Education

Columbia University, New York, NY, BA, 05/2007, Biology
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, MD, 05/2011, Medicine
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Resident, 06/2014, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, Fellow, 06/2015, Infectious Disease Pathology
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Fellow, 06/2016, Cytopathology
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Chief Resident, 06/2017, Clinical Pathology

Honors & Awards

  • 2011
    Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Service Leadership Project Award for the NYU School of Medicine Health Education Literacy Project
  • 2011
    NYU School of Medicine Excellence in Pathology
  • 2013
    Arthur Purdy Stout Society Study Stipend
  • 2013
    American Society of Clinical Pathology Resident Council Subspecialty Grant
  • 2016
    Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease Pathologists, Jerome H. Smith Award, 1st place for Best USCAP Poster on Infectious Disease Pathology, 2015
  • 2016
    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Honor Award for Rapid and Sustained Improvements in Infection Prevention and Control in West Africa during the Ebola Epidemic
  • 2017
    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Honor Award for Outstanding Support in Monitoring the Persistence of Ebola Virus in the Semen of Male Survivors
  • 2017
    UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine Award for Clinical Excellence, Clinical Pathology

Selected Publications

  1. Ngaiza A, Vuhahula E, Yahaya J, Ndayisaba MC, Kawishe GJ, Grenert JP, Zhang L, Van Loon K, Ng DL. Evaluation of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Expression in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Cancers in Tanzania. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Mar 28.  View on PubMed
  2. Maruthamuthu S, Rajalingam K, Kaur N, Morvan MG, Soto J, Lee N, Kong D, Hu Z, Reyes K, Ng D, Butte AJ, Chiu C, Rajalingam R. Individualized Constellation of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors and Cognate HLA Class I Ligands that Controls Natural Killer Cell Antiviral Immunity Predisposes COVID-19. Front Genet. 2022; 13:845474.  View on PubMed
  3. Ngaiza AI, Yahaya JJ, Mwakimonga AK, Vuhahula E, Mnango L, Mwakigonja AR, Kawishe GJ, Ng D. Histologic detection of Helicobacter pylori by the immunohistochemical method using anti-Helicobacter pylori polyclonal antibody: A cross-sectional study of patients with gastric pathologies at the Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2022 Feb; 23(1):7-14.  View on PubMed
  4. Kimambo AH, Vuhahula EA, Mwakigonja AR, Ljung BM, Zhang L, Van Loon K, Ng DL. Evaluating Estrogen Receptor Immunohistochemistry on Cell Blocks From Breast Cancer Patients in a Low-Resource Setting. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 07 01; 145(7):834-841.  View on PubMed
  5. Butler D, Mozsary C, Meydan C, Foox J, Rosiene J, Shaiber A, Danko D, Afshinnekoo E, MacKay M, Sedlazeck FJ, Ivanov NA, Sierra M, Pohle D, Zietz M, Gisladottir U, Ramlall V, Sholle ET, Schenck EJ, Westover CD, Hassan C, Ryon K, Young B, Bhattacharya C, Ng DL, Granados AC, Santos YA, Servellita V, Federman S, Ruggiero P, Fungtammasan A, Chin CS, Pearson NM, Langhorst BW, Tanner NA, Kim Y, Reeves JW, Hether TD, Warren SE, Bailey M, Gawrys J, Meleshko D, Xu D, Couto-Rodriguez M, Nagy-Szakal D, Barrows J, Wells H, O'Hara NB, Rosenfeld JA, Chen Y, Steel PAD, Shemesh AJ, Xiang J, Thierry-Mieg J, Thierry-Mieg D, Iftner A, Bezdan D, Sanchez E, Campion TR, Sipley J, Cong L, Craney A, Velu P, Melnick AM, Shapira S, Hajirasouliha I, Borczuk A, Iftner T, Salvatore M, Loda M, Westblade LF, Cushing M, Wu S, Levy S, Chiu C, Schwartz RE, Tatonetti N, Rennert H, Imielinski M, Mason CE. Shotgun transcriptome, spatial omics, and isothermal profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals unique host responses, viral diversification, and drug interactions. Nat Commun. 2021 03 12; 12(1):1660.  View on PubMed
  6. Ng DL, Granados AC, Santos YA, Servellita V, Goldgof GM, Meydan C, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Levine AG, Balcerek J, Han LM, Akagi N, Truong K, Neumann NM, Nguyen DN, Bapat SP, Cheng J, Martin CS, Federman S, Foox J, Gopez A, Li T, Chan R, Chu CS, Wabl CA, Gliwa AS, Reyes K, Pan CY, Guevara H, Wadford D, Miller S, Mason CE, Chiu CY. A diagnostic host response biosignature for COVID-19 from RNA profiling of nasal swabs and blood. Sci Adv. 2021 02; 7(6).  View on PubMed
  7. Ng DL, van Zante A, Griffin A, Hills NK, Ljung BM. A Large Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cohort with Long-Term Population-Based Follow-Up. Thyroid. 2021 07; 31(7):1086-1095.  View on PubMed
  8. Philipo GS, Vuhahula E, Kimambo A, Mmbaga EJ, Van Loon K, Ng DL. Feasibility of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Rapid On-Site Evaluation for Immediate Triage in Breast Cancer Screening in Tanzania. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 01; 7:146-152.  View on PubMed
  9. Ruiz-Cordero R, Ng DL. Neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase (NTRK) fusions and their role in cancer. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 11; 128(11):775-779.  View on PubMed
  10. Zamecnik CR, Rajan JV, Yamauchi KA, Mann SA, Loudermilk RP, Sowa GM, Zorn KC, Alvarenga BD, Gaebler C, Caskey M, Stone M, Norris PJ, Gu W, Chiu CY, Ng D, Byrnes JR, Zhou XX, Wells JA, Robbiani DF, Nussenzweig MC, DeRisi JL, Wilson MR. ReScan, a Multiplex Diagnostic Pipeline, Pans Human Sera for SARS-CoV-2 Antigens. Cell Rep Med. 2020 10 20; 1(7):100123.  View on PubMed
  11. Ng DL, Goldgof GM, Shy BR, Levine AG, Balcerek J, Bapat SP, Prostko J, Rodgers M, Coller K, Pearce S, Franz S, Du L, Stone M, Pillai SK, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Servellita V, Martin CSS, Granados A, Glasner DR, Han LM, Truong K, Akagi N, Nguyen DN, Neumann NM, Qazi D, Hsu E, Gu W, Santos YA, Custer B, Green V, Williamson P, Hills NK, Lu CM, Whitman JD, Stramer SL, Wang C, Reyes K, Hakim JMC, Sujishi K, Alazzeh F, Pham L, Thornborrow E, Oon CY, Miller S, Kurtz T, Simmons G, Hackett J, Busch MP, Chiu CY. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood. Nat Commun. 2020 09 17; 11(1):4698.  View on PubMed
  12. Whitman JD, Hiatt J, Mowery CT, Shy BR, Yu R, Yamamoto TN, Rathore U, Goldgof GM, Whitty C, Woo JM, Gallman AE, Miller TE, Levine AG, Nguyen DN, Bapat SP, Balcerek J, Bylsma SA, Lyons AM, Li S, Wong AW, Gillis-Buck EM, Steinhart ZB, Lee Y, Apathy R, Lipke MJ, Smith JA, Zheng T, Boothby IC, Isaza E, Chan J, Acenas DD, Lee J, Macrae TA, Kyaw TS, Wu D, Ng DL, Gu W, York VA, Eskandarian HA, Callaway PC, Warrier L, Moreno ME, Levan J, Torres L, Farrington LA, Loudermilk RP, Koshal K, Zorn KC, Garcia-Beltran WF, Yang D, Astudillo MG, Bernstein BE, Gelfand JA, Ryan ET, Charles RC, Iafrate AJ, Lennerz JK, Miller S, Chiu CY, Stramer SL, Wilson MR, Manglik A, Ye CJ, Krogan NJ, Anderson MS, Cyster JG, Ernst JD, Wu AHB, Lynch KL, Bern C, Hsu PD, Marson A. Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance. Nat Biotechnol. 2020 10; 38(10):1174-1183.  View on PubMed
  13. Fung M, Chiu CY, DeVoe C, Doernberg SB, Schwartz BS, Langelier C, Henrich TJ, Yokoe D, Davis J, Hays SR, Chandran S, Kukreja J, Ng D, Prostko J, Taylor R, Reyes K, Bainbridge E, Bond A, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM. Clinical outcomes and serologic response in solid organ transplant recipients with COVID-19: A case series from the United States. Am J Transplant. 2020 11; 20(11):3225-3233.  View on PubMed
  14. Ng DL, Goldgof GM, Shy BR, Levine AG, Balcerek J, Bapat SP, Prostko J, Rodgers M, Coller K, Pearce S, Franz S, Du L, Stone M, Pillai SK, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Servellita V, Martin CSS, Granados A, Glasner DR, Han LM, Truong K, Akagi N, Nguyen DN, Neumann NM, Qazi D, Hsu E, Gu W, Santos YA, Custer B, Green V, Williamson P, Hills NK, Lu CM, Whitman JD, Stramer S, Wang C, Reyes K, Hakim JMC, Sujishi K, Alazzeh F, Pham L, Oon CY, Miller S, Kurtz T, Hackett J, Simmons G, Busch MP, Chiu CY. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood from the San Francisco Bay Area. medRxiv. 2020 May 25.  View on PubMed
  15. Whitman JD, Hiatt J, Mowery CT, Shy BR, Yu R, Yamamoto TN, Rathore U, Goldgof GM, Whitty C, Woo JM, Gallman AE, Miller TE, Levine AG, Nguyen DN, Bapat SP, Balcerek J, Bylsma SA, Lyons AM, Li S, Wong AW, Gillis-Buck EM, Steinhart ZB, Lee Y, Apathy R, Lipke MJ, Smith JA, Zheng T, Boothby IC, Isaza E, Chan J, Acenas DD, Lee J, Macrae TA, Kyaw TS, Wu D, Ng DL, Gu W, York VA, Eskandarian HA, Callaway PC, Warrier L, Moreno ME, Levan J, Torres L, Farrington LA, Loudermilk R, Koshal K, Zorn KC, Garcia-Beltran WF, Yang D, Astudillo MG, Bernstein BE, Gelfand JA, Ryan ET, Charles RC, Iafrate AJ, Lennerz JK, Miller S, Chiu CY, Stramer SL, Wilson MR, Manglik A, Ye CJ, Krogan NJ, Anderson MS, Cyster JG, Ernst JD, Wu AHB, Lynch KL, Bern C, Hsu PD, Marson A. Test performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serological assays. medRxiv. 2020 May 17.  View on PubMed
  16. Eslami A, Can NT, Ng DL. Infectious disease diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2020 May - Jun; 9(3):152-158.  View on PubMed
  17. Balassanian R, Ng DL, van Zante A. Stop using expired plasma for cell blocks. Cancer Cytopathol. 2019 12; 127(12):737-738.  View on PubMed
  18. Ng DL, Balassanian R. Granulomatous inflammation diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2019 Nov - Dec; 8(6):317-323.  View on PubMed
  19. Silverstein J, Kidder W, Fisher S, Hope TA, Maisel S, Ng D, Van Ziffle J, Atreya CE, Van Loon K. Hormone receptor expression of colorectal cancer diagnosed during the peri-partum period. Endocr Connect. 2019 Aug; 8(8):1149-1158.  View on PubMed
  20. Ng DL, Vuhahula E, Zhang L, Waterhouse EG, White KL, Mushi BP, Nyeriga MS, Philipo GS, Mmbaga EJ, Sheth S, Van Loon K, Lee AY, Balassanian R. Efficacy of an Intensive, Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Training Workshop in Tanzania. J Glob Oncol. 2018 10; 4:1-9.  View on PubMed

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