Leonidas Arvanitis, M.D.

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Leonidas Arvanitis, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology
Pathologist
Clinical Expertise
Neuropathologist and Anatomic Pathologist
Director of Autopsy
Research Area
Brain Tumors
Lung cancer
Molecular pathology
Languages
Greek
Appointments
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology
Location
Education & Experience
Board Certifications

  • Anatomical and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, valid through 12/2022

  • Neuropathology, American Board of Pathology, valid through 12/2024

Degrees

  • 2005, M.D., University of Thessaly, School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece

Fellowship

  • 2012-2014, Clinical Fellow in Neuropathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

  • 2005-2008, Pathology, University of Thessaly, School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece

Residency

  • 2008-2012, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Professional Experience

  • 2017-present, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

  • 2014-2017, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Director of Neuropathology and Autopsy Service, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Publications
Reckamp KL, McQuerry JA, Mambetsariev I, Pharaon R, Yost SE, Fricke J, Mirzapoiazova T, Pillai RK, Arvanitis L, Khan Z, Fakih M, Yuan Y, Koczywas M, Massarelli E, Kulkarni P, Pal SK, Sattler M, Bild A, Salgia R: Co-stimulatory and co-inhibitory immune markers in solid tumors with MET alterations. Future Science OA 2020, 7:FSO662.
 
Sun T, Zhang K, Pangeni RP, Wu J, Li W, Du Y, Guo Y, Chaurasiya S, Arvanits L, Raz DJ. G9a promotes invasion and metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer through enhancing focal adhesion kinase activation via NF-κB signaling pathway. (Accepted Molecular Cancer Research 2020)
 
Mohanty A, Nam A, Pozhitkov A, Yang L, Srivastava S, Nathan A, Wu X, Mambetsariev I, Nelson M, Subbalakshmi A, Arvanitis LD, Nasser MW, Batra SK, Orban J, Humar Jolly M, Massarelli E, Kulkarni P, Salgia R. A Non-genetic Mechanism Involving the Integrin β4/Paxillin Axis Contributes to Chemoresistance in Lung Cancer. iScience. 2020;23(9):101496
 
Nikolaou M, Drosos Y, Havaki S, Sotiriou S; Vassiou K; Zibis A, Arvanitis L. The O-Linked N-Acetylglucosamine Containing Epitope H (O-GlcNAcH) is Upregulated in the Trophoblastic and Downregulated in the Fibroblastic Cells in Missed Miscarriage Human Chorionic Villi with Simple Hydropic Degeneration. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2020 Sep 4. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000693. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32897971.
 
Dizman N, Salgia M, Ali SM, Arvanitis L, et al. Squamous Transformation of Prostate Adenocarcinoma: A Report of Two Cases With Genomic Profiling. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2020;18(3):e289-e292. doi:10.1016/j.clgc.2019.11.020
 
Rodriguez FJ, Brosnan-Cashman JA, Allen SJ, Vizcaino MA, Giannini C, Camelo-Piragua S, Webb M, Matsushita M, Wadhwani N, Tabbarah A, Hamideh D, Jiang L, Chen L, Arvanitis LD, Alnajar HH, Barber JR, Rodríguez-Velasco A, Orr B, Heaphy CM.Alternative lengthening of telomeres, ATRX loss and H3-K27M mutations in histologically defined pilocytic astrocytoma with anaplasia. Brain Pathol. 2019 Jan;29(1):126-140. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12646. Epub 2018 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 30192422; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6314894.
 
Alnajar H, Brickman A, Buckingham L, Arvanitis LD. Metastatic malignant PEComa of the leg with identification of ATRX mutation by next-generation sequencing. Virchows Arch. 2018 Mar;472(3):499-503. doi: 10.1007/s00428-017-2208-x. Epub 2017 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 28755029.
 
Novo J, Lin D, Shanks M, Kocak M, Arvanitis L. A 55-year-old female with leukoencephalopathy with cerebral calcifications and cysts: Case report and radiopathologic description. Pathol Res Pract. 2017 Nov;213(11):1440-1444. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2017.07.007. Epub 2017 Jul 6. PubMed PMID: 28756984.