Pulmonary pathology; pediatric and adult lung diseases

BS: Mathematics/Natural Science, Secondary Education Minor, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, 1988.

PhD: Developmental Biology, Developmental Biology and Medical Science Scholars Programs, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1994.

MD: Medical Science Scholars Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1996.

Residency: Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University-Barnes/Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1996-2002.

Clinical Training/Postdoctoral Research: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1999-2002.

Licensure: State of Ohio, 2003.

Certification: Anatomic Pathology, The American Board of Pathology, 1999.

Fuller KK, Richie DL, Feng X, Krishnan K, Stephens TJ, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Askew DS, Rhodes JC. Divergent Protein Kinase A isoforms co-ordinately regulate conidial germination, carbohydrate metabolism and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Dec 17.

Hagaman JT, Panos RJ, McCormack FX, Thakar CV, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Shipley RT, Kinder BW. Vitamin D deficiency and reduced lung function in connective tissue-associated interstitial lung diseases. Chest. 2010 Aug 5.

Simpson DS, Mason-Richie NA, Gettler CA, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA. Retinoblastoma family proteins have distinct functions in pulmonary epithelial cells in vivo critical for suppressing cell growth and tumorigenesis. Cancer Res. 2009 Nov 15;69(22):8733-41.

Young LR, Franz DN, Nagarkatte P, Fletcher CD, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Galsky MD, Corbridge TC, Lam AP, Gelfand MJ, McCormack FX. Utility of [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-PET in sporadic and tuberous sclerosis-associated lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Chest. 2009 Sep;136(3):926-33.

Wise-Draper TM, Mintz-Cole RA, Morris TA, Simpson DS, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Currier MA, Cripe TP, Grosveld GC, Wells SI. Overexpression of the cellular DEK protein promotes epithelial transformation in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Res. 2009 Mar 1;69(5):1792-9.

Hoskins EE, Morris TA, Higginbotham JM, Spardy N, Cha E, Kelly P, Williams DA, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Duensing S, Wells SI. Fanconi anemia deficiency stimulates HPV-associated hyperplastic growth in organotypic epithelial raft culture. Oncogene. 2009 Feb 5;28(5):674-85. 

 Wise-Draper TM, Morreale RJ, Morris TA, Mintz-Cole RA, Hoskins EE, Balsitis SJ, Husseinzadeh N, Witte DP, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Lambert PF, Wells SI. DEK proto-oncogene expression interferes with the normal epithelial differentiation program. Am J Pathol. 2009 Jan;174(1):71-81.

Mason-Richie NA, Mistry MJ, Gettler CA, Elayyadi A, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA. Retinoblastoma function is essential for establishing lung epithelial quiescence after injury. Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;68(11):4068-76.

Mayhew CN, Carter SL, Fox SR, Sexton CR, Reed CA, Srinivasan SV, Liu X, Wikenheiser-Brokamp K, Boivin GP, Lee JS, Aronow BJ, Thorgeirsson SS, Knudsen ES. RB loss abrogates cell cycle control and genome integrity to promote liver tumorigenesis. Gastroenterology. 2007 Sep;133(3):976-84.

Ciampi R, Giordano TJ, Wikenheiser-Brokamp K, Koenig RJ, Nikiforov YE. HOOK3-RET: a novel type of RET/PTC rearrangement in papillary thyroid carcinoma.Endocr Relat Cancer. 2007 Jun;14(2):445-52.