Department of Pathology

Lokman Cevik, MD

Assistant Professor-Clinical

portrait of Lokman Cevik, MD
  • Office Location:
  • M366A Starling-Loving Hall
  • 320 W. 10th Ave.
  • Columbus, OH 43210

Biosketch

I am a board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologist with specialized expertise in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic pathology. I completed both my pathology residency and Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatobiliary Pathology Fellowship at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. In July 2026, I joined the Department of Pathology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center as a faculty member and currently serve as an Assistant Professor–Clinical.

I am passionate about medical education and enjoy teaching medical students, pathology residents, and other trainees. My academic and research interests include gastrointestinal and hepatopancreaticobiliary pathology, digital pathology, and applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in diagnostic pathology.

Board Certifications

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

2026-Present Assistant Professor - Clinical, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Education and Training

2025-2026 Gastrointestinal and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Pathology Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2021-2025 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2004-2012 Doctor of Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Selected Publications

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  • Cevik L, Chen W, Gamble D, Ziebell J, Stanich PP, Frankel WL. Colorectal polyp count discrepancies and their impact on colonoscopy surveillance interval decisions: a retrospective analysis of 1293 specimens. Am J Clin Pathol. 2026 Jan 22;165(1):aqaf130. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaf130. PMID: 41274277.
  • Reagans R, Cevik L, Kumar H, Kellough D, Lott Limbach A, Lujan G, Parwani A, Gokozan HN. Analysis of system and scanner downtime in a digital pathology-predominant institution: A 6-year experience. Am J Clin Pathol. 2025 Oct 4;164(4):634-638. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaf094. PMID: 40898440.
  • Akula V, Chen L, Acikgoz Y, Klein K, Yavuz BG, Cevik L, Demir T, Manne A, Sahin I, Kaseb A, Hasanov E. Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors for hepatocellular carcinoma. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2025 Mar 6;9(1):60. doi: 10.1038/s41698-025-00846-4. PMID: 40050446; PMCID: PMC11885445.
  • Cevik L, Satturwar S, Jones D, Mayerson J, Oghumu S, Iwenofu OH. BRAF V600E gene mutation is present in primary intraosseous Rosai-Dorfman disease. Hum Pathol. 2024 Dec;154:105702. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2024.105702. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39667566.
  • Cevik L, Landrove MV, Aslan MT, Khammad V, Garagorry Guerra FJ, Cabello-Izquierdo Y, Wang W, Zhao J, Becker AP, Czeisler C, Rendeiro AC, Véras LLS, Zanon MF, Reis RM, Matsushita MM, Ozduman K, Pamir MN, Ersen Danyeli A, Pearce T, Felicella M, Eschbacher J, Arakaki N, Martinetto H, Parwani A, Thomas DL, Otero JJ. Information theory approaches to improve glioma diagnostic workflows in surgical neuropathology. Brain Pathol. 2022 Sep;32(5):e13050. doi: 10.1111/bpa.13050. Epub 2022 Jan 10. PMID: 35014126; PMCID: PMC9425010.
  • Blackburn J, Alves MJ, Aslan MT, Cevik L, Zhao J, Czeisler CM, Otero JJ. Astrocyte regional heterogeneity revealed through machine learning-based glial neuroanatomical assays. J Comp Neurol. 2021 Jul 1;529(10):2464-2483. doi: 10.1002/cne.25105. Epub 2021 Mar 8. PMID: 33410136; PMCID: PMC8113076.
  • Cevik L, Alves MJ, Otero JJ. Neuropathologists play a key role in establishing the extent of COVID-19 in human patients. Free Neuropathol. 2020 Apr 2;1:11. doi: 10.17879/freeneuropathology-2020-2736. PMID: 37283681; PMCID: PMC10209904.
  • Goktas MT, Karaca RO, Kalkisim S, Cevik L, Kilic L, Akdogan A, Babaoglu MO, Bozkurt A, Bertilsson L, Yasar U. Decreased Activity and Genetic Polymorphisms of CYP2C19 in Behçet's Disease. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2017 Oct;121(4):266-271. doi: 10.1111/bcpt.12710. PMID: 27875029.
  • Göktaş MT, Pepedil F, Karaca Ö, Kalkışım S, Cevik L, Gumus E, Guven GS, Babaoglu MO, Bozkurt A, Yasar U. Relationship between genetic polymorphisms of drug efflux transporter MDR1 (ABCB1) and response to losartan in hypertension patients. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2016 Jun;20(11):2460-7. PMID: 27338075.