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Winter 2015A LUMNI N EWSUCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine / www.pathology.ucla.edu2014 Pathology Farewell CelebrationThe 2013-14 Pathology Farewell Reception and Dinnertook place on June 11th at the UCLA Faculty Center.Once again, graduates were honored on a beautifulSouthern California evening which began with hors d'oeuvres and an art exhibit featuring faculty, graduate and stafftalent. Dinner and presentations followed, hostedby Department Chair, Dr. Jon Braun.Teaching Awards RecipientsRoy Baily Anatomic Pathology Technical Staff TeachingAward: Antonio RuizClinical Pathology Technical Staff Teaching Award: ShihMao TengClinical Pathology Faculty Teaching Award: Dr. StephenLeeRoberta Nieberg Faculty Teaching Award in AnatomicPathology: Dr. Sophia AppleL to R: Dr. JonathanBraun and Annetta PierroL to R: Neda Moatamed,Peggy Sullivan, KhaledSarah, Sophia Apple,David LuL to R: Beth Palla, MeenaskshiBhasin, Eric Swanson, SueChangL to R: Serge Alexanian,Stephen Lee, Sheeja Pullarkat, Dinesh Rao, JutatipKintarak, Eric Loo, MatthewDeNicola/ email: pathologywebsite@mednet.ucla.edu/ Ph 310-825-4197InsideClinical Alumni News/Spotlight /Alumni Giving2Research Alumni News/Spotlight3Laboratory Ebola PreparednessPublicationsWe Want to Hear From You34/56Dr. Peggy Sullivan Appointed ResidencyProgram Director and Vice Chair for Clinical EducationDr. Peggy Sullivan has recently beenappointed as Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for Clinical Education for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She isa member of the Pathology ExecutiveCommittee and Graduate MedicalEducation Committee (UCLA). Dr.Sullivan currently chairs the DepartPeggy Sullivan, MDment Clinical Competency and Program Evaluation Committees, new committees now required by the ACGME.With her expanded Leadership role in Clinical Education,Dr. Sullivan intends to improve the programmatic aspectsof the residency education in many ways: better communication of expectations/goals for trainees, improving theevaluation system, increase training in leadership/management and emerging technologies (e.g., informatics/genomics), encourage scholarly pursuit during clinicaltraining, improve career counseling with conferences/invited panels, and regular CP Call conferences. As anemerging Leader of Education in the Department, Dr. Sullivan intends to build a more collaborative core of faculty,staff, and residents dedicated to improving our educationalinfrastructure within the department.Dr. Sullivan plans to continue her various clinical servicessince they are her true passion and also allow her to be atthe forefront of daily clinical practice and education whichinforms her Directorship/Vice Chair roles. As a collaboratorin many translational projects, she hopes to continue toinvolve as many trainees as possible.
Page 2Alumni NewsWinter 2015Clinical Alumni NewsClinical Alumni Spotlight– Judy Melinek, MDDr. Judy Melinek graduated from theUCLA School of Medicine in1996 where she was a PostSophomore Fellow in Pathology. After a brief detour to a generalsurgery residency at Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, she finished her residency training in Pathology at UCLA in 2001where she was Chief Resident.Judy Melinek, MD, Class of ’01 She started her forensics fellowship at the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in July 2001, two months before the Sept. 11 attacks. Dr. Melinek wrote a best-selling memoir about herforensic training, co-authored by her husband T.J.Mitchell, entitled "Working Stiff: Two years, 262 Bodies &the Making of a Medical Examiner" (Scribner 2014). InNew York she also completed a Forensic NeuropathologyFellowship.She currently works at the Alameda County Coroner'sOffice as a contract physician, and is an Associate Clinical Professor at the UCSF Dept. of Pathology where shewon a teaching award in 2007-2008. She has qualified asan expert on forensic pathology, neuropathology andPathologist as AuthorThe idea for "Working Stiff" came from a teacher I had inmedical school. He encouraged us to keep a journal totrack our development from lay person to doctor. I onlytook his advice years later when I started my fellowshipbecause I was interested in tracking my developmentfrom doctor to detective. I kept a journal every day as Icommuted by train to and from work. I might do an autopsy one day, get the lab results a month later, talk tothe police a week after that and not testify in court untilthe following year, so it was important to take the individual stories out of chronological order to make thebook.It is my story but my husband wrote it. Since I was stillworking as a doctor, I asked TJ, who is a professionalwriter, to take over for me after I had created the basicstructure. He worked on the book for two years with meemailing each chapter back and forth until it was readyto share, and then again for another year during the editorial process.wound interpretation over 100 times in civil and criminalcourts. She is also the CEO of a private medico-legalpractice called Pathology Expert Inc. She volunteersher professional expertise pro-bono to Parents of Murdered Children and the Northern California InnocenceProject. She also likes to teach and has given presentations to elementary, high school and college studentsabout the Coroner's office and about careers in the forensic sciences.Dr. Melinek has three children. Her husband T.J. is astay-at-home dad and a writer. They enjoy traveling andhiking. T.J. is a cyclist and every year rides the CentralCoast Century to raise money for Amyotrophic LateralSclerosis.She can be reached at her websiteswww.pathologyexpert.com and www.drworkingstiff.com.Valerie McWhorter, M.D.Chair, UCLA Pathology Alumni CommitteeAlumni GivingYou can help assure that UCLA stays at the forefront ofinnovation and education. Your help is needed to supportthe excellent research, teaching, and patient care activities of the Department through the fundraising effort currently underway. The alumni strongly support this effortand hope that those who can will be generous in givingto the department. For information on providing supportfor the UCLA Department of Pathology and LaboratoryMedicine, please visit : https://giving.ucla.edu/pathologyDF, or call 310-794-7953.Judy Melinek, M.D.AlumnusVisit our Alumni Webpages:http://pathology.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id 446Giving to Pathology is easy and available online byvisiting https://giving.ucla.edu/pathologyDF,
Page 3Alumni NewsResearch Alumni NewsResearch Alumni Spotlight—Chad Barber, PhDChad Barber, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor atCalifornia Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. He attended Pepperdine University in Malibu as anundergrad and entered the UCLA ACCESS graduate program in 2002. He graduated from UCLA in the MolecularBiology Interdepartmental Program in 2008 from Dr. LuisaIruela-Arispe’s lab before becoming a Post-Doctoral Fellowin Dr. Ken Dorshkind’s lab in the Pathology and LaboratoryMedicine Department. There he studied B lymphocytes indevelopment and aging and had several publications. After completing his post-doc, Chad was hired to a tenuretrack, Assistant Professor position in the Biology Department at California Lutheran University (C.L.U.) in Thousand Oaks in 2011.Chad currently has appointments and teaches in both theBiology and Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry departmentsat C.L.U. and does research with undergraduate students.In addition to lower division introductory classes for Biologymajors, he rotates teaching several upper division electives, including Cell Biology, Cancer Biology, Developmental Biology and Immunology. While he misses his friendsand mentors at UCLA, he also enjoys the benefits of aWinter 2015small school at his new home at C.L.U. Low student tofaculty ratios and small class sizes, in addition to beinginvolved in many aspects of campus life make his jobvery rewarding, he says. Next year, Chad will spend amonth in Japan serving as an English-speaking facilitator/instructor for a class in Pathobiochemistry at Okayama University Medical School with Dr. Ryusuke Momota, Ph.D. (Post-Doc at UCLA, 2003-2005).Currently, Chad and his wife, Melissa, live in ThousandOaks near the C.L.U. campus with their daughter, Olivia(age 8), and two sons Finn (age 6), and Wyatt (age 3).Saturdays are filled with AYSO soccer games, whereChad has coachedthe last two years. Intheir spare time theBarber family likes tohike in the surrounding Santa MonicaMountains and visitthe local farms forberry picking.UCLA Clinical Laboratory Ebola PreparednessDr. Linda Baum, Dr. Romney Humphries and Dr. OmaiGarner, with input from faculty and staff and in consultationwith the ID/Infection Control and Disaster Planning teams,are coordinating the Clinical Laboratory Ebola preparedness effort.An essential part of our plan is to teach and reinforce to allphysicians and staff, especially in the ED, that no bloodshould be drawn on any suspected patient until the patientis in the isolation unit – this is a section of one of our Medical ICUS that has been designated as the isolation unit.Once the patient is in the isolation unit, we will have POCtesting only, in a defined alcove in the patient room. Nosamples will be sent to any area of the UCLA ClinicalLaboratories. The Infectious Disease clinicians understandthat we will only offer limited POC testing and agree to this,as this is in compliance with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines.POC testing will include blood gases, electrolytes, glucose,bilirubin, creatinine, PT, CBC, and malaria testing, because many Ebola patients in West Africa are also infectedwith malaria. There will be a portable laminar flow hood inthe testing area and as much testing as possible will bedone in the hood over a bleach soaked pad to absorb andneutralize any drips or spills. Instruments that do not fit inthe hood will be on a cart adjacent to the hood.Until we have a patient, the instruments will be in theRRMC Core Lab, where training, proficiency and competency testing, and instrument maintenance can be easilyperformed. The instruments will move to the isolationarea in the ICU if a patient suspected of having Ebola isadmitted. Once a patient is confirmed as being infectedwith Ebola, the instruments will not leave the patientroom, and daily QC and PM will be performed in the ICUarea. Reagents will be stored in the ICU area.The only blood that will leave the patient isolation areawill be two plastic tubes, packaged in the isolation area,which will be picked up the Los Angeles Dept. of PublicHealth (LADPH). One tube will be tested for Ebola byPCR at LADPH and one tube will be shipped by LADPHto the CDC for confirmatory PCR testing.9 CLS volunteers arelearning all POC techniques and methodology, including instrument maintenance,and being trained indonning/doffing ofspecial PPE, includingTyvek suits. If wehave a patient admitted, these volunteers will be working in pairs in 12 hrshifts, with a supporting faculty member (Dr. Humphries,Dr. Garner, Dr. Baum or Dr. Drake) available throughoutthe entire shift to back up the CLS staff.
Page 4Alumni NewsWinter 2015Publications: February, 2014—November 2014:Current and Recent Grads, Postdocs, Fellow &ResidentsGSRs:Maomeng Tong – Recent GSR (Jonathan Braun lab)Sampling of Intestinal Microbiota and Targeted Amplification of Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes for Microbial Ecologic Analysis.Tong M, Jacobs JP, McHardy IH, Braun J.Curr Protoc Immunol. 2014 Nov 3;107:7.41.1-7.41.11. doi:10.1002/0471142735.im0741s107.Reprograming of gut microbiome energy metabolism by the FUT2Crohn's disease risk polymorphism.Tong M, McHardy I, Ruegger P, Goudarzi M, Kashyap PC, Haritunians T, Li X, Graeber TG, Schwager E, Huttenhower C, Fornace AJJr, Sonnenburg JL, McGovern DP, Borneman J, Braun J.ISME J. 2014 Nov;8(11):2193-206. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.64. Epub2014 Apr 29.A modular organization of the human intestinal mucosal microbiotaand its association with inflammatory bowel disease. Tong M, Li X,Wegener Parfrey L, Roth B, Ippoliti A, Wei B, Borneman J, McGovernDP, Frank DN, Li E, Horvath S, Knight R, Braun J. Plus One. 2013Nov 19;8(11):e80702. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080702. eCollection2013Jonathan Jacobs – GSR (Jonathan Braun lab)Immune and genetic gardening of the intestinal microbiome.Jacobs JP, Braun J.FEBS Lett. 2014 Nov 17;588(22):4102-4111. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.02.052. Epub 2014 Mar 5. Review.Lisa Kohn – CMP Graduate (Gay Crooks lab)Human lymphoid development in the absence of common γ-chainreceptor signaling.Kohn LA, Seet CS, Scholes J, Codrea F, Chan R, Zaidi-Merchant S,Zhu Y, De Oliveira S, Kapoor N, Shah A, Abdel-Azim H, Kohn DB,Crooks GM.J Immunol. 2014 Jun 1;192(11):5050-8. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1303496. Epub 2014 Apr 25.Michael Arensman – CMP Student (David Dawson lab)The CREB-binding protein inhibitor ICG-001 suppresses pancreaticcancer growth.Arensman MD, Telesca D, Lay AR, Kershaw KM, Wu N, DonahueTR, Dawson DW.Mol Cancer Ther. 2014 Oct;13(10):2303-14. doi: 10.1158/15357163.MCT-13-1005. Epub 2014 Jul 31.Jennifer Chou – CMP Graduate (Rita Effros lab)Prostaglandin E2 promotes features of replicative senescence inchronically activated human CD8 T cells.Chou JP, Ramirez CM, Ryba DM, Koduri MP, Effros RB.PLoS One. 2014 Jun 11;9(6):e99432. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099432. eCollection 2014. Erratum in: PLoS One.Parissa Solaimani—recent GSR (Oliver Hankinson lab)SIN3A, Generally Regarded as a Transcriptional Repressor, Is Required for Induction of Gene Transcription by the Aryl HydrocarbonReceptor.Solaimani P, Wang F, Hankinson O.J Biol Chem. 2014 Nov 28;289(48):33655-62. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.611236. Epub 2014 Oct 10.Genome-wide RNAi high-throughput screen identifies proteins necessary for the AHR-dependent induction of CYP1A1 by 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.Solaimani P, Damoiseaux R, Hankinson O.Toxicol Sci. 2013 Nov; 136(1):107-19. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kft191.Epub 2013 Aug 31.William Kim - CMP Graduate (Gay Crooks lab)Erythropoiesis from human embryonic stem cells through erythropoietin-independent AKT signaling.Kim WS, Zhu Y, Deng Q, Chin CJ, He CB, Grieco AJ, Dravid GG,Parekh C, Hollis RP, Lane TF, Bouhassira EE, Kohn DB, Crooks GM.Stem Cells. 2014 Jun;32(6):1503-14. doi: 10.1002/stem.1677.Xin Rong—CMP Student (Peter Tontonoz lab)LXRs regulate ER stress and inflammation through dynamic modulation of membrane phospholipid composition.Rong X, Albert CJ, Hong C, Duerr MA, Chamberlain BT, Tarling EJ,Ito A, Gao J, Wang B, Edwards PA, Jung ME, Ford DA, Tontonoz P.Cell Metab. 2013 Nov 5;18(5):685:97. doi 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.10.002.Airie Kim—CMP Graduate (Tomas Ganz lab)A mouse model of anemia of inflammation: complex pathogenesiswith partial dependence on hepcidin.Kim A, Fung E, Parkikh SG, Valore EV, Gabayan V, Nemeth E, GanzT. Blood. 2013 Dec 19.Jeanette Grant—CMP Graduate (Steven Dubinett lab)A Novel Molecular pathway for snail-dependent, SPARC-mediatedinvasion in non-small cell lung cancer pathogenesis. Grant JL,Fishbein MC, Hong, LS, Krysan K, Minna JD, Shay JW, Walser, TC,Dubinett SM. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2014 Jan;7(1):150-60. doi10.1158/1940-6207. CAPR-13-0263. Epub 2013 Nov 19. Cell Metab.2013 Jul 2;18(1):106-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.04.021Post Docs:Ronik Khachatoorian - Postdoc (Samuel French lab)Structural characterization of the HSP70 interaction domain of thehepatitis C viral protein NS5A.Khachatoorian R, Ruchala P, Waring A, Jung CL, Ganapathy E,Wheatley N, Sundberg C, Arumugaswami V, Dasgupta A, FrenchSW.Virology. 2014 Nov 25;475C:46-55. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.10.011.[Epub ahead of print]Lin Lin – Recent Postdoc (Jonathan Braun lab)Human NK cells licensed by killer Ig receptor genes have an alteredcytokine program that modifies CD4 T cell function.Lin L, Ma C, Wei B, Aziz N, Rajalingam R, Yusung S, Erlich HA,Trachtenberg EA, Targan SR, McGovern DP, Heath JR, Braun J.J Immunol. 2014 Jul 15;193(2):940-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400093. Epub 2014 Jun 16.Dhong Hyun Lee – Recent Postdoc (Jonathan Said lab)Synergistic effect of JQ1 and rapamycin for treatment of human osteosarcoma.Lee DH, Qi J, Bradner JE, Said JW, Doan NB, Forscher C, Yang H,Koeffler HP.Int J Cancer. 2014 Oct 11. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29269. [Epub ahead ofprint]Thomas Zangle – Recent Postdoc (Michael Teitell lab)Live-cell mass profiling: an emerging approach in quantitative biophysics.Zangle TA, Teitell MA.Nat Methods. 2014 Nov 25;11(12):1221-8. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3175.
Page 5Alumni NewsWinter 2015Publications: November, 2013 – February, 2014.continued from previous pageChristina Priest – Postdoc (Peter Tontonoz lab)SUMOylation places LRH-1 in PROXimity to lipid metabolism.Priest C, Tontonoz P.Cell Metab. 2014 Oct 7;20(4):558-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.09.008.Stephen Lee – (Peter Tontonoz lab)Eosinophils in fat: pink is the new brown.Lee SD, Tontonoz P.Cell. 2014 Jun 5;157(6):1249-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.05.025.Randall Chin – (Jing Huang lab)The metabolite α-ketoglutarate extends lifespan by inhibiting ATPsynthase and TOR.Chin RM, Fu X, Pai MY, Vergnes L, Hwang H, Deng G, Diep S, Lomenick B, Meli VS, Monsalve GC, Hu E, Whelan SA, Wang JX, JungG, Solis GM, Fazlollahi F, Kaweeteerawat C, Quach A, Nili M, KrallAS, Godwin HA, Chang HR, Faull KF, Guo F, Jiang M, Trauger SA,Saghatelian A, Braas D, Christofk HR, Clarke CF, Teitell MA, Petrascheck M, Reue K, Jung ME, Frand AR, Huang J.Nature. 2014 Jun 19;510(7505):397-401. doi: 10.1038/nature13264.Epub 2014 May 14.Yoko Kidani –Steven Bensinger lab)Lipids rule: resetting lipid metabolism restores T cell function in systemic lupus erythematosus.Kidani Y, Bensinger SJ. J Clin Invest. 2014 Feb 3;124(2):482-5.doi:10.1172/JCI74141.Epub 2014 Jan 27.Nicole Valenzuela—(Elaine Reed Lab)Antibodies in transplantation: the effects of HLA and non-HLA antibody binding and mechanisms of injury. Valenzuela NM, Reed EF.Methods Mol Biol. 2013; 1034:41-70.doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-4937 2.Antibody-mediated graft injury: complement0dependent and complement-independent mechanisms.Valenzuela NM, NcNamara JT, Reed EF. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2014 Feb;19(1):33-40. doi: ennifer Woo – ResidentA Novel Association of Biventricular Cardiac Non-Compaction andDiabetic Embryopathy: Case Report and Review of the Literature.Woo JS, Perez-Rosendahl M, Haydel DM, Perens G, Fishbein MC.Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2014 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print]Aaron W. James—ResidentSplenic hamartomas in Alagille syndrome: case report and literaturereview.James AW, Nguyen A, Said J, Genshaft S, Lassman CR, Teitell M.Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2014 Aug;33(4):216-25. doi:10.3109/15513815.2014.913748. Epub 2014 May 27.Review of signaling pathways governing MSC osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation. Scientifica. Dec 12 2013, Epub ahead of print.Invited Spotlight Article.Abnormal karyotypes in osteochondroma: Case series and literaturereview. James AW, Tirado CA, Levine B, Dry SM. J Orthop, Dec2013, In press.Clavicular and meningeal alveolar soft part sarcoma: An unusualcase and literature review. James, AW, Chang L, Levine B, Dry SM.;J Orthop, Dec 2013, In pressMichael Alberti – ResidentInfluence of serum separator tubes on mycophenolic acid concentrations determined by HPLC.Alberti MO, Fukuchi AM, Kelly KA.Ther Drug Monit. 2014 Oct;36(5):686-7. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000066. No abstract available.Atsuko Seki – Recent FellowPosterolateral hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a rare, but clinically significant variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.Seki A, Perens G, Fishbein MC.Cardiovasc Pathol. 2014 Nov-Dec;23(6):381-2. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2014.07.002. Epub 2014 Jul 15.Reply to the editor-does the cervical vagus contain sympathetic fibersthat act on the heart?Seki A, Chen PS, Fishbein MC.Heart Rhythm. 2014 Oct;11(10):e79-80. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.07.009. Epub 2014 Jul 9. No abstract available.Predicting the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.Seki A, Fishbein MC.Cardiovasc Pathol. 2014 Sep-Oct;23(5):253-60. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2014.05.001. Epub 2014 May 21.Sympathetic nerve fibers in human cervical and thoracic vagusnerves.Seki A, Green HR, Lee TD, Hong L, Tan J, Vinters HV, Chen PS,Fishbein MC.Heart Rhythm. 2014 Aug;11(8):1411-7. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.04.032. Epub 2014 Apr 24.Shino Magaki – ResidentComorbidity in dementia: update of an ongoing autopsy study.Magaki S, Yong WH, Khanlou N, Tung S, Vinters HV.J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Sep;62(9):1722-8. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12977.Epub 2014 Jul 15.Maria Vergara-Lluri – Recent FellowComparative evaluation of ProEx C and ImmunoCyt/uCyt assays inatypical urine cytology.Vergara-Lluri ME, Hu E, Rao JY, Levin M, Apple SK, Moatamed NA.Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2014 Sep;138(9):1215-22. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2013-0433-OA.Albert Su—Current ResidentMalignant melanoma with neural differentiation: an exceptional casereport and brief review of the pertinent literature. Su A, Dry SM,Binder SW, Said J, Shintaku P, Sarantopoulos GP. Am J Dermatopathol. 2014 Jan;36(1):e5-9.doi: 10.1097/DAD.Ob013e31828cf90aAnnie Wu—Current ResidentBifid cardiac apex in a 25-year-old male with sudden cardiac death.Wu A, Kay D, Fishbein MC. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 23(1):59-60. doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2013.06.003. Epub2013 Aug 6.Winnie Wu – FellowStrong expression of chemokine receptor CCR9 in diffuse large B-celllymphoma and follicular lymphoma strongly correlates with gastrointestinal involvement.Wu W, Doan N, Said J, Karunasiri D, Pullarkat ST.Hum Pathol. 2014 Jul;45(7):1451-8. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2014.02.021. Epub 2014 Mar 13.
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There will be a portable laminar flow hood in the testing area and as much testing as possible will be done in the hood over a bleach soaked pad to absorb and neutralize any drips or spills. Instruments that do not fit in the hood will be on a cart adjacent to the hood.
