UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 1

We are excited to announce the 2014-2015 Pathology PGY1 interview season. This year we will host three separate

Group Interview Days (Nov 13th, 22nd and Jan 10th). Many faculty and housestaff will be participating in the recruit-

ment process. The day‘s events will begin with an early morning Meet & Greet, followed by the candidates attending

a special ―Resident Morning Conference.‖ Next, there will be a departmental tour that will showcase the great oppor-

tunities offered in the pathology program here at UCLA. Then, there will be a welcome and department overview

presented by the chair, residency program director, and associate program directors, followed by individual inter-

views with faculty and housestaff. A group lunch with current and past residents will give the applicants an oppor-

tunity for candid one-on-one Q/A sessions. The activities will conclude with an evening reception at the W Ho-

tel. We are very excited for this year‘s recruitment season, and expect great success.

Interview Season is Upon Us

Awards and Recognition 2

Welcome New Faculty

and Researcher

3

New Employees 4

Lab Seminar and CARE

Harbor

5

CAP Inspection, AABB

Meeting, and Lung Can-

cer Panel Sequencing

6

Publications 7

IMED Seminars 8

Department Events 9

Inside this issue:

Fall Newsletter - November 19, 2013

U C L A P A T H O L O G Y A N D L A B O R A T O R Y M E D I C I N E

Q u a r t e r l y N e w s l e t t e r

UCLA Pathology & Laboratory

Medicine has joined Facebook!

2013 Heart Walk by the Numbers:

On November 2, 2013, several faculty and staff members accompanied by their family and friends participated in the

Santa Monica Heart Walk, raising over $4K. UCLA Health was ranked 9th out of the 73 teams that participated.

Great Job!

Special shout out to those who participated:

Dr. Lu Song, Abder Alioua, Anthony Johnson, Amie Ludovico, AnaRachelle Muro,

Dawn Stene, Elizabeth Gambol, Ellen Canonizado, Emmy Von Seyfried, Heidi

Vasquez, Nathan Okawa, Nena Wild, Ofelia Cartagena, Pontip Wises, Salpi Ja-

netsian, Sharon Brown, Teena Dunn, Teresa Siojo

UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 2

Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, MD, PhD, who has a joint appointment in the Department of Pathology

and Laboratory Medicine, and the Department of Surgery, is the recipient of a $2 Million grant to

improve quality of donor livers. | Read More

Department Grants

Congratulations...

Dr. Gay Crooks, MBBS, has been appointed the Rebecca Smith Chair in A-T Research. The Chair

supports an outstanding senior faculty member in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine who provides continuing leadership in innovative research and education in the cause,

diagnosis and treatment of Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) and the genetic disorders it exemplifies.

The American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics announces the 2013 Award

Winners...

Dr. Yi-Ping Jin‘s abstract 146, SIGNALING NETWORKS REGULATING HLA CLASS II

ANTIBODY-MEDIATED ACTIVATION AND MIGRATION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS.

Dr. Fang Li‘s abstract 136, ACTIVATION AND CYTOSKELETAL REMODELING OF HU-

MAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS BY HLA CLASS II ANTIBODIES.

Both abstracts were among the highest scoring abstracts submitted this year.

Great Job to Dr. Elena Stark and medical students; Jason Scapa, Sara Mottahedan, Richard Morgan

and Kevin Yang, for a successful kick-off to the new Pathology Interest Group, ―PathIG,‖ Speaker

Series. | Read More

Drs. Robert Schiestl and Jonathan Braun‘s paper regarding the discovered link between intestinal

bacteria and white blood cell cancer continues to receive a great deal of press both printed and

online. For a complete list please click here.

Awards and Recognitions

UCLA‘s 3rd Annual Genetics Symposium, scheduled on 1/24/2014, has received a $5,000 unre-

stricted medical education grant from Illumina, Inc.‘s Medical Education and Grant (MERG) Com-

mittee. These grants are intended to fulfill unmet education needs for physicians in genomic medi-

cine. Congratulations to Sharon Webb whose advocacy made this possible. | Read More

Dr. Bogdan Pasaniuc, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, is the recipient of

a STOP CANCER 2014 I.C.O.N. Seed Grant. The highly-competitive, prestigious award is granted

to promising and innovative junior scientists dedicated to developing improved treatments, new

diagnostic procedures and ultimately, a cure. | Read More

UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 3

Dr. Xu is our senior expert in head and

neck pathology and cardiothoracic pa-

thology. He is an NIH–funded investiga-

tor whose research interests include

identifying novel biomarkers in lung,

head and neck tumors and fibrosing in-

terstitial pneumonia. Ongoing studies in

his lab are focused on defining the func-

tional roles of FoxO1 and Wnt/beta-

catinin signaling pathways in the regula-

tion of voltage-gated channels.

Dana Haydel, MD, M.S.

Dr. Kerkoutian is a new attending

pathologist in our genitourinary patholo-

gy service. Her clinical and investigative

interests include a diagnosis of benign

and neoplastic conditions, particularly

tumors of the prostate, bladder, kidney,

testis and adrenal gland. She will spend

part of her clinical time covering pathol-

ogy service at the Santa Monica hospital.

Welcome New Faculty Members

Haodong Xu, MD, PhD

Susan Kerkoutian, MD

Dr. Yea is an attending pathologist in

the Hematopathology section. He will

be involved in the evaluation of he-

matologic disorders including periph-

eral smears, bone marrows, lymph

nodes, flow cytometry, cytogenetic

and molecular studies, coagulation

studies and HPLC studies; and will

cover Hematopathology service. He

will also conduct basic/translational

research with Dr. Douglas Black in

the Department of Microbiology,

Immunology and Molecular Genetics.

Steven Yea, MD, PhD

Dr. Haydel is a new attending

pathologist in our pediatric pathology

service. She has a clinical and investi-

gative interest in pediatric soft tissue

tumors. She is pursuing her interest in

pediatric Dermatopathology and will

continue her studies in this area in

conjunction with Dr. Binder and the

Dermatopathology program at UCLA.

Dr. Behjatnia will be teaching first and

second year blocks in histopathology.

She has been teaching histopathology

at UCLA since 2012 as an adjunct in-

structor, and is also a staff Anatomic

and Clinical Pathologist at the Ana-

heim Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Gamo will be teaching first year

blocks in anatomy. He is also an Assis-

tant Professor at West Coast University,

North Hollywood campus, and an Instruc-

tor in the MRI Technology Department at

CNI College.

Dr. Strom will devote his clinical

expertise to the Clinical Genomics

Center, Molecular Pathology labora-

tory, and Orphan Disease Testing

Center. He has particular expertise,

through doctoral studies and post-

doctoral fellowships, in neuropsychi-

atric and ophthalmic genetics, and has

interest in cancer genomics as well.

Bita Behjatnia, MD Joel Gamo, MD

Samuel Strom, PhD

Welcome New Associate Researcher

Dr. Casero will conduct research on the

use of genomics approaches in hemato-

poiesis and immunology. He will apply

existing tools to develop new computa-

tional approaches to interpret and inte-

grate large data sets. He will work with a

collaborative group of laboratories that

generate genomic data to identify key

genes involved in the regulation of hema-

tological differentiation and malignan-

cies. He will also use RNA sequence data

to discover and characterize the structure

of coding and non-coding transcripts.

David Casero, PhD

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In alphabetical order:

Maria De Leon - CLS, Blood Bank

Jim Hoover - Programmer Analyst IV, Path IT

Fadi Kandarian - SRA, Immunogenetics

Stacie McConnell - HLT, BURL

Kelli Mizufuka - Per Diem CLS, SM Hospital

James Raffin - HLT, BURL

Dhithya Ramaswamy - CPT I, Support Services

In alphabetical order:

Jonathan Abel - PA IV, IT

Rhodora Bernandino - CNII, Blood & Platelet Center

Ricardo Contreras- HLT I, Brentwood Annex

Nancy Dinh - HLT II, Surgical Pathology

Sean Full - Admin Specialist, Blood & Platelet Cen-

ter

Alexander Millan - HLT III, Surgical Pathology

Ellen Ngo - CPT I, Support Services

Ae Phakonekham - CLS, Brentwood Annex

Christopher Tacto - PA II, IT

Diana Villeda - CLS, Brentwood Annex

Blanca Velasco - CN II, Blood & Platelet Center

Will Werre - HLT III, Core Lab

October 2013

August 2013

September 2013

In alphabetical order:

David Agustin - HLT II, Blood & Platelet Center

Jared Corn - HLT, Histology

Lucia Diaz - CLS, Microbiology

Arman Farhangi - HLT II, Blood & Platelet Center

Polina Gumennykova - HLT I, Microbiology

Amanda Guzikowski - HLT I, Blood & Platelet Center

Airek Mathews - Safety Officer, Operations Management

Paula Mendoza - HLT II, Blood Bank

Jillian Romero - CLS, Microbiology

Sierra Stearns- HLT I, Microbiology

Welcome New Employees

New members of the UIC team July-October 2013

Stan Orand - Programmer

Andrea Alvarez – SRA I Matthew Gray - CLS Fadi Kandarian - SRA I

James Lan—Director Trainee

Nwe Nwe Soe - Post Doc Kim Thomas - Post Doc Tiffany Sidwell - SRA

UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 5

CARE HARBOR provides much needed care to L.A. resi-

dents

The tremendous efforts of the many Path and Lab physicians and staff during

the four-day Care Harbor community health care event were deeply appreci-

ated. Special thanks to Lavita Boyd, Kellie Brown, Luz Cutidioc-Padilla,

Jessie De La Cruz, Lynne Ford, Lucy

Garrido, Salpi Janetsian, Mary Levin,

HopeAngel Mayberry, and

Dawn Stene, and to everyone

who donated countless hours to

make this annual event a success.

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine held its Fall Seminar on October 12,

2013 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Over 150 phlebotomists, clinical labora-

tory scientists, hospital technicians and other laboratory professionals were in attendance.

The seminar provided a day of talks highlighting some of the research being done at UCLA,

as well as a recap of events over the last year that impact healthcare.

Dr. Sophie Song discussed the role of ―Flow Cytometry in Management of Hematolym-

phoid Neoplasms‖. UCLA‘s participation in the breathing lung research project was present-

ed by Dr. Reshma Biniwale in her talk on ―Lung Transplantation‖. Dr. Gay Crooks provid-

ed an overview of ―Bone Marrow Transplants‖ as we celebrate the 55th anniversary of hem-

atopoietic cell transplantation. Case studies were used by Dr. Sibel Kantarci to outline the

idiosyncrasies of ―Clinical Chromosomal Microarray Analysis‖. Dr. David Cutler‘s presen-

tation on ―ObamaCare: Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We Are Going‖ was very

timely given the current events in the U.S. The seminar ended with a discussion on the vari-

ous disasters that have occurred over the years. Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon and

the Asiana crash were events used as examples by William Dunne in his ―How Hospitals

Prepare for Disaster‖ presentation.

This free seminar is part of the department‘s continuing education program providing educa-

tional activities to UCLA staff and employees. These seminars provide an opportunity for

attendees to learn about new developments in healthcare, get re-acquainted with familiar

topics, as well as network with fellow laboratorians.

Speaker Presentations can be found on the Pathology Website: Click Here

Elsa Tsukahara (Left) Dr. Reshma Biniwale

(Right)

Fall 2013 Laboratory Seminar

Mark your calendars

for the Spring 2014

seminar scheduled for

April 19, 2014.

Dr. David Cutler Dr. Sophie Song Dr. Sibel Kantarci

UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 6

Lung Cancer Panel Sequencing Analysis

Effective Tuesday, September 17, 2013, the UCLA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories is pleased to announce the

official launch of the Lung Cancer Panel.

The assay utilizes Ion Torrent high throughput targeted sequencing technology.

Intended Use:

The test is used to detect previously identified point-mutations and small insertion/deletion variants in six genes of

known relevance to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: BRAF, EGFR, ERBB2 (HER2), KRAS, NRAS, and PIK3CA.

This test is intended for use in conjunction with clinical data for the clinical management of patients with cancer

and is starting to be considered a clinical gold standard first-tier test for delivering fast and comprehensive results.

Clinical Significance:

The Ampliseq Cancer HotSpot Panel V2 contains 207 oligonucleotide primers. Only previously reported variants

at known loci within the BRAF, EGFR, ERBB2 (HER2), KRAS, NRAS, and PIK3CA genes are interpreted.

Codes:

Specimen code: MPLUNGCANCER

Order code: lung-mp

Laboratory: UCLA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories, 38-123 CHS

Availability: Monday– Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm

American Association of Blood Banks Meeting

Earlier this month, several UCLA Blood Bank faculty and staff members attended the

annual AABB meeting in Denver.

Our very own Amy Fang, Clinical Lab Senior Supervisor pictured on the right, was inter-

viewed at the AABB meeting in Denver. |Interview

CAP Inspection

Lead by our Laboratory Medical Direc-

tor, Dr. Linda Baum, a team of sixteen

members of the Department of Pathology

& Laboratory Medicine visited the Uni-

versity of Washington Medical Center to

perform a College of American

Pathologists (CAP) inspection in August.

The three days unannounced inspection

encompassed a review of all aspects of

Clinical and Anatomical Pathology. The

inspection team was impressed with the hospital‘s efficiency and learned quite a

few things that could benefit our department as well. Stay tuned

as UCLA will undergo our very own CAP inspection in the Fall

of 2014. Below is a list of the attendees:

Dr. Linda Baum

Dr. Kingshuk Das

Dr. Omai Garner

Dr. Susan Kerkoutian

Dr. Shelley Miller

Dr. Nagesh Rao

Dr. Serge Alexanian

Alan Fukuchi

Ann Shadler

Diana Tanaka-Mukai

Elsa Tsukahara

Geri Goodeliunas

Khanh Andrews

Lucy Garrido

Marivic Visico

Mary Levin

UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 7

One of the goals of the Pathology Research Alumni Committee is to highlight publica-

tions from our current and recently former graduate students, postdoctoral fellows,

and residents, in the departmental newsletter. If anyone has additional publications

(newly published, first-author only) that should be highlighted, please contact Doug

Smoot (dsmoot@mednet.ucla.edu) or Christina Kim (ckkim@mednet.ucla.edu).

PATHOLOGY RESEARCH ALUMNI COMMITTEE & PUBLICATIONS

-- Joshua Deignan, PhD, FACMG

Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Chair, Pathology

Research Alumni Committee

Publications:

July—September 2013

GSRs:

Autumn York – GSR (Steven Bensinger lab)

Subverting sterols: rerouting an oxysterol-signaling pathway to pro-

mote tumor growth.

York AG, Bensinger SJ.

J Exp Med. 2013 Aug 26;210(9):1653-6. doi: 10.1084/jem.20131335.

Joseph Argus – GSR (Steven Bensinger lab)

Immunology. Fueling function over expansion in T cells.

Argus JP, Bensinger SJ.

Science. 2013 Jul 5;341(6141):37-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1242100. No

abstract available.

Parrisa Solaimani – GSR (Oliver Hankinson lab)

Genome Wide RNAi High Throughput Screen Identifies Proteins Nec-

essary for the AHR-Dependent Induction of CYP1A1 by 2,3,7,8-

Tetrachlorodibenzo-ρ-dioxin.

Solaimani P, Damoiseaux R, Hankinson O.

Toxicol Sci. 2013 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print]

Simon Beaven – CMP Graduate (Peter Tontonoz lab)

Reciprocal regulation of hepatic and adipose lipogenesis by liver x

receptors in obesity and insulin resistance.

Beaven SW, Matveyenko A, Wroblewski K, Chao L, Wilpitz D, Hsu

TW, Lentz J, Drew B, Hevener AL, Tontonoz P.

Cell Metab. 2013 Jul 2;18(1):106-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.04.021.

Post Docs:

Thomas Zangle - postdoc (Michael Teitell lab)

Quantifying biomass changes of single CD8+ T cells during antigen

specific cytotoxicity.

Zangle TA, Burnes D, Mathis C, Witte ON, Teitell MA.

PLoS One. 2013 Jul 23;8(7):e68916. doi: 10.1371/

journal.pone.0068916. Print 2013.

Thomas Zangle - postdoc (Michael Teitell lab)

Quantification of biomass and cell motion in human pluripotent stem

cell colonies.

Zangle TA, Chun J, Zhang J, Reed J, Teitell MA.

Biophys J. 2013 Aug 6;105(3):593-601. doi: 10.1016/

j.bpj.2013.06.041.

Mitsuko Yamamoto - recent postdoc (Robert Schiestl lab)

Effects of side-stream tobacco smoke and smoke extract on glutathione

and oxidative Intestinal bacteria modify lymphoma incidence and laten-

cy by affecting systemic inflammatory state, oxidative stress, and leu-

kocyte genotoxicity.

Yamamoto ML, Maier I, Dang AT, Berry D, Liu J, Ruegger PM, Yang

JI, Soto PA, Presley LL, Reliene R, Westbrook AM, Wei B, Loy A,

Chang C, Braun J, Borneman J, Schiestl RH.

Cancer Res. 2013 Jul 15;73(14):4222-32. doi: 10.1158/0008-

5472.CAN-13-0022.

Liutao Du - recent postdoc (Richard Gatti lab)

A New Series of Small Molecular Weight Compounds Induce Read

Through of All Three Types of Nonsense Mutations in the ATM Gene.

Du L, Jung ME, Damoiseaux R, Completo G, Fike F, Ku JM, Nahas S,

Piao C, Hu H, Gatti RA.

Mol Ther. 2013 Sep;21(9):1653-60. doi: 10.1038/mt.2013.150. Epub

2013 Jun 18.

Residents/Fellows:

Aaron W. James — current Resident

BMP2-induced inflammation can be suppressed by the osteoinductive

growth factor NELL-1.

Shen J, James AW, Zara JN, Asatrian G, Khadarian K. Zhang JB, Ho

S, Kim H, Ting K, Soo C.

Tissue Engineering, Part A, Jul 17 2013, Epub ahead of print.

Chapter 1, Molecular determination of adipogenic versus osteogenic

differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells.

Nguyen A, Chang L, Scott MA, James AW.

Adipogenesis: Signaling Pathways, Molecular Regulation and Impact

on Human Disease. NOVA Biomedical, New York. Eds: Y Lin and X

Cai. Jul 2013.

Reconciling the effects of inflammatory cytokines on mesenchymal cell

osteogenic differentiation.

Deshpande S, James AW, Blough J, Donneys A, Wang SC, Cederna

PS, Buchman SR, Levi B.

J Surg Res, Aug 6 2013, Epub ahead of print.

Natural history of mesenchymal stem cells, from vessel walls to culture

vessels. Murray IR, West CC, Hardy WR, James AW, Park TS, Ngu-

yen A, Tawonsawatruk T, Lazzari L, Soo C, Peault B.

Clinical and Molecular Life Sciences, Accepted for publication. Co-

first author.

Beth Palla – current Fellow

SOX10 expression distinguishes desmoplastic melanoma from its his-

tologic mimics.

Palla B, Su A, Binder S, Dry S.

Am J Dermatopathol. 2013 Jul;35(5):576-81. doi: 10.1097/

DAD.0b013e31827a0b98.

Annie Wu – current Resident

Bifid cardiac apex in a 25-year-old male with sudden cardiac death.

Wu A, Kay D, Fishbein MC.

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2013 Aug 5. doi:pii: S1054-8807(13)00150-6.

10.1016/j.carpath.2013.06.003. [Epub ahead of print]

Atsuko Seki – current Fellow

Primary endocardial fibroelastosis: an underappreciated cause of cardi-

omyopathy in children.

Seki A, Patel S, Ashraf S, Perens G, Fishbein MC.

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2013 Sep-Oct;22(5):345-50. doi:

10.1016/j.carpath.2013.02.003. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 8

Upcoming IMED Seminars

Date Photo Speaker Subject Location

Nov. 13th @

12pm

Michael Wigler, Ph.D. Understanding Cancer, One Cell at a

Time

NRB Auditorium

Dec. 4th @ 12pm Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. T Cell Memory and Exhaustion NRB Auditorium

Dec. 11th @

12pm

Steve McKnight, Ph.D. TBA NRB Auditorium

Dec. 12th @

12pm

David Bartel, Ph.D. MicroRNAs and a Developmental

Switch in the Nature of Translation-

al Control

NRB Auditorium

Jan. 8th @ 12pm Admiral Michael Mul-

len, USN

TBA NRB Auditorium

Jan. 15th @

12pm

David Housman, Ph.D. TBA NRB Auditorium

Jan. 22nd @

12pm

Charles Bolden TBA NRB Auditorium

Jan. 29th @

12pm

David Kessler, MD TBA NRB Auditorium

Feb. 5th @ 12pm Erin Brockovich TBA NRB Auditorium

Feb. 12th @

12pm

Harvey Cantor, M.D. TBA NRB Auditorium

Feb. 19th @

12pm

Brian Drucker, M.D. TBA NRB Auditorium

Feb. 26th @

12pm

Craig Venter, Ph.D. TBA NRB Auditorium

UCLA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine — Fall Edition November 2013 | Page 9

Newsletter Committee: Arnold Scheer, Khanh Andrews, Daisy Castro, Karyn Greenstone, Bushra

Yasin

Send us your suggestions for future newsletters at: Email Dcastro@mednet.ucla.edu

Upcoming Events:

-Peggy Sullivan, MD ―the ‗PAP‘ Test: Past, Present and Future; A

Cytopathologist‘s Perspective‖: Nov. 21 6-8:30pm | More Info

Residents Day No. 2: November 22nd

-Department Holiday Party : December 3rd

-Residents Day No. 3: January 10th

Christopher Koster, a Clinical Laboratory

Scientist at the Ronald Reagan Hospital Core

Lab, has an alter ego that will rock your

world. He plays the electric guitar under the

stage name ―Ziggy‖ for his band called Yes-

terday’s Child. The band specializes in classic

rock and roll from the 1960s and 1970s play-

ing a mix of tunes tailored to the taste of the

audiences. The band has put on performances

throughout Southern California and as far away as Arizona in

numerous tribute shows featuring music from The Who,

Cream, and Jimi Hendrix. His favorite venue by far is The

House of Blues on the Sunset Strip because of the legendary

acts that have also performed on that infamous stage.

Chris became interested in music at an early age, thanks in

part to his parents who exposed him to a wide range of music.

Chris recalls, ―…I gravitated towards classical music such as

Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. My parents recognized my talent

early on and taught me to play the piano.‖ Since his favorite

group is the Beatles, he was then drawn to pick up the guitar.

Chris has a steadily growing collection of 19 guitars, includ-

ing electric, acoustic, and classical. He plays in the style of

Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, all of which he learned by ear.

When asked how he is able to balance the creative and scien-

tific aspects of his life, Chris takes it all in stride. Music is so

innate for him that he plays his guitar all the time, including

vacations and an occasional session for his co-workers. To

learn more about the band & their upcoming performances,

visit http://www.yesterdays-child.com/.

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine’s

Got Talent

As part of their high school curriculum, King-Drew

allows students to volunteer in different areas of the

medical field in pursuit of any career that attracts

them. As Alum, I attend this program annually to

introduce the field of Pathology and Laboratory Med-

icine to the next up and coming generation. I had a

great opportunity interacting with sixty high school

seniors through open discussions. We conversed on

well-known illnesses, their progression; and how the

field of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine contrib-

utes to the treatment and monitoring of such illnesses.

Students were provided with information on all areas of the lab and the

critical steps after high school that would propel them into the open

adventure of the field of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. With the

retirement rate set to increase over the next several years due to Baby

Boomers, this is my way of attracting young scientifically engaged

critical thinkers to this growing field.

Thank you, Khanh Andrews and Elsa Tsukahara,

for providing handouts.

-HopeAngel Mayberry Sr. CLS Supervisor, Sup-

port Services

HopeAngel (right)

―What I wish I knew in High School‖

- King-Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and

Science invite UCLA’s Department of Pathology and La-

boratory Medicine to Career Day

Pathology Outreach Halloween Potluck

Check out Pathology‘s Outreach

area during their Halloween Potluck.

Beth Palla, M.D., one of our Derm-

Path Fellows, is dressed as a Milk-

maid (top right); Sheila Thomas, a

Health Information Coder IV was

dressed as a 70s Chick (top left);

and below, we have Carolina

Macias, Hospital Laboratory Tech

(bottom left) and Vanessa Lira,

Faculty Support (bottom right)

dressed as Los Angeles Dodgers!