Year appointed: 2002

Affiliations:
Site/ Lab/ Title:
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute/ MCC2071 Lab/ Medical Director - Histology, Immunohistochemistry
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
12902 Magnolia Drive, MCC-LAB
Tampa, FL 33612 

Qualifications:
- BS, MD, AP/CP Combined Residency 1991, Indiana University School of Med
- HematoPathology and Cell Biology fellowship 1992
- Diplomate of American Board of Pathology and Cell Biology, Hematology 1992
- Training, Attending Staff- Univ of Cincinnati Dept of Pathology and Cell Biology 1992-2002

Research Interests:
- Intelligent Image Analysis in Pathology and Cell Biology
- Neural networks and decision trees
- Immunostained slide cytometer
- Awarded the prestigious Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Grant
- Awarded Biomedical Engineering Seed Grant 

Expertise:
- Surgical Pathology and Cell Biology/HematoPathology and Cell Biology expertise
- Dual board certifications in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Cell Biology.

Other Expertise:
- Immunohistochemistry/Histology, Division of Pathology and Cell Biology, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Flow Cytometry Interpretation of Leukemias and Lymphomas, Lymph Nodes, Extranodal Tissue and Bone Marrow Diagnostic Service
- Surgical Pathology and Cell Biology and HematoPathology and Cell Biology Sign-out including incorporation cytometry and gene rearrangement results in reports.

Memberships:
2006-  present   International Society of Analytical Cytology
2002  -present   American Society of Hematology
2002  -present   Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Inst. In-residence
1999- 2002       International Society of Preventive Oncology 
1998-  2002      The International Society for Optical Engineering
1996-  present   American Society of Clinical Pathologists
1996-  present   International Academy of Pathologists-USCAP
1996-  2000      Ohio State Society of Pathologists
1993-  2000      Cutaneous Lymphoma Cooperative Group, Univ of Cincinnati 
1993-  2002      Southwest  Oncology  Group
1992-  2002      Society  for  Hematopathologists
1992 – 2002      Cincinnati Society of Pathologists
1991-  present    Fellow  of  the  College  of   American  Pathologists 
 

Previous Positions:
- 1990-1991 Chief Resident, Nassau Country Medical Center
- 1991-1992 Fellow in HematoPathology and Cell Biology, Indiana University
- 1992- 2002 Attending Staff, University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Holmes Hospital., Cincinnati, OH
- 1992- 2002 Surgical Pathologist Attending Staff, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Lab Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- 1993- 2002 Consulting HematoPathology and Cell Biology Staff, Dept. of Pathology and Cell Biology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati
- 1996- 2002 Consulting HematoPathology and Cell Biology Staff, Adams County Hospital
- 2000-2002 Medical Director, Flow Cytometry and Immunology, Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. 

Publications:

1. Classification and Treatment Of Rare Types Of Peripheral T cell /Natural Killer Cell Lymphomas of the Skin; Dorna Rezania, M.D,  Hernani Cualing,* MD, in press Cancer Control
2. Recommendations for an improved (Molecular/Genetic) classification for therapy of CD30+ Lymphomas involving the skin; Claudia Droc MD, Hernani Cualing* MD in press Cancer Control
3. Cualing HD,Moscinski LC Zhong E.. "Virtual Flow Cytometry” of Immunostained Lymphocytes on Microscopic Tissue Slides. Blood, Volume 106, issue 11, November 16, 2005A, accepted Clinical Cytometry 2006.
4. Khalil F, Heekin J, Lili Miles, Cualing H. *The rate and morphometric pattern of bone marrow recovery post-myelosuppressive therapy for acute leukemia: a quantitative study-submitted to Archives of Pathology and Cell Biology and Lab Medicine
5. Connie Keehn*, Cualing H*., Marginal Zone Lymphoma with a Dual Cutaneous and Leukemic Presentation and an Aberrant Myeloid  Monocytic Phenotype. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology and Cell Biology Volume 33: 6, 236-241, March 2006
6. Breneman DL, Raju US, Breneman JC, Steele PE, McFadden DW, Cualing HD, Nussbaum MS, Swerdlow SH.Reply to Letters to the Editor: Lymph node grading for staging of mycosis fungoides may benefit from examination of multiple excised lymph nodes. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 vol51:Sept 2004, 483-484.
7. Colvin JH, Lamerson CL, Cualing H, Mutasim DF. Cutaneous lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma (immunocytoma) with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia mimicking rosacea. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Dec;49(6):1159-62.
8. Goldman A*,  Gebrail F,  Cualing H, *Mott cell Granuloma: a 56 year old presenting with recurrent neck mass. Vol 127: June 2003 Archives of Pathology and Cell Biology and Lab Medicine. (Direct supervision of medical student elective in Diagnostic HematoPathology and Cell Biology)
9. Breneman DL, Raju US, Breneman JC, Steele PE, McFadden DW, Cualing HD, Nussbaum MS, Swerdlow SH.Lymph node grading for staging of mycosis fungoides may benefit from examination of multiple excised lymph nodes. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 May;48(5):702-6.
10. Goldman A*, Bedolla G, Gebrail F,  Cualing H*, Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma  (BALT lymphoma). Vol 127, 115-116, Jan 2003, Archives of Pathol and Lab Med. (Direct supervision of medical student elective in Diagnostic HematoPathology and Cell Biology)
11. Gebrail F*, Lowy A, Cualing H*. Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: a pathologic quiz case. Vol 127, 113-114, Jan 2003, Archives of Pathol Lab Med. (Direct supervision of medical student elective in Diagnostic HematoPathology and Cell Biology)
12. Kulow G, Breneman D, Cualing H, Steele P, Breneman J, Van Horn J, Mutasim D. The Progression of Cutaneous B-cell Pseudolymphoma (CBPL) to Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (CBCL). Vol 6(6), 519-528, Nov 2002,  J of Cutaneous Med and Surg.
13. Gebrail F*, Knapp M, Perrotta G, Cualing H*.  Crystalline Histiocytosis in Hereditary Cystinosis. 126:1135, Sept 2002, Archives of Pathol Lab Med. (Direct supervision of medical student elective in Diagnostic HematoPathology and Cell Biology)
14. Cualing H,  Schroder L Perme I.  Allergic Granulomatosis secondary to a Limited Churg-Strauss Lymphadenopathy: Case Report with Histologic and Immunophenotypic analysis- 125:954-957, 2001  Arch of Pathol Lab Med  July 2001

*  corresponding author or direct supervision of residents