Ascension St. John Hospital Graduates

All graduates of the department of Pathology at Ascension St. John Hospital have secured excellent fellowships at various national institutions as listed below.

  • 2019 Graduates:

    Ahmed Alrajjal, MD

    • Hematopathology, Wayne State University, 2019-2020
    • Cytopathology, Wayne State University, 2020-2021

    Sajad Salehi, MD

    • Hematopathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2019-2020
    • Surgical Pathology, University of Illinois, 2020-2021


  • 2018 Graduates:

    Warda Ibrar, MD

    • Hematopathology, University of Nebraska, 2019-2020


    Ameer Hamza, MD

    • Surgical Pathology, MD Anderson, 2018-2019
    • Genitourinary Pathology, MD Anderson, 2019-2020


  • 2017 Graduates:

    Ahmad Ibrahim, MD

    • Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Southern California, 2017-2018
    • Cytopathology Fellowship, University of Southern California, 2018-2019 

    Muhammad Khurram, MD 

    • Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, 2017-2018

  • 2016 Graduates:

    Ian Anderson, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, University of Vermont, VT Pediatric Pathology
    • Current Position: Ascension St. John Hospital, MI

    Saja Asakrah, MD 

    • Hematopathology Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA
    • Current position: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • 2015 Graduates:

    Catherine Socec, MD

    • Hematopathology Fellowship, Wayne State University, MI
    • Pediatric Pathology, University of Cincinnati, OH
    • Current Position: St. Vincent’s Hospital (Ascension Health), Indianapolis, IN

    Ghassan Tranesh, MD 

    • Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
    • Cytopathology Fellowship, University of California, San Diego
    • Current Position: Banner University Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson,AZ
  • 2014 Graduates:

    Syed Gilani, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 
    • Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship, MD Anderson Center, Houston, TX
    • Current Postion: Morristown , NJ (MD Anderson affiliated site)

    Umer Sheikh, MD 

    • Surgical Pathology Fellowship,Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
    • Cytopathology Fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Current Position: Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 2013 Graduates:

    Khushi Nagori, MD  

    • Hematopathology Fellowship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
    • Current Position: Oakwood Hospital, MI

    Randy Tashjian, MD  

    • Forensic Pathology Fellowship, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
    • Neuropathology Fellowship (2014),  Brown University, Providence, RI
    • Current Position: Nashville, TN, Medical Examiners Office
  • 2012 Graduates

    Adeel Raza, MD

    • Hematopathology Fellowship, Methodist Hospital/MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
    • Current Position: Baptist Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, TX; Baylor Surgicare at Mansfield, TX

    Asif Shahab, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, 
    • Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
    • Current Position: Parkway Pathology Group, Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital and Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hopsital, St. Louis, MO

    Muhammad Zulfiqar, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, Wayne State University, MI
    • Current Position: Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL
  • 2011 Graduates:

    Yasin Ahmed, MD 

    • Surgical Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY
  • 2010 Graduates:

    Haitham Nasser, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, William Beaumont Hospital, MI
    • King Abdul Aziz Specialty Hospital, Saudi Arabia

    Shilpa Rungta, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, Henry Ford Hospital, MI
    • Breast Pathology Fellowship, University of Michigan, MI
    • Current position: VA Ann Arbor Hospital, MI
  • 2009 Graduates:

    Ilke Nalbantoglu, MD

    • GI Pathology Fellowship, Emory University, GA
    • Current position, Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, MO

    Ghanem Sunbuli, MD 

    • Surgical Pathology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
    • Head & Neck Pathology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
    • Current position, King Abdul Aziz Specialty Hospital, Saudi Arabia
  • 2008 Graduates:

    Kausar Jabbar, MD

    • Hematopathology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
    • Current position: Beaumont Royal Oak, MI

    Abir Mukherjee, MD 

    • Neuropathology Fellowship, Methodist Hospital/MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
    • Current position, Temple University, PA
  • 2007 Graduates:

    Chady Meroueh, MD 

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
    • Current position, Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa Laboratory, IA
  • 2006 Graduates:

    John Bechinski, DO 

    • Forensic Pathology Fellowship, Wayne County ME Office, MI
    • Current position, Sparrow Health System, MI

    Mohamed El-Fakharany, MD

    • Hematopathology Fellowship, William Beaumont Hospital, MI
    • Current position, St. Mary’s of Michigan Medical Center, MI

    Sreedevi Kurella, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, Winthrop University, NY
    • Hematopathology Fellowship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, NH
    • Current position, Providence Hospital, Washington D.C.

    Ibrahim Mansoor, MD

    • Cytopathology Fellowship, Yale University, CT
    • GI Pathology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, MN
    • Current position, International Medical Center, Saudi Arabia

    Mouhammad Sharaf El-Dean, MD

    • Hematopathology Fellowship, Wayne State University, MI
    • Current position, The College of Physician and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada