Affiliations:
Site/Title
- Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institue/ Director of NeuroPathology and Cell Biology and Autopsy Service
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL- 33612
- James A Hailey VA Hospital/ Director of NeuroPathology and Cell Biology

Qualifications:
- Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology and Cell Biology
- Anatomic Pathology and Cell Biology 6/92, Subspecialty: NeuroPathology and Cell Biology 6/92
- 1989-1991 Fellowship - Adult and Pediatric NeuroPathology and Cell Biology Vancouver General Hospital and B.C.'s Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- 1987-1989 Residency - Anatomic Pathology and Cell Biology UMDNJ - Affiliated Hospitals / New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- 1982-1987 Ph.D.(Experimental NeuroPathology and Cell Biology) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ
- 1974-1982 M.D. Sind Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Expertise:
- Diagnostic expertise in all aspects of Pediatric and Adult NeuroPathology and Cell Biology, with particular interests in neuro-oncology and muscle and nerve biopsies.

Research Interests:
- Research interest in neuro-oncology has been directed to the "phakomatoses". Markers of malignant progression such as CD 44 and p53 expression as well as studies on expression of neurofibromin and erythropoietin are ongoing. Vascular Pathology and Cell Biology both in neuro-oncology and dementia are areas of significant interest and will continue to be explored both with the use of human tissue and animal models. Clinical research interests include atypical CNS infections particularly PRION diseases.

Memberships:
- 10/01-Present Co-Chair, Neuroscience Seminar Series
- 9/01-Present USF-COM By-Laws Committee
- 6/00-Present, Secretary, USF-Pathology and Cell Biology Alumni Foundation
- 6/00-Present, Departmental Delegate - USF College of Medicine Faculty Council
- 8/98-Present, Pathology and Cell Biology Residency Program Committee
- 6/98-Present, Ph.D. - Neurosciences Concentration Committee, USF
- 5/98-Present, Founding Faculty, USF-Neuroscience Program
- 9/98-Present, Member in Residence, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr and Research Institute
- 6/98-Present, Member, NABTT (New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy) NCI Consortium
- 5/96-present, Assistant editor - Journal of Neuroimaging
- 8/99-Present, Member - Editorial Board, J. NeuroPathology and Cell Biology and Experimental Neurology

Previous Positions:
- 1/94 - 3/98 Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- 1/92 - 12/93 Clinical Fellow/Instructor, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, UF

Publications:

1. Emery JA, Roper SN, Rojiani AM: White Matter Neuronal Heterotopia in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Morphometric and Immunohistochemical Study. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1997; 56:1276-82
2. Gold M, Rojiani AM, Murtaugh R: 66 yr old Woman With a Rapidly Progressive Dementia and Basal Ganglia Involvement - (Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease), A Neuroimaging Clinico-pathologic Correlation. J. Neuroimaging 1997; 7:171-175
3. Hampton TA, Scheithauer BW, Rojiani AM, Kovacs K, Horvath E, Vogt P: Salivary Gland-Like Neoplasms of the Sellar Region. Am J Surg Pathol 1997; 21(4): 424-434
4. Salzman K, Rojiani AM, Buatti J, Quisling RG, Marcus RB, Maria BL, Mickle JP, Kedar A: Primary Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors: Clinicopathologic Review of 32 cases. Ped Pathol Lab Med 1997; 17(5) 713-727
5. Clark D, Kersting R, Rojiani AM: Erythropoietin Immunolocalization in Renal Cell Carcinoma Modern Pathology and Cell Biology 1998; 11(1)24-28
6. Rojiani AM, Cho ES: Neuropathologic Applications of Immunohistochemical Fiber Typing in the Non-Neoplastic Muscle Biopsy. Modern Pathology and Cell Biology 1998; 11(4)334-338
7. Cibula JE, Strickler ST, Quisling RG, Uthman BM, Friedman W, Rojiani AM: Calcified Cystic Lesions in a Patient with Epilepsy and Progressive Dementia. (Multiple Cavernous Hemangiomas) A Neuroimaging Clinico-pathologic Correlation. J Neuroimaging 1998; 8:97-102
8. Rojiani AM: Book Review- "Cell Biology and Pathology and Cell Biology of Myelin: Evolving Biological Concepts and Therapeutic Approaches" Altschul Symposia Series. 1998 J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 57 (5)
9. Li Lingyun, Rojiani AM, Siemann DW: Targeting the Tumor Vasculature with Combrettastatin A-4Disodium Phosphate: Effects on Radiation Therapy. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Physics 1998; 42:899-903
10. Juul SE, Yachnis AT, Rojiani AM, Christensen RD. Immunohistochemical Localization of Erythropoietin and its Receptor in the Developing Human Brain.Ped Devel Pathol 1999:148-158
11. Parchi P, Giese A, Capellari S, Brown P, Schulz-Schaeffer J, Windl O, Zerr I,Budka H, Kopp N, Piccardo P, Poser S, Rojiani AM, Streichenberger N, Julien J, Vital C, Ghetti B, Gambetti P, Kertzscmar HA: Classification of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease based on Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of 300 Subjects. Ann Neurol 1999; 46:224-233
12. Cho ES, Rojiani AM: "NeuroPathology and Cell Biology of HIV Encephalitis." 2000-ASCP Check Sample Series
13. Rasmussen SA, Overman J, Thomson SAM, Colman SD, Abernathy CR, Trimpert RE, Moose R, Virdi G, Roux K, Bauer M, Rojiani AM, Maria BL, Muir D, Wallace MR. Chromosome 17 loss-of-heterozygosity in benign and malignant tumors in neurofibromatosis type 1. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2000, 28:425-431
14. Marmol-Strickland L, Fessler R, Rojiani AM. Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis Mimicking an Intracranial Neoplasm: Clinicopathologic Features and Review of the Literature. Mod Pathol 2000; 13(8) 909-913
15. Wiranowska M, Rojiani AM, Gottschall P, Moscinski L, Johnson J, Saporta S: CD44 Expression and MMP2 Secretion by Mouse Glioma Cells: Effect of Interferon and anti-CD44 antibody. Anticancer Research 2000; 20:4301-4306
16. Eisenschenk S, Triggs WJ, Pearl GS, Rojiani AM: Proximal Myotonic Myopathy (PROMM): Clinical, Histologic and Molecular Genetic Features. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2001; 31(2):140-146
17. Mori T, Paris D, Town T, Rojiani AM, Sparks LD, Delledonne A, Crawford F, Abdullah LI, Humphery JA, Dickson DW, Mullan MJ: Choleserol Accumulates in Senile Plaques of Alzheimer Disease Patients and in Transgenic APPsw Mice J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2001; 60:778-785
18. Tan J, Town T, Mori T, Obregon D, Wu Y, DelleDonne A, Rojiani AM, Crawford F, Flavell RA, Mullan M: CD40 is Expressed and Functional On Neuronal Cells. EMBO 2002; 21 (4) 643-652
19. Li Lingyun, Rojiani AM, Siemann DW: Preclinical Evaluations of Therapies Combining the Vascular Targeting Agent Combretastatin A-4 Disodium Phosphate and Conventional Anticancer Therapies in the Treatment of Kaposi's Sarcoma Acta Oncologica, 41(1) 91-97, 2002
20. Rojiani AM, Li Lingyun, Rise L, Siemann DW: Activity of the Vascular Targeting Agent Combretastatin A-4 Disodium Phosphate in a Xenograft Model of AIDS-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma. Acta Oncologica, 41(1) 98-105, 2002
21. Bloomston, M, Shafii A, Zervos EE, Rojiani AM, Rosemurgy AS: MMP-2 and TIMP-1 are Derived From, Not in Response to, Pancreatic Cancer. J Surgical Res 102 (1): 35-38, 2002
22. Jantzen PT, Connor KE, DiCarlo G, Wenk GL, Wallace JL, Rojiani AM, Coppola D, Morgan D, Gordon MN: Microglial Activation and Aß Deposit Reduction Caused by a Nitric Oxide releasing NSAID, NCX-2216, in APP+PS1 Transgenic Mice J Neurosci 22(6) 2246-2254, 2002
23. Siemann DW, Mercer E, Lepler S, Rojiani AM: Vascular Targeting Agents Enhance Chemotherapeutic Agent Activities In Solid Tumor Therapy Int J Ca 99;1-6, 2002
24. Siemann DW, Rojiani AM: Enhancement of Radiation Therapy by the Novel Vascular Targeting Agent ZD6126. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Physics 53(1) 164-171, 2002
25. Jennings JW, Rojiani AM, Brem SS, Murtagh R: Necrotizing Neurosarcoidosis Masquerading As a Left Optic Meningioma: Case Report. Am J Neuroradiology 2002; 23:660-662
26. Rojiani AM and Vale F: Book Chapter: "" Skeletal Muscle Biopsy Techniques: Practice and Procedures" in "Skeletal Muscle: Pathology and Cell Biology, Diagnosis and Management of Disease" Eds: Preedy VR and Peters TJ.; Greenwich Medical Media Ltd., London. 2002 ( In press)