Biosketch
Dr. Kobalka is an Assistant Professor of Pathology. He joins us from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he successfully completed a cytopathology fellowship. Previously, he trained at University of California, San Diego (including a neuropathology fellowship) and the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Dr. Kobalka's interests include general surgical pathology with an emphasis on intraoperative frozen sections, cytopathology, and neuropathology. He is boarded in Anatomic Pathology, Cytopathology and Neuropathology.
Board Certifications
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology
American Board of Pathology, Cytopathology
American Board of Pathology, Neuropathology
Academic and Medical Appointments
2018 - PresentAssistant Professor of Pathology Clinical, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2019 - PresentAdjunct Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Toledo Medical Center
2017 - 2018Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Grants
UCSD Alzheimer’s Research Center Pilot Grant (2015-2016)
Education and Training
2016-2017 Fellow, Cytopathology, Department of Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2013-2016 Fellow, Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, The University of California Medical Center
2012-2013 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, The University Of California, San Diego
2010-2012 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, The University of Toledo Medical Center
2006-2010 M.D., The University of Toledo, School of Medicine, Toledo, OH