Patricia A. Kirby, MD

Specialty: General and Pediatric Pathology, Neuropathology and Ocular pathology

Professor of Pathology

Campus Address

5239A RCP or 233 MRC
(319) 356-4170

Education

• MB BCh, University of Witswatersrand Medical School

Post Graduate Education

• Intern, McCord Hospital, Durban, South Africa
• Intern, Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria, SA
• Senior House officer (Surgery), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
• Resident Anatomical Pathology, South African Institute of Medical Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
• Resident Surgery (Orthopedics), Military Hospital, Wynberg Cape Town
• M Med (Anatomical Pathology & Cytopathology), University Stellenbosch Medical School and Tygerberg Hospital
• MCRCPath (Neuropathology), Royal College of Pathologists London UK
• FRCPath (Neuropathology)

Certification

• South African Medical & Dental Council (General Medicine and Surgery)
• South African Medical & Dental Council, Anatomical Pathologist
• General Medical Council, United Kingdom, (General Medicine and Surgery)
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Licensure: Iowa

Professional Affiliations

• Iowa Association of Pathologists
• Society of Pediatric Pathology
• American Association of Neuropathologists

Research Interest

• The role of Myosin in Congenital Myopathies
• Muscle pathology and abnormalities in elite athletes
• Correlation of Tumor pathology with neuro-imaging studies (MRI, CT scan and Ultra-sound)
• Muscle abnormalities in Subjects with Liver Disease
• Dementia in the Black races of Africa
• Pediatric neuropathology
• Lateralization gene expression in embryonic mice
• Cyclin D1 in pediatric brain tumors
• VEGF expression in ovarian tumors
• Distribution of glial tumors in the state of Iowa

Current Projects

• Correlation of HCV activity and cryoglobulinanemia
• Sympathetic activity after hypothalamic ablation in fetal lambs
• The presence of Merlin in clear cell meningiomas
• VEGF in ovarian tumors
• Lateralization gene expression in embryonal mice
• Cyclin D1 in Pediatric tumors.
• Stellate cells in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis