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Ashwini K Esnakula, MBBS, MS

Associate Professor-Clinical

Ashwini K Esnakula, MBBS, MS

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614-366-8459

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Office Location:

D582 James
460 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

Biosketch

Ashwini Kumar Esnakula, MBBS, MS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology. Dr. Esnakula received his MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India, and MS in tumor biology from Georgetown University, Washington DC. He completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC. His fellowship training includes a Surgical Pathology fellowship at Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO and a Gastrointestinal (GI), Hepatic, and Pancreaticobiliary Pathology Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

After training, Dr. Esnakula joined the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, as a Clinical Assistant Professor with primary clinical responsibilities in GI/Liver, Gynecologic, and Genitourinary pathology. He also served as medical director of gross room laboratory for more than three years and unit director of Gynecologic Pathology for one year. He was promoted Clinical Associate Professor at UF in 06/2020.

Dr. Esnakula joined the Department of Pathology at The OSU Wexner Medical Center in 08/2020. His clinical and research interests are in GI/Liver Pathology, Gynecologic Pathology, and laboratory management. He is currently the medical director of histology.

Board Certifications

2013 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

2021-Present Director, Histology, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.

2020-Present Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

2020-2020 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

2019-2020 Unit Director, Gynecologic Pathology, Department of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

2017-2020 Medical Director-Gross Room, Department of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

2015-2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Education and Training

2014-2015 Fellow, Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Pancreatic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

2013-2014 Fellow, Surgical Pathology, Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO

2009-2013 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Howard University Hospital

2006-2007 MS, Tumor Biology, Georgetown University

2000-2006 MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Selected Publications

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  • Weaver KD, De Los Santos Y, Gaffar M, Zona M, Flax S, Chamala S, Seifert R, Esnakula AK. Wrong Tissue In Block: Grossing Gone Wrong Can Be Made Right with Tailored Informatics Solutions. Am J Clin Pathol. 2021 May 3:aqab011. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqab011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33940603.
  • Perbtani Y, Gupte A, Draganov PV, Esnakula A, Yang D. Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a stomach gastrointestinal stromal tumor using a dedicated full-thickness resection device. VideoGIE. 2020 Jul 1;5(10):470-472. doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2020.05.024. PMID: 33103000; PMCID: PMC7570444.
  • Esnakula AK, Liu X, Draganov PV, Yang D. ORISE Gel: A Submucosal Lifting Agent Mimics Mucin in Endoscopic Resection Specimen. ACG Case Rep J. 2020 Jun 23;7(6):e00403. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000403. PMID: 33062779; PMCID: PMC7535633
  • Gomez NF, Esnakula A*, Rivera-Zengotita ML, Akki AS. Int J Gynecol Cancer Published Online First. doi:10.1136/ ijgc-2020-002070 (Co-first author)
  • Valenzuela E, Kathuria A, Esnakula AK, Sasano H, Yamazaki Y, Tevosian S, Auchus R, Ghayee HK, Dhir G. Expression of Key Androgenic Activating Enzymes in Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec;8:2324709620933416. doi: 10.1177/2324709620933416.
  • Carbajal-Mamani S, Chheda N, Esnakula A, Cardenas-Goicoechea J. Human papilloma virus-associated metachronous squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and uterine cervix: Case report and review of the literature. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2020 Apr 7;32:100568. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2020.100568. eCollection 2020 May.
  • Tillit S, Carbajal Mamani S, Zlotecki R, Yang L, Esnakula A, Castagno J, Cardenas-Goicoechea J. Langerhans cell sarcoma of the vulva: Case report and review of the literature. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2020 Apr 15;32:100570. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2020.100570. eCollection 2020 May.
  • Carbajal-Mamani SL, Schweer D, Markham MJ, Esnakula AK, Grajo JR, Castagno JC, Cardenas-Goicoechea J. Robotic-assisted interval cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer: A feasibility study. Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2020 Mar;63(2):150-157. doi: 10.5468/ogs.2020.63.2.150. Epub 2020 Feb 10.
  • Akki A, Weaver K, Harrell D, Esnakula A, Shenoy A. Rare case of spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma in adult liver. Pathology. 2019 Dec;51(7):745-747. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2019.07.010. Epub 2019 Oct 23. PMID: 31668403
  • Yang D, Trindade AJ, Yachimski P, Benias P, Nieto J, Manvar A, Ho S, Esnakula A, Gamboa A, Sethi A, Gupte A, Khara HS, Diehl DL, El Chafic A, Shah J, Forsmark CE, Draganov PV. Histologic Analysis of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Through the Needle Microforceps Biopsies Accurately Identifies Mucinous Pancreas Cysts. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jul;17(8):1587-1596. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.11.027. Epub 2018 Nov 22.
  • Jin Z, Zhang D, Zhang Q, Lai J, Akki A, Esnakula A, Kresak J, Gonzalo DH, Draganov PV, Xie H, Liu X. Desmoplasia and Detached Papillae in Early Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Histologic Study on Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Specimens. Gastroenterology Res. 2019 Apr;12(2):72-77. doi: 10.14740/gr1154. Epub 2019 Apr 7. PubMed PMID: 31019616.
  • Yaghjyan L, Esnakula AK, Scott CG, Wijayabahu AT, Jensen MR, Vachon CM. Associations of mammographic breast density with breast stem cell marker-defined breast cancer subtypes. Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Oct;30(10):1103-1111. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-01207-w. Epub 2019 Jul 27. PMID: 31352658
  • Hiser WM, Sangiorgio V, Bollito E, Esnakula A, Feely M, Falzarano SM. Tissue-based multigene expression tests for pretreatment prostate cancer risk assessment: current status and future perspectives. Future Oncol. 2018 Aug 15. doi: 10.2217/fon-2018-0287. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30107751.
  • Sharma PG, Esnakula AK, Rajderkar DA. An "accidental" discovery: Incidentally found metanephric adenofibroma in a 5-year-old male trauma patient. Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Mar 27;13(3):610-613. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2018.02.026. eCollection 2018 Jun. PubMed PMID: 30026886; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6050197.
  • Wu XR, Liu HS, Shi XY, Zhou WX, Jiang ZN, Huang Y, Karamchandani DM, Goldblum JR, Xiao SY, Zhu HF, Feely MM, Collinsworth AL, Esnakula AK, Xie H, Shen B, Lan P, Liu XL. Interobserver Agreement in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Neoplasia in China in Comparison to Subspecialized American Gastrointestinal Pathologists. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2018 Apr 23;2018:8715263. doi: 10.1155/2018/8715263. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29849600; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5937390.
  • Ahmed AF, Samreen N, Grajo JR, Zendejas I, Sistrom CL, Collinsworth A, Esnakula AK, Shah JL, Cabrera R, Geller BS, Toskich BB. Angiosomal radiopathologic analysis of transarterial radioembolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2018 Jul;43(7):1825-1836. doi:10.1007/s00261-017-1354-6. PubMed PMID: 29052747.
  • Beyene DA, Naab TJ, Kanarek NF, Apprey V, Esnakula AK, Khan FA, Blackman MR, Brown CA, Hudson TS. Differential expression of Annexin 2, SPINK1, and Hsp60 predict progression of prostate cancer through bifurcated WHO Gleason score categories in African American men. Prostate. 2018 Aug;78(11):801-811. doi:10.1002/pros.23537. Epub 2018 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 29682763.
  • Khan F, Esnakula AK, Ricks-Santi LJ, Zafar R, Kanaan Y, Naab T. Loss of PTEN in high grade advanced stage triple negative breast ductal cancers in African American women. Pathol Res Pract. 2018 May;214(5):673-678. doi:10.1016/j.prp.2018.03.020. Epub 2018 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 29653745; PubMedCentral PMCID: PMC5963715.
  • Nickerson ML, Das S, Im KM, Turan S, Berndt SI, Li H, Lou H, Brodie SA, Billaud JN, Zhang T, Bouk AJ, Butcher D, Wang Z, Sun L, Misner K, Tan W, Esnakula A, Esposito D, Huang WY, Hoover RN, Tucker MA, Keller JR, Boland J, Brown K, Anderson SK, Moore LE, Isaacs WB, Chanock SJ, Yeager M, Dean M, Andresson T. TET2 binds the androgen receptor and loss is associated with prostate cancer. Oncogene. 2017 Apr;36(15):2172-2183. doi: 10.1038/onc.2016.376. Epub 2016 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 27819678; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5391277.
  • Thota PN, Kistangari G, Esnakula AK, Gonzalo DH, Liu XL. Clinical significance and management of Barrett's esophagus with epithelial changes indefinite for dysplasia. World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. 2016 Aug 6;7(3):406-11. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v7.i3.406. Review. PubMed PMID: 27602241; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4986389.