Heim-Hall, Josefine MariaGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
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| 9/2010 - Present | Professor/Clinical | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 1998 | Clinical Fellowship | Pediatric Pathology | Santa Rosa Hospital San Antonio , TX |
| 1996 | Postdoctoral Training | Surgical Pathology | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 1995 | Residency | Pathology Residency | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 1993 | Residency | Pathology Residency | Fairfax Hospital Falls Church , VA |
| 1989 | Residency | Internal Medicine | Kreiskrankenhaus Miesbach Miesbach , Germany |
| 1986 | MD | Medicine | Universita degli Study di Siena Italy |
Bone and Soft Tissue Pathologist- Through my special interest in bone and soft tissue pathology and close collaboration with Orthopedic Oncology, I have become the institutional expert for Musculoskeletal Pathology. I have reviewed the majority of bone and soft tissue tumors seen at University Hospital over the past 12 years through weekly interdisciplinary orthopedic tumor pathology conference. Given this experience, I have developed a consultation service used by pathologists at other institutions and laboratories in town, mainly Methodist Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Christus Santa Rosa, South Texas Dermatopathology Associates CTRC (pathology material from outside institutions requested to be reviewed by CTRC medical oncologists). |
Pediatric Pathologist (Board certified)- As the only Board Certified Pediatric Pathologist at this institution, I am responsible for all pediatric tumor specimens, pediatric liver specimens including post-transplant liver biopsies, gastrointestinal biopsies (i.e. for Hirschsprung disease) and all other difficult pediatric cases. |
Perinatal Pathologist- In the role of pediatric pathologist, I staff all pediatric/perinatal and fetal autopsies Placental pathology: I am also consulted by perinatal medicine clinicians (fetal-maternal and neonatal) on difficult placental pathology cases. I have established my professional relationship with perinatal medicine through my role on the perinatal mortality committee. |
| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| 1/2012 - Present | Director of Resident Didactic Lectures in Anatomic Pathology | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | |
| I plan and organize the resident didactic lecture series (~16 residents every year) for anatomic pathology and I attend the lectures as needed. I reorganize the lectures every 2 years depending on feedback and suggestions for improvement. | |||
| 1/2011 - Present | Post Graduate Rotation Supervision | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | |
| 1/2010 - Present | Post Graduate Rotation Supervision | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | |
| 1/2004 - Present | Pathology | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| Course Director - Course Director of musculoskeletal Pathology module for MS2. I have been teaching the 3 one hour lecture series each year since 2004 (non-neoplastic bone and joint pathology, bone tumors, soft tissue tumors). I newly developed the musculoskeletal pathology MS2 lab (2 hours/year), wrote the lab manual, selected appropriate case history examples matching histology slides discussed in powerpoint and virtual microscopy format and wrote exam questions for the module exam and quiz questions for the labs. | |||
| 1/2002 - Present | Anatomic Pathology | University Hospital System | 18 students |
| Number of residents/fellows ~18 A new didactic resident lecture series was developed in 2002 with an organ system based approach. I am in charge of covering the musculoskeletal system (bone and soft tissue pathology) as well as pediatric, placental and perinatal autopsy pathology. Each year, I teach approximately 6 one-hour lectures which are either taught in a classroom setting (power point format) or as interactive glass slide sessions around the multiheaded microscope. Lectures are revised/modified each year to optimize resident education. Lectures provided by me were titled as follows: Non-neoplastic bone and joint disease, bone-forming osseous neoplasms, cartilaginous tumors, other (non-bone forming) bone tumors, fibrous and fibrohistiocytic lesions of soft tissue, soft tissue tumors of lipogenic and muscular origin, cholestatic liver disease of childhood, gastrointestinal childhood disease, non-neoplastic pediatric renal disease, small round cell tumors of childhood, neuroblastoma and other round cell tumors, soft tissue tumors of childhood, pediatric renal tumors, placental development and normal histology, placental non-neoplastic pathology, fetal/perinatal autopsy pathology In addition, orientation lectures for new resident are given during July/August each year. My role is to cover gross handling of bone tumor specimens, gross handling of pediatric specimens and introduction into gross and microscopic placental pathology (total of two hours/year). | |||
| 1/2002 - Present | Musculoskeletal Pathology | University Hospital System | 22 students |
| I teach orthopedic residents each week during orthopedic tumor pathology conference (1 hour/week) fundamentals of orthopedic pathology (required as part of Residency training in Orthopedics). | |||
| 8/2001 - Present | General Pathology | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 90 students |
| I developed new lecture series for DS2 students in gastrointestinal pathology and neuropathology and wrote new exam questions each year. | |||
| 8/1998 - Present | Pathology | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| I participate each year in teaching pathology labs to smaller groups (~18 students/class), total of labs/year 11 (2 hours each). Labs covered include: General Concepts, Renal/Male Reproductive, Respiratory, Hematology, Dermatology, Gastrointestinal, Neuropathology, Female Reproductive/Endocrine, Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Modules. | |||
| 1/1998 - Present | Individual Instruction | University Hospital System | |
| 1/1998 - Present | Individual Instruction | University Hosptial System | |
Journal Article |
| Reddy UM. Page GP. Saade GR. Silver RM. Thorsten VR. Parker CB. Pinar H. Willinger M. Stoll BJ. Heim-Hall J. Varner MW. Goldenberg RL. Bukowski R. Wapner RJ. Drews-Botsch CD. OBrien BM. Dudley DJ. Levy. Karyotype versus microarray testing for genetic abnormalities after stillbirth New England Journal of Medicine 2012 Dec;367(23):2185-2193. |
| Halit Pinar, Matthew A. Koch, Hal Hawkins, Josefine Heim-Hall, Bahig Shehata, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Marshall Carpenter, Amy Lowichik, Uma M. Reddy. The Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network Postmortem Examination Protocol The American Journal of Perinatology 2012 Mar;29(3):187-202. |
| McGuff HS, Jones AC, Heim-Hall JM, Keller TA. Oral and maxillofacial pathology case of the month: Leiomyomatous hamartoma Tex Dent J 2009 Jun;126(6). |
| La Fontaine J, Harkless LB, Sylvia VL, Carnes D, Heim-Hall J, Jude E, Sylvia, Ph.D VL. Levels of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and calcitonin gene-related peptide in the Charcot foot: a pilot study J Foot Ankle Surg 2008 Sep;47(5):424-429. |
Review Article |
| Hartman SK, Heim-Hall JM. Fetal Hydrops: A systematic approach for the pathologist Pathology case reviews 2011 Nov;16(6). |
Editorial |
| Heim-Hall JM. Perinatal pathology for the practicing pathologist Pathology Case Reviews 2011 Nov;16(6). |
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| Swati Sikaria, Josefine Heim-Hall, Elizabeth Diaz, Kamalesh Sankhala, Ronald Williams, Brenda Laabs, Monica Mita,. Partial response of a rare malignant metastatic diffuse tenosynovial giant cell tumor with benign histologic features, treated with SCH 717-454, an insulin growth factor receptor inhibitor, in combination with everolimus, an MTOR inhibitor Targeted Oncology 2013 Jan;. |
| Halit Pinar, Matthew A. Koch, Hal Hawkins, Josefine Heim-Hall, Bahig Shehata, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Marshall Carpenter, Amy Lowichik, Uma M. Reddy. The Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network Neuropathologic Examination Protocol American Journal of Perinatology 2011 Jul;28(10):793-802. |
| Halit Pinar, Matthew A. Koch, Hal Hawkins, Josefine Heim-Hall, Bahig Shehata, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Marshall Carpenter, Amy Lowichik, Uma M. Reddy. The Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network (SCRN) Placental and Umbilical Cord Examination Protocol The American Journal of Perinatology 2011 Jun;28(10). |
Other |
| Hansen AT, Heim-Hall JM. A case of bilateral adrenal myelolipomas in a patient with sickle cell anemia Poster presented at Texas Society of Pathologists Meeting San Antonio January 2011 2011 Jan;. |
| Steven Held; Irina Lytvak; Josefine Heim-Hall. A Case of an Endobronchial Leiomyoma with Hyaline Globules Poster presented at the Texas Society of Pathologists Meeting, Galveston, January 2010 2010 Jan;. |
| Diaz EH, Heim-Hall JM, Williams RP, Sankhala K, Langevin AM, Lu B, Laabs B, Mita M. Partial Response of a Recurrent Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Poster presented at CTOS Paris November 2010 2010 Jan;. |
| Neil E Fuehrer; Irina Lytvak; Josefine Heim-Hall. Non-Angiomatoid Variant of Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma Poster presented at the Texas Society of Pathologists Meeting, Galveston, January 2010 2010 Jan;. |
| Held SD, Heim-Hall J. A Case Report of Sirenomelia: Theories of Pathogenesis Poster presented at the Texas Society of Pathologists Meeting, Austin, January 2009 2009 Jan;. |