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Nikolina Dioufa, MD, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Associate Program Director, Pathology Residency Program   

Nikolina Dioufa
About Me

Clinical Interests

  • Cytopathology
  • Surgical pathology

Research Interests

  • Carcinogenesis
  • Epithelial to Mesenchymal transition
  • Tumor microenvironment
Education, Training & Credentials

Educational Background

  • Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fellowship, Cytopathology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • MD, University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, Greece

Certifications

  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Memberships

  • American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
  • College of American Pathologists (CAP)
  • American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP)
  • American Society of Cytopathology (ASC)
  • Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists (PAP)

Honors & Awards

  • Elected for the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society, 2023
  • Chief fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2023
  • Chief Resident, Temple University Hospital, 2019-2020
  • Associate Chief Resident, Temple University Hospital, 2018-2019
  • Recipient of NIH T32 training grant on Skin Biology and Cancer, University of Pittsburgh, 2016-2017
  • Society for Pediatric Pathology-Young investigator Award, Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2014
  • Recipient of the “Empirikeion” foundation fellowship for completion of Ph.D. University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2009