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William F. Kern, MD The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Everett Tower Room EB406 800 N.E. 13th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73104 PHONE:  (405)  271-7713 E-MAIL:  William Kern

TITLES

Jordan-Heartland Professor of Pathology House Staff Education

Associate Director, Pathology Residency Program

Associate Professor of Pathology

Director of Clinical Hematopathology

EDUCATION

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
B.A. — Biology (1975)

S.U.N.Y. Health Sciences
Center at Brooklyn, NY
M.D. (1979)

University of Michigan
Residency — Internal Medicine

University of Arizona
Residency — Anatomic & Clinical Pathology (1991)

University of Arizona
Fellowship — Immunopathology

Board Certifications

Internal Medicine
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Hematology

Honors & Awards

Aesculapian Award, 2008

Research Interests/Sub-Specialty

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with special interest in:

• Bone Marrow Pathology
• Lymph Node Pathology
• Immunophenotyping of Lymphomas and Leukemias
• Renal Pathology

Abstract, Platform, and Poster presentations

Harp E, Kern W, Bakshi N, Li S. Primary cutaneous lymphoma with prominent follicular pattern. Poster at the 43rd Annual Meeting of The American Society of Dermatopathology, October 26-29, 2006, Chicago, Illinois.

PUBLICATIONS
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1. Kern WF, Spier CM, Miller TP, and Grogan TM; NCAM (CD56)-Positive malignant lymphoma. Leukemia and Lymphoma. 1993; 12:1-10.
2. Zhang L, Mulvihill JJ, Kern WF, McMinn J, Li:  Duplication 15q as the sole anomaly in an acute promyelocytic leukemia patient without t(15;17). Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2002; Oct 1;138(1):17-21.
3. Li S, Zhang L, Kern WF, Andrade D, Forsberg J, Bates FR, Mulvihill JJ:  Identification of 5(15;17) and a segmental duplication of chromosome 11q23 in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia M2.  Cancer Genet Cytogenten 2002; 138:149-152.
4. Osunkoya AO, Aronson W, Kern W, Vogel S, Dunn T:  Cavernous transformation of the portal vein in a patient with 50% reduction of Protein C, Probable Polycythemia Vers and MTHFR C677T Point Mutation. Modern Pathol 2003;16(1):6A.
5. Sawalha AH, Bronze MS, Saint S, Blevins S, Kern W:  Clinical Problem-Solving.  Step by Step.  N Engl J Med 2003 December 4; 349(23):2253-7.
6. Kurkjian C, Patel S, Kamble R, Dunn T, Kern W, Kharfan-Dabaja MA: Acute promyelocytic leukemia and constitutional trisomy 21. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. March 2006;165(2):176-9.
7. Angelidis P, Kojouri K, Lee J, Kern W, Mulvihill JJ, Li S: Trisomy 1q in a patient with severe aplastic anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2006 Aug;169(1):73-5.
8. Pirumyan G, Kern WF, Bane B: A 54-year-old man with a colonic mass and blood in stool. OUHSC Department of Pathology Website, “Case-of-the-Month,” February 2006, 4 January 2007.

Books & book Chapters

1. Kern WF, Silva FG, Laszik ZG, Bane BL, Nadasdy T, Pitha JV: Atlas of Renal Pathology. WB Saunders, Philadelpha, 1999.
2. Kern WF: PDQ Hematology.  BC Decker, Hamilton, 2002.