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200 Hawkins DrIowa City, IA 52242
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Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Neuropathology, 2015 - 2017
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2013 - 2017- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2010
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
IA State Medical License 2017 - 2028
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2019
MA State Medical License 2010 - 2018
PA State Medical License 2015 - 2018
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic- American Board of Pathology Neuropathology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsNeocortical tau burden determines the degree of cognitive impairment in individuals with Braak stage V neurofibrillary degeneration.Timothy E Richardson, Jonathan Cherry, Shrishtee Kandoi, Susan K Rohde, Madeline Uretsky
Acta Neuropathologica. 2026-05-25 - 1 citationsSelective reduction of KCNA4 in vulnerable glutamatergic-serotonin neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus in Alzheimer's disease.Louis J Kolling, Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian, Shafa Ismail, Alexander J Feller, Jessica Marie Hunter Alberhasky
Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2026-05-01 - 3 citationsHuntington's as a developmental disorder: Molecular and neuropathologic considerations.Mallory R Shin, Marco M Hefti
Journal of Huntington's Disease. 2026-05-01
Journal Articles
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Early Childhood: General Observations in a Series of 151 Cases.Hefti, M.M., Kinney, H.C., Cryan, J.B., Haas, E.A., Chadwick, A.E., Crandall, L.A., Trachtenberg, F.L., Armstrong, D.D., Grafe, M., Krous, H.F.., Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 2015
- Hippocampal Malformation Associated with Sudden Death in Early Childhood: A Neuropathologic Study.Hefti, M.M., Cryan, J.B., Haas, E.A., Chadwick, A.E., Crandall, L.A., Trachtenberg, F.L., Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 2015
Grant Support
- A non-canonical role for tau in early human brain developmentUNIVERSITY OF IOWA2024–2029
- Bennet C. Endres Fellow in Sudden Unexpected Death in PediatricsC.J. Foundation for SIDS2014–2015
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