Anwer M Siddiqi

Anwer M Siddiqi, M.D., M.M.Sc.

Associate Professor; Program Director, Pathology Residency

Department: Pathology – Jacksonville
Business Phone: (904) 244-4763
Business Email: anwer.siddiqi@jax.ufl.edu

About Anwer M Siddiqi

Dr. Anwer Siddiqi obtained his medical degree from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, and completed a masters in clinical immunology followed by pathology residency training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed cytopathology fellowship training at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. He is board-certified in anatomic pathology and cytopathology. In 2002, he joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine as assistant professor and rose to the rank of attending pathologist, associate professor and residency program director in the Department of Pathology by 2008. He also served as co-director of the M2 Pathology course. In December 2012, he joined the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville Department of Pathology as the residency program director. The campus has a fully ACGME-accredited residency program with no citations and a 100% board pass rate for the past five years.

Additional Positions:
Associate Professor
2012 – Current · University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville

Accomplishments

Deans Research Grant for Faculty
2015-2016 · University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2014-2018
MDT7530 Elect Top/Pathology

Board Certifications

  • Anatomic Pathology
    American Board of Pathology
  • Cytopathology
    American Board of Pathology
  • Cytopathology
    International Board of Cytopathology

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pathology
  • Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
Subspecialties
  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Cytopathology

Research Profile

My research interests include gynecologic cytology and HPV testing, as well as fine-needle aspiration biopsy and its surgical correlation in the diagnosis of head and neck tumors and breast cancers. I also work with a group at the University of Utah on pathophysiology and therapeutic aspects of galactosemia.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
Areas of Interest
  • Fine needle aspiration biopsy
  • Gynecologic cytopathology
  • Hyperspectral imaging

Publications

2024
Torsion of an Ovarian Leiomyoma in a Patient With Turner Syndrome.
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology. 31(3):172-173 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jmig.2023.11.018. [PMID] 38043862.
2023
Encapsulated Papillary Oncocytic Neoplasm: A Newly Recognized Hurthle Cell Neoplasm With Unique Morphology.
Cureus. 15(4) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.37175. [PMID] 37168165.
2022
Concomitant Gastric Malignancy and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Cureus. 14(6) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.25607. [PMID] 35686196.
2022
Harnessing the Power of Purple Sweet Potato Color and Myo-Inositol to Treat Classic Galactosemia.
International journal of molecular sciences. 23(15) [DOI] 10.3390/ijms23158654. [PMID] 35955788.
2022
Toward realization of remote controlled telecytopathology-a validation study from a large academic medical center from the southeast United States.
Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. 11(5):320-327 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jasc.2022.04.003. [PMID] 35589507.
2022
Uterine Sarcoma Presenting as Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure.
Case reports in oncology. 15(2):586-592 [DOI] 10.1159/000524547. [PMID] 35813696.
2021
Malignant Müllerian Adenocarcinoma Manifesting With Cardiac Tamponade and Pleural Effusion.
Cureus. 13(7) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.16233. [PMID] 34268062.
2020
A Rare Case of Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Masquerading as a Forehead Hematoma.
Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine. 2020 [DOI] 10.1155/2020/8842936. [PMID] 33062352.
2020
Is it metastatic melanoma or is it sarcoidosis? Non-caseating granulomas due to pembrolizumab.
BMJ case reports. 13(12) [DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2020-240701. [PMID] 33371005.
2020
Malignant eosinophilic ascites due to metastatic urothelial carcinoma with peritoneal carcinomatosis.
BMJ case reports. 13(12) [DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2020-238530. [PMID] 33310833.
2019
Prevalence of epithelial abnormalities and high-risk human papilloma virus in cervicovaginal Pap smears of population subgroups as a guide toward evidence-based best practice.
Diagnostic cytopathology. 47(7):648-652 [DOI] 10.1002/dc.24158. [PMID] 30801970.
2017
Assessment of ataxia phenotype in a new mouse model of galactose-1 phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT) deficiency.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease. 40(1):131-137 [DOI] 10.1007/s10545-016-9993-2. [PMID] 27783170.
2017
Brace yourself: an unusual case of knee pain, an extradigital glomangioma of the knee.
Radiology case reports. 12(2):357-360 [DOI] 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.03.004. [PMID] 28491188.
2016
Galactose-1 phosphate uridylyltransferase (GalT) gene: A novel positive regulator of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in mouse fibroblasts.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 470(1):205-212 [DOI] 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.01.036. [PMID] 26773505.
2015
Atypical Endobronchial Carcinoid with Postobstructive Pneumonia Obscuring the Diagnosis of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.
Case reports in rheumatology. 2015 [DOI] 10.1155/2015/513602. [PMID] 26347844.
2015
Diagnostic value and accuracy of imprint cytology evaluation during image-guided core needle biopsies: Review of our experience at a large academic center.
Diagnostic cytopathology. 43(10):773-9 [DOI] 10.1002/dc.23300. [PMID] 26119885.
2014
Subfertility and growth restriction in a new galactose-1 phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT) – deficient mouse model.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG. 22(10):1172-9 [DOI] 10.1038/ejhg.2014.12. [PMID] 24549051.
2009
Ductopapillary apocrine carcinoma of the eyelid metastatic to the parotid gland: report of a case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Diagnostic cytopathology. 37(2):91-5 [DOI] 10.1002/dc.20956. [PMID] 19021198.
2009
Hybrid capture 2 human papillomavirus DNA testing for women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance Papanicolaou results in SurePath and ThinPrep specimens.
Cancer. 117(5):318-25 [DOI] 10.1002/cncy.20043. [PMID] 19693966.
2008
Malignant seeding of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tract in patient with head and neck cancer.
The American journal of the medical sciences. 336(3):291-2 [DOI] 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31815b60ba. [PMID] 18794629.
2008
Use of hyperspectral imaging to distinguish normal, precancerous, and cancerous cells.
Cancer. 114(1):13-21 [DOI] 10.1002/cncr.23286. [PMID] 18213691.
2007
Solitary fibrous tumor of the lung: a case report with a study of the aspiration biopsy, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and autopsy findings.
Diagnostic cytopathology. 35(4):239-44 [PMID] 17351947.
2006
Fine needle aspiration biopsy of vertebral and paravertebral lesions: retrospective study of 124 cases.
Acta cytologica. 50(4):364-71 [PMID] 16900996.

Grants

Dec 2022 ACTIVE
Feasibility and validity of use of a portable optical device for Cytopathologic and frozen section evaluation at an offsite health care center
Role: Other
Funding: ASSOCIATION OF PATHOLOGY CHAIRS

Education

Cytopathology Fellowship
2002 · University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency
1999 · Emory University
Master of Medical Science, Clinical Immunology
1986 · Emory University
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
1983 · Dow Medical College

Contact Details

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