Virginia Commonwealth University Service

Current (Department of Pathology)
Chair, Division of Anatomical Pathology Faculty Meetings
Chair, Anatomic Pathology Director's Committee
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Clinical Service and Research
Member, Performance Improvement Council
Member, Grand Rounds Committee

Licenses & Certifications

Medical Licenses (Current)
New York
Texas
Virginia

Board Certifications 
Cytopathology Board Certification, 1992
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1990

Education

Postgraduate Medical Training
Internship and Residency: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
University of Texas Medical School/University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX
1985-89

Fellowship: Surgical and Cytopathology
Director:  Dr. William J. Frable, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University  1989-90

Medical Education
MD: University of Texas Medical School
Houston, TX, 1985

Graduate Education
PhD: Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, 1981

Awards

2007 “In Appreciation, Council (2004-2007)”, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

2007 Dedicated Service to Cancer Cytopathology on occasion of 10th Anniversary, presented by American Cancer Society 2007 America’s Top Pathologists, Consumers Research Council of America

2006-2007 25th Brindley Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

2005 Recognition Award, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) for Service on Education Committee

2005 John K. Frost Lectureship (6 th Annual Mastering the Challenges of Cytopathology) Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

2002 ASCP Distinguished Service Award Honoring George F. Stevenson, MD

Editorial Advisory Boards

Guest Editor, Pathology Case Reviews: Mediastinum - 2001, Body Cavity Fluids - 2006
Associate Editor, Cancer Cytopathology 

Editorial Boards 
Advances in Anatomic Pathology
Pathology Case Reviews
Cyto Journal (online journal)

Professional Service 

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

• Director, Regional Education Course: Non-Gynecologic Cytopathology (1996 - 2005)
• AMS-CCE Teleconference Committee (1996 - 2002)
• CCE Council on Cytopathology: Chair (2001 - 2002), Member (1996 -2000)
• Board of Registry, Cytotechnology Examination Committee Member (1994- 2000)

Papanicolaou Society of Cytology

• Executive Board Member (2000 - 2003)
• Awards Committee Chair (2000 - 2003)
• Research Task Force Chair (1995 - 2000)
• Research Awards Committee Chair (1996 - 2000)

International Academy of Cytology
Evolving Technologies Committee (1995-1998) (1998-2001) (2002-2004)

American Society of Cytopathology

• President, 2004
• President Elect, 2003
• Vice President, 2002
• Executive Board Member (1999-2005)
• Chair, Nominating Committee (2005)
• Facuty, “Cytologic Evaluation of Salivary Gland Aspirates: A Case-Based Approach with Histologic Correlation” (2004 - 2005), Workshop
• Member, ASC Foundation (2002 - 2004)
• ASC Strategic Plan, Facilitator
• Director of Cytopathology Review (1998 - 2001)
• Membership Committee Chair and Member (1995 - 1998)

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

• Co-Convenor, Cytopathology International Academy of Pathology Centennial Congress (2006)
• Member, Council (2004-2007)
• Director, Diagnostic Cytopathology (2004- current)
• Director, Cytopathology Evening Specialty Conference (2002-2005)
• Faculty, “An Integrated Cytologic and Histologic Approach to the Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Tumors" (2005-2008), Short Course
• Education Committee (2000 - 2004)
• Abstract Review Board (1998 - 2000)

American Board of Pathology
Test Development Committee for Cytopathology (2002-2007)

Professional Organizations

Richmond Academy of Medicine (2000-) 
Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology (2000-)
Medical Society of Virginia (1998-)
Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists (1997-)
International Academy of Cytology (1996-)
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Associates (1995-)
American Society of Cytopathology (1988-)  
Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (1993-1996)
College of American Pathologists (Fellow) (1991-)
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (1988-)
American Society of Clinical Pathology (Fellow) (1987-)
American Medical Association (1981-)

Recent Publications

Book Chapters

Berbescu E, Idowu M, Powers CN. “Lung” in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology, Fine-Needle Aspiration. Editor. Mark Sidawy. Elsevier Churchill Livingston. 2007:159-200.

Wick MR and Powers CN. “The Mediastinum and Thymus” Principle and Practice of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology, 4th Edition. Silverberg S, LiVilsi VA, Wick M, DeLellis RL, Frable WJ. Eds. Elsevier Science, Orlando, FL. 2005:1091-1134.

O’Grady A, Atkins KA, Powers CN. “Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Endocrine Glands”. In Lloyd RV. (ed) Endocrine Pathology. Differential Diagnosis and Molecular Advances. Humana Press. Totowa, New Jersey. 2004:329-344.

Powers CN and Atkins, KA. “Mediastinum”. Chapter 9. In Atlas of Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2 nd Edition. Atkinson B (ed). W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA. 2004:391-410.

Atkins KA and Powers CN. “Salivary Glands”. Chapter 12. In Atlas of Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2 nd Edition. Atkinson B (ed) W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA). 2004:497-526.

Atkins KA and Powers CN. “Aspiration of Cutaneous and Miscellaneous Lesions of the Head and Neck”. Chapter 13. In Atlas of Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2 nd Edition. Atkinson B (ed). W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA. 2004:527-550.

Sherman ME, Abdul-Karim F, Berek JS, Powers CN, Sidawy MK, Tabbara SO. “Atypical Squamous Cells” The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, 2 nd Edition. Soloman D and Najar R (Eds). Springer, New York 2004:67-87.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Powers CN, Geisinger KG. Fine Needle Aspiration of the Mediastinum: An overview. Pathology Case Reviews 2001;6(2):49-58.    

Pitman MB, Cibas E, Powers CN, Frable WJ, Renshaw AA. Reducing or eliminating ASCUS Decreases Diagnostic Accuracy of the Pap Smear. Cancer (cancer Cytopathol) 2002; 96:128-134. 

Atkins KA and Powers CN, Frable WJ. Infectious Diseases in Cytopathology. (Invited Review); Advances in Anatomic Pathology 2002; 9 (1): 52-64.

Idowu MO, Contos M, Gill S, Powers, CN. Merkel cell carcinoma: A report of gastrointestinal metastasis and review of the literature. Archives of Pathol and Lab Med 2003; 127(3):367-369.

Faquin, WC and Powers, CN. Aggressive forms of follicular-derived thyroid cancer. Pathology Case Reviews (invited) 2003; 8(1):25-33.

Dodson K, Powers CN, Reiter ER. Extranodal Rosai Dorfman disease presenting as synchronous nasal and intracranial masses. Am J. Otolaryngol 2003; 24:426-430.

Idowu MO, Reiter ER, Powers CN. Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. A pitfall in aspiration of the thyroid. Am J. Clin Pathol 2004; 121:551-556.

Robertson JC, Buck DA, Schmidt-Ullrich R, Powers CN, Reiter ER. Isolated plexiform neurofibroma: Treatment with 3-D conformal radiotherapy. Laryngoscope 2004; 114:1139-1142.

Reiter ER, Idowu MO, Powers CN. Unusual paratracheal masses presenting with vocal cord paralysis. ENT Journal 2006; 85(2):112-115.

 

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