Radiana Trifonova, MD

Dr. Ming-Tseh Lin is an associate professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and serves as the associate director of the Department of Pathology’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory.A molecular pathologist, Dr. Lin is an expert in the development and validation of new assays, including the clinical application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms.Because he initially practiced as a hematologist and bone-marrow transplant specialist, Dr. Lin has a unique perspective on molecular diagnostics.Dr. Lin earned his medical and doctoral degrees at National Taiwan University Medical School and Hospital (Taipei), where he trained in internal medicine and hematology. He completed pathology residencies at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Albany Medical College, as well as two pathology fellowships at Hopkins.Dr. Lin has published more than 100 academic journal articles.

Dr. Syed Zulfiqar Ali is a professor of pathology and an associate professor of radiology and radiological science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as director of the Division of Cytopathology and as director of the Cytopathology Fellowship Training Program. His research interests address diagnostic issues and prognostic factors of clinicopathologic analyses, primarily based on aspiration cytopathology of pancreas, thyroid and soft tissues.Dr. Ali holds an M.D. from Rawalpindi Medical College in Pakistan. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the Metropolitan Hospital Center of New York Medical College and a residency in pathology at Cornell University Medical Center. He also conducted a postdoctoral fellowship in pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well as a fellowship in cytopathology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.Dr. Ali has authored or co-authored hundreds of peer-reviewed publications. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology and is co-editor of “The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology.” Dr. Ali is an active member of the American Society of Cytopathology, where he has served as the chair of various committees and was on the executive board.

Dr. Jacqueline (Jackie) Birkness-Gartman is an Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she previously completed her residency and fellowship in gastrointestinal and liver pathology. Her academic interests include gastrointestinal and liver pathology, as well as undergraduate and graduate medical education.