Vinod Shidham
734-770-2706
Vinod Shidham
Office Address
Department of Pathology
Karmanos Cancer Center & Detroit Medical Center
Old Hutzel Hospital (Dept of Cytology - Ground Floor)
4707 St. Antoine Blvd
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 993 0699
Administrative Contact
Kathy RostPhone: 734-770-2706
Email: hj6800@wayne.edu
Position Title
Executive editor & coeditor-in-chief: CytoJournal (WWW.CytoJournal.com)Vice Chair- AP & Professor
Cytopathology Fellowship Program Director
Biography
Dr. Shidham is a certified Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist and Cytopathologist by American Board of Pathology. Dr. Shidham signs out Cytopathology with focus on FNA in general and EUS-FNA of pancreas. He participates in all gastrointestinal (GI) pathology activities including signing out GI pathology cases and GI pathology consults as well as in various GI conferences.
Clinical and Diagnostic/Consultative Expertise
Cytopathology, fine needle aspiration biopsy, FNA, molecular cytopathology, surgical pathology, gastrointestinal pathology, soft tissue tumors.
Education Training
MBBS (1976)
Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur University
Nagpur, India
MD, Pathology (1979)
Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur University
Nagpur, India
Residency (1994-1997)
Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine
MCP-Hahnemann University Hospitals
Philadelphia, PA
Cytopathology Fellowship (1997-1998)
Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine
MCP-Hahnemann University Hospitals
Philadelphia, PA
Medical Education Responsibilities
Undergraduate
Mentor (MS3) / Mock interviews (MS4)
Residency/Fellowship
Program Director, Cytopathology Fellowship
Other
Medical Director, Cytotechnology School
Areas of Interest
Cytopathology of serous cavity fluid cytopathologyPulmonary cytopathology
EUS-FNA of pancreas
Intraoperative cytopathology
Emerging technologies in cytopathology
Molecular cytopathology
Research Interests
Fine needle aspiration biopsy, intraoperative cytopathology and consultation, cell blocks in cytopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, immunocyto-histochemistry, melanoma sentinel lymph nodes, molecular cytopathology, telepathology.
Publications
List of a few in addition to many Abstracts/Posters/Platforms/Invited-guest lectures/workshops
Books and Book Chapters:
1. Shidham V.B. and Atkinson BF, 2007, Editors and contributors ‘Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids’ Multiauthor book with 15 chapters, Elsevier (W. B. Saunders Company) First edition, (ISBN-13:9781416001454)
2. Shidham V.B., 2004, Respiratory Cytology. In Atkinson BF, ed. Atkinson Atlas of Diagnostic Cytopathology. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company. Second edition, Chapter 7, p273-356.
3. Shidham V.B., Falzon M, 2010, Serous effusions: reactive, benign and malignant. In Gray & Kocjan, ed. Diagnostic Cytopathology, Elsevier, 3rd edition, Chapter 3.
4. Staerkel GA, Ljung B-M, Shidham V.B., Frable WJ, Rosai J, 2007, Anaplastic carcinoma. In Cibas & Ali, ed. The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: Definitions, Criteria, and Explanatory Notes. Based on NCI Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference, Chapter 11.
Online Book Chapters:
1. Shidham VB, Acker SM, Vesole DH, Hackbarth DA. Benign and malignant soft tissue tumors, In. Orthopedic Surgery, eMedicine from WebMD. Updated Dec 12, 2006. Available at: https://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic377.htm.
2. Wenner KA, Sloan SB, Shidham VB, Acker SM. Atypical Mole (Dysplastic Nevus). eMedicine from WebMD. Updated October 21, 2009. Available at: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1056283-overview.
3. Rao N, Rao R, Panikkar V, Shidham V. Chordoma. In. Orthopedic Surgery, eMedicine from WebMD. Updated June 3, 2008. Available at: https://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic49.htm
4. Rao N, Hackbarth DA, Panikkar V, Shidham VB. Postradiation Sarcoma, In. Orthopedic Surgery, eMedicine from WebMD. Updated Jul 14, 2009. Available at: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1253714-overview
5. Jhala N, Hackbarth DA, Shidham VB. Telangiectatic Osteogenic Sarcoma. In. Orthopedic Surgery, eMedicine from WebMD. Updated Jan 18, 2008. Available at: https://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic566.htm
6. Osipov VO,Shidham VB, Chavan A, Rao N. Granular Cell Tumors. In. Oncology, eMedicine from WebMD. Updated Aug 15, 2008. Available at: https://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2493.htm
Other publications (Reviews, research articles etc):
Review articles
1. Shidham V and Shidham G.Staining method for the differential diagnosis of gouty tophus, pseudogout, and tumoral calcinosis. (Invited review article).
2. LabMedica International18(4):14-16;2001 Internationally distributed journal, published in cooperation with International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC).
3. Chang CC, Shidham VB. Molecular Genetics of Pediatric Soft Tissue Tumors: Clinical Application. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 2003;5:143–154 (Invited review article).
4. Shidham VB, Chang CC, Komorowski R. ‘MCW melanoma cocktail’ for evaluation of metastases in sentinel lymph nodes of cutaneous melanoma (Invited review article). Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics 2005; 5(3):281-290.
5. Shidham VB. Serous Fluid Cytopathology (Suggestions for simplifying effusion fluid interpretation using cytopathologic evaluation are detailed). ADVANCE for Administrators of the Laboratory. Jan 2012 (Vol. 21 • Issue 1 • Page 32). http://laboratory-manager.advanceweb.com/Editorial/Content/editorial.aspx?CTIID=1094
6. Shidham VB, Pitman MB, DeMay RM. How to write an article: Preparing a publishable manuscript!. CytoJournal [serial online] 2012 [cited 2012 Feb 1];9:1. Free full text available at: https://www.cytojournal.com/text.asp?2012/9/1/1/92545
Research articles