Girish Venkataraman
M.D.
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Molecular Pathology
Pathology
CONTACT INFORMATION
Locations
Board Certifications
Anatomic Pathology - General Cert: AM Board of Pathology
Hematopathology - Subspecialty Cert: AM Board of Pathology
Publications
EBV positive mucocutaneous ulcer--a study of 26 cases associated with various sources of immunosuppression.Dojcinov,S. D.; Venkataraman,G.; Raffeld,M.; Pittaluga,S.; Jaffe,E. S.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY 2010 ;34(3):405-417
Development of disseminated histiocytic sarcoma in a patient with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome and associated Rosai-Dorfman disease.Venkataraman,G.; McClain,K. L.; Pittaluga,S.; Rao,V. K.; Jaffe,E. S.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY 2010 ;34(4):589-594
Morphometric signature differences in nuclei of Gleason pattern 4 areas in Gleason 7 prostate cancer with differing primary grades on needle biopsy.Venkataraman,G.; Rycyna,K.; Rabanser,A.; Heinze,G.; Baesens,B. M.; Ananthanarayanan,V.; Paner,G. P.; Barkan,G. A.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2009 ;181(1):88-93
Recording the number of sites involved with Gleason 8-10 in systematic sextant needle core biopsies allows for stratification in outcome of poorly differentiated prostate carcinomaAlvarez,A.; Venkataraman,G.; Atieh,M.; Gorbonos,A.; Barkan,G. A.; Quek,M. L.; Paner,G. P.MODERN PATHOLOGY 2009 ;22( ):156A
Recording the Number of Sites Involved with Gleason 8-10 in Systematic Sextant Needle Core Biopsies Allows for Stratification in Outcome of Poorly Differentiated Prostate CarcinomaAlvarez,A.; Venkataraman,G.; Atieh,M.; Gorbonos,A.; Barkan,G.; Quek,M. L.; Paner,G. P.USCAP Annual Meeting 2009 ; ( ):
Diagnostic utility of antibody to smoothelin in the distinction of muscularis propria from muscularis mucosae of the urinary bladder: a potential ancillary tool in the pathologic staging of invasive urothelial carcinoma.Paner,G. P.; Shen,S. S.; Lapetino,S.; Venkataraman,G.; Barkan,G. A.; Quek,M. L.; Ro,J. Y.; Amin,M. B.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY 2009 ;33(1):91-98
Renal FNA-based typing of renal masses remains a useful adjunctive modality: evaluation of 31 renal masses with correlative histology.Masoom,S.; Venkataraman,G.; Jensen,J.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.CYTOPATHOLOGY 2009 ;20(1):50-55
Associated cytologic findings on pap tests from patients with genital herpes: a retrospective cohort analysis in 82 cases over 11 years.Bargaje,A.; Venkataraman,G.; Wojcik,E. M.ACTA CYTOLOGICA 2008 ;52(4):512-514
Urine cytology for surveillance of the remnant urothelium after radical cystectomy and urinary diversionFok,C. S.; Liu,L.; Venkataraman,G.; Barkan,G. A.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.; Quek,M. L.JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2008 ;179(4 Supplement):249
Prostate-specific antigen density (PSAD) versus prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in predicting biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomyKadow,B. T.; Almoshelli,B.; Quek,M. L.; Branch,J. D.; Venkataraman,G.; Flanigan,R. C.Society of Urologic Cancer/National Cancer Institute Winter Meeting 2008 ; ( ):
High incidence of aneuploidy in low grade urothelial carcinomasAlvarez,A.; Venkataraman,G.; Quek,M.; Flanigan,R.; Wojcik,E.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2008 ;15(3):279-279
Diagnostic significance of 'atypia' in instrumented versus voided urine specimens.Kapur,U.; Venkataraman,G.; Wojcik,E. M.CANCER 2008 ;114(4):270-274
HER2/neu as a prognostic marker in uring cytology. Abstract # 309Venkataraman,G.; Barkan,G.; Quek,M. L.; Wojcik,E. M.Laboratory Investigation. 2008 ;88(1):69A
Distinctive Morphometric Signatures Exist within Nuclei of Gleason Pattern 4 Areas in Gleason 7 Prostate Cancer with Differing Primary Grades on Needle Biopsy
Abstract # 195.Venkataraman,G.; Rycyna,K.; Ananthanarayanan,V.; Hutchens,K. A.; Paner,G. P.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M. 2008 ; ( ):
Abstract # 195.Venkataraman,G.; Rycyna,K.; Ananthanarayanan,V.; Hutchens,K. A.; Paner,G. P.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M. 2008 ; ( ):
Pathologic N-Stage, and Not Primary T-Stage Is a Significant Predictor of Relapse-Free Survival (RFS) in Bladder Cancer after Radical Cystectomy for Cancer: A Multivariate Cox Analysis in 247 Patients
Abstract # 119.Venkataraman,G.; Liu,L.; Masoom,S.; El-Salem,F.; Paner,G. P.; Barkan,D. S.; Subramaniiam,D. S.; Quek,M. L.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M. 2008 ; ( ):
Abstract # 119.Venkataraman,G.; Liu,L.; Masoom,S.; El-Salem,F.; Paner,G. P.; Barkan,D. S.; Subramaniiam,D. S.; Quek,M. L.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M. 2008 ; ( ):
Pre-biopsy PSA and percentage of cancer on prostate biopsy can adequately predict upgrading of Gleason Score on subsequent prostatectomyVenkataraman,G.; Ryeyna,K.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M. 2007 ; ( ):
Identification of patients with low-risk for aneuploidy: comparative discriminatory models using linear and machine-learning classifiers in prostate cancer.Venkataraman,G.; Heinze,G.; Holmes,E. W.; Ananthanarayanan,V.; Bostwick,D. G.; Paner,G. P.; Bradford-De La garza,C. M.; Brown,H. G.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.PROSTATE 2007 ;67(14):1524-1536
Interobserver agreement in the interpretation of chromogenic in situ hybridization for detection of human papillomavirus in gynecologic cytology: an appraisal of 55 cases.Kouria,G.; Venkataraman,G.; Mehrotra,S.; Wojcik,E. M.; Sinacore,J.ACTA CYTOLOGICA 2007 ;51(3):494-496
Validation of World Health Organization/International Society of Urologic Pathology 2004 classification schema for bladder urothelial carcinomas using quantitative nuclear morphometry: identification of predictive features using bootstrap method.Kapur,U.; Antic,T.; Venkataraman,G.; Durazo-Arvizu,R. A.; Quek,M. M.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.UROLOGY 2007 ;70(5):1028-1033
Immunostaining for SYT protein discriminates synovial sarcoma from other soft tissue tumors: analysis of 146 cases.He,R.; Patel,R. M.; Alkan,S.; Hammadeh,R.; Weiss,S. W.; Goldblum,J. R.; Venkataraman,G.; Baila,H.MODERN PATHOLOGY 2007 ;20(5):522-528
Vanishing prostate cancer on radical prostatectomy: incidence and follow-up data from a cohort of 850 patients between 1998-2006.Alvarez,A. I.; Venkataraman,G.; Ryeyna,G.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M. 2007 ; ( ):
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) of the Kidney. Corcordance of cytologic typing/grading with histology in 31 renal masses. Abstract # 289.Masoom,S.; Venkataraman,G.; Jensen,J.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.LABORATORY INVESTIGATION 2006 ;86(1S):66A
Utility of prostate biopsy morphometric sum optical density for identifying extraprostatic extension on subsequent prostatectomy.Bargaje,A.; Venkataraman,G.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.; Ananthanarayanan,V.Analytical & Quantitative Cytology & Histology 2006 ;28(6):343-345
Report of an angiosarcoma mimic: cutaneous aneurysmal fibrous histiocytoma.Venkataraman,G.; Hammadeh,R.APMIS 2006 ;114(10):744-748
Morphometric sum optical density as a surrogate marker for ploidy status in prostate cancer: an analysis in 180 biopsies using logistic regression and binary recursive partitioning.Venkataraman,G.; Ananthanarayanan,V.; Paner,G. P.; He,R.; Masoom,S.; Sinacore,J.; Flanigan,R. C.; Wojcik,E. M.Virchows Archiv 2006 ;449(3):302-307
Clear cell sarcoma of the small bowel: a potential pitfall. Case report.Venkataraman,G.; Quinn,A. M.; Williams,J.; Hammadeh,R.APMIS 2005 ;113(10):716-719
Tissue microarrays: potential in the Indian subcontinentVenkataraman,G.; Ananthanaranayanan,V.Indian journal of cancer 2005 ;42(1):9-14
Extraparenchymal testicular leydig cells: An analysis of prominent foci in orchiectomies for tumor and nontumoral testicular pathologiesLapetino,S.; Barkan,G. A.; Gorbones,A.; Venkataraman,G.; Paner,G. P. ; ( ):
Causes of negative FNA's results in patients with pancreatic neoplasm. Abstract # 358Masoom,S.; Salem,F.; Venkataraman,G.; Barkan,G.; Wojcik,E. M. ; ( ):80A
Plasma cell neoplasm associated with Castleman disease-like follicles.Venkataraman,G.; Miller,R. L.; Raffeld,M. A.; Pittaluga,S.; Jaffe,E. S. ; ( ):
Bone marrow histology in a cohort of HIV+ patients with Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD) associated with Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus.Venkataraman,G.; Uldrick,T. S.; Little,R.; Yarchoan,R.; Pittaluga,S.; Maric,I. ; ( ):
Urine cytology after urinary diversionLiu,L.; Venkataraman,G.; Barkan,G. A.; Kapur,U.; Quek,M. L.; Wojcik,E. M. ; ( ):
Education
Medical School
Kilpauk Medical College
Residency
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Pathology: Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Loyola University Medical Center, Pathology: Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Fellowship
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Hematopathology
Languages
Hindi
Tamil
Interests & Hobbies
Photography
Computer Image Processing