Victor Nava Associate Professor of Pathology Office Phone: 202-745-8000 Email: Email Department: Pathology

Education

• M. D., Central University of Venezuela, 1990
• M.Sc., Tulane University, 1993
• Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 1998

Biography

Victor Nava MD, PhD is an is a hematopathologist with interest and expertise in surgical pathology, cytopathology and molecular pathology, who practices at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington DC. Dr. Nava was a principal investigator funded by the United States Department of Defense at Georgetown University, and was in private practice before joining GW.

Research

Dr. Nava performs clinical and translational research in various disciplines, centered on tumorigenesis and prognostication. He maintains collaborations with academic research.

Publications

Siddiqui G, Zara Rozalen A, Nava VE. Androgen receptor amplification in mesonephric remnants. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Jun 9;16(6):e251741. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-251741. PMID: 37295813; PMCID: PMC10277041.

Alaithan H, Kumar N, Islam MZ, Liappis AP, Nava VE. Novel Therapeutics for Malaria. Pharmaceutics. 2023 Jun 23;15(7):1800. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15071800. PMID: 37513987; PMCID: PMC10383744.

Abdulbaki R, Mugnaini EN, Partain J, Lazarski C, Nava VE. Sunsetting B-prolymphocytic leukemia. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2022 Oct;60:152003. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2022.152003. Epub 2022 Jul 4. PMID: 35803160.

Ayala Soriano C, Benitez Barzaga M, Chhina A, Jain M, Nava VE. Hepatoid prostatic carcinoma with adrenal metastasis and novel genetic alterations. Diagn Cytopathol. 2022 Nov;50(11):E310-E314. doi: 10.1002/dc.25006. Epub 2022 Jun 28. PMID: 35765767.

Nava VE, Perera PY, Kumar N, Jain M. Noncoding-RNA-Based Therapeutics with an Emphasis on Prostatic Carcinoma-Progress and Challenges. Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Feb 11;10(2):276. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10020276. PMID: 35214734; PMCID: PMC8877701.

Mehdipour Dalivand M, Tizro P, Aggarwal A, Nava VE. Increased CD23 expression in postsplenectomy polyclonal B-Cell lymphocytosis. Int J Lab Hematol. 2022 Feb;44(1):e32-e35. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13688. Epub 2021 Aug 26. PMID: 34448336.

Nava VE. Introduction to a Special Issue on Low-Grade B Cell Lymphoma in the Spleen. Curr Oncol. 2021 Dec 28;29(1):130-131. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29010011. PMID: 35049685; PMCID: PMC8774332.

Abdulbaki R, Tizro P, Nava VE, Gomes da Silva M, Ascensão JL. Low-Grade Primary Splenic CD10-Positive Small B-Cell Lymphoma/Follicular Lymphoma. Curr Oncol. 2021 Nov 18;28(6):4821-4831. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28060407. PMID: 34898578; PMCID: PMC8628768.

Cabeçadas J, Nava VE, Ascensao JL, Gomes da Silva M. How to Diagnose and Treat CD5-Positive Lymphomas Involving the Spleen. Curr Oncol. 2021 Nov 11;28(6):4611-4633. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28060390. PMID: 34898558; PMCID: PMC8628806.

Smith SDB, Aggarwal A, Chen W, Nava VE. A Case Report of Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Mimicking Primary Cutaneous Marginal Zone Lymphoma With Plasmacytic Differentiation. Am J Dermatopathol. 2021 Oct 1;43(10):730-731. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001928. PMID: 33606375.

Hashemi Zonouz T, Abdulbaki R, Bandyopadhyay BC, Nava VE. Novel Mutations in a Lethal Case of Lymphomatous Adult T Cell Lymphoma with Cryptic Myocardial Involvement. Curr Oncol. 2021 Feb 6;28(1):818-824. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28010079. PMID: 33562071; PMCID: PMC7985755.

Kima ED, Mugnaini EN, Nava VE. A novel SLC4A1 splice variant (c.2655+2_2655+3 del) in hereditary spherocytosis. Int J Lab Hematol. 2021 Oct;43(5):e242-e243. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13458. Epub 2021 Jan 20. PMID: 33470548.

Tizro P, Liu ML, Aggarwal A, Nava VE. ABO Blood Group as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2020 Aug;20(8):561-562. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2020.03.001. Epub 2020 Mar 16. PMID: 32360275.

DeRosa PA, Alqutub S, Papastavros V, Lichy JH, Maiberger M, Nava VE. Refractory periungual stage II mycosis fungoides with novel LMNA-ROS1 fusion. JAAD Case Rep. 2020 May 21;6(9):942-944. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.05.020. PMID: 32939388; PMCID: PMC7476806.

Zeng W, Nava VE, Cohen P, Ozdemirli M. Indolent CD8-positive T-cell lymphoid proliferation of the ear: a report of two cases. J Cutan Pathol. 2012 Jul;39(7):696-700. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2012.01917.x. Epub 2012 May 22. PMID: 22612273.

Nava VE, Mullin BR, Schuldenfrei JA. Renal medullary carcinoma metastatic to forehead. Am J Dermatopathol. 2011 Oct;33(7):757. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182106f2c. PMID: 21915032.

Sowa AS, Meloni-Ehrig AM, Tos A, Jahn J, Dogra S, Nava VE, Kelly JC, Mowrey PN. A novel t(10;12)(q21;p13) involving ETV6 in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):352-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.08.014. PMID: 21156259

Hristov AC, Saladino A, Nava VE, Gocke CD. Auer rod-like inclusions in a low-grade B-cell leukemia. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2010 Aug;14(4):292-5. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.07.005. Epub 2010 Apr 2. PMID: 20637437.

Huppmann AR, Liu ML, Nava VE. Concurrent diagnoses of Hodgkin lymphoma and biclonal myeloma in the bone marrow. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2010 Aug;14(4):268-72. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.09.006. Epub 2009 Dec 1. PMID: 20637433.

Nava VE, Cohen P, Bishop M, Fowler D, Jaffe ES, Ozdemirli M. Enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma after intestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Mar;31(3):476-80. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213391.49698.57. PMID: 17325491.

Ahmed AA, Nava VE, Pham T, Taubenberger JK, Lichy JH, Sorbara L, Raffeld M, Mackall CL, Tsokos M. Ewing sarcoma family of tumors in unusual sites: confirmation by rt-PCR. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2006 Nov-Dec;9(6):488-95. doi: 10.2350/06-01-0007.1. PMID: 17163788.

Nava VE, Jaffe ES. The pathology of NK-cell lymphomas and leukemias. Adv Anat Pathol. 2005 Jan;12(1):27-34. doi: 10.1097/01.pap.0000151318.34752.80. PMID: 15614162.

Nava VE, Lacana E, Poulton S, Liu H, Sugiura M, Kono K, Milstien S, Kohama T, Spiegel S. Functional characterization of human sphingosine kinase-1. FEBS Lett. 2000 May 4;473(1):81-4. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01510-6. PMID: 10802064.

Nava VE, Cuvillier O, Edsall LC, Kimura K, Milstien S, Gelmann EP, Spiegel S. Sphingosine enhances apoptosis of radiation-resistant prostate cancer cells. Cancer Res. 2000 Aug 15;60(16):4468-74. PMID: 10969794.

Nava VE, Cheng EH, Veliuona M, Zou S, Clem RJ, Mayer ML, Hardwick JM. Herpesvirus saimiri encodes a functional homolog of the human bcl-2 oncogene. J Virol. 1997 May;71(5):4118-22. doi: 10.1128/JVI.71.5.4118-4122.1997. PMID: 9094693; PMCID: PMC191568.

Duckett CS, Nava VE, Gedrich RW, Clem RJ, Van Dongen JL, Gilfillan MC, Shiels H, Hardwick JM, Thompson CB. A conserved family of cellular genes related to the baculovirus iap gene and encoding apoptosis inhibitors. EMBO J. 1996 Jun 3;15(11):2685-94. PMID: 8654366; PMCID: PMC450204.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations

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