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Office
2160 S 1st Ave
Building 101 Room 1739
Maywood, IL 60153Phone+1 708-327-4463Fax+1 708-216-9033
Summary
- Dr. Melike Pekmezci, MD is a board certified pathologist in Maywood, Illinois. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Illinois and California. She is affiliated with UCSF Medical Center and San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Education & Training
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2011 - 2014
- Loyola Medicine MacNeal HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2010 - 2011
- Hacettepe University FOMClass of 2004
- University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Neuropathology
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2012 - 2026
- IL State Medical License 2010 - 2013
- American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic
- American Board of Pathology Neuropathology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 120 citationsCDKN2A loss is associated with shortened overall survival in lower-grade (World Health Organization Grades II-III) astrocytomas.Gerald F. Reis, Melike Pekmezci, Helen M. Hansen, Terri Rice, Roxanne Marshall
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2015-05-01 - 6 citationsIris and Ciliary Body Melanocytomas Are Defined by Solitary GNAQ Mutation Without Additional Oncogenic Alterations.David A Solomon, Biswarathan Ramani, Maya Eiger-Moscovich, Tatyana Milman, Gunay Uludag
Ophthalmology. 2022-12-01 - 50 citationsIntracranial mesenchymal tumor with FET-CREB fusion - a unifying diagnosis for the spectrum of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors and angiomatoid fibrous histiocyt...Emily A. Sloan, Jason Chiang, Javier Villanueva-Meyer, Sanda Alexandrescu, Jennifer M. Eschbacher
Brain Pathology. 2021-01-28