Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

Pathology

Dr. Galen Cortina, MD

Galen Cortina works in the field of Pathology. He studied medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. Medical College of Wisconsin is ranked 54/62 in Research/PrimaryCare. Galen Cortina is a published doctor. He published 38 publications, including: 'Tubulovillous adenoma in the cecal segment after cecocystoplasty.'

Publications

Exome Sequencing Finds a Novel PCSK1 Mutation in a Child With Generalized Malabsorptive Diarrhea and Diabetes Insipidus.
Congenital Proprotein Convertase 1/3 Deficiency Causes Malabsorptive Diarrhea and other Endocrinopathies in a Pediatric Cohort.
A histopathologic scoring system as a tool for standardized reporting of chronic (ileo)colitis and independent risk assessment for inflammatory bowel disease.
Diagnosis of dysplasia in upper gastro-intestinal tract biopsies through digital microscopy.
Tubulovillous adenoma in the cecal segment after cecocystoplasty.
Molecular and immunologic pathology for the endoscopist. Special techniques.
Clinical and pathologic overlap in nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-related small bowel diaphragm disease and the neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma of the small ...
A retrospective clinical study of the treatment of high-grade anal dysplasia by infrared coagulation in a population of HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
The prevalence, and predictive value, of abnormal anal cytology to diagnose anal dysplasia in a population of HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
Functional and morphologic changes of the ileal mucosa after ileoanal pouch procedure.
The significance of gastric and duodenal histological ischemia reported on endoscopic biopsy.
Cytomegalovirus enterocolitis in an immunocompetent infant host: another cause of treatable intractable diarrhea in infancy.
Porcelain gallbladder is not associated with gallbladder carcinoma.
Improved outcome after intestinal transplantation at a single institution over 12 years.
Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasms of the pancreas: aggressive resection for cure.
Induction therapy with interleukin-2 receptor antagonist after intestinal transplantation is associated with reduced acute cellular rejection and improved renal function.
An improved clinical model of orthotopic pancreatic cancer in immunocompetent Lewis rats.
Effectiveness of aggressive prophylatic and preemptive therapies targeted against cytomegaloviral and Epstein-Barr viral disease after human intestinal transplantation.
Improved outcome after intestinal transplantation: an 8-year, single-center experience.
Outcomes after intestinal transplantation: a single-center experience over a decade.
Outcome after intestinal transplantation: results from one center's 9-year experience; discussion 1031-2.
Serum and Colonic Mucosal Immune Markers in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
First Phase 1 Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Rectal Microbicide Trial Using UC781 Gel with a Novel Index of Ex Vivo Efficacy.
Pretransplant predictors of survival after intestinal transplantation: analysis of a single-center experience of more than 100 transplants.
Pancreatic serous cystadenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.
A paucity of colonic enteroendocrine and/or enterochromaffin cells characterizes a subset of patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea/malabsorption.
Improved survival following pancreaticoduodenectomy to treat adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: the influence of operative blood loss.
Congenital visceral myopathy with a predominantly hypertrophic pattern treated by multivisceral transplantation.
Characterization of baseline intestinal mucosal indices of injury and inflammation in men for use in rectal microbicide trials (HIV Prevention Trials Network-056).
Enteroendocrine cell dysgenesis and malabsorption, a histopathologic and immunohistochemical characterization.
Mutant neurogenin-3 in congenital malabsorptive diarrhea.
Infectious enteritis after intestinal transplantation: incidence, timing, and outcome.
Randomized trial of argon plasma coagulation vs. multipolar electrocoagulation for ablation of Barrett''s esophagus.
Improved survival for adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: fifty-five consecutive resections.
An orthotopic nude mouse model for evaluating pathophysiology and therapy of pancreatic cancer.
A parathyroid hormone-related protein-secreting metastatic epithelioid leiomyosarcoma. A case report and review of the literature.
Autopsy findings following gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity.

Schools

Medical College of Wisconsin
UCLA Med CtrUCLA D Geffen School
University Of California Los Angeles

Doctors Specialties

Pathology

Accepted Insurances

Education

UCLA Medical Center
Medical College of Wisconsin

Hospital

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
LAC-Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1194753657
Last Name Of The Provider	CORTINA
First Name Of The Provider	GALEN
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