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 Magee-Womens Hospital and Shadyside Campus.

Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1973 - 1975
AtlantiCare Regional Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 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

9 citations
Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor: a study of 6 cases of atypical and malignant variants.
Kossivi Dantey, Karen E. Schoedel, Oleksandr Yergiyev, Richard L. McGough, Alka Palekar, Uma N. M. Rao> ;Human Pathology. 2017 Feb 1
2 citations
CDK8 Expression in Extrauterine Leiomyosarcoma Correlates With Tumor Stage and Progression.
Oleksandr Yergiyev, George Garib, Karen E. Schoedel, Alka Palekar, David L. Bartlett, Uma N. M. Rao> ;Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology. 2016 Jul 6
5 citations
Cytomorphology of metastatic balloon cell melanoma
Nicole Bures, Sara E. Monaco, Alka Palekar, Liron Pantanowitz> ;Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2015 Jun 1
4 citations
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 Oct 23
1 citations
Mucormycosis infection following intravenous access in the forearm.
Ronit Wollstein, Alka Palekar> ;Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2010 Jan 1
19 citations
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
2 citations
Proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma of the scrotum: a difficult diagnosis in an unusual location and review of the literature
Henry B Armah, Alka Palekar, Uma N. M. Rao, Anil V. Parwani> ;Pathology. 2008 Apr 1
21 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
94 citations
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
99 citations
Pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (NSABP) Protocol B-17 : intraductal carcinoma (ductal carcinoma in situ)
Edwin R. Fisher, Joseph P. Costantino, Bernard Fisher, Alka Palekar, Carol K. Redmond> ;Cancer. 1995 Mar 15
62 citations
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
140 citations
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
99 citations
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
64 citations
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
33 citations
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
95 citations
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
68 citations
Solid and mucinous varieties of so-called mammary carcinoid tumors.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1979 Dec 1
22 citations
Pseudolymphoma of breast.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, John D. Paulson, Ronald C. Golinger> ;Cancer. 1979 Jul 1
60 citations
A nonencapsulated sclerosing lesion of the breast.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Nirmal Kotwal, Narcisa Lipana> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1979 Mar 1
134 citations
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
45 citations
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
29 citations
The histopathology of mammographic patterns.
Edwin R. Fisher, Alka Palekar, Wha Sun Kim, Carol K. Redmond> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1978 Apr 1
59 citations
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
221 citations
Pathologic findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project (NSABP) Protocol B-17. Intraductal carcinoma (ductal carcinoma in situ). The National Surgical A...
Edwin R. Fisher, Joseph P. Costantino, Bernard Fisher, Alka Palekar, C Redmond, Eleftherios P. Mamounas> ;Cancer. 1995 Mar 15
Identification of premalignant hyperplasia in methylcholanthrene-induced mammary tumorogenesis.
Fisher, E. R., Shoemaker, R. H., Palekar, A. S.> ;Lab Invest. 1975 Oct
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Hospital Affiliations

Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania