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Ardeshir Hakam, M.D.
Associate Professor

USF Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive
Room 2071 - J
Tampa, FL 33612

Tampa, FL-33612
(813) 745-1874
Email: hakama@moffitt.usf.edu
hamam586@pol.net

Year appointed: 1999
 

Affiliations:
Site/Title
- Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at USF/ Associate Professor
Pathology and Cell Biology,
12902 Magnolia Dr.,
Tampa, FL-33612

Qualifications:
- American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology.
- American Board of Pathology - Cytology.

Expertise/ Research Interests:
- Gynecologic malignancies, Cytopathology, FNA
- Intra operative touch prep evaluation of the breast margins.
- Intra operative touch prep evaluation of the sentinel lymph nodes

Other Expertise:
- Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Malignancies.

Memberships:
- Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology (ADASP)
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- American College of Pathologists (CAP)
- United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
- International Society for Urological Pathology (ISUP)
- H. Lee Moffitt cancer center and Research institute (clinical
Member in residence)

Previous Positions:
- Pathologist, Sewickley Valley Hospital, Department of Pathology Sewickley, PA 15143, July1995-June 1997
- Fellow, Cytopathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the USF, Tampa, FL, 1998 - 1999.
- Fellow, Surgical Oncologic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the USF, Tampa, FL, 1997-1998
- Genitourinary & Gastrointestinal Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 1994-1995
- Chief Pathology Resident, University of Hawaii, School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii , 1990-1992
- Pathology Resident, University of Hawaii, School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, 1987-1990
- Intern: Central Hospital of Vasa, Department of Pathology, Vasa, Finland, 1985-1986.

Publications:

  1. Diaz JI, MD, Mora LB & Hakam A.
    Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South
    Florida, Tampa, FL; The Maiz Classification of Renal Cell Tumors, Cancer Control Journal, and Vol. 6: (571-579), November - December 1999
  2. Hakam A, Yeatman TJ, Lu L, Mora L, Marcet G, Nicosia SV, Karl R, & Coppola D, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Expression of Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor in human colorectal cancer, Human Pathology, Vol. 30, No. 10: (1128-1133), October 1999
  3. Richard J. Cardosi, Anna C. Nackley, Ardeshir Hakam & James Fiorica
    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Screening Tamoxifen-Treated Endometrium, Operative Techniques in Gynecologic Surgery, Vol. 5, No 3: (175-182), July 2000.
  4. R.Cardosi, A.Speights, J. Fiorica, E. Grendys, A. Hakam, &
    M. Hoffman, Division of Gynecologic Oncology and Interdisciplinary Oncology
    Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Bartholin's Gland Carcinoma: A 15-year Experience, Gynecologic Oncology, August 2001, Vol. 82 (247-251).
  5. A Hakam, Q Fang, R Karl and D Coppola; Co expression of IGF-1R and c-Src proteins in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Digestive Disease and Science, October 2003, 48(10): 1972-1978.
  6. Nasir, A., Kaiser, H. E., Boulware, D., Hakam, A., Zhao, H., Yeatman, T., Barthel, J., and Coppola, D; Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in right- and left-sided colon cancer: A rationale for optimization of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor therapy. Clinical Colorectal Cancer 2004 Feb 3: 243-247.
  7. A. Hakam, A. Nasir, R. Raghuwanshi P.V. Smith, S. Crawley, H. E. Kaiser, E. Grendys, J.F. Fiorica. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at USF, Children's Hospital of USC and International Society for study of comparative Oncology. Value of Multilevel Sectioning for Improved Detection of Micrometastases in Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva, Anticancer Research 2004 March - April; 24 (2C): 1281-1286.
  8. E. Weinberg, D Dickson, L.White, N. Ahmad, J. Patel, A. Hakam, S. Nicosia, E. Dupont, B. Furman, B. Centeno, C. Cox; Cytokeratin staining for Intraoperative evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma. The American Journal of Surgery, 188 (2004) 419-422.
  9. B. Body, V. Body, S. Siegel, A. Nasir, D. Coppola, A. Hakam, H. Kaiser
    Immunocytochemical Detection of Members of the Caspase Cascade
    of Apoptosis in High-grade Astrocytoma, In Vivo, 18:593-602 (2004).
  10. Cox C, Centeno B, Dickson D, Clark J, Nicosia S, Dupont E, Greenberg H, Stowell N, White L, Patel J, Furman B, Cantor A,Hakam A, Ahmad N, Diaz N, King J; Accuracy of intraoperative imprint cytology for sentinel lymph node evaluation in the treatment of breast carcinoma. Cancer Cytopathology, Volume 105, 1 (13-20).
  11. Reed j, Hakam A, Nicosia SV, Coppola D., Department of Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa FL.
    Significance of Fas receptor protein expression in epithelial ovarian cancer. Human Pathology, 2005, 36 (9): 971-6
  12. A Nasir, D Boulware, HE Kaiser, B Bodey, JM Lancaster, D Coppola, PV Smith, A.Hakam, E.Siegel, B.Bodey. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at USF, Children's Hospital of USC and International Society for study of comparative Oncology. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in human endometrial carcinoma and precursor lesions, The potential use of Cox-2 inhibitors in cancer chemoprevention and therapy. Advance Molecular Medicine 2006 2(1): 13:22.