Kudakwashe Chikwava, MBChB
Kudakwashe Chikwava, MBChB
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Department of Pathology
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 590-1728
Fax: (215) 590-1736
Fax: (215) 590-1736
Education:
MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery)
University of Zimbabwe, 1997.
Permanent linkMBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery)
University of Zimbabwe, 1997.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Histiocytic disorders of childhoodSelected Publications
Bosse KR, Russell EA, Chikwava KR, Rutstein RM, Lowenthal E.: Acute Renal Injury in a 14-Year Old with HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J Page: [Epub ahead of print] Apr 2013McClelland C, Walsh RD, Chikwava KR, Johnson MP, Mattei P, Liu GT : Congenital Mydriasis Associated With Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol Page: [Epub ahead of print] Apr 2013.
Chikwava KR, Bersenev A, Wu C, Tong W: Loss of LNK Enhances Development of Histiocytic Sarcoma in Mice. 28th Annual Meeting of the Histiocyte Society - London, UK Oct 2012 Notes: Platform presentation.
Pretell-Mazzini J, Chikwava KR, Dormans JP : Low back pain in a child associated with acute onset cauda equina syndrome: a rare presentation of an aggressive vertebral hemangioma: a case report. J Pediatr Orthop 32(3): 271-276, Apr-May 2012.
Epelman M, Chikwava KR, Chauvin N, Servaes S: Imaging of pediatric ovarian neoplasms. Pediatr Radiol May 2011.
Shah A, Nguyen J, Sullivan LM, Chikwava KR, Yan AC, Treat JR.: Leclercia adecarboxylata cellulitis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Dermatol 28(2): 162-164, March 2011.
Eftekhari K, Chikwava KR, Katowitz WR: Idiopathic orbital inflammation leading to unilateral blindness over a 2-day presentation in a child. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 27(2), Mar-Apr 2011.
Jaffe R, Chikwava KR: Disorders of Histiocytes. HEMATOPATHOLOGY, Second Edition (A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series. John Goldman, Eric Hsi (eds.). Elsevier Inc, Sept 2010 Notes: Book chapter.
Bersenev A, Wu C, Balcerek J, Jing J, Kundu M, Chikwava KR, Tong W: Lnk Constrains Myeloproliferative Diseases in Mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation 120(6): 2058-2069, Jun 2010.
Chikwava K, Jaffe R: Anti-stabilin-1 immunohistochemical staining in juvenile xanthogranuloma, dermatofibroma and other lesions. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology/Society of Pediatric Pathology Annual Meeting - Washington, DC March 2010 Notes: Poster presentation.