Gissou Azabdaftari, MD
Gissou Azabdaftari, MD
Chief of Genitourinary Pathology
Associate Professor of Pathology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Areas of Expertise:
Oncologic surgical pathology with emphasis on genito-urologic tumors
Bone and soft tissue tumors
Cytology
Special Interests:
Histo-morphologic diagnosis, classification and staging of urologic and male organ genitals, bone and soft tissue tumors
Translational research and tissue banking
Performing and interpretation of fine needle aspirations
Background
Education and Training:
1987-1994 - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Residency:
2000-2004 - Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
Fellowship:
2005-2006 - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Cytopathology)
2004-2005 - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Genitourinary Pathology/Soft Tissue Pathology)
Board Certification:
Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology
American Board of Cytopathology
Professional Memberships:
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
American Society for Clinical Pathology
College of American Pathologists
- Foster BA, Gangavarapu KJ, Mathew G, Azabdaftari G, Morrison CD, Miller A, Huss WJ (2013) “Human Prostate Side Population Cells Demonstrate Stem Cell Properties in Recombination with Urogenital Sinus Mesenchyme”, PLoS ONE 8(1): e55062. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055062.
- Koochekpour S, Majumdar S, Azabdaftari G, Attwood K, Scioneaux R, Subramani D, Manhardt C, Lorusso GD, Willard SS, Thompson H, Shourideh M, Rezaei K, Sartor O, Mohler JL, Vessella RL, “Serum Glutamate Levels Correlate with Gleason’s Score and Glutamate Blockade Decreases, Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion and Induces Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells”, Clin. Cancer Res., 2012; In Press.
- . A regulatory feedback loop between Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) and the androgen receptor in prostate cancer progression. Journal of biological chemistry 2012; 28729:24832-24843
- . Parkin controls dopamine utilization in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature communications 2012; 3:668
- . Serum prosaposin levels are increased in patients with advanced prostate cancer.Prostate 2012; 723:253-269
- . Vascular disruption in combination with mTOR inhibition in renal cell carcinoma. Molecular cancer therapeutics 2012;112:383-392
- . Efficacy of on-site specimen adequacy evaluation of image-guided fine and core needle biopsies. Acta cytologica 2010; 542:132-137