Fellows
 GABRIEL CAPONETTI, MD Fellow in Molecular Genetics Pathology 6035 BT GH 384-7961, pager #3588 gabriel-caponetti@uiowa.edu |
M.D. University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003 Residency AP/CP, Baystate Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine, 2009 Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: Exchange Visiting Medical Student; Clinical, Surgical and Pathology Clerkships, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2002-2003 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2002-2003. Studied the effect of mild hypothermia in a rat model of thromboembolic cerebrovascular accident. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Caponetti GC, Dezube BJ, Restrepo CS, Pantanowitz L. Kaposi Sarcoma of the Musculoskeletal System: a Review of 66 Patients. Cancer 2007; Vol. 109 (6), 1040-1052. 2. Caponetti GC, Pantanowitz L, Marconi S, Havens JM, Lamps LW, Otis CN. Evaluation of Immunohistochemistry in Identifying Bartonella henselae in Cat-Scratch Disease. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009; 131(2):250-6. 3. Arevalo A, Caponetti GC, Hu Q, Greiner TC, Weisenburger DD. Cytotoxic Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Arising in a Patient with Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma: a Case Report. J Hematopathol. 2010; 3(1):23-28. 4. Pantanowitz L, Caponetti GC, Dezube B. 2010. The Immunohistochemistry of Kaposi's Sarcoma. In: Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis (Ed. M.A. Hayat), pp.405-431. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. |
 SHANNON GABRIEL-GRIGGS, MD Fellow in Surgical Pathology 5231F RCP 356-2137, pager #5090 shannon-gabriel@uiowa.edu |
B.A. University of MN Twin Cities, 2002 M.D. University of Minnesota-Minneapolis School of Medicine, 2006 Residency AP/CP, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2010 Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: U2000 Merit Scholarship from the University of Minnesota Summa cum Laude from the University of Minnesota, 2002 Honors at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis School of Medicine, 2002-2003 Minnesota Medical Foundation Merit Scholarship, 2002-2006 George D. Penick Award for Excellence in Education, 2010 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Undergraduate Researcher, University of Minnesota, September 2001-May 2002. Studied the etiology of osteochondrosis in swine under the direction of a veterinary pathologist and wrote an honors thesis based the research. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Gabriel-Griggs SM, Rosenthal N. Hairy Cell Leukemia in a Young Man. ASCP, Checksample, Hematology. 2009 Jul; 44(5):55-68. 2. Berry CJ, Johnson FL, Cabuay BM, Chase BM, Stolpen AH, Bashir A, Gabriel-Griggs SM, Weiss RM. Evanescent Asymmetrical Septal Hypertrophy and Rapidly Progressive Heart Failure in a 32-Year-Old Man. Circulation, Aug 2008; 118: e126 - e128. |
 DANNI HOLANDA, MD Fellow in Surgical Pathology 5231F RCP 356-2713, pager #4212 danniele-holanda@uiowa.edu |
M.D., Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil, 2000 Residency AP/CP, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2009 Renal Pathology Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University, 2010 Transplantation and Liver Pathology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2011 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Evaluation of ovarian reserve in infertile women before and after administration of clomiphene citrate. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Holanda D, Zhao MY, Rapoport AP, Garofalo M, Chen Q, Zhao XF. Primary Gastric T-cell lymphoma mimicking marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. J Hematop 2008; 1(1):29-35. 2. Lipson EJ, Huff CA, Holanda DG, McDevitt MA, Fine DM. Lenalidomide-induced acute interstitial nephritis. Oncologist 2010; 15(9):961-964. 3. Holanda DG, Acharya VK, Dogan A, Racusen LC, Atta MG. Atypical presentation of atypical amyloid. Nephrol Dial Transpl 2011; 26(1):373-376. |
 SARA (BETH) KILBORN, MD Fellow in Cytopathology 5216A RCP 356-2645, pager #7038 sara-kilborn@uiowa.edu |
B.S. University of Iowa, 2001 M.D. University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2006 Residency AP/CP, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2010 Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: Pathology Externship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2003-2004 AOA- fall 2005 |
 BENJAMIN KOCH, MD Fellow in Hematopathology 6227A RCP 353-6561, pager #7055 benjamin-koch@uiowa.edu |
B.S. University of Minnesota Duluth, 2002 M.D. University of Minnesota-Minneapolis School of Medicine, 2006 Residency AP/CP, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2010 Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: AFIP, Donald West King Fellowship, 2009 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Minnesota Duluth, September 1998 – August 2000. Evaluate the antibacterial effect of a triterpene, betulin, and its derivatives on several genera of pathogenic bacteria. |
 DANIEL MARKO, BMBS Fellow in Microbiology 6008 BT GH 356-2104, pager #4524 daniel-marko@uiowa.edu |
B.S. California State University, Chico; 1998 M.D. [BMBS] Flinders University of South Australia; 2001-2004 Residency AP/CP, University of California, Davis; 2005-2009 Hematopathology/Immunopathology Fellowship, University of California, Davis; 2009-2010 HONORS AND AWARDS: U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer; Solomon Islands; 1998-2000 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant, University of California, Davis (2008-2010). In partnership with the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (Sacramento, CA), assisted in a design study for inexpensive portable devices that would detect and characterize malarial infections. Also, I assisted with research and development of a new light-based method for noninvasively treating malarial infections directly in the bloodstream. Student Researcher, Flinders University of South Australia and the Royal Darwin Hospital: ENT Department; Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (2004). Designed, collected, and analyzed data pertaining to infection rates after typanostomy tube insertion in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Northern Territory, Australia. Student Researcher, The Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University of South Australia, Mt. Gambier, South Australia (2002). Designed, collected, and analyzed a research project examining the understanding of Q fever among abattoir workers in rural South Australia, before and after a vaccine against Coxiella burnetii was made public.. |
 MELISSA MEIER, MD Fellow in Surgical Pathology 5213F RCP 356-2137, pager #7267 melissa-meier@uiowa.edu |
B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002 M.D. University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 2007 Residency AP/CP, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: Post-sophomore Pathology Fellowship (Externship), University of Pennsylvania, 7/2005-6/2007 Member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2002 Guaranteed Professional Program Admissions (GPPA) upon entering University of Illinois at Chicago PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, August, 2005. Studied recombinant Factor VIIa (rFVIIa), a genetically-engineered blood clotting protein that promotes Hemostasis. Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago, January, 1999 – January, 2002. Study on maternal renal function in sheep during pregnancy. |
 JOSEPH MITROS, MD Fellow in Surgical Pathology 5213F RCP 356-2137, pager #7061 joseph-mitros@uiowa.edu |
B.S. University of Notre Dame, 2001 M.D. University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 2007 Residency AP/CP, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: Pathology Externship (post-sophomore fellowship), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, February 2004- February 2005 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Summer Research Fellowship Program: Student Researcher. University of Iowa College of Medicine, May, 2003 – August, 2003. Research focused on the discovery and expression of human beta defensins. Research Assistant, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, May, 2001 – August, 2002. Research focused on identifying new defensins and to further characterize the origin and function of known defensin peptides. Interdisciplinary Biosciences Undergraduate Summer Research Program: Student Researcher. University of Iowa, May, 2000 – August, 2000. Studied the involvement of human antimicrobial peptides known as beta-defensins. |
 MARTIN POTASH, MD Fellow in Surgical Pathology 5213F RCP 356-2137, pager #7054 marty-potash@uiowa.edu |
B.S. University of Iowa, 2000 M.D. University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 2007 Residency AP/CP, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: Pathology Externship (Post-sophomore Fellowship), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, February 2004- February 2005 Outstanding Research Poster Presentation, 2003 Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Society Order of Omega Mortar Board Golden Key National Honor Society All-American Collegiate Scholar PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Senior Research Project, Department of Exercise Science, University of Iowa, June – August, 2002. Research Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, January, 1998 – January, 1999. Study focused on the intracerebral connections of monkeys. |
 MEGAN SAMUELSON, MD Fellow in Cytopathology 5216A RCP 356-2645, pager #5313 megan-samuelson@uiowa.edu |
B.A. Grinnell College, 2001 M.D. University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2006 Residency AP/CP, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2010 Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2011 HONORS AND AWARDS: Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2001 Pathology Externship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2003-2004 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Medical student fellow, Medical Student Research Fellowship at the University of Iowa, June 2001 – August 2001. Purification of the major nonpeptide antigen from Mycobacteria smegmatis via high-pressure liquid chromatography. Laboratory Assistant, Interdisciplinary Group in Immunology in the University of Iowa, May 2000- August 2000. Characterization of a major nonpeptide antigen from Staphylococcus aureus, which included purification techniques such as low-pressure liquid chromatography. |
 SARA M. SHUNKWILER, MD Fellow in Transfusion Medicine C250 GH 356-1003, pager #2702 sara-shunkwiler@uiowa.edu |
B.A. University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts, 2001 M.D. University of Iowa Carver College Medicine, 2006 Residency AP/CP, University of Florida, Gainesville 2006-2010 Cytopathology Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2011 PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Resident Representative, SHANDS Hospital/University of Florida ACGME Internal Review Subcommittee, 2007-2010 Research Distinction Tract-University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, May 2006 National Institute on Aging/Boston University Summer Institute in Geriatrics, June 2004 Betty Ford Center, Summer Institute for Medical Students, August 2003 UI Medical Student Research Fellowship, Summer 2003 John A. Hartford Foundation/American Federation on Aging Research Medical Student Geriatric Scholar, UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Summer 2002 |