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Hamza Gokozan, MD

Associate Professor-Clinical

Hamza Gokozan, MD

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614-293-2337

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Mailing Address:

E401 Doan Hall
410 W. 10th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210

Biosketch

Dr. Hamza Gokozan is a board-certified pathologist (AP/CP/Cytopathology).

He currently serves as an associate professor of pathology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and an attending surgical and cytopathologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. He also serves as the program director of ACGME accredited Cytopathology Fellowship Training Program.

Shortly after his graduation from Pamukkale University Medical School in Turkey, he traveled to the US in 2013 for his post-doctoral research studies at the Ohio State University which was followed by AP/CP residency, chief residency and cytopathology fellowship at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). After his pathology training, he worked as an assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medicine/ NewYork Presbyterian hospital for three years.

He has multiple awards and recognitions including International Society of Neuropathology’s trainee travel award, American Association for Blood Banking trainee scholarship, USCAP trainee award for his contributions in pathology research, and CWRU’s Harry Taylor Award.

He has published more than 30 peer reviewed articles in the field of medicine, including ones in high impact pathology journals such as Modern Pathology, American Journal of Surgical Pathology, and Cancer Cytopathology, where he has been contributing as a peer reviewer.

His research interests include integration of ancillary studies to daily cytopathology practice, quality improvement in cytopathology, and tumors of endocrine/head and neck organs.

Board Certifications

Cytopathology, American Board of Pathology

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

2025-Present Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

2024-Present Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Training Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

2023-Present Attending Physician, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

2023-2025 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

2020-2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

2020-2023 Attending Physician, Department of Pathology, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Education and Training

2019-2020 Fellow, Cytopathology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2015-2019 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2006-2012 Medical Doctor (M.D.), Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey

Selected Publications

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  • Gokozan H, Mostyka M, Scognamiglio T, Beg S, Stern E, Goyal A, Siddiqui M, Heymann JJ. Diagnostic Interobserver Agreement for Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirates: Effects of Reviewer Experience and Molecular Diagnostics. Am J Clin Pathol. Published online April 24, 2024. doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqae043. PMID: 38656386
  • Folarin O, Kim D, Gokozan HN, Heymann JJ, Scarpa Carniello JV, Rosado L, Siddiqui MT, Patel A. Interobserver Agreement and Risk of Malignancy Utilizing the International Academy of Cytology Yokohama System for Reporting Breast Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in a Liquid-Based Exclusive Cohort. Cancer Cytopathol. 2024;132(5):320-326. doi:10.1002/cncy.22798. PMID: 38410851
  • Munoz-Zuluaga C, Heymann JJ, Solomon JP, Patel A, Siddiqui MT, Scognamiglio T, Gokozan HN. Use of Afirma Xpression Atlas for Cytologically Indeterminate, Afirma Gene Sequencing Classifier Suspicious Thyroid Nodules: Clinicopathologic Analysis with Postoperative Molecular Testing. Am J Clin Pathol. 2024;161(5):463-468. doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqad169. PMID: 38104250
  • Tumati A, Egan CE, Lee-Saxton YJ, Marshall TE, Lee J, Jain K, Heymann JJ, Gokozan H, Azar SA, Schwarz J, Keutgen XM, Laird AM, Beninato T, Zarnegar R, Fahey TJ 3rd, Finnerty BM. Clinical utility of a microRNA classifier in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules with RAS mutations: A multi-institutional study. Surgery. 2024;175(1):234-240. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2023.07.042. PMID: 37907382
  • Kim D, Burkhardt R, Alperstein SA, Gokozan HN, Goyal A, Heymann JJ, Patel A, Siddiqui MT. Evaluating the role of Z-stack to improve the morphologic evaluation of urine cytology whole slide images for high-grade urothelial carcinoma: Results and review of a pilot study. Cancer Cytopathol. 2022;130(8):630-639. doi:10.1002/cncy.22595. PMID: 35584402
  • Gokozan HN, Scognamiglio T. Advances and Updates in Parathyroid Pathology. Adv Anat Pathol. 2023;30(1):24-33. doi:10.1097/PAP.0000000000000379. PMID: 36315270
  • Gokozan HN, Dilcher TL, Alperstein SA, Qiu Y, Mostyka M, Scognamiglio T, Solomon JP, Song W, Rennert H, Beg S, Stern E, Goyal A, Siddiqui MT, Heymann JJ. Combining molecular testing and the Bethesda category III:VI ratio for thyroid fine-needle aspirates: A quality-assurance metric for evaluating diagnostic performance in a cytopathology laboratory. Cancer Cytopathol. 2022 Apr;130(4):259-274. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22542. PMID: 34962713
  • Gokozan HN, Harbhajanka A, Lyden S, Michael CW. Root cause analysis of indeterminate diagnoses in serous fluids cytopathology.* Diagn Cytopathol. 2021;49(5):633-639. doi:10.1002/dc.24653. PMID: 33125186. *“Top cited article 2021-2022” award by Diagnostic Cytopathology
  • Gokozan H, Harbhajanka A, Bomeisl P, Michael CW, Sadri N. Use of cytology centrifuged supernatants improves cost and turnaround time for targeted next generation sequencing.* Diagn Cytopathol. 2020;48(12):1167-1172. doi:10.1002/dc.24548. PMID: 32697040. *“Top cited article 2020-2021” award by Diagnostic Cytopathology
  • Gokozan HN, Michael CW. Nondiagnostic fine-needle aspirates of the pancreas: A root cause analysis.* Cancer Cytopathol. 2020;128(10):704-714. doi:10.1002/cncy.22301. PMID: 32525623. *Highlighted by Cancer Cytopathology in their Twitter Cytochat (3.30.2022)
  • Harbhajanka A, Michael CW, Janaki N, Gokozan HN, Wasman J, Bomeisl P, Yoest J, Sadri N. Tiny but mighty: use of next generation sequencing on discarded cytocentrifuged bile duct brushing specimens to increase sensitivity of cytological diagnosis. Mod Pathol. 2020;33(10):2019-2025. doi:10.1038/s41379-020-0577-1. PMID: 32457409
  • Stojanov IJ, Schaefer IM, Menon RS, Wasman J, Gokozan HN, Garcia EP, Baur DA, Woo SB, Sholl LM. Biallelic PTCH1 inactivation is a dominant genomic change in sporadic Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumors. Am J Surg Pathol. 2020;44(4):553-560. doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000001407. PMID: 31725470
  • Gokozan HN, Reeves HM, Maitta RW. Absolute immature platelet count dynamics of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients with high ADAMTS13 inhibitor. Thromb Res. 2019;179:128-131. doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2019.05.011. PMID: 31129448
  • Dahoud W, Michael CW, Gokozan HN, Nakanishi AK, Harbhajanka A. Association of bacterial vaginosis and Human Papilloma Virus infection with cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions. Am J Clin Pathol. 2019 Jul 5;152(2):185-189. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz021. PMID: 31065675
  • Gygli PE, Chang JC, Gokozan HN, Catacutan FP, Schmidt TA, Kaya B, Goksel M, Baig FS, Chen S, Griveau A, Michowski W, Wong M, Palanichamy K, Sicinski P, Nelson RJ, Czeisler C, Otero JJ. Cyclin A2 promotes DNA repair in the brain during both development and aging. Aging (Albany NY). 2016 Jul;8(7):1540-70. doi: 10.18632/aging.100990. PMID: 27425845
  • Gallego-Perez D, Otero JJ, Czeisler C, Ma J, Ortiz C, Gygli P, Catacutan FP, Gokozan HN, Cowgill A, Sherwood T, Ghatak S, Malkoc V, Zhao X, Liao WC, Gnyawali S, Wang X, Adler AF, Leong K, Wulff B, Wilgus TA, Askwith C, Khanna S, Rink C, Sen CK, Lee LJ. Deterministic transfection drives efficient nonviral reprogramming and uncovers reprogramming barriers. Nanomedicine. 2016 Feb;12(2):399-409. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2015.11.015. PMID: 26711960
  • Gokozan HN, Baig F, Corcoran S, Catacutan FP, Gygli PE, Takakura AC, Moreira TS, Czeisler C, Otero JJ. Area postrema undergoes dynamic postnatal changes in mice and humans. J Comp Neurol. 2016;524(6):1259-1269. doi:10.1002/cne.23903. PMID: 26400711
  • Ahmad Fauzi MF*, Gokozan HN*, Elder B, Puduvalli VK, Pierson CR, Otero JJ, Gurcan MN. (*Denotes equal contribution) A multi-resolution textural approach to diagnostic neuropathology reporting. J Neurooncol. 2015;124(3):393-402. doi:10.1007/s11060-015-1872-4. PMID: 26255070
  • Nobuta H, Cilio MR, Danhaive O, Tsai HH, Tupal S, Chang SM, Murnen A, Kreitzer F, Bravo V, Czeisler C, Gokozan HN, Gygli P, Bush S, Weese-Mayer DE, Conklin B, Yee SP, Huang EJ, Gray PA, Rowitch D, Otero JJ. Dysregulation of locus coeruleus development in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Acta Neuropathol. 2015;130(2):171-183. doi:10.1007/s00401-015-1441-0. PMID: 25975378
  • Durmus K, Patwa H, Gokozan HN, Teknos T, Agrawal A, Old M, Ozer E. Functional and quality of life outcomes of transoral robotic surgery for carcinoma of unknown primary: a prospective cohort study. Laryngoscope. 2014;124(9):2089-2095. doi:10.1002/lary.24705. PMID: 24706455