, MD | Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA |
2003 - 2004 | Lian Bonds, MD | Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO |
2003 - 2004 | Anne Avery, MD | Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR |
2003 - 2004 | Sanjay Lahiri, MD | Pathology Consultants of New Mexico, Roswell, NM |
2003 - 2004 | Kaari Reichard, MD | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
2002 - 2003 | April Ewton, MD | Houston Methodist, Houston, TX |
2002 - 2003 | Michael Wang, MD, PhD | Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
2001 - 2002 | Ann Marie Blenc, MD | William Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak, MI |
2001 - 2002 | Kim Monnin, MD | Clinical Pathology Associates, Austin, TX |
2000 - 2001 | Lisa Robinson, MD | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
2000 - 2001 | Qian-Yun Zhang, MD, PhD | UNM Department of Pathology, Albuquerque, NM |
2000 - 2001 | Shakil Merchant, MD | South Texas Pathology Associates, San Antonio, TX |
1998 - 1999 | Lance H. Evans, MD | Vista Health Center East, Waukegan, IL |
1998 - 1999 | Chris (Yap-Yee) Chong, MD | Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
1997 - 1998 | Lisa Rimsza, MD | Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ |
1996 - 1997 | Cynthia Snyder, MD | UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA |
1995 - 1996 | David Marmaduke, MD | Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Las Vegas, NV |
1995 - 1996 | David Viswanatha, MD | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
1993 - 1994 | Carolyn Mongeon, MD | Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA |
1992 - 1993 | Sanjeev Deodhare, MD | Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
1992 - 1993 | Amy Scott, MD | Albuquerque, NM |
1991 - 1992 | Cordelia Sever, MD | Pathology Associates of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM |
1990 - 1991 | Catherine Leith, MD | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
1989 - 1990 | Michael Whittaker, MD | ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI |
1988 - 1989 | Irene Saikevych, MD | Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC |
1987 - 1988 | Daniel Kerrigan, MD | Pathology Consultants, Springfield, OR |
1986 - 1987 | Teri Longacre, MD | Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA |
Kathryn Foucar, Kaaren Reichard, and David Czuchlewski. Bone Marrow Pathology. 4th ed., American Society for Clinical Pathology Press, 2019.
Mohammad A. Vasef, Aaron Auerbach, Therese Bocklage, Devon Chabot-Richards, Nadine Aguilera, Kristin Karner, Eric Loo. Diagnostic Pathology: Molecular Oncology. 2nd ed., Amirsys/Elsevier, 2019.
Kathryn Foucar, Devon Chabot-Richards, David R. Czuchlewski, MD, Kristin Hunt Karner, Kaaren K. Reichard, Mohammad A. Vasef, Carla S. Wilson, Qian-Yun Zhang, and Karissa Culbreath. Diagnostic Pathology: Blood and Bone Marrow. 2nd ed., Amirsys/Elsevier, 2018.
Kathryn Foucar, Steven H. Kroft, Robert W. McKenna, and LoAnn C. Peterson. Tumors of the Bone Marrow (AFIP Atlas of Tumor Pathology, Series 4). American Registry of Pathology, 2016.
Mohammad A. Vasef, Aaron Auerbach, David R. Czuchlewski, Therese Bocklage, Devon Chabot-Richards, Nadine Aguilera, and Kristin Hunt Karner. Diagnostic Pathology: Molecular Oncology. Amirsys/Elsevier, 2016.
Attilio Orazi, Kathryn Foucar, Daniel Knowles and Lawrence M. Weiss. Knowles’ Neoplastic Hematopathology. 3rd ed., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014.
Kathryn Foucar, Kaaren K. Reichard, David Czuchlewski, Qian-Yun Zhang, Carla S. Wilson, Mohammad A. Vasef, and Kristin E Hunt. Diagnostic Pathology: Blood and Bone Marrow. 1st ed., Amirsys, 2012.
Kathryn Foucar, Kaaren Reichard, and David Czuchlewski. Bone Marrow Pathology. 3rd ed., American Society for Clinical Pathology Press, 2010.
Kathryn Foucar, David S. Viswanatha, and Carla S. Wilson. Atlas of Nontumor Pathology: Non-Neoplastic Disorders of Bone Marrow. American Registry of Pathology, 2008.
Kathryn Foucar. Bone Marrow Pathology. 2nd ed., American Society for Clinical Pathology Press, 2001.
Kathryn Foucar. Bone Marrow Pathology. 1st ed., American Society for Clinical Pathology Press, 1995.
The UNM Hematopathology Fellowship is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME # 3113421013).
Graduates of the program meet eligibility and subspecialty training requirements for Hematopathology certification from the American Board of Pathology.
Fellows enjoy exploring our unique and beautiful state during their time with us. Start your explorations with the resources at newmexico.org.
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Because we maintain a rolling admissions process, early applications are encouraged for best consideration.
In addition to our fellowship positions, the Hematopathology division frequently welcomes visiting pathology residents for 1 or 2 month “away rotations” during the course of their residency training. Please contact Dr. Czuchlewski by email to inquire about availability and scheduling.
For further information contact:
Daniel Babu, MD
Hematopathology Fellowship Director
dbabu@salud.unm.edu
Jessica Quinn
Administrative Assistant II
505-938-8457
jquinnencinias@salud.unm.edu
Hematopathology Fellowship Program
1001 Woodward Place NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102-2705