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Peter Kobalka, MD

Associate Professor-Clinical

Peter Kobalka, MD

Phone:

614-366-4544

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Mailing Address:

Graves 4169
333 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210

Biosketch

Dr. Kobalka is an Associate Professor-Clinical 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

2024 - PresentAssociate Professor-Clinical, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2018 - 2024Assistant 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


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Book Chapters

  • Rayi, A., & Kobalka, P. (2021) ‘Histopathology of adult and pediatric glioblastoma’, in Otero, J.J., & Becker, A.P. (ed.) Precision Molecular Pathology of Glioblastoma. Switzerland: Springer, pp. 67-89. LINK

Selected Publications

  • Sinclair W, Kobalka P, Ren R, Beshai B, Lott Limbach AA, Wei L, Mei P, Li Z. Interobserver agreement in programmed cell death-ligand 1 immunohistochemistry scoring in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma cytologic specimens. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021 Feb;49(2):219-225. doi: 10.1002/dc.24651. Epub 2020 Oct 26.PMID: 33104298
  • Makary MS, Kobalka P, Giglio P, Slone HW.J. Meningioangiomatosis: Clinical, Imaging, and Histopathologic Characteristics. Clin Imaging Sci. 2020 Jun 12;10:36. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_39_2020. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32637227
  • Kobalka PJ, Huntoon K, Becker AP.Neurosurgery. Neuropathology of Pituitary Adenomas and Sellar Lesions. 2021 Jan 20:nyaa548. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa548. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33476394
  • Kobalka, P., Abboud, J.P., Liao, X., Jones, K., Lee, B.W., Korn, B.S., Kikkawa, D.O., Lin, J.O. (2015). p16INK4A expression is frequently increased in periorbital and ocular squamous lesions. Journal of Diagnostic Pathology,10(1): 175.
  • Tuszynski, M.H., Yang, J.H., Barba, D., U, H.S., Bakay, R.A.E., Pay, M.M., Masliah, E., Conner, J.M., Kobalka, P., Roy, S., Nagahara, A.H. (2015). Nerve growth factor gene therapy: activation of neuronal responses in Alzheimer’s disease. JAMA Neurology, doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.1807.
  • Chen, C.C., White, N., Farid, N., Kobalka, P., Hansen, L.A., Pearn, M.L., Dale, A.M. (2015). Coalescence of pre-operative cellularity mapping and intra-MRI biopsy: defining new standards for brain biopsies. Expert Review of Medical Devices, 12(1): 1-5. Featured on San Diego, Public Radio (KPPS) Aug 6th, 2014.
  • Venkova-Hristova, K., Christov, A., Kamalludin, Z., Kobalka, P., Hensley, K. (2014). Semaphorin 3A signaling through neuropilin-1 is an early trigger for distal axonopathy in the SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 73(7): 702-713.
  • Kobalka, P., Gatto-Weis, C., Casas, L. (2013). Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors. American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Case Reports.
  • Venkova-Hristova, K., Christov, A., Kamalludin, Z., Kobalka, P., Hensley, K. (2012). Progress in therapy development for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology Research International, 2012(2012):187234.
  • Toumeh, A., Phinney, R., Kobalka, P., Mohamed, I. (2012). Bilateral myeloid sarcoma of the breast and the cerebrospinal fluid as a relapse of acute myeloid leukemia after stem-cell transplantation: a case report. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 30(22):e199-201.
  • Sahin, O., Kobalka, P., Zhang, Q. (2003). Detection and survival of Campylobacter in chicken eggs. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 95(5), 1070-1079.