Ifeyinwa E. Obiorah, M.D., Ph.D.

Ifeyinwa Obiorah, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology

EDUCATION:

Medical School: Nnamdi Azikiwe University, College of Health Sciences, Nigeria
Residency: Georgetown University (Anatomic/Clinical pathology)
Fellowship: National Institute of Health (Hematopathology)

CLINICAL:

Pathology; Hematopathology

RESEARCH:

Molecular characterization of T cell lymphomas, with a special interest in cutaneous lymphomas.

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Obiorah IE, Kundu D, Adekunle F, Pramoonjago P, Calvo KR, Liu P, Goldfarb A. Megakaryocyte centrosomal and Golgi structural perturbations in patients with primary myelofibrosis and with RUNX1 germline mutation. Leuk Lymphoma. 2024 Dec 9;1-4.
Adekunle F, Ko K, Craig J, Courville E, Williams E, Aguilera N, Obiorah IE. Concurrent myelodysplastic malignancies and plasma cell neoplasms; a clinicopathological study with prognostic implications. Leuk Lymphoma. 2024 Dec;65(13):1983-1990.
Moore ME, Aguilera NS, Obiorah I, Williams E, Courville E. Assessment for acceleration and transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma using histologic and immunohistochemical features: a case series. J Hematop. 2024 Sep;17(3):139-147.
Larkey NE, Obiorah IE. Advances and Progress in Automated Urine Analyzers. Clin Lab Med. 2024 Sep;44(3):409-421.
Dar N, Roberts N, Gru A, Obiorah I, Zheng J, Shields LK, Cropley T, Marchi E. Tumor flare reaction in a patient with mycosis fungoides treated with a novel immune-epigenetic doublet. JAAD Case Rep. 2024 Jun;48:18-22. PMID: 38741658. PMCID: PMC11090057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2024.03.016. Epub 2024 Apr 07
Roberts N, Obiorah I, Batchala P, MD, Ayers E. Follicular Lymphoma with Cranial Nerve and Central Nervous System Involvement Successfully Treated with Bendamustine and Rituximab – A Case Report and Literature Review. Medical Research archives.Vol 12 No 5 (2024): Issue 5, VOl.12.
Zhou T, Curry CV, Khanlari M, Shi M, Cui W, Peker D, Chen W, Wang E, Gao J, Shen Q, Xie W, Jelloul FZ, King RL, Yuan J, Wang X, Zhao C, Obiorah IE, Courville EL, Nomura E, Cherian S, Xu ML, Burack WR, Liu HX, Jabbour EJ, Takahashi K, Wang W, Wang SA, Khoury JD, Medeiros LJ, Hu S. Genetics and pathologic landscape of lineage switch of acute leukemia during therapy. Blood Cancer J. 2024 Jan 25;14(1):19.
Obiorah IE, Upadhyaya KD, Calvo KR. Germline Predisposition to Myeloid Neoplasms: Diagnostic Concepts and Classifications. Clin Lab Med. 2023 Dec;43(4):615-638.
Singh A**, Obiorah IE. Aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the pediatric and young adult population; diagnostic and molecular pearls of wisdom. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2023 Nov;40(6):392-400
Obiorah IE, Aguilera NS, Gru A, Courville EL. Isolated Light Chain-restricted Germinal Centers are Common in Follicular Hyperplasia by Ultrasensitive In Situ Hybridization. Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 Jun 1;47(6):694-700.
Whitehair R, Rosti RO and Obiorah, IE. Molecular classification of Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; impact on prognosis and treatment. Advances in Molecular Pathology. 2023; 6(1);25-37.
Obiorah I, Courville EL. Diagnostic Flow Cytometry in the Era of Targeted Therapies: Lessons from Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies and Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Adoptive Immunotherapy. Surg Pathol Clin. 2023 Jun;16(2):423-431.
Obiorah IE, Karrs J, Brown L, Wang HW, Karai LJ, Pham TH, Pham TA, Xi L, Pittaluga S, Raffeld M, Jaffe ES. Overlapping Features of Primary Cutaneous Marginal Zone Lymphoproliferative Disorder and Primary Cutaneous CD4 + Small/Medium T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder : A Diagnostic Challenge Examined by Genomic Analysis. Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 Mar 1;47(3):344-353
Obiorah IE, Wang HW, Ma D, Martin E, Wilson WH, Braylan R. The Effectiveness of Dual-Staining Immunohistochemistry in the Detection of Mantle Cell Lymphoma in the Bone Marrow. Am J Clin Pathol. 2022 May 4;157(5):709-717.
Obiorah IE, Patel BA, Groarke EM, Wang W, Trick M, Ombrello AK, Ferrada MA, Wu Z, Gutierrez-Rodrigues F, Lotter J, Wilson L, Hoffmann P, Cardona DO, Patel N, Dulau-Florea A, Kastner DL, Grayson PC, Beck DB, Young NS, Calvo KR. Benign and malignant hematologic manifestations in patients with VEXAS syndrome due to somatic mutations in UBA1. Blood Adv. 2021 Aug 24;5(16):3203-3215.

A current list of Dr. Obiorah’s journal publications can be obtained from PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=oBIORAH+I).