Our People

Our people are the heart of our program. From the reception desk to the laboratory technicians, from the gross room to the molecular laboratory, from the blood bank to the FNA clinic, from the resident room to the faculty offices, you will find our people in our department interested and eager to help you become the best pathologist you can be.

At Iowa, you will be exposed to some of the best clinicians, teachers and clinicians in our profession. We provide high-powered opportunities for you to learn career-long lessons from these dedicated professionals while maintaining an open-door philosophy and collegial atmosphere.

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Current Fellow

Randall Scott, MD

6240F RCP
1-319-356-2104, pager #5834
randall-scott @uiowa.edu

BS: University of Oklahama, 2010-2014
Medical School: University of Oklahama Health Sciences Center 2014-2020
Residency: CP, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 2020-2023
Fellowship: Medical Microbiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2023-2024

Past Fellows

Rebecca Flugrad, MD (2023-2024)

Medical School:University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2013-2019
Residency: AP/CP, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 2019-2023
Current Position: University of Rochester, Lab Medical Directorship/MS in Business Administration Fellowship

Vidya Nagrale, MBBS (2022-2023)

Medical School: MBBS, Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, 1991-1996
Residency: Microbiology, Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, 2001-2004
Residency: AP/CP, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, 2010-2014
Fellowship: Oncologic Surgical Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., 2014-2015
Current Position: Interviewing for academic position

Jhanvi Kanotra, MBBS (2021-2022)

MBBS: Government Medical College, Srinagar, India, 2000-2006
Residency: Family Medicine, Shanti Mukand Hospital, New Delhi
Residency: AP/CP, Louisiana State University Health Center, New Orleans, 2016-2019; University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2019-2020
Current Position: Clinical Pathology Faculty, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Rachel Starks, MD, PhD (2021-2022)

Graduate School: BS, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 2000-2006
Medical School: MD, University of Kansas, Kan., 2010-2014
Residency: AP/CP, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2014-2018
Fellowship: Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 2018-2019
Current Position: Faculty, Sanford Imagenetics, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jon Thomason, MD (2019-2020)

Graduate School: BS, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 2000-2006
Medical School: MD, University of Kansas, Kan., 2010-2014
Residency: AP/CP, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, 2014-2018
Fellowship: Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 2018-2019
Current Position: Pathologist, MAWD Pathology, Lenexa, Kans.

Harry Porterfield, DO (2018-2019)

Medical School: DO, Rocky Vista University, Parker, Colo., 2007-2012
Residency: AP/CP, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, 2012-2016
Fellowship: Medical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2016-2017;
VA Quality Scholar Fellowship, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Health System, Iowa City, Iowa, 2017-2018
Current Position: Pathologist, National Institutes of Health, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, Md.

Shahanawaz Jiwani

Shahanawaz “DJ” Jiwani, MBBS, PhD (2017-2018)

Medical School: Jawahar Medical Foundation's Annasaheb Chudaman Patil Memorial Medical College, Dhule, India, 2000-2005
MS/PhD: University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla., 2007-2012
Residency: AP/CP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Ark., 2013-2017
Current Position: Faculty, National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Md.

Brian Chang

Briang Chang, MD (2016-2017)

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2008
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 2011-2015
Fellowship: Chemical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Mich., 2015-2016
Current Position: Pathologist, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Kimberly Cole, MD (2015-2016)

Medical School: State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, College of Medicine, Syracuse, N.Y., 2006
Residency: AP/CP, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2006-2010
Fellowship: Breast Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2010-2011
Current Position: Pathologist, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

Jacqueline Lekostaj, MD, PhD (2014-2015)

Doctorate: Tumor Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, 2008
Medical School: Georgetown University, School of Medicine, Washington, 2010
Residency: AP/CP, McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2010-2014
Current Position: Pathologist, Genoptix, Carlsbad, Calif.

Ling Gao, MD (2013-2014)

Medical School: Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 1985
Residency: Internal Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 1987;
Anatomic Pathology, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, 2011-2012
Fellowship: Cytopathology, University of Chicago Hospital, 2012-2013
Current Position: Pathologist, Chicago

Anthony Snow, MD (2012-2013)

Medical School: Creighton University, School of Medicine, Omaha, Neb., 2008
Residency: AC/CP, Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, N.C., 2012
Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, Brown University, Providence, R.I., 2013-2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Department of Pathology, Iowa City, Iowa

Gabriel Caponetti

Gabriel Caponetti, MD (2011-2012)

Medical School: University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003
Residency: AP/CP, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Springfield, Mass., 2009
Fellowship: Hematopathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb., 2011
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.

Fellowship Leaders

Program Director

Deqin Ma, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Pathology - C606 General Hospital
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
Phone: 1-319-384-5700
Email: deqin-ma@uiowa.edu