Giovanni Lujan, MD
Associate Professor-Clinical
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N337C Doan Hall
410 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Biosketch
Dr Lujan is the Director of Clinical Informatics as well as the Digital and Computational Pathology Division and the OSU WSI Image Scanning Center.
He has dual board certification in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology by the American Board of Pathology. His areas of expertise include Gastrointestinal Pathology, Clinical Informatics, Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence in WSI analysis. He completed a surgical pathology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital after graduating from the pathology residency program at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Lujan is currently active in many committees and task forces pertaining to the development and integration of Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence in routine diagnosis. He has published many authoritative articles and has been invited speakers at many national and international conferences.
Board Certifications
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Academic and Medical Appointments
2020-Present Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, OSUWMC, Columbus, OH
Education and Training
2003-2004 Fellow, Surgical Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2000-2003 Resident, AP&CP, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
1999-2000 Resident, AP&CP, Baptist Health System, Birmingham, AL
1989-1993 M.D., University of El Salvador, School of Medicine. San Salvador, El Salvador
Selected Publications
- Lujan GM, Savage J, Shana'ah A, Yearsley M, Thomas D, Allenby P, Otero J, Limbach AL, Cui X, Scarl RT, Hardy T, Sheldon J, Plaza JA, Whitaker B, Frankel W, Parwani AV, Li Z. Digital Pathology Initiatives and Experience of a Large Academic Institution During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 Sep 1;145(9):1051-1061. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0715-SA. PMID: 33946103.
- Lujan G, Quigley JC, Hartman D, Parwani A, Roehmholdt B, Meter BV, Ardon O, Hanna MG, Kelly D, Sowards C, Montalto M, Bui M, Zarella MD, LaRosa V, Slootweg G, Retamero JA, Lloyd MC, Madory J, Bowman D. Dissecting the Business Case for Adoption and Implementation of Digital Pathology: A White Paper from the Digital Pathology Association. J Pathol Inform. 2021 Apr 7;12:17. doi: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_67_20. PMID: 34221633; PMCID: PMC8240548.
- Lujan G, Quigley J, Parwani Anil et all. Dissecting the Business Case for Digital Pathology. IN PROGRESS. Manuscript, submitted for publication, May 2019.
- Aeffner F, Zarella MD, Buchbinder N, Bui MM, Goodman MR, Hartman DJ, Lujan GM, Molani MA, Parwani AV, Lillard K, Turner OC, Vemuri VN, Yuil-Valdes AG, Bowman D. Introduction to digital image analysis in whole-slide imaging: A white paper from the digital pathology association. J Pathol Inform 2019;10:9
- Turner K, Genta RM, Lujan G, Robiou C, Sonnenberg A. Significance of the epithelioid granuloma in biopsies of Crohn’s colitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014; 20(12):2271-5.
- Neumann WL, Lujan GM, Genta RM. Gastric heterotopia in the proximal esophagus (“inlet patch”): Association with adenocarcinomas arising in Barrett mucosa. Dig Liver Dis. 2012 Apr;44(4):292-96.
- Poulos JE, Alexandros G, Georgakilas PT, Kalogerinis TD, Lujan G. A patient with granular cell tumor of the colon. Pract Gastroenterol.2008 Aug:51-3
- Rais-Bahrami S, Varkarakis IM, Lujan G, Jarrett TW. Primary retroperitoneal teratoma presenting as an adrenal tumor in an adult. Urology. 2007 Jan; 69(1):185.e1-2.
- Parwani AV, Lujan G, Ali SZ. Myoepithelial carcinoma arising in a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland: report of a case with Cytopathologic findings. Acta Cytol. 2006 Jan-Feb; 50(1):93-6.
- Narayan S, Lujan MG, Baskin LB, Deveraj S, Rutherford C, Jialal I, Measurement of beta1- and beta2- globulins improves detection of M spikes on high resolution electrophoresis. Clin Chem. 2003 APR;49(4):676-8.
- Lujan MG, Hoang MP. Pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma of the adrenal gland. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Jan; 127 (1): e32-5