Min Han, M.D., Ph.D.

For Min Han, M.D., Ph.D., her calling as a physician began at a young age with the simple desire to help others when they are sick, hurt and afraid. She chose pathology as a specialty because she enjoys decoding the microscopic mysteries of the cell to help guide patients to the best treatment for their disease. When working with patients, she believes in an inclusive environment and places an emphasis on treating each person with integrity, respect and equity. 

Before coming to City of Hope, Dr. Han was a pathologist with Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center and an assistant clinical professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of California Irvine. Her passion for understanding disease at the cellular level, especially in breast and gynecologic cancers, carries over to her research activities. She has a number of publications in topics involving breast and gynecologic cancers and cytopathology.

• Best Abstract Award, 1st Place, American Society of Cytopathology - Chinese American Pathologist Association, American Society of Cytopathology 67th Annual Meeting, 2019
• American Society of Cytopathology Travel Award, ASC Foundation, 2015
• Commendation by the New Jersey State Senate for Significant Contribution in Alzheimer’s Disease Research, 2011

• Han M, Fan F. Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology–An Updated Review. J Clin Transl Pathol 2023. doi: 10.14218/JCTP.2023.00005.
• Farzaneh T, Nowroozizadeh B, Han M, Lee W. Diagnostic Utility of LEF1 Immunostain in Cytology Specimens of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of Pancreas. Acta Cytol. 2021 Apr 22;1-7. doi: 10.1159/000515446.
• Han M, Zhang H, Dabbs DJ. Best Practice (Efficient) Immunohistologic Panel for Diagnosing Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology. 2020 Aug 28. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000873.
• Hosseini H, Bittencourt C, Lee S, Lu D, Han M. Cryptococcus gattii and its Distinctive Yeast Morphology in Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytology. J Pathol Infect Dis 2020;3(1):1-0.
• Ponce-Zepeda J, Nowroozizadeh B,Lu D, Farzaneh T, Han M. Touch preparation for rapid onsite evaluations of renal mass biopsies: concordance rate, pearls, and pitfalls.
• Xing J, Han M, Monaco SE, Dhir R, Roy S, Pantanowitz L. An Institutional Experience Evaluating hTERT Immunostaining in 100 Consecutive ThinPrep Urine Specimens. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. 2020 Apr 6;S2213-2945(20)30060-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2020.03.003
• Monaco S, Han M, Dietz R, Xing J, Cuda J, Pantanowitz L. Assessing Competency for Remote Telecytology Rapid On-site Evaluation Using Pre-Recorded Dynamic Video Streaming. Cytopathology. 2019 Dec 5. Doi: 10.1111/cyt.12794
• Han M, Li J, Austin RM, Varma KR, Zhang H, Zhao C. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and 18/45 Genotyping-Directed Follow-up of Women With Messenger RNA HPV-Positive, Cytology-Negative Cervical Screening Test Results. American journal of clinical pathology. 2020, Jan (2). 153 (2), 243-250. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz156
• Rea B, Peel RL, Han M, Ohori NP, Aggarwal N. Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma Involving Multinodular Goiter and Mimicking Carcinoma. Int J Surg Pathol. 2019 Sep 29:1066896919882121. doi: 10.1177/1066896919882121.
• Han M, Salamat A, Zhu L, Zhang H, Clark BZ, Dabbs DJ, Carter GL, Brufsky A, Jankowitz R, Puhalla S, Johnson RR, Soran A, Steiman J, McAuliffe P, Diego E, Bhargava R. Metaplastic breast carcinoma: A clinical-pathologic study of 97 cases with subset analysis of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Modern Pathology. 2019 Feb 5. doi: 10.1038/s41379-019-0208-x.
• Zhang H, Varma K, Han M, Matsko J, Zhao C. Immediate histopathologic follow-up of Cervista and Aptima high-risk HPV assays in women with LSIL cytology. Cancer Cytopathology. 2018 May 24. DOI: 10.1002/cncy.22017, wileyonlinelibrary.com
• Zhang H, Han M, Varma K, Dabbs DJ. Follow-up outcomes of benign vascular lesions of breast diagnosed on core needle biopsy: A study of 117 cases. Breast J. 2019 May;25(3):401-407.
• Zhang H, Han M, Varma KR, Clark BZ, Bhargava R, Dabbs DJ. High Fidelity of Breast Biomarker Metrics: A 10-Year Experience in a Single, Large Academic Institution. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2018 Nov/Dec;26(10):697-700.
• Mohapatra A, Potretzke AM, Knight BA, Han M, Figenshau RS. Metastatic Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Testis: Clinical Presentation and Management. Case Reports in Urology. Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 9016728
• Han M, Bernadt CT, Murray B, Jalaly J, Garcia T, Adhikari LJ. Aptima HR-HPV testing from Diff-Quik stained FNA smears of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of the American Society for Cytopathology. 2016. doi: 10.1016/ j.jasc.2016.05.001
• Farmakis SG, Han M, White F, Khanna G. Neurofibromatosis 1 vasculopathy manifesting as a peripheral aneurysm in an adolescent. Pediatr Radiol. 2014 Oct;44(10):1328-31.
• Nagele EP, Han M, Nagele RG. Autoantibodies: double agents in human disease. Science translational medicine. 2013; 5 (186): 186fs19-186fs19.
• Acharya NK, Levin EL, Clifford PM, Han M, Tourtellotte R, Chamberlain D, et al. Diabetes and hypercholesterolemia increase blood-brain barrier permeability and brain amyloid deposition: beneficial effects of the LpPLA2 inhibitor Darapladib, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2013; 35 (1): 179-198.
• Nagele EP, Han M (co-first author), Acharya NK, DeMarshall C, Kosciuk M, Han M, Nagele E, DeMarshall C, Acharya NK, Nagele R. Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease based on disease-specific autoantibody profiles in human sera. PLoS One. 2012; 7(2):e32383.
• Acharya NK, Nagele EP, Han M, Coretti NJ, DeMarshall C, Kosciuk M, Boulos PA, Nagele RG. Neuronal PAD4 expression and protein citrullination: possible role in production of autoantibodies associated with neurodegenerative disease. J Autoimmun. 2012; 38(4): 369-80.
• Ochoa-Alvarez JA, Krishnan H, Shen Y, Acharya NK, Han M, McNulty DE, et al. Plant lectin can target receptors containing sialic acid, exemplified by podoplanin, to inhibit transformed cell growth and migration. PloS One. 2012; 7 (7), e41845.
• Nagele E, Han M (co-first author), DeMarshall C, Belinka B, Nagele R. Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on disease-specific autoantibody profiles in human sera. PLoS One. 2011; 6(8):e23112.
• Nagele RG, Clifford PM, Siu G, Levin EC, Acharya NK, Han M, Kosciuk MC, Venkataraman V, Zavareh S, Zarrabi S, Kinsler K, Thaker NG, Nagele EP, Dash J, Wang HY, Levitas A. Brain-reactive autoantibodies prevalent in human sera increase intraneuronal amyloid-β(1-42) deposition. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011; 25(4):605-22.