Pathology Graduates & Awards 2025
Congratulation Graduates! Your accomplishments are substantial, and even more notable given the disruption in our usual educational processes due to COVID. I and the faculty greatly appreciate your flexibility and willingness to learn in non-traditional ways and to interact electronically. While unpleasant, I believe this experience will make all of you better pathologists and more resilient to whatever the future brings. We have enjoyed all of you and hope that you stay in touch. Work hard and enjoy the practice of pathology in whatever venue you land. Best wishes and good luck.
James S. Malter M.D.
Chairman, Department of Pathology
UTSWMC
2024-2025 Residents
Sajjad Afraz, M.D.
Residency Program: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Future: will begin a Transfusion Medicine Fellowship at Stanford University in CA.
Cecilia Dusek, M.D.
Residency Program: Anatomic Pathology.
Future: will begin a Forensic Pathology Fellowship at Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX.
Hanan Hamdan, M.D.
Residency Program: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Future: will begin a Hematopathology Fellowship at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MA.
Evelyn Ilori, M.D., Ph.D.
Residency Program: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Future: will begin a Hematopathology Fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Soolmaz Laknezhad, M.D.
Residency Program: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Future: will join a private practice in Lewisville, TX.
Elisa Lin, M.D.
Residency Program: Clinical Pathology.
Future: will begin a Hematopathology Fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
Evan Sica, D.O.
Residency Program: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Future: will begin a Cytopathology Fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
John Stack, D.O.
Residency Program: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Future: will begin a Cytology Fellowship at Weill Cornell University in New York, NY.
2024-2025 Fellows
Yoo Min Ahn, D.O.
Fellowship Program: Forensic Pathology.
Future: will become a Medical Examiner for the Dallas County Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas, TX.
Moyosore Awobajo-Otesanye, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Molecular Genetic Pathology.
Future: will join PathGroup’s private practice in Dallas, TX.
Lindsay Bigham, D.O.
Fellowship Program: Hematopathology.
Future: will join a private practice in Peoria, IL.
Ling Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellowship Program: Gynecologic Pathology.
Future: will join the Gynecology Pathology faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Andreas Ciscato, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Head and Neck Pathology.
Future: will return to Brazil to work at a private hospital group, D’or in Sao Paulo, primarily focusing on signing out head and neck cases.
Sowmya Gaddam, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Cytopathology.
Future: will be an Assistant Instructor in the Pathology Department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Julia Gallardo, M.D.
Fellowship Program: GI/Liver Pathology.
Future: will join the Gastrointestinal Pathology faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Brittany A. Holden, D.O.
Fellowship Program: Forensic Pathology.
Future: will become a Medical Examiner for the Dallas County Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX.
Ali Ismail, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Breast Pathology.
Future: will begin an academic position at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY.
Deborah Jebakumar, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Renal Pathology.
Future: will join the Renal Pathology faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Timothy Kirtek, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Hematopathology.
Future: will join a Hematopathology practice at Medical City Dallas.
Madhusudhanan Narasimhan, Ph.D.
Fellowship Program: Clinical Chemistry.
Future: will become Clinical Chemistry faculty at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Nagehan Pakasticali, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Hematopathology.
Future: will join ProPath in Texas.
Vandana Panwar, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Cytopathology.
Future: will join HCA group at Medical City in Plano/Frisco, TX.
Rene Bulnes-Vides, M.D.
Fellowship Program: Microbiology.
Future: will join a private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Hua Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellowship Program: Thoracic Pathology.
Future: will join a private practice in Texas.
Jenny Weon, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellowship Program: Neuropathology.
Future: will be an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern in Pathology in Informatics and Neuropathology.
Carter Wright, Ph.D.
Fellowship Program: Laboratory Genetics and Genomics.
Future: is grateful for several opportunities and in the process of choosing her next steps as a Clinical Molecular Geneticist.
Award Recipients
Dr. Arthur G. Weinberg Resident Research Award: Aloysus Lawong, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Tasnim Alkayyali, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Jihee Choi, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Spencer Cope, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Cecilia Dusek, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Adelaide Kwon, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Hanan Hamdan, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Timothy Kirtek, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Elisa Lin, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Amanda Means, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Vandana Panwar, M.D.
Dr. Bruce D. Fallis Teaching Award: Jenny Weon, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Residents Award: Sajjad Afraz, M.D. and Cecilia Dusek, M.D.
Dr. Janet Caldwell Fellow Research Award: Julia Gallardo, M.D.
Dr. Janet Caldwell Fellow Research Award: Timothy Kirtek, M.D.
James Harbert Bain Fellowship Award: Layal Abou-Khamis (Medical Student)
James Harbert Bain Fellowship Award: Julian Falco (Medical Student)
James Harbert Bain Fellowship Award: Heath Hampton (Medical Student)
Dr. Rolland C. Reynolds Award: Cyrus Steppe, M.D. (Medical Student)
Dr. Vernie A. Stembridge Scholarship Award in Pathology: Clayton Smith, M.D. (Medical Student)
The Dorothy Lee Scholarship Award: Victoria Yan and Vaibhav Bommareddy (2nd year Medical Students)