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Specialty:: Cytopathology
Pathology
Department Affiliation:: Pathology
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License:: A76414
Phone:: 310-825-0581
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Academic Title: Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Department Title: Chief of Gynecology Pathology and Director of Fine Needle Aspiration Clinic

Specialties: Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Breast Pathology, Gynecologic Pathology

Links

pathology.ucla.edu
breastcenter.ucla.edu

Primary Office: UCLA Pathology & Lab Medicine
Primary Address: 10833 Le Conte Avenue
Suite 13-145D CHS
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Phone: 310-825-0581

Medical Board Certifications: Pathology-Anatomic/Pathology-Clinical, American Board of Pathology, 2004
Certification 2: Cytopathology, American Board of Pathology, 2005
Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, LAC + USC Medical Center, 2003-2004
Fellowship 2: Cytopathology, LAC + USC Medical Center, 2004-2005
Fellowship 3: Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2005-2006
Residency: Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, LAC + USC Medical Center, 1999-2003
Degree: University of Medical Sciences of Iran, MD, 1996

Publications

Huss J, Conrad R, Hirschowitz S, Moatamed N. Pleural fluid metastasis of salivary duct carcinoma: A case report and review of literature. Cytojournal. 2014 Feb 15;11:4.
Moatamed NA, Vergara-Lluri ME, Lu D, Apple SK, Kerkoutian S, Rao JY. Utility of ProEx C in the Histological Evaluation of the Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Urothelial Lesions. Human Payhology. 2013;44(11):2509-17
Moatamed NA, Rao JY, Alexanian S, Cobarrubias M, Levin M, Lu D, Apple SK. ProEx C as an adjunct marker to improve cytological detection of urothelial carcinoma in urinary specimens. Cancer Cytopathol. 2013 Jun; 121(6):320-8 Vora, A.A..;
Lai, C.K.; Rao, J.Y.; Apple, S.K.; Moatamed, N.A. Paraganglioma with unusual presentation in Parotid gland: A diagnostic dilemma in fine needle aspiration. Cytojournal. 2012;9:26.
Vergara-Lluri ME, Moatamed NA, Hong E, Apple SK. High concordance between HercepTest immunohistochemistry and ERBB2 fluorescence in situ hybridization before and after implementation of American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathology 2007 guidelines. Mod Pathol. 2012 Oct;25(10):1326-32.
Su A, Apple SK, Moatamed NA, Pleomorphic adenoma of the vulva, clinical reminder of a rare occurrence. Rare Tumors. 2012 Jan 2;4(1):e16.
Moatamed NA, Le LT, Levin MR, Govind R, Apple SK. In Papanicolaou smears, benign appearing endometrial cells bear no significance in predicting uterine endometrial adenocarcinomas. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Apr;41(4):335-41
Moatamed NA, Nanjangud G, Pucci R, Lowe A, Shintaku IP, Shapourifar-Tehrani S, Rao N, Lu DY, Apple SK. Effect of Ischemic Time, Fixation Time, and Fixative Type on HER2/neu Immunohistochemical and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Results in Breast Cancer. Am J Clin Pathol, 2011 Nov;136(5):754-61
Lu DY, Chang S, Cook H, Alizadeh Y, Karam AK, Moatamed NA, Dry SM. Genital rhabdomyoma of the urethra in an infant girl. Hum Pathol., 2012 Apr;43(4):597-600.
Moatamed NA, Apple SK, Bennett CJ, Aronson WJ, Klisak I, Shirley CC, Moatamed F., Exclusion of the Uniform Tetraploid Cells Significantly Improves Specificityof the Urine Fish, Diagn Cytopathol, 2013 Mar;41(3):218-25
Apple SK, Pucci R, Lowe AC, Shintaku IP, Shapourifar-Tehrani S, Moatamed NA. The Effect of Delay in Fixation, Different Fixatives, and Duration of Fixation in Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Results in Breast Carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol, 135(4):592-8., 2011.
Moatamed, NA; Song, SX; Apple, SK; Said, JW. Primary Effusion Lymphoma Involving the Cerebrospinal Fluid. Diagn Cytopathol, 2012 Jul;40(7):635-8.
Galliano G, Moatamed N, Lee S, Salami N, and Apple S. Reflex High Risk HPV Testing in Atypical Squamous Cells, Cannot Exclude High Grade Intraepithelial Lesion: A Large Institution’s Experience with the Significance of This Often Ordered Test. Acta Cytologica, 55(2):167-72, 2011.
Lu, DY; Zhang, L; Apple, SK; Dry, SM; Moatamed, NA. Fine needle aspiration of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint. Diagn Cytopathol, 39(1):45-8, 2011.
Apple, SK; Matin, M; Olsen, EP; Moatamed, NA. Significance of lobular intraepithelial neoplasia at margins of breast conservation specimens: a report of 38 cases and literature review. Diagn Pathol, 5:54, 2010.
Apple SK; Moatamed NA; Finck R; Sullivan PS. Accurate characterization of isolated tumor cells, micrometastases and macrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes of invasive lobular carcinoma. Breast, 19:360-364, 2010.
Ohsie, SJ; Moatamed, NA; Chang, HR; Apple, SK. Heterotopic breast tissue versus occult metastatic carcinoma in lymph node, a diagnostic dilemma. Ann Diagn Pathol. 14:260–263, 2010.
Behjatnia B, Sim J, Bassett LW, Moatamed NA, Apple SK. Does size matter? Comparison Study between MRI, Gross, and Microscopic Tumor Sizes in Breast Cancer in Lumpectomy Specimens. Int J Clin Exp Pathol, 3(3):303-9, 2010.
Moatamed, NA; Naini, BV; Fathizadeh, P; Estrella, J; Apple, SK. A Correlation Study of Diagnostic Fine-Needle Aspiration with Histologic Diagnosis in Cystic Neck Lesions. Diagn Cytopathol, 37(10):720-6, 2009.
Apple, SK; Lowe, A; Rao, N;Shintaku, P; Moatamed, NA. Comparison of Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization HER-2/neu Results on Core Needle Biopsy and Excisional biopsy in Primary Breast Cancer. Mod Path, 22(9):1151-9, 2009.
Apple, SK; Moatamed, NA; Lai, C; Bhuta, S. Sebaceous Adenoma of the Parotid Gland: A Case Report with Fine Needle Aspiration Findings and Histologic Correlation. Acta Cytol, 53:419–22, 2009.
Day, C.; Moatamed, N.; Fimbres, A.M.; Salami, N.; Lim, S.; Apple, S.K. A retrospective study of the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration for breast lesions and implications for future use. Diagn Cytopathol., 36(12):855-60, 2008.
Naini, B.V.; Apple, S. K..; Michelle Presley, M.; and Moatamed, N.A. A Correlation Study on Diagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Lymph Nodes with Histological and Clinical Diagnoses, the UCLA Medical Center Experience. Diagn Cytopathol., 36(7):460-6, 2008.
Moatamed, N.A.; Apple, S.K. Extensive Sampling Changes T-Staging of Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma of Breast: A Comparative Study of Gross versus Microscopic Tumor Sizes. Breast J, 12(6):511-7, 2006.
Lum,C.A.; Motamed, N.A.; Hwang, C.D.; Ma, Y.; Kiyabu, M.T. Pleomorphic atypical extraosseous Ewing sarcoma in a 25-year-old woman: a cytogenetic diagnosis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol, 13(2):201-4, 2005.
Chandrasoma, S.; Moatamed, N.; Chang, A.; Daneshmand, S.; Ma, Y. Angiomyolipoma of the kidney: expanding disease spectrum demonstrated by 3 cases. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol, 12:277-83, 2004.
Moatamed, N.A.; Kiyabu, M.T. Pathologic Quiz Case: A Woman with Dysphagia and Unusual Histologic Findings in the Esophagus. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 127:1523-4, 2003.

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