Anwar Raza, MBBS Associate Professor, Pathology and Human Anatomy School of Medicine

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• Warthin tumor with necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and facial nerve paralysis: FNA cytology and diagnostioc pitfalls ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Cytological Features of African Blue Medicine in Pap Smear: Case Report ( 7/2004 - 6/2005 )

• Pleomorphic Lipoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature ( 7/2004 - 6/2005 )

• Unusual Presentations of Adrenoid Cystic Carcinoma. A Report of Three Cases ( 7/2004 - 6/2005 )

• Grading Soft Tissue Sarcomas on FNA Biopsies by Ki-67 Labeling ( 7/2004 - 6/2005 )

• Abnormal Glandular Cells in Pap Smears ( 1/2006 - Present )

• Cytologic Features of African Blue Medicine in Pap Smear: Case Report. ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Pleomorphic Lipoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Unusual Presentations of Adrenoid Cystic Carcinoma. A Report of Three Cases ( 7/2005 - Present )

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• Research on molecular tumor markers ( 1/2007 - 9/2012 )

• Zhao C, Raza A, Martin SE, Pan, J; Greaves TS, Cobb CJ: Breast Fine-Needle Aspiration Samples reported as "proliferative Breast Lesion": Clinical Utility of the Subcategory "Proliferative Breast Lesion with Atypia"  ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of proliferative breast lesions in patients with palpable mammary masses. A review of 172 cases and correlation wuith histologic diagnosis. ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Clinical significance of atypical glandular cells in conventional smears: a histologic follow-up study from a large County hospital. ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Assessing the Follow-up of Abnormal Pap Smears in Los Angeles County Healthcare Facilities ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Assessing the Follow-up of Abnormal Pap Smears in Los Angeles County Healthcare Facilities ( 7/2004 - 6/2005 )

• Noronha Y, Raza A, "Well-differentiated Neuroendocrine (Carcinoid) Tumors of the Extrahepatic Biliary Ducts, resident short reiew.  ( 7/2008 - Present )

• Fine needle Aspiration Cytology of the thyroid follicular lesions: Correlation with histologic findings ( 7/2007 - Present )

• GYN tumors ( 1/2007 - Present )

• Assessing the Follow-up of Abnormal Pap Smears in Los Angeles County Health Care Facilities ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Variations in Practice Guideline Adherence for Abnormal Cervical Cytology ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Primary Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma by Fine Needle Aspiration of a Supraclavicular Lymph Node ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Cytoplasmic Vacuoles is a Good Diagnostic Clue of Malignant Melanoma in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of Hodgkin Lymphoma Using Current WHO Classification - re-evaluation of cases from 1999-2004 with new proposals ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Unusual Presentations of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. A Report of Three Cases ( 7/2005 - Present )

  Abstracts Reporting Research -- Peer Reviewed

• Raza AS, Cobb C.. "Current Issues in Breast Pathology." Diagnostic Cytopathology . (2005): -. ( 1/2005 )

• s. Natarajan, T. Greaves, A. Raza, C. Cobb. "Fine Needle Aspiration of an Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Larynx Mimicking a Thyroid Mass." Diagnostic Cytopathology 30. (2004): 115-118. ( 7/2004 )