Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pathology
·
2020 - Present
Pathology,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Assessment of a computerized quantitative quality control tool for whole slide images of kidney biopsies.
Journal Article J Pathol · March 2021 Inconsistencies in the preparation of histology slides and whole-slide images (WSIs) may lead to challenges with subsequent image analysis and machine learning approaches for interrogating the WSI. These variabilities are especially pronounced in multicent ... Full text Link to item CiteLactobacillus acidophilus Endocarditis Complicated by Pauci-Immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis
Journal Article Case Reports in Medicine · August 12, 2020 Infective endocarditis (IE) is more common in patients with predisposing cardiac lesions and has many potential complications, including stroke and arterial thromboembolisms. Renal manifestations have an estimated prevalence of ∼20%. Rapidly progre ... Full text Open Access CiteAPOL1-G0 protects podocytes in a mouse model of HIV-associated nephropathy.
Journal Article PLoS One · 2019 African polymorphisms in the gene for Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) confer a survival advantage against lethal trypanosomiasis but also an increased risk for several chronic kidney diseases (CKD) including HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN). APOL1 is expressed ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine ·
1990
M.D.