Our people are the heart of our program.
From the reception desk to the laboratory technicians, from the gross room to the molecular laboratory, from the blood bank to the FNA clinic, from the resident room to the faculty offices, you will find our people in our department interested and eager to help you become the best pathologist you can be.
At Iowa, you will be exposed to some of the best clinicians, teachers and researchers in our profession. We provide high-powered opportunities for you to learn career-long lessons from these dedicated professionals while maintaining an open-door philosophy and collegial atmosphere.
Department chair and faculty
Fellowship leaders
Deqin Ma, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Medical Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory
Program Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
Anthony Snow, MD
Title/Position
Program Director, Residency Program
Associate Program Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
Sheena Hovey
Title/Position
Fellowship and Externship Coordinator
Key faculty and staff
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Molecular Pathology Laboratory | |
| Ma, Deqin, MD, PhD | Program Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship Program and Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratories |
| Moore, Steven, MD, PhD | Neuromuscular Disease |
| Snow, Anthony, MD | Molecular Genetic Pathology and Surgical Pathology |
| The Division of Medical Genetics & Genomics | |
| Berberich, Stan, PhD | Newborn Screening |
| Bernat, John, MD, PhD | Clinical Geneticist |
| Calhoun, Amy, MD | Clinical Geneticist |
| Darbro, Benjamin, MD, PhD | Cytogenetics/Director |
| El-Shanti, Hatem, MB, BCh | Molecular Genetics/Director |
| Mathews, Katherine, MD | Neuromuscular Clinic/Director |
| Nagy, Jaime, PhD | Clinical Geneticist |
| Sheffield, Val, MD, PhD | Molecular Genetics |
| Sidhu, Alpa, MBBS, PhD | Clinical Geneticist |
| Smith, Richard, MD | Hearing Loss Clinic/Director |
| Stone, Edwin, MD, PhD | Eye Disease Clinic/Director |
| Associated Research Laboratories | |
| Campbell, Kevin, PhD | Neuromuscular Disorders |
| Howe, James, MD | Pathogenesis of Colon Cancer Syndromes |
| Lentz, Steve, MD, PhD | Molecular Determinants of Blood Clotting |
| Mathews, Katherine, MD | Genetics of Neuromuscular Disorders |
| Moore, Steven, MD, PhD | Neuromuscular Disease |
| Murray, Jeffrey, MD | Genetics of Craniofacial Development |
| O’Dorisio, Sue, MD, PhD | Biology of Neuroblastomas |
| Sheffield, Val, MD, PhD | Genetics of Obesity |
| Smith, Richard, MD | Genetics of Hearing Defects |
| Stone, Edwin, MD, PhD | Genetics of Eye Disease |
Past fellows
| Years | Name | Education / Training |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 | Randall Scott, MD | BS: University of Oklahama, 2010–2014 Medical School: University of Oklahama Health Sciences Center 2014–2020 Residency: CP, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 2020–2023 Fellowship: Medical Microbiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2023–2024 |
| 2023–2024 | Rebecca Flugrad, MD | Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2013–2019 |
| 2022–2023 | Vidya Nagrale, MBBS | Medical School: MBBS, Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, 1991–1996 Residency: Microbiology, Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, 2001–2004 Residency: AP/CP, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, 2010–2014 Fellowship: Oncologic Surgical Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., 2014–2015 |
| 2021–2022 | Jhanvi Kanotra, MBBS | MBBS: Government Medical College, Srinagar, India, 2000-2006 Residency: Family Medicine, Shanti Mukand Hospital, New Delhi Residency: AP/CP, Louisiana State University Health Center, New Orleans, 2016–2019; University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2019–2020 |
| 2021–2022 | Rachel Starks, MD, PhD | Graduate School: BS, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 2000-2006 Medical School: MD, University of Kansas, Kan., 2010–2014 Residency: AP/CP, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2014–2018 Fellowship: Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 2018–2019 |
| 2019–2020 | Jon Thomason, MD | Graduate School: BS, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 2000–2006 Medical School: MD, University of Kansas, Kan., 2010–2014 Residency: AP/CP, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, 2014–2018 Fellowship: Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 2018–2019 |
| 2018–2019 | Harry Porterfield, DO | Medical School: DO, Rocky Vista University, Parker, Colo., 2007–2012 Residency: AP/CP, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, 2012–2016 Fellowship: Medical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2016–2017; VA Quality Scholar Fellowship, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Health System, Iowa City, Iowa, 2017–2018 |
| 2017–2018 | Shahanawaz “DJ” Jiwani, MBBS, PhD | Medical School: Jawahar Medical Foundation's Annasaheb Chudaman Patil Memorial Medical College, Dhule, India, 2000–2005 MS/PhD: University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla., 2007–2012 Residency: AP/CP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Ark., 2013–2017 |
| 2016–2017 | Briang Chang, MD | Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2008 Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 2011–2015 Fellowship: Chemical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Mich., 2015–2016 |
| 2015–2016 | Kimberly Cole, MD | Medical School: State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, College of Medicine, Syracuse, N.Y., 2006 Residency: AP/CP, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2006–2010 Fellowship: Breast Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2010–2011 |
| 2014–2015 | Jacqueline Lekostaj, MD, PhD | Doctorate: Tumor Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, 2008 Medical School: Georgetown University, School of Medicine, Washington, 2010 Residency: AP/CP, McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2010–014 |
| 2013–2014 | Ling Gao, MD | Medical School: Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 1985 Residency: Internal Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 1987; Anatomic Pathology, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, 2011–2012 Fellowship: Cytopathology, University of Chicago Hospital, 2012–2013 |
| 2012–2013 | Anthony Snow, MD | Medical School: Creighton University, School of Medicine, Omaha, Neb., 2008 Residency: AC/CP, Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, N.C., 2012 Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, Brown University, Providence, R.I., 2013–2014 |
| 2011–2012 | Gabriel Caponetti, MD | Medical School: University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003 Residency: AP/CP, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Springfield, Mass., 2009 Fellowship: Hematopathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb., 2011 |