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6411 Fannin StreetHouston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-704-4000
Fax+1 713-704-2658
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Education & Training
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1994 - 1995
MedStar Health Georgetown UniversityResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1992 - 1994
Universidad Nacional de Asuncion Faculty of MedicineClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1999 - 2027
PA State Medical License 1995 - 2004
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsNerve-to-cancer transfer of mitochondria during cancer metastasis.Gregory Hoover, Shila Gilbert, Olivia Curley, Clémence Obellianne, Mike T Lin
Nature. 2025-08-01 - 2 citationsDouble Hit in Clear-Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma With Germline Pathogenic ATM Mutation and Somatic VHL Mutation.Kok Hoe Chan, Nicolas Duque Clavijo, Gustavo Ayala, Ryan Hall, Curtis Wray
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2024-10-06 - 2 citationsQuantification of collagen content and stromal cellularity within reactive stroma is predictive of prostate cancer biochemical recurrence and specific death.Yi Ding, Ping Bu, Binara Assylbekova, Samuel Ruder, Brian Miles
Human Pathology. 2024-02-01
Press Mentions
USA Research, Published in Nature, Shows How Cancer Cells Exploit the Nervous System to SpreadJune 26th, 2025
The 58th Annual Symposium of the Houston Society of Clinical PathologistsNovember 14th, 2018
Grant Support
- Artificial intelligence enabled Stroma-Weighted Automated Grading system to improve risk stratification in Black MenICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI2025–2030
- Predicting Prostate Cancer AggressivenessNational Cancer Institute2011
- Comprehensive Tumor Microenvironment Based Prediction Models In Prostate CancerNational Cancer Institute2011
- Human Tissue Acquisition And PathologyNational Cancer Institute2010–2011
- Inform Image Segmentation Image Analysis Software And Vectra Automation SystemNational Center For Research Resources2010
- Neurogenesis In The Prostate Cancer MicroenvironmentNational Cancer Institute2006–2010
- Perineural Inhibition Of Apoptosis In Prostate CancerNational Cancer Institute2002
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