Sheeja T. Pullarkat, MD

Sheeja T. T. Pullarkat, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Specialty

Hematopathology

Institutional Affiliation

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Languages

English, Hindi, Malayalam

Education

Fellowships

Hematopathology, University of Southern California, 2005 -2006
Surgical pathology, University of Southern California, 2004 -2005

Internship

Pathology, University of Southern California, 2000 - 2001

Degree

MBBS, Calicut Medical College, 1993

Residency

Pathology, University of Southern California, 2001 - 2004

Board Certifications

Hematology, American Board of Hematology, 2006
Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2005

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Benign and Malignant Hematology

Scientific Interests

Dr. Sheeja Pullarkat is interested in understanding the clinicopathologic behavior of hematologic neoplasms such as leukemias and lymphomas based on the chemokine expression. Other areas of interests include molecular pathogenesis of leukemias and myeloid neoplasms such as systemic mastocytosis.

Highlighted Publications

Pullarkat ST, Pullarkat V, Kroft SH, Wilson CS, Ahsanuddin AN, Mann KP, Thein M, Grody WW, Brynes RK. Systemic mastocytosis associated with t(8;21)(q22;q22) acute myeloid leukemia. J Hematop. 2009 Mar;2(1):27-33. Epub 2009 Feb 10.

Pullarkat ST, Danley K, Bernstein L, Brynes RK, Cozen W. High lifetime incidence of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia among Hispanics in California. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Feb;18(2):611-5.

Pullarkat ST, Vardiman JW, Slovak ML, Rao DS, Rao NP, Bedell V, Said JW. Megakaryocytic blast crisis as a presenting manifestation of chronic myeloid leukemia. Leuk Res. 2008 Nov;32(11):1770-5. Epub 2008 Apr 15.

Pullarkat ST, Sedarat F, Paquette R, Said J. Systemic mastocytosis with plasma cell dyscrasia: report of a case. Leuk Res. 2008 Jul;32(7):1160-3. Epub 2007 Dec 3.

Pullarkat VA, Bueso-Ramos C, Lai R, Kroft S, Wilson CS, Pullarkat ST, Bu X, Thein M, Lee M, Brynes RK. Systemic mastocytosis with associated clonal hematological non-mast-cell lineage disease: analysis of clinicopathologic features and activating c-kit mutations. Am J Hematol. 2003 May;73(1):12-7.