Dr.
Rachana Meena (Cyto-Pathology)
Female
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
drrachana89[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone :
9999258755
Speciality of work
Histopathology
Qualifications
MD (Pathology)
Areas of academic and research interest
Histopathology, Cytopathology, Lymphoma-leukemia, Molecular Pathology
- Meena R, Nangia A,Sharma S, Chandra J. Serum levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Receptor in Newly Diagnosed Paediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Indian J Hematol Blood Tranfus.2021 Oct;37(4):586-592.
- Jain S, Meena R, Kumar V, Tiwari U. Comparison of hematologic abnormalities between hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 positive and negative patients with correlation to disease severity and outcome. J Med Virol. 2022;94:3757-3767.
- Garg J, Meena R, Shukla S, Sharma S, Choudhary R. Abnormal semen parameters among males in infertile couples: a cross sectional study from a tertiary care centre. Int J Reprod Concept Obstet Gynecol 2020;9:3398-401.
Dr.
Sonali Dixit
Female
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
sonali21dixit[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone :
09643832533
Speciality of work
Histopathology, Cytopathology
Areas of teaching
Qualifications
MD (Pathology), DNB (Pathology)
Area of academic and research interest
Oncopathology, Endocrine Pathology, Lymphoma-Leukemia, Telepathology, Molecular Pathology
Books and Chapters
- Dixit Sonali, Kotru Mrinalini.Thromboelastography. Hematology updates, 2019.
- Sikka Meera, Dixit Sonali, Garg Neha. An overview of iron refractory iron deficiency anemia. Hematology updates, 2019
- Dixit S, Diwaker P, Wadhwa N, Arora VK. Galectin-3 and CD117 immunocytochemistry in the diagnosis of indeterminate thyroid lesions: A pilot study. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021;49(10):1129-1137.
- Dixit S, Tanveer N, Kumar H, Diwan H. Smartphone-Assisted Telecytopathology: An Intraobserver Concordance Study. Acta Cytol. 2020;64(5):399-405.
- Dixit S, Jain S, Garg N, Chauhan S, Sharma S. C3 Glomerulopathy: Diagnosis of a Rare Entity in a Resource-Limited Setting. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2021 ;32(4):1128-1133.
- Dixit S, Jha T, Gupta R, Shah D, Dayal N, Kotru M. Practical Approach to the Interpretation of Complete Blood Count Reports and Histograms. Indian Pediatr. 2022;59(6):485-491.
- Tanveer N, Dixit S, Jain P, Rani P, Gautum HV, Naskar S, Static smartphone images supplemented by videoconferencing for breast telepathology, Clinical Breast Cancer,2022,ISSN 1526-8209.
- Kumar H, Tanveer N, Dixit S, Diwan H, Naz F. Smartphone‐assisted tele‐gynepathology: A pilot study J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2020;46(9):1879-1884.
- Jain S, Chauhan S, Dixit S, Garg N, Sharma S. Role of direct immunofluorescence microscopy in spectrum of diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis: A single-center study. J Microsc Ultrastructure. 2021;9(4):177-182.
- Diwan H, Tanveer N, Dixit S, Kumar H. A WhatsApp-based introductory histopathology and cytology course for first-year pathology postgraduate students. Natl Med J India. 2021;34:293-297
- Garg N, Tanveer N, Dixit S. Student feedback on the use of gamification for teaching pathology postgraduates. Natl Med J India. 2021;34:375-376.
- Garg N, Jain S, Chauhan S, Dixit S, Sharma S. Clinicopathological Spectrum of Renal Amyloidosis in Young. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2020 Sep-Oct;31(5):1085-1090
Dr.
Anubhav Narwal
Male
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
dr[dot]anubhav[at]aiims[dot]gov[dot]in
Phone :
011-26593493
9991551703
Speciality of work
Pathology
Qualifications
MD (Pathology)
Areas of academic and research interest
Oncopathology, Genitourinary Pathology, Molecular Pathology
- Narwal A, Kumari K, Kaushal S, Seth A, Nayak B, Rustagi Y, Dinda A. The study of miRNA-200c expression and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition-related transcription factors in the primary bladder urothelial carcinoma. Urology Annals, November 08, 2022. DOI: 10.4103/ua.ua_72_22
- Narwal A, Kaushal S, Nakra T, Sharma MC, Kumar M. Atrophic Kidney Like Lesion: A Provisional Entity With Brief Review of Literature. Int J Surg Pathol. 2022 Sep;30(6):652-657.
- Narwal A, Ramteke P, Kumar L, Mallick S. Renal cell carcinoma concomitant with multiple myeloma. J Pathol Transl Med. 2022 Mar;56(2):111-112.
- Saluja G, Bhari A, Pushker N, Agrawal S, Meel R, Thakar A, Xess I, Khandelwal A, Narwal A, Bajaj MS. Experience on rhino-orbital mucormycosis from a tertiary care hospital in the first wave of COVID-19: An Indian perspective. Med J Armed Forces India. 2022 Apr 2. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2022.01.009.
- Ramteke P, Barwad A, Pradeep I, Narwal A, Prasenjit Das RP, et al. (2017) Mucinous Tubular and Spindle Cell Carcinoma of Kidney: Review of Revisiting Clinicopathological and Immunohistochemical Profile of this a Rare Renal Tumour. J Genitourin Disord 1(1): 1001.
- Barwad A, Phulware RH, Narwal A, Gupta V, Ramteke P. Not All the Spindle Cell Tumors in Oral Cavity Are Sarcomatoid Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2020 Mar;11(1):127-130.
- Ojha V, Nakra T, Narwal A, Ganga KP, Arava S, Ray R, et al. Noninvasive detection of cardiac transplant rejection using cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Correlation with endomyocardial biopsy. J Pract Cardiovasc Sci 2020;6:87-9.)
- Kumar L, Narwal A, Kumar M, Kaushal S. Primary clear-cell urothelial carcinoma of urinary bladder: a not-so-clear entity with review of literature. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Oct 23;12(10):e231192.
- Mishra A, Dhall K, Bhoriwal S, Yadav R, Narwal A, Kumar S. Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of Ampulla Masquerading as a Neuroendocrine Tumor. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2021 Jun;52(2):776-779.
- Gupta I, Ramteke P, Narwal A, Sharma MC, Bakhshi S, Mallick S. ALK-Negative Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma With Systemic Involvement or Systemic ALCL With Cutaneous Lesion. A Diagnostic Dilemma. Am J Dermatopathol. 2022 May 1;44(5):376-379.
Dr.
Rimlee Dutta
Female
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
rimdutt369[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone :
09854001344
Speciality of work
Histopathology, Cytopathology
Areas of teaching
Qualifications
MD (Pathology), DNB (Pathology)
Areas of academic and research interest
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Notable Awards and Honors
- Dr. N.C. Nayak Medal for Best Senior Resident in Pathology (2022)
- Satya Moga Award for best published work (CYTOCON, 2021)
- Travel Grant (WFNOS 2022)
- Foreign investigator award, The Liver Week (2021)
- Outstanding Oral presentation award, KATRDIC (2021)
- Travel Grant by ICMR (2019) for presenting in Disease Digestive Week, San Diego, USA
- Travel grant by European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy (2016)
- Dutta R, Iqbal A, Das P, Palanichamy JK, Singh A, Mehtab W, Chauhan A, Aggarwal A, Sreenivas V, Ahuja V, Gupta SD. Liver involvement in patients with coeliac disease: proof of causality using IgA/anti-TG2 colocalisation techniques. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2021 Dec 1;74(12):766-73.
- Dutta R, R Rawat, Das P, et al. Identification of celiac disease associated IgA nephropathy by IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase2 antibody deposits in archived formalin-fixed tissues. The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology. DOI: 10.4103/sjg.sjg_326_22.
- Dutta R, Nambirajan A, Mittal S, Roy‐Chowdhuri S, Jain D. Cytomorphology of primary pulmonary NUT carcinoma in different cytology preparations. Cancer Cytopathology. 2021 Jan;129(1):53-61.
- Dutta R, Sharma MC, Suri V, Sarkar C, Garg A, Srivastava A, Tandon V. Granular Cell Astrocytoma: A Diagnostic Conundrum. World Neurosurgery. 2020 Nov 1;143:209-13.
- Nambirajan A, Dutta R, Malik PS, Bubendorf L, Jain D. Cytology of SMARCA4-Deficient Thoracic Neoplasms: Comparative Analysis of SMARCA4-Deficient Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas and SMARCA4-Deficient Thoracic Sarcomas. Acta Cytologica. 2021;65(1):67-74.
- Chauhan A, Das P, Singh A, Dutta R, Rajeshwari M, Singh MR, Ahuja V & Makharia G. Pan-Gastrointestinal Tract Mucosal Pathologies in Patients with Celiac Disease with the Demonstration of IgA Anti-Transglutaminase Mucosal Deposits: A Case-Control Study. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021. 10.1007/s10620-021-07246-1.
- Dutta R, Nambirajan, A, Kumar S, Jain D, et al. A Mediastinal Mass in a Middle-Aged Woman From a Rare Cause. Chest 2022 Oct;162(4):e183-e190.
- Dutta R, Kakkar A, Sakthivel P, Kumar R, Seth R, Sharma MC. Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma of the Oro-Maxillofacial Region in the Pediatric Age Group: Immunohistochemical and Ultrastructural Diagnosis of Two Cases. Head and Neck Pathology. 2021 Jan 4:1-5.
- Dutta R, Kakkar A, Sakthivel P, Kumar R. Anastomosing Hemangioma of the Larynx: A Unicorn among Head and Neck Tumors. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2021 Mar;130(3):298-303.
- Dutta R, Ramteke P, Mathur S, Mallick S, et al. Small cell variant anaplastic large cell lymphoma presenting as leukemia: A case report and review of Literature. IJPM. 2022. 65 (3): 705-708.
Dr.
Ruchi Rathore
Female
Affiliation
Associate Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
ruchirathore13[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone :
011-26594169
09868246815
Office Address
1087, Department of Pathology, First Floor, Teaching Block, AIIMS, New Delhi, 110029
Speciality of work
Breast Pathology, Gynecological Pathology
Areas of teaching
Qualifications
MD (Pathology)
Books and Chapters
Mathur S, Rathore R. (2020) The Breast. In: Eds. Singh MK, Kumar V. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease: Vol II, 10e - South Asia Edition, pgs. 1343.
- Novel Molecular Subtypes of Uterine sarcoma
- Ruchi Rathore*, Sonal Sharma, Sarla Agarwal. Malignant transformation in mature cystic teratoma of the ovary: a retrospective study of eight cases and review of literature. June 2018 Menopausal Review 17(2):63-68 DOI:10.5114/pm.2018.77304
- Ruchi Rathore*, Sonal Sharma, Deepshikha Arora. Spectrum of Childhood and Adolescent Ovarian Tumors in India: 25 Years Experience at a Single Institution. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2016 Dec 15; 4(4): 551-555.
- Ruchi Rathore*, Sonal Sharma, Sarla Agarwal. Clinicopathological Evaluation Of 223 Cases Of Mature Cystic Teratoma, Ovary: 25-Year Experience In A Single Tertiary Care Centre In India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017 Apr, Vol-11(4): EC11-EC14
- Ruchi Rathore, Deepshikha Arora, Sarla Agarwal, Sonal Sharma*. Correlation of FOXL2 with Inhibin and Calretinin in the Diagnosis of Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors. Turkish Journal Of Pathology. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2016.01382
Dr.
Aruna Nambirajan
Female
Affiliation
Associate Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
arunanambirajan[at]aiims[dot]edu
Phone :
09013844271
Office Address
3001, Third Floor, Convergence Block, AIIMS, New Delhi, 110029
Speciality of work
Thoracic Pathology, Cytopathology
Areas of teaching
Qualifications
MD (Pathology), DNB
Areas of academic and research interest
Lung cancer, Molecular diagnostics, Pulmonary cytology, Undergraduate teaching
Books and Chapters
- Nambirajan A., Jain D. (2021) Immunohistochemical Detection of p40 Expression in Lung Cancer Clinical Samples. In: Santiago-Cardona P.G. (eds) Lung Cancer. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2279. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1278-1_2
- Nambirajan A, Singh V, Jain D. Molecular pathology of thymic epithelial tumors. In: Atlas of Thymic Pathology; Eds: Jain D, Bishop JA, Wick MR. Springer 2020: pgs. 169-172
- Nambirajan A. (2020) Infectious diseases. In: Eds. Singh MK, Kumar V. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease: Vol II, 10e - South Asia Edition, pgs. 1332-1333
- Nambirajan A., Sharma A., Sharma M.C. (2021) Pathology and Molecular Pathology of Ependymoma. In: Mallick S., Giridhar P., Rath G.K. (eds) Evidence based practice in Neuro-oncology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2659-3_4
- Nambirajan A., Singh J., Suri V. (2021) Pathology and Molecular Pathology of Meningioma. In: Mallick S., Giridhar P., Rath G.K. (eds) Evidence based practice in Neuro-oncology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2659-3_5
- Giridhar P., Nambirajan A., Benson R. (2021) Ependymoma. In: Mallick S., Giridhar P., Rath G.K. (eds) Evidence based practice in Neuro-oncology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2659-3_24
- Suri V, Nambirajan A, Sharma MC, Sarkar C. Surgical Pathology of intractable epilepsy. In. Progress in clinical neurosciences, Volume 30; Eds: Muthukumar N and Goyal V, Thieme Delhi, 2016: pgs 13-32.
- Nambirajan A, Sharma MC. Ependymal tumors. In. Essentials of Diagnostic Surgical Neuropathology; Eds: Sarkar C, Santosh V, Chacko G. Thieme Delhi 2018: pgs 41-49.
Notable Awards and Honors
- Dr. N C Nayak Talented Young Pathologist Award, Delhi chapter IAPM, 2022
- AIIMS Oncology Research Award, Clinical Sciences, 3rd prize, 2021 – co-author in winning publication
- AIIMS Oncology Research Award, Clinical Sciences, 2nd place, 2020 – co-author in winning publication
- Developing Nations Award – Winning Finalist, World Conference on Lung Cancer, Worldwide Virtual Event, 2021
- AIIMS Oncology Award (Basic Research Category) 1st place, 2020 – first author in winning publication
- AIIMS Oncology Award (Basic Research Category) 2nd place, 2019 – co-author in winning publication
- Young Investigator Travel award, International Congress of Neuropathology, Japan, 2018
- Certificate of Excellence (Basic research Category), AIIMS foundation day, 2018- first author in winning publication
- Colonel DB Nayar Memorial Award for best paper in the field of molecular cytopathology, AC of IAC, Shillong, 2017
- ISNO (Indian Society of Neuro-oncology) President’s Annual award for best student in Clinical Neuro-Oncology, ISNOCON, Hyderabad, 2016
- Dr V R Khanolkar Award for best published work, APCON, 2014
- DNB Pathology (All India Topper, NBE President’s Gold Medal), 2014
- MD Pathology (Best Outgoing Junior Resident, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr V Ramalingaswamy Gold Medal), 2013
- MBBS (Best Outgoing MBBS student, Chengelpet Govt. Medical College, Tamilnadu), 2010
- Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in non-small cell lung carcinoma (AIIMS funded – ongoing)
- Corticotrope pituitary adenomas (ICMR funded – ongoing)
- Spinal ependymomas (AIIMS funded – ongoing)
- Nambirajan A, Rana D, Samant K, Prabakaran A, Malik P, Jain D. Multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization testing for anaplastic lymphoma kinase and c-ros oncogene 1 gene rearrangements on cytology smears in lung adenocarcinomas: comparative study with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections . J Am Soc Cytopathol . 2022 Jan 13:S2213-2945(22)00001-1.
- Mahajan S, Nambirajan A, Gupta I, Gupta P, Gupta N, Jain D. Malignant pleural effusion cell blocks are reliable resources for PD-L1 analysis in advanced lung adenocarcinomas: a concordance study with matched histology samples. J Am Soc Cytopathol . 2022 Accepted April 14.
- Jain D, Nambirajan A, Chen G, Geisinger K, Hiroshima K, Layfield L, Minami Y, Moreira AL, Motoi N, Papotti M, Rekhtman N, Russell PA, Prince SS, Schmitt F, Yatabe Y, Eppenberger-Castori S, Bubendorf L; IASLC Pathology Committee. Non-small cell lung carcinoma subtyping in conventional cytology: Results of the IASLC Cytology Working Group survey to determine specific cytomorphological criteria for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. J Thorac Oncol . 2022:S1556-0864(22)00145-9.
- Gheware A, Ray A, Rana D, Bajpai P, Nambirajan A, Arulselvi S, Mathur P, Trikha A, Arava S, Das P, Mridha AR, Singh G, Soneja M, Nischal N, Lalwani S, Wig N, Sarkar C, Jain D. ACE2 protein expression in lung tissues of severe COVID-19 infection. Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 8;12(1):4058.
- Ray A, Jain D, Goel A, Agarwal S, Swaroop S, Das P, Arava SK, Mridha AR, Nambirajan A, Singh G, Arulselvi S, Mathur P, Kumar S, Sahni S, Nehra J, Nazneen, Bm M, Rastogi N, Mahato S, Gupta C, Bharadhan S, Dhital G, Goel P, Pandey P, Kn S, Chaudhary S, Keri VC, Chauhan VS, Mahishi N, Shahi A, R R, Gupta BK, Aggarwal R, Soni KD, Nischal N, Soneja M, Lalwani S, Sarkar C, Guleria R, Wig N, Trikha A. Clinico-pathological features in fatal COVID-19 infection: a preliminary experience of a tertiary care center in North India using postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling. Expert Rev Respir Med . 2021 Jul 24:1-9. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2021.1951708.
- Satapathy S, Singh V, Nambirajan A, Malik PS, Tanwar P, Mehta A, Suryavanshi M, Thulkar S, Mohan A, Jain D. EGFR mutation testing on plasma and urine samples: A pilot study evaluating the value of liquid biopsy in lung cancer diagnosis and management . Curr Probl Cancer . 2021 Mar 3:100722. doi: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2021.100722. Epub ahead of print.
- Nambirajan A, Singh V, Bhardwaj N, Mittal S, Kumar S, Jain D. SMARCA4/BRG1-deficient non-small cell lung carcinomas: a case series and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med . 2021;145:90-98.
- Singh V, Nambirajan A, Malik PS, Kaur K, Mohan A, Jain D. EGFR mutation testing in cytology smears of advanced non-small cell lung carcinomas: practical applications in low resource laboratories. Cytopathology. 2021; 32:287-289.
- Singh V, Nambirajan A, Malik PS, Thulkar S, Pandey RM, Luthra K, Arava S, Ray R, Mohan A, Jain D. Spectrum of uncommon and compound epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in non-small cell lung carcinomas with treatment response and outcome analysis: a study from India. Lung Cancer . 2020;149:53-60.
- Nakra T, Nambirajan A, Guleria P, Phulware R, Jain D. Insulinoma-associated protein 1 is a robust nuclear immunostain for the diagnosis of small cell lung carcinoma in cytology smears. Cancer Cytopathol. 2019;127:539-548.
Dr.
Kavneet Kaur
Female
Affiliation
Associate Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
doc[dot]kavzz[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone :
011-26593227
Office Address
Room no. 3004, third floor, Convergence Block, Department of Pathology
Speciality of work
Head and neck pathology, Neuropathology
Areas of teaching
Qualifications
MD (Pathology)
Areas of academic and research interest
Head and neck cancer, non-neoplastic diseases of head and neck
Books and Chapters
- Kavneet Kaur, Aanchal Kakkar, Chitra Sarkar. Embryonal tumors. In: Chitra Sarkar, Vani Santosh, Geeta Chacko (eds). Essentials of Diagnostic Neuropathology. Thieme 2017
- Suvendu Purkait, Kavneet Kaur, Vaishali Suri. Glial and glioneuronal tumors. In: Chitra Sarkar, Vani Santosh, Geeta Chacko (eds). Essentials of Diagnostic Neuropathology. Thieme 2017
- Kavneet Kaur, Chitra Sarkar. Pathology and Molecular Biology of Medulloblastoma. In: Mallick S., Giridhar P., Rath G.K. (eds) Evidence based practice in Neuro-oncology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2659-3_5
- Kavneet Kaur. Neoplasia (South Asia content). In: Singh MK, Kumar V (eds). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease: South Asia Edition, 10th ed. Elsevier, 2020
Notable Awards and Honors
- Shri Mohan Lal Wig Medal for best clinical research in AIIMS, 2015
- Young Scientist’s award at Asian Society for Neuro Oncology (ASNO) held at Osaka, Japan, 2017
- Smt Kunti Devi Mehrotra Award for best published paper in Annual conference of IAPM, 2016
- VR Khanolkar Award for best published paper in Annual conference of IAPM, 2018
- Herbert Krausse Award for Best paper in Neuro Oncology at the 66th Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India (NSICON), 2017
- V. Ramalingaswami Award for best oral presentation at Annual conference of IAPM-Delhi Chapter, 2016
- Mucormycosis in COVID-19 (AIIMS funded – ongoing)
- Kaur K, Kakkar A, Kumar A, Mallick S, Julka PK, Gupta D, Suri A, Suri V, Sharma MC, Sarkar C. Integrating molecular subclassification of medulloblastomas into routine clinical practice: a simplified approach. Brain Pathol. 2016;26:334-343.
- Kaur K, Kakkar A, Kumar A, Purkait S, Mallick S, Suri V, Sharma MC, Julka PK, Gupta D, Suri A, Sarkar C. Clinicopathological characteristics, molecular subgrouping, and expression of miR-379/miR-656 cluster (C14MC) in adult medulloblastomas. J Neurooncol. 2016;130:423-430.
- Kaur K, Jha P, Pathak P, Suri V, Sharma MC, Garg A, Suri A, Sarkar C. Approach to molecular subgrouping of medulloblastomas: Comparison of NanoString nCounter assay versus combination of immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in-situ hybridization in resource constrained centres. J Neurooncol. 2019;143:393-403.
- Kaur K, Rajeshwari M, Gurung N, et al. Uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor: A series of six cases displaying varied histopathological patterns and clinical profiles. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2020;63(Supplement):S81–S86.
- Kakkar A, Nambirajan A, Kaur K, Kumar A, Mallick S, Suri V, Sarkar C, Kale SS, Garg A, Sharma MC. ATRX loss in glioneuronal tumors with neuropil-like islands indicates similarity to diffuse astrocytic tumors. J Neurooncol. 2016 Oct;130(1):63-68.
- Vallonthaiel AG, Jain D, Singh V, Kaur K, Madan K, Kumar V, Iyer VK, Sharma MC. c-Myb Overexpression in Cytology Smears of Tracheobronchial and Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas. Acta Cytol. 2017;61(1):77-83.
- Pal J, Patil V, Kumar A, Kaur K, Sarkar C, Somasundaram K. Loss-of-function mutations in Calcitonin receptor (CALCR) identify highly aggressive glioblastoma with poor outcome. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Mar 15;24(6):1448-1458.
- Kakkar A, Kaur K, Verma A. Pediatric mediastinal germ cell tumors. Mediastinum 2019;3:30.
- Nambirajan A, Kaur H, Jangra K, Kaur K, Madan K, Mathur SR, Iyer VK, Jain D. Adenocarcinoma predominant pattern subtyping and nuclear grading in cytology – Is there a role in prognostication of advanced pulmonary adenocarcinomas? Cytopathology 2018; 29: 163-171.
- Jha P, Manjunath N, Singh J, Mani K, Garg A, Kaur K, Sharma MC, Raheja A, Suri A, Sarkar C, Suri V. Analysis of PD-L1 expression and T cell infiltration in different molecular subgroups of diffuse midline gliomas. Neuropathology. 2019 Dec;39(6):413-424.
Dr.
Aanchal Kakkar
Female
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
draanchalkakkar[at]aiims[dot]edu
Phone :
011-26593227
Office Address
1048, Dept. of Pathology, First floor, Teaching Block, AIIMS
Speciality of work
Head and Neck pathology, Pediatric pathology
Areas of teaching
Qualifications
MD (Pathology)
Areas of academic and research interest
Head and neck cancer, Pediatric solid tumors, Head and neck infectious and inflammatory diseases
Books and chapters
- Kaur H, Kakkar A, Kala S, Macha MA, Mishra D. Viral-Induced Carcinopathogenesis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. In: Routray S. (eds) Microbes and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Springer, Singapore 2022 pp125-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0592-6_10
- Kakkar A, Kaur K. Histopathological Diagnosis of Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis. In: Gupta N, Honavar SG (eds) Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis. Springer, Singapore. 2022 pp 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9729-6_6
- Kakkar A, Yadav R, Sharma MC. Pathology of Neuroendocrine Lesions of GI Tract. In: Das P, Majumdar K, Datta Gupta S (eds) Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System. Springer, Singapore; 2022 pp 819-841 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6395-6_19
- Nayak G, Verma H, Kumar R, Mehta R, Singh N, Thakur K, Sikka K, Kakkar A, Jain D. Tumours of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses In: Verma H, Thakar A (eds). Essentials of Rhinology. Springer Nature, Singapore; 2021 pp157-221
- Chandrashekhara HS, Kakkar AK, Jana M. Tumor and tumor-like conditions. In: Bhalla AS, Jana M (eds). ClinicoRadiological Series: Temporal Bone imaging. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi; 2021, pp 243-271
- Kakkar A, Kumar M, Gupta SD. Molecular Biology of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. In: Bahadur S and Iyer S (eds). Management of Oral Cancers. Springer Nature, Singapore; 2020 pp 23-26
- Bahadur S, Kakkar A, Gupta SD. Potential Malignant Disorders. In: Bahadur S and Iyer S (eds). Management of Oral Cancers. Springer Nature, Singapore; 2020 pp 41-50
- Kakkar A. “Head and Neck” South Asia content. In: Singh MK (ed). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 10e South Asia edition. Elsevier 2020
- Suri V, Kakkar A. Animal Models. In: Sanchetee S (ed). A Text Book of Clinical Oncology in the Indian Context. 2019 vol 1. p284-286
- Kakkar A, Sarkar C. Tumors of the Pineal region. In: Sarkar C, Santosh V, Chacko G (eds) Essentials of Diagnostic Surgical Neuropathology. Thieme, New Delhi; 2017 pp 83-90
- Kaur K, Kakkar A, Sarkar C. Embryonal tumors. In: Sarkar C, Santosh V, Chacko G (eds) Essentials of Diagnostic Surgical Neuropathology. Thieme, New Delhi; 2017 pp 91-107
- Kakkar A, Sharma MC. Lymphomas. In: Sarkar C, Santosh V, Chacko G (eds) Essentials of Diagnostic Surgical Neuropathology. Thieme, New Delhi; 2017 pp 145-149
- Purkait S, Kakkar A, Sridhar E. Histiocytic tumors. In: Sarkar C, Santosh V, Chacko G (eds) Essentials of Diagnostic Surgical Neuropathology. Thieme, New Delhi; 2017 pp 151-156
- Kakkar A, Sharma MC. Muscle Biopsy Interpretation In: Arabinda Mukherjee (ed) IAN Textbook of Neurology. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi; 2018 pp 702-724
- Kakkar A, Sharma MC. Nerve Biopsy Interpretation In: Arabinda Mukherjee (ed) IAN Textbook of Neurology. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi; 2018 pp 725-733
Notable Awards and Honors
- Contributing author to WHO blue books 5th editions published by International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon: Three chapters in WHO Classification of Head and Neck Tumors, one chapter in WHO Classification of Endocrine Tumors, and one chapter in WHO Classification of Hematolymphoid Neoplasms
- Invited to author a chapter on Head and Neck in South Asia content of Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 10e South Asia edition 2020
- Dr. N. C. Nayak Award for Talented Young Pathologist by Delhi Chapter, Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists, 2016
- Smt. Kunti Devi Mehrotra Award 2015 for best published paper at 64th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists (APCON), 2015
- Satya Monga Award for Best Paper in Immunocytochemistry at 45th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Cytologists, 2015
- Dr. H D Tandon Award for Best Poster at 30th Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter, Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists, 2015
- Hindustan Ciba Geigy Epilepsy Award at 64th Annual National Conference of Neurological Society of India, 2014
- Dr. N C Nayak Medal for Best Senior Resident in Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2013
- Herbert Krause Neuro-Oncology Award at the 62nd Annual National Conference of Neurological Society of India, 2012
- Dr. V Ramalingaswami Award for Best Paper Presentation at Silver Jubilee Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter, Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists, 2010
- DC IAPM Award for Best Poster Presentation at 24th Annual Conference of Delhi Chapter, Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists, 2009
- Molecular characterization of olfactory neuroblastomas for classification into prognostically and therapeutically relevant subgroups (SERB)
- Molecular characterization of salivary gland carcinomas (DBT)
- Evaluation of Machine Learning Techniques including Deep Learning for Identification of Malignancy in Tissue Samples (AIIMS IIT-D collaborative project)
- Roy D, Sriram S, Kakkar A*, Kumar R, Kaur K, Jain D, Sharma A, Thakar A. Cytological diagnosis of olfactory neuroblastoma at metastatic sites, with emphasis on role of Insulinoma-associated protein 1 immunocytochemistry. Diagn Cytopathol. 2022 Nov 12. doi: 10.1002/dc.25074.
- Mahalingam K, Angmo D, Kakkar A, Bafna RK, Sharma T, Rai A, Agrawal S, Dar L, Saxena R, Titiyal JS, Sharma N. Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Corneal tissue of deceased asymptomatic novel coronavirus disease 2019 donors. Cornea 2022;41:1559-1563 2.35 doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000003127.
- Kakkar A, Rathor A, Ashraf SF, Singh V, Sikka K, Jain D. IDH1/2 mutations in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomas: Previously undescribed IDH2 R172K and R140x variants. Am J Surg Pathol 2022;46:1284-1290. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001912
- Kakkar A, Ashraf SF, Rathor A, et al. SMARCA4/ BRG1-Deficient Sinonasal Carcinoma: Morphologic Spectrum of an Evolving Entity. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022;146:1122-1130. doi:10.5858/arpa.2021-0001-OA
- Kakkar A*, Kumar M, Subramanian P, Zubair A, Kumar R, Thakar A, Jain D, Mathur SR, Iyer VK. Utility of the Milan system for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology during Rapid on site evaluation (ROSE) of salivary gland aspirates. Cytopathology 2021; 32:779-788 doi: 10.1111/cyt.13038.
- Thakur R, Thakar A, Malhotra RK, Sharma A, Kakkar A*. Tumor-host interface in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Impact on nodal metastasis and prognosis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021;278:5029-5039 doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06756-y.
- Kaur K, Kakkar A*, Manchanda S, Chatterjee P, Kaur H, Mishra D, Verma H, Kumar R, Sagar P, Jain D, Bhalla AS. Sinonasal IgG4-related disease: a rare and emerging entity broadening the differential diagnosis in the sinonasal universe. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 278: 2883-2890 doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06564-w.
- Antony VM, Kakkar A (co-first author), Sikka K, Thakar A, Deo SVS, Bishop JA, Jain D. p16 immunoexpression in sinonasal and nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinomas: A potential pitfall in ruling out HPV-related multiphenotypic sinonasal carcinoma. Histopathology 2020;77:989-993 doi: 10.1111/his.14212.
Kaur K, Kakkar A*, Bhardwaj N, Sakthivel P, Singh CA, Jain D, Mathur SR, Iyer VK, Sood R. Spectrum of cytomorphological features of extranodal NK/ T-cell lymphoma, nasal type. Cytopathology 2019 30:393-401 doi: 10.1111/cyt.12705.
- Kakkar A, Antony VM, Pramanik R, Sakthivel S, Singh CA, Jain D. SMARCB1 (INI1) -deficient sinonasal carcinoma: A series of thirteen cases with assessment of histological patterns. Human Pathology 2019;83:59-67 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2018.08.008.
Dr.
Adarsh Wamanrao Barwad
Male
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
adawad[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone :
09626573095
Office Address
1048, Department of Pathology, First Floor, Teaching Block, AIIMS, New Delhi
Speciality of work
Renal and transplant Pathology. Bone and soft tissue pathology
Qualifications
MD, PDCC
Areas of academic and research interest
Renal pathology, Soft tissue pathology
Dr.
Rajni Yadav
Female
Affiliation
Professor
Department of
Pathology
Contact
Email :
drrajniyadav[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone :
09212228920
Speciality of work
Adult and Pediatric Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Pathology (Histopathology and Cytopathology)
Qualifications
MD (Pathology)
Areas of academic and research interest
Non-neoplastic and Neoplastic diseases of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract
Book and Chapters
Four book chapters
Notable Awards and Honors
- Dr. Satya Monga Award 2021 (as corresponding author)
- Smt. Kunti Devi Mehrotra Award 2014 (as first author)
- Prof. K. C. Basu Mallick Award 2013 (as first author)
- Dr. N. C. Nayak Medal 2011 (Best Senior Resident)
- 2nd University topper in MD examination amongst all disciplines in 2010
- Six medals for distinctions in various subjects in MBBS IN 2003-2005
- Several poster, oral presentation and travel scholarship prizes for self and students
- Periampullary carcinomas
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
- Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
- Hepatoblastoma
- AI based diagnostic pathology algorithms
- Nakra T, Roy M, Yadav R, Agarwala S, Jassim M, Khanna G, Das P, Jain D, Mathur SR, Iyer VK. Cytomorphology of hepatoblastoma with histological correlation and role of SALL4 immunocytochemistry in its diagnosis, subtyping, and prognostication. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 Mar;128(3):190-200. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22231.
- Vallonthaiel AG, Yadav R, Jain D, Mathur SR, Iyer VK. Mucinous adenocarcinoma of gallbladder: Subcategorization on fine needle aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol 2019 Feb;47(2):110-113.
- Mehra S, Panwar R, Thakur B, Yadav R, Kumar M, Singh R, Dash NR, Sahni P, Chauhan SS. Expression and Clinical Implications of Cysteine Cathepsins in Gallbladder Carcinoma. Front. Oncol. 2019;9:1239. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01239.
- Yadav R, Chopra S, Garg A, Gupta B, Kinra P, Gupta SD, Das P. Does Hepatocyte Paraffin 1 expression stand a role in determining the site origin of an adenocarcinoma from unknown gastrointestinal primary?. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2016;59:474-80.
- Yadav R, Kakkar A, Sharma A, Malik PM, Sharma MC. Study of clinicopathological features, hormone immunoexpression, and loss of ATRX and DAXX expression in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Scand J Gastroenterol 2016 May 10:1-6.
- Yadav R, Jain D, Mathur SR, Iyer VK. Cytomorphology of neuroendocrine tumours of the gallbladder. Cytopathology2016 Apr;27(2):97-102.
- Bagchi S, Singh G, Yadav R, Kalaivani M, Mahajan S, Bhowmik D, Dinda A, Agarwal SK. Clinical and histopathologic profile of patients with primary IgA nephropathy seen in a tertiary hospital in India.Ren Fail. 2016 Feb 2:1-6.
- Yadav R, Sharma MC, Malgulwar PB, Pathak P, Sigamani E, Suri V, Sarkar C, Jagdevan A, Singh M, Sharma BS, Garg A, Bakhshi S, Faruq M. Prognostic value of MIB-1, p53, epidermal growth factor receptor, and INI1 in childhood chordomas. Neuro-Oncology 2014:16(3);372-381.
- Yadav R, Singh S, Marwah N, Kataria K, Aggarwal G, Rana P, Singh S, Sen R. Immunohistochemical detection of axillary lymph node micrometastases in breast cancer patients: Increasing the accuracy of detection and decreasing labor intensive serial sectioning. Indian Journal of Cancer 2014:51(3);267-271.
- Yadav R, Jain D, Mathur SR, Sharma A, Iyer VK. Gallbladder carcinoma: An attempt of WHO histological classification on fine needle aspiration material. Cytojournal 2013;18(10):12.
