
Alka S Palekar MD
Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology
Associate Professor, Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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200 Lothrop StBst, Suite S424Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone+1 412-648-9466
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Summary
- Dr. Alka Palekar, MD is a board certified pathologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is an Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1973 - 1975
- AtlantiCare Regional Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1971 - 1973
- Grant Medical CollegeClass of 1966
Certifications & Licensure
- American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Cytopathology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 15 citationsOssifying fibromyxoid tumor: a study of 6 cases of atypical and malignant variants.Kossivi Dantey, Karen E. Schoedel, Oleksandr Yergiyev, Richard L. McGough, Alka Palekar
Human Pathology. 2017-02-01 - 2 citationsCDK8 Expression in Extrauterine Leiomyosarcoma Correlates With Tumor Stage and Progression.Oleksandr Yergiyev, George Garib, Karen E. Schoedel, Alka Palekar, David L. Bartlett
Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology. 2016-07-06 - 6 citationsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus-associated primary effusion lymphoma: An exceedingly rare entity in cerebrospinal fluid.Sarika Jain, Alka Palekar, Sara E. Monaco, Fiona E. Craig, Ghassan K. Bejjani
Cytojournal. 2015-10-23