Department of Pathology

Vidya Arole, MD

Assistant Professor-Clinical

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614-293-2370

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Mailing Address:

James D590
460 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210

Biosketch

Dr. Vidya Arole is a board-certified pathologist with specialized expertise in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic pathology. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Pathology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she combines diagnostic excellence with a passion for medical education and research.

Dr. Arole underwent rigorous pathology training at The Ohio State University, including a dedicated GI pathology fellowship. She earned her medical degree from Topiwala National Medical College in Mumbai, India, and completed her M.D. in Pathology with a Gold Medal from BJ Government Medical College, Pune, India.

She brings extensive experience in evaluating a high-volume and complex caseload of GI specimens, participates actively in multidisciplinary GI tumor boards, and is deeply involved in teaching residents and medical students. Her research focuses on AI based diagnostic and prognostic aspects of colon cancer pathology, with publications in high-impact journals and presentations at national conferences.

Board Certifications

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

2024-Present Assistant Professor-Clinical, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2014-2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India

Education and Training

2023-2024GI, Pancreas, and Liver Pathology Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2019-2023Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2017-2019Statistical Information Specialist, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2015-2016Fellow in Cytopathology. KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India

2011-2014Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, BJGMC, Pune, India

Selected Publications

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  • Arole, V., Shafi, S., Challa, B., Parwani, A. V., Tozbikian, G., & Li, Z. (2022). Evaluating Mismatch Repair Status to Screen Clinical Advanced Breast Carcinomas for Immunotherapy: Experience From a Large Academic Institution. Clinical Breast Cancer.
  • Scarl, R., Parkinson, B., Arole, V., Hardy, T., & Allenby, P. (2022). The hospital autopsy: the importance in keeping autopsy an option. Autopsy and Case Reports, 12.
  • Arole, V., Nitta, H., Wei, L., Shen, T., Parwani, A. V., & Li, Z. (2021). M2 tumor-associated macrophages play important role in predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast carcinoma. Breast cancer research and treatment, 188(1), 37-42
  • Tavolara, T. E., Niazi, M., Arole, V., Chen, W., Frankel, W., & Gurcan, M. N. (2019). A modular cGAN classification framework: Application to colorectal tumor detection. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-8
  • Senaras, C., Niazi, M. K. K., Arole, V., Chen, W., Sahiner, B., Shana’ah, A., ... & Gurcan, M. N. (2019, March). Segmentation of follicles from CD8-stained slides of follicular lymphoma using deep learning. In Medical Imaging 2019: Digital Pathology (Vol. 10956, pp. 159-165). SPIE
  • Niazi, M. K. K., Tavolara, T. E., Senaras, C., Tozbikian, G., Hartman, D. J., Arole, V., ... & Gurcan, M. N. (2019, March). Generalization of tumor identification algorithms. In Medical Imaging 2019: Digital Pathology (Vol. 10956, pp. 208-215). SPIE
  • Senaras, C., Niazi, M. K. K., Arole, V., Chen, W., Sahiner, B., Shana’ah, A., ... & Gurcan, M. N. (2019, March). Segmentation of follicles from CD8-stained slides of follicular lymphoma using deep learning. In Medical Imaging 2019: Digital Pathology (Vol. 10956, pp. 159-165). SPIE
  • Niazi, M. K. K., Tavolara, T. E., Arole, V., Hartman, D. J., Pantanowitz, L., & Gurcan, M. N. (2018). Identifying tumor in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms from Ki67 images using transfer learning. PloS one, 13(4), e0195621
  • Hemminger, J., Arole, V., Ayoub, I., Brodsky, S. V., Nadasdy, T., & Satoskar, A. A. (2018). Acute glomerulonephritis with large confluent IgA-dominant deposits associated with liver cirrhosis. PLoS One, 13(4), e0193274
  • Niazi, M. K. K., Tavolara, T., Arole, V., Parwani, A., Lee, C., & Gurcan, M. (2018). MP58-06 automated staging of t1 bladder cancer using digital pathologic h&e images: a deep learning approach. The Journal of urology, 199(4S), e775-e775
  • Niazi, M. K. K., Tavolara, T. E., Arole, V., Parwani, A. V., Lee, C., & Gurcan, M. N. (2018, March). Automated T1 bladder risk stratification based on depth of lamina propria invasion from H and E tissue biopsies: a deep learning approach. In Medical Imaging 2018: Digital Pathology (Vol. 10581, pp. 134-142). SPIE
  • Arole, V. C., Deshpande, K. A., Jadhav, D. B., & Jogi, A. (2017). Primary peritoneal psammocarcinoma. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 43(8), 1366-1372
  • Patil, P., Bhatia, V., Arole, V., & Thakare, N. (2016). Metanephric adenoma of the kidney: a rare and distinct entity. Int J Res Med Sci, 4(3), 950-2
  • Agale, S. V., Arole, V. C., Jogi, A., Valand, A. G., & Tiwari, A. K. (2016). Solitary Fibrous Tumor of Head & Neck Region: Problems in Diagnosis Due to" Borderline" Features. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, 11(2), 1
  • Agale, S. V., Arole, V. C., Jadhav, D. B., & Juvekar, J. V. (2015). Solitary fibrous tumor of nasal cavity: a rare case report with review of literature