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Hamza Gokozan, MD

Assistant Professor-Clinical

Hamza Gokozan, MD

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614-293-2337

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

Biosketch

Dr. Hamza Gokozan is a triple board-certified pathologist (Anatomic Pathology/Clinical Pathology/Cytopathology) and joined the faculty as an assistant professor of pathology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in July 2023.

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). Upon completion of his training, he served as an assistant professor of pathology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City for three years.

He has multiple awards and recognitions including International Society of Neuropathology trainee travel award, American Association for Blood Banking trainee scholarship, USCAP trainee award for his contributions in cytopathology research, and Harry Taylor Award of Case Western Reserve University.

He has published more than 25 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 also been contributing as a peer reviewer.

He serves in USCAP and ASC annual meeting abstract review boards, and chairs the website committee of Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology.

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

2023-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, 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

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 HN, Scognamiglio T. Advances and Updates in Parathyroid Pathology Adv Anat Pathol. 2023;30(1):24-33. doi:10.1097/PAP.0000000000000379
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 *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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Abas FS, Gokozan HN, Goksel B, Otero JJ, Gurcan MN. Intraoperative neuropathology of glioma recurrence: cell detection and classification Proc. SPIE 9791, Medical Imaging 2016: Digital Pathology, 979109 (23 March 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2216448
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cinar Akakin H, Gokozan HN, Otero J, Gurcan MN. An adaptive algorithm for detection of multiple-type, positively stained nuclei in IHC images with minimal prior information: application to Olig-2 staining gliomas. Proc. SPIE 9420, Medical Imaging 2015: Digital Pathology, 942007 (March 19, 2015); doi:10.1117/12.2077746
  • Chang JC, Leung M, Gokozan HN, Gygli PE, Catacutan FP, Czeisler C, Otero JJ. Mitotic events in cerebellar granule progenitor cells that expand cerebellar surface area are critical for normal cerebellar cortical lamination in mice. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015;74(3):261-272. doi:10.1097/NEN.0000000000000171
  • Durmus K, Gokozan HN, Ozer E. Transoral robotic supraglottic laryngectomy: Surgical considerations. Head Neck. 2015;37(1):125-126. doi:10.1002/hed.2364
  • 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
  • Ahmad Fauzi MF, Gokozan HN, Elder B, Puduvalli VK, Otero JJ, Gurcan MN. Classification of glioblastoma and metastasis for neuropathology intraoperative diagnosis: a multi-resolution textural approach to model the background Proc. SPIE 9041, Medical Imaging 2014: Digital Pathology, 90410F (March 20, 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2043814