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Faculty

Faculty

Takemi Tanaka, Ph.D.
Pathology

Takemi Tanaka, Ph.D.

Professor
Section of Experimental Pathology


975 NE 10th Street
BRC-W, 1415
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

405-271-8260

takemi-tanaka@ouhsc.edu


Education:

  • PhD - University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan


Fellowship:

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
  • Research Fellow, Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda


Memberships:

  • American Association of Cancer Research
  • Japanese Society of Cancer Research


Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Inflammation and breast tumor progression/metastasis
  • Breast cancer outcome and timely surgery/treatment
  • Breast biopsy and disease progression


Funding:

  • W81XWH-21-1-0003, DoD BCRP
  • HT9425-23-1-0710, DoD BCRP
  • W81XWH1910356, DoD BCRP
  • W81XWH2010554, DoD BCRP
  • 1R01 CA16027-01A1, NCI, NIH


Select Publications:

Kameyama H, Dondapati P, Simmons R, et al. Needle biopsy accelerates pro-metastatic changes and systemic dissemination in breast cancer: Implications for mortality by surgery delay. Cell Rep Med. 2023;4(12):101330. doi:10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101330
Simmons R, Kameyama H, Kubota S, et al. Sustained delivery of celecoxib from nanoparticles embedded in hydrogel injected into the biopsy cavity to prevent biopsy-induced breast cancer metastasis. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024;208(1):165-177. doi:10.1007/s10549-024-07410-x
Pathak R, Leslie M, Dondapati P, et al. Increased breast cancer mortality due to treatment delay and needle biopsy type: a retrospective analysis of SEER-medicare. Breast Cancer. 2023;30(4):627-636. doi:10.1007/s12282-023-01456-3
Hills N, Leslie M, Davis R, et al. Prolonged Time from Diagnosis to Breast-Conserving Surgery is Associated with Upstaging in Hormone Receptor-Positive Invasive Ductal Breast Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021;28(11):5895-5905. doi:10.1245/s10434-021-09747-9
Kang SA, Hasan N, Mann AP, et al. Blocking the adhesion cascade at the premetastatic niche for prevention of breast cancer metastasis. Mol Ther. 2015;23(6):1044-1054. doi:10.1038/mt.2015.45



Adjunct Faculty

Sepideh Nikki Asadbeigi, MD

Sepideh N Asadbeigi, MD

Assistant Professor
Dermatopathology
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Dermatology

Prabir K. Chakraborty, PhD

Prabir K. Chakraborty, PhD

Assistant Professor (Research)

Daniel J. Cowden, MD, FCAP, CPHIMS

Daniel J. Cowden, MD, FCAP, CPHIMS

Clinical Associate Professor

Shailendra Dwivedi, PhD

Shailendra Dwivedi, PhD

Assistant Professor
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pathology

Judith James, MD, PhD

Judith James, MD, PhD

Associate Vice Provost of Clinical & Translational Science

Professor, Department of Medicine

George Lynn Cross Research Professor

Adjunct Professor of Pathology

OUHSC

Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Professor and Program Chair

Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program

OMRF

David M Lewis, DDS

David M. Lewis, DDS

Associate Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Pathology

Charles A. Montgomery, DVM, DACVP, DACLAM

Charles A. Montgomery, DVM, DACVP, DACLAM

Adjunct Professor
Department of Pathology
Division of Comparative Medicine

Kathy L. Moser, PhD

Kathy L. Moser, PhD

Associate Member, Arthritis & Immunology Program
OMRF

Adjunct Faculty, Pathology

Amr H. Sawalha, MD

Amr H. Sawalha, MD

Assistant Member
Arthritis and Immunology Research Program

Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Department of Medicine

Staff Physician 
Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Oklahoma City

Adjunct Faculty
Department of Pathology

R. Hal Scofield, MD

R. Hal Scofield, MD

Professor
Internal Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology