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| Education |
| 1990 |
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Fellow |
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Gynecological/Obstetrical Pathology |
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Hutzel Hospital/Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI |
| 1986 |
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Resident |
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Clinical & Anatomic Pathology |
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Wayne State University School of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Detroit, MI |
| 1985 |
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M.D. |
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Medicine |
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University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, USA |
| 1981 |
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B.Sc. |
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Biology |
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University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, USA |
| Professional Experience |
| 2008- PRES |
Member, Small Animal Imaging Facility (SAIF) Oversight Committee, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH |
| 2008- PRES |
Director, Biopathology Core, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH |
| 2007- PRES |
Medical Director, Biopathology Center, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH |
| 2007- PRES |
Director, Morphology Core,The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH |
| 2006- PRES |
Director of Surgical Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH |
| 2001- PRES |
Attending Pathologist, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Arthur P. James Cancer Center and University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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Research Interests
Dr. Ramirez is the director of the Biopathology Center (BPC) at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
The BPC is a biorepository with the primary objective of long-term acquisition and storage of a large number of cancer, normal and diseased biospecimens obtained from patients with Informed Consent, and related data for the purpose of supporting cutting edge research.
The BPC operates under the guidance of The Research Institute of Nationwide Children's Hospital, in collaboration with The Ohio State University Medical Center. The research investigators supported by the BPC are not localized to one city, state, region, or even country - investigators worldwide look to the BPC to meet their needs. The broad diversity in age, geographic origin, sex, etc, of our specimen donors and the large number of specimens on hand constitute a large, statistically significant collection suitable for plausible research conclusions. While acquiring pediatric and gynecologic cancer tissues is our primary focus, virtually any non-infectious tissue is accepted into inventory.
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| Selected Publications |
| LeGallo RD, Stelow EB, Ramirez NC, Atkins KA: Diagnosis of Hydatidiform Moles Using p57 Immunohistochemistry and HER2 Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization. Am J Clin Pathol 2008;29:749-755 PubMed ID: 18426735 |
| Ramirez NC, Barr TJ, Billiter DM: Utilizing Virtual Microscopy for Quality Control Review. Dis Markers, Vol.23, No.5-6, 2007, 459-466 PubMed ID: 18057529 |
| Diaz-Haderthauer M, Cohn DE, Ramirez NC: Aggressive Angiomyxoma of the Vulva. Surgical Pathology No. SP 07-1 (SP-345), Check Sample, American Society for Clinical Pathology, Surgical Pathology, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2007, ISSN-1091-8655, 2007 |
| Bloomston M, Chanona-Vilchis J, Ellison EC, Ramirez NC, Frankel WL: Carcinosarcoma of the Pancreas arising in a mucinous cystic neoplasm. AM Surg. 2006 April; 72 (4): 351-5 PubMed ID: 16676863 |
| Morrison C, Zanagnolo V, Ramirez NC, Cohn DE, Kelbick N, Copeland L, Maxwell GL, Fowler JM: HER-2 is an independent prognostic factor in endometrial cancer: Association with outcome in a large cohort of surgically staged patients. J Clin Oncol 24 (15): 2376-2385, 2006 PubMed ID: 16710036 |
| Cohn DE, Resnik KE, Ramirez NC, Morrison CD: Advanced endometrial cancer with serous metastasis in a 17-year-old. Gynecol Oncol 101 (2006) 356-359 PubMed ID: 16499956 |
| Ben-Shachar I, Pavelka J, Cohn DE, Copeland LJ, Ramirez NC, Manolitsas T, Fowler JM: Surgical staging for patients presenting with grade 1 endometrial carcinoma. Obstet Gynecol 3: 487-493, 2005 PubMed ID: 15738013 |
| Fowler JM, Ramirez NC, Cohn DE, Kelbick N, Pavelka J, Ben-Shachar I, Morrison C: Correlation of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and aromatase expression in human endometrial cancer: Tissue microarray analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 4:1262-1271, 2005 |
| Cordero L, Giannone PJ, Ramirez NC, Joy SD: Mean arterial pressure in concordant and discordant triplets during the first week of life. J Perinatol 3:198-204, 2005 PubMed ID: 15578030 |
| Pavelka JC, Ben-Shachar I, Fowler JM, Ramirez NC, Copeland LJ. Morbid obesity and endometrial cancer: surgical, clinical, and pathologic outcomes in surgically managed patients. Gynecol Oncol 3:588-592, 2004 PubMed ID: 15581968 |
| Satoskar A, Ramirez NC, Bartholomew D, Davis J, Nuovo GJ: Histologic correlates of viral and bacterial infection of the placenta associated with severe morbidity and mortality in the newborn. Human Pathology, Vol. 35, No. 5, May 2004 PubMed ID: 15138926 |
| Qualman SJ, France M, Grizzle WE, LiVolsi VA, Moskaluk CA, Ramirez NC, Washington MK: Establishing a tumour bank: banking, informatics and ethics. British Journal of Cancer (2004), 1-5 PubMed ID: 15026787 |
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