Nicoleta C. Arva, MD, PhD

Attending Pathologist and Fellowship and Residency Program Director, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Liaison for Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute & Lurie Children’s BioBank Initiative, Anatomic Pathology Division

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Pediatric gastro-intestinal diseases, pediatric thyroid lesions, medical kidney diseases

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine >

Education & Training

Education: MD: “Gr. T Popa” University of Medicine, Iasi, Romania; PhD: City University of New York, New York, NY,

Postgraduate Training: Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Fellowship in General Surgical pathology: New York University, New York, NY Fellowship in Pediatric pathology: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certifications: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Pediatric Pathology

Professional Organizations: Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators; Society for Pediatric Pathology; United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Publications

Most recent publications

Noninvasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Should it also be reclassified in children? Pediatr Blood Cancer 65 (6): e26966
Malignant Ectomesenchymoma: Series Analysis of a Histologically and Genetically Heterogeneous Tumor Int J Surg Pathol 26 (3): 200-212
Diagnostic Utility of Pax8, Pax2, and NGFR Immunohistochemical Expression in Pediatric Renal Tumors Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol
Diagnostic Utility of Complement Immunohistochemical Studies in Post-Stem Cell Transplant Intestinal Thrombotic Microangiopathy: Case Report J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 39 (4): 282-286
Melanocytes Affect Nodal Expression and Signaling in Melanoma Cells: A Lesson from Pediatric Large Congenital Melanocytic Nevi Int J Mol Sci 17 (3):
Eosinophilic density in graft biopsies positive for rejection and blood eosinophil count can predict development of post-transplant digestive tract eosinophilia Pediatr Transplant 20 (4): 540-51
Rare Presentations of Epstein Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor in Children Pediatr Dev Pathol
A clinical, histopathologic, and outcome study of melanonychia striata in childhood J Am Acad Dermatol 72 (5): 773-9
A comparative study of proliferative nodules and lethal melanomas in congenital nevi from children Am J Surg Pathol 39 (3): 405-15
Infantile fibrosarcoma-a clinical and histologic mimicker of vascular malformations: case report and review of the literature Pediatr Dev Pathol 16 (5): 357-63