Nikolina Dioufa, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
6 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-662-3746
Email: nikolina.dioufa@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Anatomic Pathology
Clinical Expertise
Anatomic Pathology, Head and Neck Pathology, Endocrine Pathology, Cytopathology
Education
MD University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2007
MSc University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2010
PhD University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2014
Specialty Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology (AP/CP), 2021
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology (AP/CP) - Cytopathology, 2022
Postgraduate Training
Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 2011-12
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 2012-15
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, 2016-17
Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Temple University Hospital, 2017-21
Chief Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Temple University Hospital, 2019
Fellow, Cytopathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2021-22
Fellow, Surgical Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2022-23
Chief Fellow, Surgical Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2022-23
Awards and Honors
Scholarship - Award “Antonios Papadakis” University of Athens, Greece, 2005 & 2006
“Empirikeion” Foundation Fellowship Award (PhD), University of Athens, Greece, 2012
Society for Pediatric Pathology-Young investigator Award Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 2014
NIH T32 Training Grant on Skin Biology and Cancer Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
Travel Award and Finalist in the Best Lab Practice Poster Award Competition, American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2018
Award for Scholarly Activity, Residency Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Temple University Hospital, 2018
Horatio T. Enterline Surgical Pathology Award for Excellence in Service and Teaching, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2023
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Penn Chapter, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2023
Excellence in Teaching Faculty Award (quarterly), Temple University Hospital, 2024
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP), 2014 - present
College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2017 - present
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), 2017 - present
American Society of Cytopathology (ASC), 2021 - present
Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists, 2024 - present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Diagnostic Utility of I123 Hybrid SPECT/CT in the Characterization of Retropharyngeal masses
Maryam I. Khan, Steven I. Sherman, Laurie A. Loevner, Jill E. Langer, Cecelia E. Schmalbach; Namrata Vijayvergia1; David Weinberg; Jillian W. Lazor; Stephen C. Rubin; Rosalia Viterbo; Alexander Kutikov; Robert Satriale; Konstantin Chernukha; Nikoline Dioufa; Aditya Talwar; Jian Q. Yu and Gregory S. Weinstein, Endocrine Society, Annual Meeting, San Fransisco, CA, 2025
The great imitators: Fungal and fungal like pneumonias with Pathological correlation.
Khawaja G. Kumaran M, Dioufa N and Donuru A., American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual meeting, 2025
Navigating the diagnostic maze: the challenge of sclerosing pneumocytoma in frozen sections.
Zenezan D, Yin J, Dioufa N, Firde K, Mollaee M, Akhtar I, Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 17(6): 182-188, 2024, PMID:39005235
Giant Cardiac Glomus Tumor: A Rare Presentation with Rapid Progression in an Elderly Patient
Amer S., Dioufa N., Fu J., Mollaee M., 36th European Congress of Pathology, Florence, Italy, 2024
Radiological-Pathological Correlation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis.
Makhoul P, Dioufa N, Knollman F, Donuru A, American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual meeting, Boston, MA, 2024
Enhancing Diagnostic Precision: The Crucial Role of Integrating Cytology, Histology, and Ancillary Testing in Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Zenezan D., Dioufa N., Amer S., Akhtar I., American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2024
A Rare Case of Intraductal Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland with an Unusual Mutational Landscape
Hussain M, Jabbar M, Gonzalez M, Rong Y and Dioufa N, College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2024
Prognostic Value of Molecular Mutations in Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Neoplasm Thyroid FNAs, an institutional experience
Tushir A, Firde K, Akhtar I and Dioufa N, College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2024
Mesonephric hyperplasia
Kearns K and Dioufa N., Pathology Outlines, 2024
Pericardial fluid cytology: Insights from a five-year retrospective review
Zenezan D., Dioufa N., Firde K., Akhtar I., American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2024
