Department of Pathology

Homer Wiland, MD

Associate Professor-Practice

Homer Wiland, MD

Biosketch

Dr. Wiland is an associate professor of pathology in the community pathology division of Ohio State. He completed all of his pathology training, including a GI pathology fellowship, at Cleveland Clinic, and has over a decade of prior experience working for a small private practice in Ohio.

Board Certifications

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

2026-Present Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Education and Training

2014-2015 Fellowship in Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Pancreaticobiliary Pathology, Cleveland Clinic

2010-2014 Residency in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic

2006-2010 Medical School, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

2004-2006 Bachelor of Science in Combined Sciences, Youngstown State University

Selected Publications

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  • Wiland HO 4th, Grant-Kels JM. Ethical issues in dermatopathology. Clin Dermatol. 2012 Sep-Oct;30(5):476-81. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.06.015. PMID: 22902216.
  • Karagkounis G, Thai L, Mace AG, Wiland H, Pai RK, Steele SR, Church JM, Kalady MF. Prognostic Implications of Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Pathologic Stage III Rectal Cancer. Ann Surg. 2019 Jun;269(6):1117-1123. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002719. PMID: 31082910.
  • Smith FM, Wiland H, Mace A, Pai RK, Kalady MF. Clinical criteria underestimate complete pathological response in rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Mar;57(3):311-5. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182a84eba. PMID: 24509452.
  • Wiland HO 4th, Shadrach B, Allende D, Carver P, Goldblum JR, Liu X, Patil DT, Rybicki LA, Pai RK. Morphologic and molecular characterization of traditional serrated adenomas of the distal colon and rectum. Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Sep;38(9):1290-7. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000253. PMID: 25127095.
  • Wiland HO 4th, Pai RK, Purysko AS. Hepatic angiosarcoma mimicking sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/venoocclusive disease: a pathologic-radiologic correlation. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2012 Aug;16(4):275-9. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.10.009. Epub 2012 Feb 2. PMID: 22304789.
  • Hardwick JP, Osei-Hyiaman D, Wiland H, Abdelmegeed MA, Song BJ. PPAR/RXR Regulation of Fatty Acid Metabolism and Fatty Acid omega-Hydroxylase (CYP4) Isozymes: Implications for Prevention of Lipotoxicity in Fatty Liver Disease. PPAR Res. 2009;2009:952734. doi: 10.1155/2009/952734. Epub 2010 Mar 16. PMID: 20300478; PMCID: PMC2840373.
  • Wiland HO 4th, Henricks WH, Daly TM. Limited utilization of serologic testing in patients undergoing duodenal biopsy for celiac disease. BMC Gastroenterol. 2013 Nov 9;13:156. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-13-156. PMID: 24209459; PMCID: PMC4225746.
  • Wiland HO 4th, Procop GW, Goldblum JR, Tuohy M, Rybicki L, Patil DT. Interobserver variability and feasibility of polymerase chain reaction-based assay in distinguishing ischemic colitis from Clostridium difficile colitis in endoscopic mucosal biopsies. Am J Clin Pathol. 2013 Jun;139(6):730-5. doi: 10.1309/AJCPG8AYN9MUWJXV. PMID: 23690114.
  • Wiland HO, Pavlidakey PG, MacLennan GT. Nongerm cell malignancies in testicular germ cell tumors. J Urol. 2010 Jan;183(1):327-8. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.10.001. PMID: 19914661.
  • Agarwal S, Wiland H, Rodriguez ER, Heresi GA. A 70-year-old woman with acute right ventricular failure and circulatory collapse. Chest. 2012 Jan;141(1):259-264. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-0954. PMID: 22215836.