Department of Pathology

Arwa Shana'ah, MD

Professor-Clinical

Portrait of Arwa Shana'ah, MD
  • Office Location:
  • N349 Doan Hall
  • 410 W. 10th Ave.
  • Columbus, OH 43210

Biosketch

Arwa Shana’ah is a Professor of pathology-Clinical in the Clinical Pathology Branch. She is the director of the Hematopathology Division at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and the Vice Chair of Faculty Success. She earned her MD from the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan and then completed a combined residency in anatomic and clinical pathology followed by a fellowship in surgical pathology and then a fellowship in transfusion medicine at The Ohio State University medical center. She is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and transfusion medicine and has expertise in hematopathology with over twenty five years of experience.

Board Certifications

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Special qualification in Transfusion Medicine, American Board of Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

2025-Present Professor of Pathology Clinical, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2019-2025 Associate Professor of Pathology, Clinical, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2025-Present Vice Chair of Faculty Success

2017-Present Director, Hematopathology Division

2008-2026 Director, pathology Residency Program

2021-2025 Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Education and Training

1998-1999 Fellow, Transfusion Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

1997-1998 Fellow, Surgical Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

1993-1997 Combined AP/CP Pathology Residency, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Selected Publications

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  • Senaras C, Pennell M, Chen W, Sahiner B, Shana'ah A, Louissaint A, Hasserjian RP, Lozanski G, Gurcan MN. FOXP3-stained image analysis for follicular lymphoma: Optimal adaptive thresholding with maximal nucleus coverage. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2017 Feb 11;10140. pii: 101400E. doi: 10.1117/12.2255671. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
  • Abas FS, Shana'ah A, Christian B, Hasserjian R, Louissaint A Jr, Pennell M, Sahiner B, Chen W, Niazi MK, Lozanski G, Gurcan M. Computer-assisted quantification of CD3+ T cells in follicular lymphoma. Cytometry A. 2017 Jan 22. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.23049. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Gurcan M, Pennell M, Sahiner B, Chen W, Shana'ah A, Hemminger J, Gru A, Kurt H, Losos M, Joehlin-Price A, Kavran C, Smith SM, Nowacki N, Mansor S, Lozanski G, Gurcan MN. Classification of follicular lymphoma: The effect of computer aid on pathologists grading. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2015 Dec 30;15(1):115.
  • Chu BF, Shana’ah A, Hofmeister CC, Benson DM, Sell M, Tucker J, Pichiorri F, Efebera YA. Long-term therapy with lenalidomide in a patient with POEMS Syndrome. Eur J Case Rep Intern Med. 2014;1. pii:/2014_000093.
  • Haverkos BM, Oza VM, Johnson A, Walker J, Shana'ah A. Rare presentation of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder isolated to gastroesophageal junction. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2013 Dec 15;5(12):230-4. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v5.i12.230.
  • Lozanski G, Pennell M, Shana'ah A, Zhao W, Gewirtz A, Racke F, Hsi E, Simpson S, Mosse C, Alam S, Swierczynski S, Hasserjian RP, Gurcan MN. Inter-reader variability in follicular lymphoma grading: Conventional and digital reading. J Pathol Inform. 2013 Oct 29;4:30. doi: 10.4103/2153-3539.120747. eCollection 2013.
  • Niazi MKK, Pennell M, Elkins C, Hemminger J, Jin M, Kirby S, Kurt H, Miller B, Plocharczyk E, Roth R, Ziegler R, Shana’ah A, Racke F, Lozanski G, Gurcan MN. Entropy based quantification of Ki-67 positive cell images and its evaluation by a reader study. SPIE Vol. 8676 86760I-9 2013.
  • Ranganathan P, Heaphy CE, Costinean S, Stauffer N, Na C, Hamadani M, Santhanam R, Mao C, Taylor PA, Sandhu S, He G, Shana'ah A, Nuovo GJ, Obad S, Broom O, Kauppinen S, Byrd JC, Caligiuri M, Perrotti D, Hadley GA, Marcucci G, Devine SM, Blazar BR, Croce CM, Garzon R. Regulation of acute graft-versus-host disease by microRNA-155. Blood. 2012 May17;119(20):4786-97
  • Glaser R, Andridge R, Yang EV, Shana'ah AY, Di Gregorio M, Chen M, Johnson SL, De Renne LA, Lambert DR, Jewell SD, Bechtel MA, Hearne DW, Herron JB, Kiecolt-Glaser JK. Tumor site immune markers associated with risk for subsequent Basal cell carcinomas. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25160. Epub 2011 Sep 29.
  • Samsi S, Lozanski G, Shana'ah A, Krishanmurthy AK, Gurcan MN. Detection of follicles from IHC-stained slides of follicular lymphoma using iterative watershed. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2010 Oct;57(10):2609-12.
  • Belkacem-Boussaid K, Pennell M, Lozanski G, Shana’ah A, Gurcan M. Computer-aided classification of centroblast cells in follicular lymphoma. Anal Quant Cytol Histol. 2010 Oct;32(5):254-260.
  • Sertel O, Lozanski G, Shana'ah A, Gurcan MN. Computer-aided detection of centroblasts for follicular lymphoma grading using adaptive likelihood-based cell segmentation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2010 Oct;57(10):2613-6.