November 2018- Despite high burden of Kaposi sarcoma and HIV, multicentric Castleman disease is rarely reported in SSA. To supplement previous reports on MCD cases in Malawi, we describe a larger cohort of MCD patients with longer follow-up.
June 2018- We report the epidemiology of patients with cancer recorded by a hospital-based cancer registry at Kamuzu Central Hospital, the sole provider of comprehensive oncology services for half the country and location of a high-volume pathology laboratory.
March 2018 – The care of patients with lymphoma relies heavily on accurate tissue diagnosis and classification. Lymphoma burden is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, but diagnostic pathology services are still limited. This article summarizes lymphoma epidemiology, current diagnostic capacity, and obstacles and opportunities for improving practice in the region.
Q: What attracted you to the field of pathology? A: The need for more pathologists in Malawi. When I was a medical student 1999-2003, there were only two pathologists in Malawi and I saw how they struggled to keep pathology services growing in the country. One day when I was in my third year, I observed … Read more
June 2017- We describe the etiologic contribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a common cancer in our setting.
September 2016 – Results of a two-year collaboration between Kamuzu Central Hospital and the University of North Carolina to establish a pathology laboratory in Lilongwe, Malawi, showing high concordance between real-time diagnoses in Malawi and final diagnoses in the US.
December 2015 – Representing the first published comparison of bone marrow eosinophil density between patients from SSA and a developed nation, this study shows an increased density among patients in Malawi compared to patients in the US.
The UNC-Project Malawi lab was presented with four-star status by the Honorable Minister of Health. Congratulations to our staff there, especially to lab directors Gerald Tegha and Rob Krysiak.
March 2014 – With the help of a newly founded pathology laboratory, clinicians in Lilongwe, Malawi found cervical lymphadenopathy to be associated more with malignancy and less with tuberculosis than a previous study and recommend biopsy or FNA during early treatment.
August 2013 – Amid an increasing cancer burden and limited pathology services, a new pathology lab in Lilongwe, Malawi provides a robust platform for cancer care and research.