4^th International Conference on
Oncopathology & Molecular Oncology

Dr. Vinita Pant is a senior consultant pathologist with over two decades of experience in oncopathology. She specializes in bone and soft tissue, breast, and genitourinary pathology, with strong expertise in immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics, including cytogenetics. She completed her MD in Pathology from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, and received advanced oncopathology training at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. She further enhanced her expertise with an Advanced Certification in Molecular Oncology from the Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center, USA. She has worked in leading oncology and referral centers across India, contributing to the diagnosis of complex cancer cases. She is also actively involved in teaching, research, and quality programs, has authored several peer- reviewed publications, and is a member of national and international pathology organizations.

Dr. Hanene Boudabous is a dedicated Medical Oncologist with over 10 years of experience in oncology care across leading institutions in France, including Ambroise Paré Hartmann Hospital, Bizet Private Clinic, and Avicenne University Hospital in Paris. She specializes in developing personalized cancer treatment plans, prescribing chemotherapy, and providing comprehensive, patient-centered care. Dr. Boudabous earned her medical degrees in oncology from Sorbonne University, Paris-Saclay University, and the University of Tunis, where her research focused on gastrointestinal stromal tumors. She is actively involved in clinical research and medical education, contributing to the training of students and healthcare professionals. Known for her compassionate approach and strong communication skills, she is committed to improving patient outcomes and quality of life. She is a member of international oncology networks, including ESMO, and remains engaged in continuous professional development through conferences and collaborations worldwide.

Dr. Urmila Uparkar is an experienced paediatric haematology-oncology specialist with over 25 years of international clinical practice across the UK, USA, Australia, and India. She completed her MBBS and MD in Paediatrics from Mumbai, followed by advanced training and fellowships in paediatric oncology and stem cell transplantation at leading institutions in the UK, Australia, and the United States. Her expertise includes neuro-oncology, solid tumours, and both allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplantation. She has also contributed significantly to research, particularly in neuroblastoma, metastasis, and targeted therapies, with multiple international publications and presentations. Currently serving as a Consultant Paediatric Oncologist in the UK, Dr. Uparkar is actively involved in managing complex cases, multidisciplinary care, research, and medical education.

Dr Hernán Cortés Ramos is a Chilean physician specializing in anatomic pathology, with extensive experience in high-complexity hospital environments. He currently serves as Head of the Anatomic Pathology Unit at Hospital Biprovincial Quillota Petorca and is Vice President of the Chilean Society of Anatomic Pathology. He trained as a medical doctor at the Universidad de Antofagasta and later completed his specialization in anatomic pathology at the Universidad de Chile. Over his career, he has held roles in clinical practice, academic teaching, and healthcare management, including positions in hospital pathology services and as a health manager in the mining sector. In addition to his clinical work, he is involved in medical education as an associate professor and contributes to the advancement of pathology through leadership and professional activities.

Dr. Anand Mohanraj is an Indian pathologist and academician specializing in anatomic and molecular pathology. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Pathology at Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam. He completed his MBBS at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute and earned his MD in Pathology from Pondicherry University, followed by a DNB in Pathology. He also holds a DipRCPath from the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) and completed a fellowship in molecular pathology at Malabar Cancer Centre. With over a decade of experience, Dr. Mohanraj has worked extensively in diagnostic pathology, including histopathology, cytology, hematopathology, and advanced molecular techniques such as FISH, PCR, and next-generation sequencing. He has contributed to standardizing molecular diagnostic panels and is actively involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, research, and academic publishing.

Dr. Malini Goswami is an accomplished pathologist with over 10 years of experience in histopathology and oncopathology. She completed her MBBS from Assam Medical College, followed by DNB in Pathology and a Fellowship in Oncopathology from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi. She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), UK. Dr. Goswami has extensive expertise in reporting complex surgical specimens, immunohistochemistry, and cytology, with a strong focus on cancer diagnostics. She is currently serving as a Consultant Pathologist and Laboratory Head at Agilus Diagnostics, Guwahati.
She has contributed to multiple research publications and national and international conferences, particularly in tumor pathology. With a keen interest in integrating artificial intelligence into healthcare, she has undertaken certified training in AI and machine learning and is currently pursuing an MBA in Hospital Management.

Dr. Acosta is a distinguished Genitourinary Pathologist and Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA. He specializes in urologic cancers, with a focus on testicular and bladder pathology. Previously, Acosta played a key role in Indiana University's Surgical Pathology Fellowship, fostering multidisciplinary training and advancing diagnostic excellence across organ systems. Dr. Acosta currently leads the ACGME-accredited Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship and actively contributes to academic mentorship. His recent research includes impactful publications on rare genitourinary tumors, including sarcomatoid transformations and metastatic lesions, featured in top-tier journals such as Modern Pathology and Histopathology.

Dr. Sangoi is a Clinical Professor of Pathology at Stanford Medicine, California, with expertise in anatomic and clinical pathology, specializing in genitourinary pathology. Board-certified since 2009, he completed his medical degree at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and pursued residency and fellowship training at Stanford University. At Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health, Sangoi plays a key role in clinical diagnostics and education, serving as the Associate Director of the Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program. His academic contributions span kidney, bladder, and prostate pathology, with a strong emphasis on integrating diagnostic excellence and mentorship in pathology training.

Dr. Trinh is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Department of Urology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He serves as Section Chief of Urology at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and Co-Director of the Prostate Cancer Program at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center. A graduate of Université de Montréal, he completed a fellowship in minimally invasive urologic oncology at the Vattikuti Urology Institute and holds an MBA from HEC Paris. Dr. Trinh’s research focuses on health equity and outcomes in urologic cancers, with over 500 publications. He is also a strong advocate for underserved patient communities.

Dr. Khani is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Board-certified in both Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, she completed her residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and a clinical-research fellowship in Urologic Pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Specializing in genitourinary pathology, she diagnoses prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular diseases, in addition to breast pathology. Dr. Khani is committed to translational research in urologic oncology and plays an active role in educating residents and medical students. Her accolades include ISUP and USCAP honors for excellence in research

Dr. Williamson is Professor of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic and serves as Director of Genitourinary Pathology as well as Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Pathology. Board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, he earned his MD from Temple University School of Medicine (2008), completed residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2012), and fellowship in Genitourinary Pathology (2013) at Indiana University School of Medicine. As an educator, he oversees the GU Pathology Fellowship and broader pathology training programs, having been appointed Vice Chair of Education in 2020. Dr. Williamson is internationally recognized for contributions to kidney cancer diagnostics, authorship on numerous scholarly publications, and leadership in integrating molecular pathology and teaching initiatives within the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Fan is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology), with a courtesy appointment in Urology, at Stanford University and Stanford Health Care. A physician-scientist, she earned her MD from Albany Medical College and completed Internal Medicine residency and Medical Oncology fellowship before joining Stanford. At Stanford, she directs the “Frontiers in Cancer Clinical Translation” seminar series, co-directs the Translational Investigator Program, and mentors trainees in programs like CREST. Her research bridges bench and bedside, focusing on oncogene inactivation, nano-proteomics, molecular targeted therapy, and translational trials in renal and lymphoid cancers

Dr. Nabil Adra is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Urology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He serves as program leader for Genitourinary Oncology. Dr. Adra also serves as Service Line Leader for Medical Oncology and Medical Co-Director at the IU Health Simon Cancer Center. His research focus is on novel therapeutics and biomarkers in testicular and prostate cancer.

Dr. Justin Sims is a renowned physician-scientist at Indiana University, USA, with expertise in oncology, molecular pathology, and translational cancer research. His groundbreaking work on tumor genomics and HER2 pathway aberrations has shaped novel therapeutic approaches in breast and lung cancers. A prolific author with over 50 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Sims has received prestigious awards including the ASCO Young Investigator Award and the AACR Team Science Award. He leads several NIH-funded clinical trials and serves on editorial boards of leading oncology journals. Dr. Sims is deeply committed to mentoring future clinician-scientists and advancing precision medicine to improve global cancer care.

Dr. Heather Huelster, MD is the Vice Chair of Education and a Professor of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic. She trained in anatomic and clinical pathology and genitourinary pathology at the Indiana University School of Medicine and is heavily involved in publishing, currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology and a board member of several other journals. She has contributed to several textbooks, including the WHO Classification of Tumours and is the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Purdy Stout Society Annual Prize.

Dr. Farooq Anwar with PhD in Analytical Chemistry from NCEAC, Jamshoro has more than 24 years of research experience at national and international level. He has earned two Post-Doctoral fellowships including from University of Lethbridge, Canada (2007-08) and Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2010-11). He also served as Associate Professor at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University (PSAU), Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia for almost three years (2014 to 2017). Professor Anwar has served as Director Office of the Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) during 2018-2023 and Director Institute of Chemistry during 2017- 2023 at University of Sargodha (UOS), Pakistan. He is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry at University of Sargodha (UOS), Sargodha, Pakistan since 2017. Currently, Dr Anwar is engaged as a Professor at Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. In addition to involvement in different funded research projects as Principal Investigator (PI), he has supervised 15 PhDs, 72 MPhil and 111 MSc research students. He has published mora than 310 publications with 36,200 Google Scholar based Citations (h-index 93, i-10 index 224); 19,700 Scopus indexed citations (h-index 75); 28,000 Research gate based citations (h-index 87) to his credit. He has also authored 21 Book chapters and one Book with foreign publishers.

Dr Anwar has been enlisted as Productive Scientist of Pakistan (PCST) and Fellow of the Chemical Society of Pakistan (CSP). He has also been awarded Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman Gold Medal/Prize-2010 (Chemistry) by Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS). He has also been awarded TWAS Young Affiliate Fellow (2009-14) by World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy. He has also been awarded Research Excellence Award -2018 by PSAU, Saudi Arabia. He has also been enlisted among Worlds 2% top scientists by Elsevier BV Stanford University, USA for the year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 based on "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. Prof Anwar has also been awarded Research Fellowship by Shinawatra University, Pathum Thani, Thailand for the period 2024- 2027.

Dr. Pothiyappan Karthik is presently an Associate Professor and Head at the Department of Food Technology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University), Tamil Nadu, India. He has done Ph.D. in “Food Technology” at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India. He has grown academically as B.Tech. (Biotechnology) from Bharathidasan University and M.Tech. (Food Technology) from AC. Tech., Anna University. He has work experience in Post-Doctoral Fellow at School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China in collaboration with University of Leads, UK. He has received the prestigious CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR, Govt. of India for his doctoral work, Young Scientist Award from IMRF Reg. from Regd with Govt. of India NITI Aayog NGO Darpan and NESA Scientist of the Year Award-2023 from National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi. In addition, he got international research travel grant to attend the conference at Australia, 2015 by SERB-DST, CICS and DBT, Govt. of India. He has also a recipient of a funded major research project Rs. 75 Lakhs from DST, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. His research interests include Food Nanotechnology, Food Engineering, Food colloids, Encapsulation of bioactives, Biopolymers, Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals.

The research accomplishments include 2649 citations with 16 h-index and a cumulative impact factor of 130. He has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and publishers, 15 book chapters, granted international patents (Germany and China) and 1 national patent. Further, he supervised Post-doctorate, JRF, undergraduate and a Master student’s (MS) on the development of millets, functional foods and food emulsions. He has recognised as one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2023 (UK) outstanding reviewers among 7 members in the world. He serves as an academic editor in Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Int. Journal of Food Science, Journal of Food Quality, Journal of Nanotechnology and Editorial Board Member for BMC Biotechnology, apart from being a Guest Editor in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Discover Foods, BMC Chemistry and BMC Nutrition, Springer Nature. He is currently editing a book entitled “Native and Modified Starches for Food Applications” and “Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Food Systems: Advances and Opportunities in Product Formulation, Technology and Delivery” in Elsevier.

Assistant Professor Dr. Tan Choon Hui currently serves as the Head of the Food Science and Nutrition Department at the Faculty of Applied Sciences. She has been with UCSI University since 2009, specializing in food processing and technology. Dr. Tan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science and Food Technology, a PhD in Food Technology, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Tertiary Teaching. She is a Professional Member of the Malaysia Institute of Food Technologists (MIFT) and a full member of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World.

Her research focuses on the characterization and utilization of palm oil, food processing, and the development of functional food products, particularly aimed at enhancing the nutritional quality and shelf life of food products. Over the years, Dr. Tan has secured twelve government and institutional research grants and has contributed as a consultant to ten industrial collaboration projects.

Sapto P. Putro obtained his undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Biology at Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia, in 1992. He subsequently pursued a Master’s degree in Ecology at the Postgraduate Program of the Bandung Institute of Technology, West Java, Indonesia, and graduated in 1999. In 2007, he earned his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Marine Ecology and Aquaculture from the School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Flinders University of South Australia. His professorship in Marine Biology was conferred in 2021. Dr. Putro has dedicated numerous years to the study of aquatic ecology, focusing primarily on biomonitoring aquaculture activities in diverse aquatic environments, including lakes, rivers, coastal areas, offshore regions, and coastal aquaculture systems, both in tropical and temperate ecosystems. He is currently a Senior Lecturer specializing in ecology and aquaculture at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Diponegoro University, Indonesia. Actively engaged in both national and international scientific forums, he is a member of professional organizations such as the Indonesian Biological Association (PBI), the Indonesia Aquaculture Society (IAS), and the World Aquaculture Society (WAS). Additionally, he serves on the editorial boards of several international scientific journals and as an international keynote speaker in the scientific conferences in Marine Ecology and Aquaculture. Dr. Putro has published numerous articles in reputable international journals and has authored several books. His ongoing research emphasizes the development of smart, productive, and sustainable aquaculture practices by employing Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) systems, including his patented innovation, the Stratified Double Net Cage (Patent No. IDS000001488, August 8, 2016; Trademark “KJABB-IMTA SP01” No. IDM000661772, August 24, 2017; DJKI RI). The KJABB-IMTA product was recognized among the "110 Most Prospective Indonesian Innovation Works" in 2018 and has since received several accolades, including the 2023 Award for the Smart Dashboard System to support Smart Modern Aquaculture and Ecoedutourism, as well as the 2024 Award for the Smart Robotic IMTA Cage to support Productive Sustainable Mariculture, granted by the Business Innovation Center (BIC). Moreover, Dr. Putro has developed innovative software for biomonitoring applications that integrates abiotic and biotic data (macrobenthic structure), which has been registered with copyright (No. 000143025, EWS-3SWJ software, January 16, 2019, DJKI RI). He has also established and currently leads the Center of Marine Ecology and Biomonitoring for Sustainable Aquaculture (Ce-MEBSA), which serves as a hub for advancing research and innovation in sustainable aquaculture practices

Dr. Sakshi Piparsania is an accomplished medical professional specializing in Pathology, holding an MBBS and MD in Pathology. She is currently working as a Clinical Associate in Pathology at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai. She completed her postgraduate training from Rajarajeswari Medical College, Bengaluru, and her MBBS from NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur. Dr. Piparsania has a strong academic and research background, with multiple publications in reputed journals focusing on bone tumors, neuropathology, and diagnostic pathology. She has actively participated in national conferences, presenting both papers and posters, and has undergone specialized training in clinical research and neuropathology. A dedicated and detail-oriented professional, she is a member of the Molecular Pathology Association of India (MPAI) and the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA). Her interests include reading, painting, and calligraphy, reflecting a balanced and creative personality.

Dr. Prachi is a Consultant Pathologist specializing in Anatomic Pathology, Cytopathology, Hematology, and Laboratory Medicine. She completed her MBBS from Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, and MD in Pathology from Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ballari. She currently serves as Associate Consultant in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, with extensive experience in oncopathology, surgical pathology, and cytology. She has worked in reputed institutions including Narayana Health, ESIC Hospital Gurugram, and Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi. Her academic contributions include multiple national and international publications in oncopathology, hematopathology, and molecular pathology. She is actively involved in teaching, research, and clinical diagnostics, and has served as faculty, speaker, and chairperson at various national and international conferences. Her key areas of interest include oncopathology, breast pathology, gynecological pathology, and molecular diagnostics.