KathrynETanakaMD

Pathology • Bronx, NY

Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Associate Professor, Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Office
111 E 210th St
Surgical Pathology N-4
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone+1 718-920-4976

Fax+1 718-920-7611
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Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1989 - 1992
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1988 - 1989
Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1988 - 2025
CA State Medical License 1993 - 2024
HI State Medical License 2001 - 2004
NJ State Medical License 2000 - 2003
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Orthovoltage X-Rays Exhibit Increased Efficacy Compared with γ-Rays in Preclinical Irradiation.
Brett I Bell, Justin Vercellino, N Patrik Brodin, Christian Velten, Lalitha S Y Nanduri, Prashanth K B Nagesh, Kathryn E Tanaka, Yanan Fang, Yanhua Wang, Rodney Macedo...> ;Cancer Research. 2022 Aug 3
3 citations
Systematic Selective Sampling of Cholecystectomy Specimens Is Adequate to Detect Incidental Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma.
Ashwin Akki, Wei Zhang, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Sun M. Chung, Qiang Liu, Nicole C. Panarelli> ;The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2019 Dec 1
20 citations
Decreased Macrophage Autophagy Promotes Liver Injury and Inflammation from Alcohol
Ghulam Ilyas, Francesca Cingolani, Enpeng Zhao, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Mark J. Czaja> ;Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 2019 Jul 1
15 citations
Pentamidine blocks hepatotoxic injury in mice.
Enpeng Zhao, Ghulam Ilyas, Francesca Cingolani, François Ravenelle, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Mark J. Czaja, Jae Ho Choi> ;Hepatology. 2017 Sep 1
2 citations
Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia: A Case of Rare Prognosis
Mindy W. Lee, Manhal Izzy, Ashwin Akki, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Harmit Kalia> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2017 Mar 28
39 citations
Autophagy confers resistance to lipopolysaccharide-induced mouse hepatocyte injury
Gadi Lalazar, Ghulam Ilyas, Shoaib Ahmad Malik, Kun Liu, Enpeng Zhao, Mohammad Amir, Yu Lin, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Mark J. Czaja> ;American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2016 Sep 1
103 citations
Macrophage autophagy limits acute toxic liver injury in mice through down regulation of interleukin-1β.
Ghulam Ilyas, Enpeng Zhao, Kun Liu, Yu Lin, Lydia Tesfa, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Mark J. Czaja> ;Journal of Hepatology. 2016 Jan 1
320 citations
Impaired macrophage autophagy increases the immune response in obese mice by promoting proinflammatory macrophage polarization
Kun Liu, Enpeng Zhao, Ghulam Ilyas, Gadi Lalazar, Yu Lin, Muhammad Haseeb, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Mark J. Czaja> ;Autophagy. 2015 Feb 4
123 citations
Inhibition of hepatocyte autophagy increases tumor necrosis factor-dependent liver injury by promoting caspase-8 activation
Muhammad Amir, Enpeng Zhao, Luis Fontana, H Rosenberg, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Guangping Gao, Mark J. Czaja> ;Cell Death and Differentiation. 2013 Mar 22
87 citations
Aging promotes the development of diet-induced murine steatohepatitis but not steatosis†
Luis Fontana, Enpeng Zhao, Muhammad Amir, Hanqing Dong, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Mark J. Czaja> ;Hepatology. 2013 Mar 1
79 citations
PTEN gene expression and mutations in the PIK3CA gene as predictors of clinical benefit to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody therapy in patients with KRAS...
Arjun Sood, Danielle McClain, Radhashree Maitra, Atrayee Basu-Mallick, Raviraja N. Seetharam, Andreas Kaubisch, Lakshmi Rajdev, John M. Mariadason, Kathryn E. Tanaka, ...> ;Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 2012 Jun 1
180 citations
Differential effects of JNK1 and JNK2 inhibition on murine steatohepatitis and insulin resistance.
Rajat Singh, Yongjun Wang, Youqing Xiang, Kathryn E. Tanaka, William A. Gaarde, Mark J. Czaja> ;Hepatology. 2009 Jan 1
6 citations
Valvulitis requiring triple valve surgery as an initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Eldad Einav, Alon Gitig, L. Manuela Marinescu, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Daniel M. Spevack> ;Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2007 Nov 1
23 citations
Fulminant liver failure secondary to haemorrhagic dengue in an international traveller.
James Gasperino, Jose Yunen, Alice Guh, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Vladimir Kvetan, Howard Doyle> ;Liver International. 2007 Oct 1
1 citations
Endometriosis with colonic wall invasion.
Jordan J. Karlitz, Ira A. Tepler, Kathryn E. Tanaka> ;Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2007 Mar 1
101 citations
Deletion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis resuscitation-promoting factor Rv1009 gene results in delayed reactivation from chronic tuberculosis.
Jo Ann M. Tufariello, Kaixia Mi, Jiayong Xu, Yukari C. Manabe, Anup Kumar Kesavan, Joshua E. Drumm, Kathryn E. Tanaka, William R. Jacobs, John Chan> ;Infection and Immunity. 2006 May 1
296 citations
Characterization of the tuberculous granuloma in murine and human lungs: cellular composition and relative tissue oxygen tension.
Ming C. Tsai, Soumya D. Chakravarty, Guofeng Zhu, Jiayong Xu, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Cameron J. Koch, Jo Ann M. Tufariello, JoAnne L. Flynn, John W. Y. Chan> ;Cellular Microbiology. 2006 Feb 1
2 citations
Surviving severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: Utility of open-lung biopsy and large doses of dexamethasone
Kedar S. Deshpande, David W. Appel, Margarita T. Camacho, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Vladimir Kvetan> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2005 Feb 1
59 citations
Pre-transplant treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: assessment of tumor necrosis in explanted livers.
Linda L. Wong, Kathryn Tanaka, Lansdale Lau, Steven Komura> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2004 Jun 1
36 citations
Gene expression in the tuberculous granuloma: analysis by laser capture microdissection and real-time PCR.
Guofeng Zhu, Huifang Xiao, Vellore P. Mohan, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Sanjay Tyagi, Fred Tsen, Padmini Salgame, John Chan> ;Cellular Microbiology. 2003 Jul 1
6 citations
Phase I/II trial of gemcitabine plus cyclophosphamide in patients with metastatic breast carcinoma previously treated with taxanes
Huda S. Salman, Katie Tanaka, Joseph A. Sparano> ;Clinical Breast Cancer. 2002 Jan 1
120 citations
The Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Locus Confers Protection against Aerogenic Challenge of Both Clinical and Laboratory Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice
Charles A. Scanga, Vellore P. Mohan, Kathryn E. Tanaka, David Alland, JoAnne L. Flynn, John Chan> ;Infection and Immunity. 2001 Dec 1
398 citations
Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Host Immune Response in Chronic Persistent Tuberculosis: Possible Role for Limiting Pathology
Vellore P. Mohan, Charles A. Scanga, Keming Yu, Holly M. Scott, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Enders Tsang, Ming Chih Tsai, JoAnne L. Flynn, John Chan> ;Infection and Immunity. 2001 Mar 1
247 citations
Depletion of Cd4+ T Cells Causes Reactivation of Murine Persistent Tuberculosis despite Continued Expression of Interferon γ and Nitric Oxide Synthase 2
Charles A. Scanga, Vellore P. Mohan, Keming Yu, Heather M. Joseph, Kathryn E. Tanaka, John Chan, JoAnne L. Flynn> ;The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2000 Aug 7
65 citations
A long-term hepatitis B viremia model generated by transplanting nontumorigenic immortalized human hepatocytes in Rag-2-deficient mice
Jennifer J. Brown, Bhupesh Parashar, Han Moshage, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Dean Engelhardt, Elazar Rabbani, Namita Roy-Chowdhury, Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury> ;Hepatology. 2000 Jan 1
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