Pathology & Laboratory Medicine About Us Message from the Chair Contact Us Education & Training Residency Program Fellowship Programs CLS Program Graduate Program Research Faculty & Labs Scholarly Activity Clinical Expertise Divisions Faculty Neuropathology Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Home About Campus & Community Resources Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: Divisions > Neuropathology Expertise in Neuropathology Neuropathology faculty members provide a broad range of clinical, research and educational services. We work closely with teams of neurologists, oncologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and neuroscientists, as well as other healthcare providers. Advancing Neuropathology Research, Training & Clinical Care Our clinical faculty members are board-certified neuropathologists who have substantial experience with brain tumors and epilepsy, as well as infectious, inflammatory, demyelinating and neurodegenerative disorders. Our faculty specialty areas include: Neoplasms including gliomas, meningiomas and pituitary tumors Vascular malformations of the nervous system Skull base disorders Spinal cord disorders Peripheral nerve and muscle disorders Dementia and neurodegenerative disorders Stroke and cerebrovascular disease Epilepsy and developmental disorders of the nervous system Consultations on problematic and unusual cases There are weekly neuropathology CQE (consensus, quality, education), general brain autopsy, neuromuscular pathology, neurodegenerative brain autopsy and brain tumor board conferences at Douglas Hospital and periodic brain autopsy examinations at the Tibor Rubin Veterans Administration Medical Center and Orange County Sheriff’s Department-Coroners Office. Research Overview Neuropathology research strengths are broad, including brain development, neurodegeneration and computational neuropathology. Major funded programs include: UCI Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) supporting studies of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Alzheimer Biomarker Consortium – Down syndrome (ABC-DS), researching Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis in Down syndrome NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network mapping and molecularly characterizing brain cells across the human brain Education & Training Opportunities The Neuropathology subspecialty offers the following educational opportunities: medical student rotations and brain autopsy conferences, research training (graduate and postdoctoral), residency training and a neuropathology fellowship. Pathology Residency Program Our fully-accredited Pathology Residency program provides comprehensive training in anatomic and clinical pathology. Explore Our Residency Program Neuropathology Fellowship Program The Neuropathology Fellowship provides training in surgical and autopsy neuropathology, including pediatric neuropathology, forensic neuropathology and ophthalmic pathology. Explore Our Fellowship Program Co-directors, Surgical Neuropathology Mari Perez-Rosendahl, MD Program Director, Pathology Residency Program, Pathology Assistant Professor, Neurology William Yong, MD Chief of Neuropathology Director, Neuropathology Fellowship Clinical Faculty Edwin Monuki, MD, PhD Warren L. Bostick Professor and Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program Mari Perez-Rosendahl, MD Program Director, Pathology Residency Program, Pathology Assistant Professor, Neurology Matthew Rose, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Pathology William Yong, MD Chief of Neuropathology Director, Neuropathology Fellowship Research Faculty Elizabeth Head, PhD Research interests: Down syndrome, Alzheimer Biomarker Consortium-Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network HEAD LAB Albert La Spada, MD, PhD Research interests: Neurodegeneration, molecular neurotherapeutics (Huntington’s disease, ALS, SCA7, Parkinson’s disease), UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics LA SPADA LAB Jana Lipkova, PhD Research interests: Healthcare artificial intelligence, including in neuro-oncology, neuropathology and immunology Jana's lab - AI for Pathology Edwin S. Monuki, MD, PhD Research interests: Choroid plexus development and regenerative medicine, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network MONUKI LAB Matthew Rose, MD, PhD Research interests: Gene networks in brainstem development Mari Perez-Rosendahl, MD Research interests: General neuropathology and neuromuscular pathology, clinicopathologic studies, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center William Yong, MD Research interests: Down syndrome, NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, brain tumors, biobanking, informatics/digital pathology Affiliated Faculty Maria Del Valle Estopinal, MD Research interests: Ophthalmic pathology, benign and malignant ophthalmic neoplasms Tahseen Mozaffar, MD Research interests: Neuromuscular pathology, immune myopathies including inclusion body myositis Contact Us Please visit our Pathology & Laboratory Science Department contact us page for department and division contact information. 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