Maria McIntire, MD, PGY-3

E-mail: Maria_McIntire@rush.edu

Dr. McIntire received her Bachelor of Science degree in 2001 from North Park University in Chicago and completed her medical education at Rush University Medical Center in 2005. She is currently a third-year resident in the Department of Pathology at Rush. Following residency, she will be doing a fellowship in gastrointestinal pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Her initial interest in the field of GI began during medical school while rotating on the colon and rectal surgery service.  During the past three years of residency she has participated in many GI conferences, led medical student laboratory teaching sessions and worked on several projects and case reports, including the current GI pathology Web site, www.rush.edu/gipath. During the remaining year of residency she plans to hone her diagnostic skills in GI, as well as continue to work on several projects. With a fellowship in gastrointestinal pathology, her goal is not only to acquire better diagnostic skills and contribute original papers, but to also someday help make a difference in this exciting and growing field by providing quality patient care and fostering the relationships between clinicians and pathologist.

Selected Publications

Maria McIntire, MD, Shriram Jakate MD, John Losurdo MD. Granular Cell Tumor in Colonic Polyp Found on Screening Colonoscopy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2007;5:e17-e18

Maria McIntire, MD, Deborah Giusto MD, Shriram Jakate MD. Positive predictive value of diagnosing chronic rejection on needle biopsies before hepatic allograft failure.  United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Poster Presentation, Denver CO, March 2008

Maria McIntire, MD, Deborah Giusto MD, Shriram Jakate MD. Under-diagnosis of chronic hepatic allograft rejection in routine needle biopsies is more due to non-recognition of ductopenia than inadequate sampling. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Poster Presentation, Denver CO, March 2008

Rahul Chhablani MD, Maria McIntire MD , Shriram Jakate MD, Stanley Cohen MD, Joseph Ahn MD. Fleeting Hepatomegaly Due to Glycogenic Hepatopathy in Uncontrolled Type I Diabetes Mellitus. American College of Gastroenterology 72^nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Poster Presentation, October 2007

Ajay J. Patel, MD, PGY-2

Email:  Ajay_Patel@rush.edu

Dr. Patel is currently a second year resident in the Department of Pathology at Rush University Medical Center.  He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002 with a major in finance and a minor in chemistry.  Then, he pursued a career in medicine, graduating from Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL in 2006.

He has been exposed to pathology from a very young age with a dermatopathologist as a father.  However, his true interest in the field developed during his second and third years of medical school with exposure through the classroom as well as rotations.  His interest in gastrointestinal pathology also sparked during his pathology rotation in medical school when he was exposed to the unique teaching style of Dr. Jakate, a GI pathologist at Rush.  His interest was furthered in the field during his rotation in gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery.  During residency, Dr. Patel has been involved in GI multidisciplinary conferences, medical student GI gross teaching sessions, and contributing monthly cases to the Rush GI pathology Web site, www.rush.edu/gipath. Dr. Patel has also been involved in multiple abstracts, case reports, and papers, mainly focused in GI pathology.  Over the next few years, Dr. Patel plans to enhance his diagnostic skills in GI pathology, participate in many more publications, and pursue a fellowship in GI pathology. 

Selected Publications

A. Patel, D. Giusto, S. Jakate.  Hepatolithiasis in Explanted Livers:  Increasing the Spectrum of Disease.  Modern Pathology.  2008; 21: 313A (#1427).