Dr. Walid E. Khalbuss

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), USA

Email: khalbussw2@upmc.edu

Qualifications

1990 Ph.D., East Tennessee State University, Biomedical Sciences

1982 M.D., University of Mousl School of Medicine, Medicine and Surgery

Publications (selected)

1. Monaco SE, Pantanowitz L, Khalbuss WE. Comparing endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration specimens with and without rapid on-site evaluation. Cytojournal 2012; 9:2.
2. Quiroga-Garza G, Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Nassar D, Pantanowitz L. Vegetable Cell Contaminants in Urinary Bladder Diversion Cytology Specimens. Acta Cytol. 2012; 56(3):271-6.
3. Al-Maghraby H, Ghorab Z, Khalbuss WE, Wong J, Silverman JF, Saad RS. The diagnostic utility of CK5/6 and p63 in fine-needle aspiration of the breast lesions diagnosed as proliferative fibrocystic lesion. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012 Feb; 40(2):141-7.
4. Khalbuss WE, Michelow P, Benedict C., Monaco SE, and Pantanowitz L. A Cytomorphology of Unusual Infectious Entities in the Pap Test. CytoJournal, 2012.
5. Monaco SE, Benkovich V, Ozolek J, Khalbuss WE, Pantanowitz L, Nikiforov YE. Cytomorphologic and molecular genetics findings in pediatric thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsies. Cancer Cytopathology. 2012. May 17. doi: 10.1002/cncy.21199.
6. Modery J, Khalbuss WE, Pantanowitz L. All aboard: Cytotechnology student training in pathology informatics. J Pathol Inform. 2012; 3:6. Epub 2012 Feb 29.
7. Monaco SE, Pantanowitz L, Khalbuss WE. Comparing endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration specimens with and without rapid on-site evaluation. Cytojournal. 2012; 9:2. Epub 2012 Jan 31.
8. Monaco SE, Khalbuss WE, Pantanowitz L. Benign non-infectious causes of lymphadenopathy: A review of cytomorphology and differential diagnosis. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012 Feb 20. doi: 10.1002/dc.21767.
9. Khalbuss WE, Pantanowitz L, Parwani AV. Digital imaging in cytopathology. Pathology Research International. 2011; 264683.
10. Khalbuss WE, Yang H, Lian Q, Elhosseiny A, Pantanowitz L, Monaco SE. The cytomorphologic spectrum of small cell carcinoma and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in body cavity effusions: a study of 68 cases. Cytojournal 2011; 8:11. Also published in Focus Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology newsletter as a timely topic December 2011; volume 16(2).
11. Lang T, Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Michelow P, Pantanowitz L. Review of HIV-related cytopathology. Pathology Research International. 2011 Apr 7; 2011:256083.
12. Thrall M, Pantanowitz L, Khalbuss WE. Telecytology: clinical applications, current challenges and future benefits. Journal Pathology Informatics 2011, 2:51.
13. Purgina B, Jaffe R, Monaco SE, Khalbuss WE, Beasley HS, Dunn J, Pantanowitz L. Cytomorphology of Erdheim-Chester disease presenting as a retroperitoneal soft tissue lesion. Cytojournal 2011; 8:22.
14. Yildiz-Aktas IZ, Monaco SE, Khalbuss WE, Parwani AV, Jaffe TM, Pantanowitz L. Testicular touch preparation cytology in the evaluation of male infertility. Cytojouornal. 2011; 8:24.
15. Kamat S, Parwani AV, Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Kelly SM, Wiehagen LT, Piccoli AL, Lassige KM, Pantanowitz L. Use of a laboratory information system driven tool for pre-signout quality assurance of random cytopathology reports.Journal Pathology Informatics. 2011; 2:42.
16. Arya P, Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Pantanowitz L. Salivary duct carcinoma with striking neutrophiltumor cell cannibalism. Cytojournal 2011; 8:15.
17. Lang T, Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Pantanowitz L. Solitary tracheobronchial papilloma: cytomorphology and ancillary studies with histologic correlation. Cytojournal 2011; 8:6.
18. Pantanowitz L, Parwani AV, Khalbuss WE. Digital imaging for cytopathology: are we there yet? Cytopathology. 2011; 22:73-74.
19. Thrall M, Pantanowitz L, Khalbuss WE. Telecytology: Clinical applications, current challenges, and future benefits. J Pathol Inform. 2011; 2:51. Dec 26.
20. Laucirica R, Bentz JS, Khalbuss WE, Clayton AC, Souers RJ, Moriarty AT. Performance characteristics of mucinous (colloid) carcinoma of the breast in fine-needle aspirates: observations from the College of American Pathologists Inter laboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytopathology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Dec; 135(12):1533-8.