Gissou Azabdaftari MD

Dr. Azabdaftari is Chief of Genitourinary Pathology and Assistant Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. She has received MD degree from University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. She is Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Cytopathology. She has received 2004- Alumni Association, Lahey Clinic Medical Center Awards, "For Outstanding Academic Achievements in the Specialty of Anatomic Pathology," presented at Postgraduate Recognition Day, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA, 2003 - Alumni Association, Lahey Clinic Medical Center Awards, "For Outstanding Academic Achievements in the Specialty of Anatomic Pathology," presented at Postgraduate Recognition Day, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.

His publications are as follows:
Foster BA, Gangavarapu KJ, Mathew G, Azabdaftari G, Morrison CD, Miller A, Huss WJ (2013) “Human Prostate Side Population Cells Demonstrate Stem Cell Properties in Recombination with Urogenital Sinus Mesenchyme”, PLoS ONE 8(1): e55062. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055062.

Koochekpour S, Majumdar S, Azabdaftari G, Attwood K, Scioneaux R, Subramani D, Manhardt C, Lorusso GD, Willard SS, Thompson H, Shourideh M, Rezaei K, Sartor O, Mohler JL, Vessella RL, “Serum Glutamate Levels Correlate with Gleason’s Score and Glutamate Blockade Decreases, Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion and Induces Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells”, Clin. Cancer Res., 2012; In Press.