Gastrointestinal/Liver & Transplant Fellow

Education  
2023 - Present Fellowship, GI/Liver & Transplant, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
2019-2023 Residency, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
2008-2010 Bachelor of Science, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakestan 
2007-2012 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
 2004-2006 Pre-Medical, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan
Honors and Awards  
 2021 Star Nominee, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
(Presented to resdient/fellow who has gone above and beyond.)
2020 2nd Prize Case Reports, 27th Annual Medical Education Research Forum, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 
2008, 2009, 2010 & 2012 First division in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Final Professional Examinations, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
2009 Distinction in Behavioral Science, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
2010 Chief Minister of Punjab Merit Award, Shahbaz Sharif e-Youth Initiative, Punjab, Pakistan


Professional Memberships
2020 - Present  International Society of Dematopathology
2019 - Present  American Society of Apheresis
2019 - Present  American Society for Clinical Pathology
2019 - Present  College of American Pathologists
2019 - Present  United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Publications
Abou Shaar R, Zia S, Alhamar M, Romano T, Shaw B, Keller C, Friedman BJ. Salivary gland hyalinizing clear-cell carcinoma with cutaneous metastasis: a rare and deceptive tumor. J Cutan Pathol. 2021;48(1):86-89. 

Zia S, Rodgers S, Ormbsy. Cutaneous metastasis in ovarian serous carcinoma- unique presentation at initial diagnosis and review of literature. JOJ Dermatology & Cosmetics. 2021;3(4): 555624.

Zia S, Shaw B, Chapman S, Friedman BJ. An atypical chondroid syringoma with malignant degeneration: utility of comparative genomic hybridization in confirming the diagnosis. J Cutan Pathol. 2021;1-6; Online ahead of print. 

Abou Shaar R, Zia S, Alhamar M, Ormsby A. Pretibial myxedema, nodular variant: unique presentation and clinical course. JOJ Dermatology & Cosmetics. 2020;2(4):555591.

Alhamar M, Abou Shaar R, Zia S, Ormsby A. Trichostasis spinulosa of the heel: unique presentation with characteristic morphology. JOJ Dermatology & Cosmetics.  2020;2(5):555600.

Zia S, Alhamar M, Ormsby A. Acantholytic dermatosis of the vulva: case series and review of literature. JOJ Dermatology & Cosmetics. 2020;3(2):555608.

Munir S, Khan FA, Azam F, Ashraf A, Tabish S, Zia S, Basheer MI, Imran AA, Pasha T. Primary cardiac osteosarcoma in a pregnant a woman -- a case report and review of literature.Journal of Allama Iqbal Medical College. 2017;15(4):61-63.

Published Abstracts
Zia SQ, Samaniego-Picota M, Lopez-Plaza I. Significant effect of photopheresis in renal transplant rejection: a case study. J Clin Apheresis. 2020;35(6):546-547.

Oyedeji O, Zia S, Perry KD. A unique case report of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma mimicking a metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2020;144(9s1):109.

Zia S, Tariq Z, Schultz D, Brar I, Tibbetts R. A unique presentation of Cryptococcus neoformans and Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJP) co-infection in a newly diagnosed HIV patient. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020;154(Suppl 1):S20.

Presentations
Rodgers S, Zia S, Pimentel J. Rare lymphatic malformation of external ear canal with history of sclerotherapy. Poster presented at: International Society of Dermatopathology 24th Annual Meeting; April 12-16, 2021.

Zia S, Rodgers S, Saikia K, Ormsby A. Pili multigemini of the eye: unusual and rarepresentation. Poster/Oral presentation at: International Society of Dermatopathology 24th Annual Meeting; April 12-16, 2021.

Tariq Z, Zia S, Schultz D, Brar I, Tibbetts RJ. A unique presentation of Cryptococcus neoformans and Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJP) co-infection in a newly diagnosed HIV patient. Poster presented at: 27th Annual Medical Education Research Forum, Henry Ford Hospital; Detroit, MI; May 2020.

Research Accepted at National Meetings
Zia S, Mehrotra H, Oyedeji O, Chhetri Aryal S, Otrock Z. Clinical and laboratory profile of Covid19 patients with available DAT. 2021 American Association of Blood Banks(AABB)Annual Meeting.

Oyedeji O, Zia S, Chhetri Aryal S, Gupta N, Hassan O. The clinical significance of cribriform pattern 4 in prostate biopsies: our institution experiences. College of American Pathologists(CAP) 2021.

Zia S, Chhetri Aryal S, Liu W. A diagnostic challenge: IgM plasma cell myeloma with a concurrent B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. College of American Pathologists (CAP)2021.

Chhetri Aryal S, Zia S, Yulei S. NPM1 and SF3B1 mutations in a case of chronic myeloid neoplasm with MDS/MPN-like features and hypereosinophilia. College ofAmerican Pathologists (CAP) 2021.

Zia S, Rodgers S, Chhetri Aryal S, Ormsby A. A case report of a Pediatric Deep Granuloma annulare with a novel clinical presentation. Submitted to American Society of Dermatopathology 58th Annual Meeting, 2021.

Rodgers S, Zia S, Saika,K, Ormsby A. A case of syringocystadenoma papilliferum of the trunk, initially diagnosed as herpes. Submitted to American Society of Dermatopathology 58th Annual Meeting, 2021.