AlkaSPalekarMD

Pathology • Pittsburgh, PA

Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Associate Professor, Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Office
200 Lothrop St
Bst, Suite S424
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone(412) 648-9466
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Summary

Dr. Alka Palekar, MD is a board certified pathologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania. She is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, and Shadyside Campus.

Education & Training

Shadyside HospitalResidency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1973 - 1975
Atlantic City Medical CenterResidency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1971 - 1973
Grant Medical CollegeClass of 1966

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1974 - 2018
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology Cytopathology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Human Immunodeficiency Virus-associated primary effusion lymphoma: An exceedingly rare entity in cerebrospinal fluid.
Sarika Jain, Alka Palekar, Sara E. Monaco, Fiona E. Craig, Ghassan K. Bejjani, Liron Pantanowitz> ;CytoJournal. 2015 Jan 1
Malignant granular cell tumor of the ulnar nerve with novel cytogenetic and molecular genetic findings
Dionysios J. Papachristou, Alka Palekar, Urvashi Surti, Kathleen Cieply, Richard L. McGough, Uma N. M. Rao> ;Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 2009 May 1
3 citations
Pathobiology of small invasive breast cancers without metastases (T1a/b, N0, M0): National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) protocol B-21.
Edwin R. Fisher, Joseph P. Costantino, Marino E. Leon, Hanna Bandos, Alka Palekar, Bernard Fisher, Norman Wolmark> ;Cancer. 2007 Nov 1
Pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (NSABP) protocol B‐17: Five‐year observations concerning lobular carcinoma in situ
Edwin R. Fisher, Joseph P. Costantino, Bernard Fisher, Alka Palekar, Soonmyung Paik, C. M. Suarez, Norman Wolmark> ;Cancer. 1996 Oct 1
Dukes' classification revisited: findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Projects (protocol R-01)
Edwin R. Fisher, Richard Sass, Alka Palekar, Bernard Fisher, Norman Wolmark> ;Cancer. 1989 Dec 1
Expression of LeY and Extended LeY Blood Group-related Antigens in Human Malignant, Premalignant, and Nonmalignant Colonic Tissues
Young S. Kim, Mei Yuan, Steven H. Itzkowitz, Qibing Sun, Tokio Kaizu, Alka Palekar, Benjamin F. Trump, Sen-itiroh Hakomori> ;Cancer Research. 1986 Nov 1
Comparison of T-antigen expression in normal, premalignant, and malignant human colonic tissue using lectin and antibody immunohistochemistry.
Mei Yuan, Steven H. Itzkowitz, Boland Cr, Kim Yd, Tomita Jt, Alka Palekar, Bennington Jl, Benjamin F. Trump, Young S. Kim> ;Cancer Research. 1986 Sep 1
Scar cancers: pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (protocol no. 4) - IX.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Richard Sass, Bernard Fisher> ;Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 1983 Jan 1
Mucoepidermoid and squamous cell carcinomas of breast with reference to squamous metaplasia and giant cell tumors
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Remigio M. Gregorio, John D. Paulson> ;The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 1983 Jan 1
Pathologic Findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (Protocol No. 4): VI. Invasive Papillary Cancer
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Carol K. Redmond, Bruce Barton, Bernard Fisher> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1980 Mar 1
Solid and mucinous varieties of so-called mammary carcinoid tumors.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1979 Dec 1
Pseudolymphoma of breast.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, John D. Paulson, Ronald C. Golinger> ;Cancer. 1979 Jul 1
A nonencapsulated sclerosing lesion of the breast.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Nirmal Kotwal, Narcisa Lipana> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1979 Mar 1
Pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (Protocol No. 4). V. Significance of axillary nodal micro- and macrometastases.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Howard E. Rockette, Carol K. Redmond, Bernard Fisher> ;Cancer. 1978 Oct 1
Pathological findings from the national surgical adjuvant breast project (Protocol No. 4). IV. Significance of tumor necrosis.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Remigio M. Gregorio, Carol K. Redmond, Bernard Fisher> ;Human Pathology. 1978 Sep 1
The histopathology of mammographic patterns.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Wha Sun Kim, Carol K. Redmond> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1978 Apr 1
Comparative histopathologic, histochemical, electron microscopic and tissue culture studies of bronchial carcinoids and oat cell carcinomas of lung.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, John D. Paulson> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1978 Feb 1
Identification of premalignant hyperplasia in methylcholanthrene-induced mammary tumorogenesis.
Fisher, E. R., Shoemaker, R. H., Palekar, A. S.> ;Lab Invest. 1975 Oct
Pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (NSABP) Protocol B-17. Intraductal carcinoma (ductal carcinoma in situ). The National Surgical A...
Fisher, E. R., Costantino, J., Fisher, B., Palekar, A. S., Redmond, C., Mamounas, E.> ;Cancer. 1995 Mar 15
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Hospital Affiliations

UPMC PresbyterianPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania