Solomon Turunbedu, MD

Solomon Turunbedu, MD provides clinical expertise in pathologic examination of blood, bone marrow and tissue samples with suspected hematopoietic disorders including hematologic neoplasms, benign hematologic disorders and bone marrow failure syndromes.

In addition to his clinical duties, he maintains an active research agenda and teaching schedule. His research primarily focuses on pediatric leukemias and lymphomas.

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I am committed to delivering the highest level of patient care, with the goal of providing accurate and timely diagnoses so that patients can receive the care they need in a timely manner. In my practice, I place strong emphasis on accuracy, efficiency and the deliberate integration of pathologic findings with flow cytometric, molecular and clinical data to support timely, meaningful patient care. I am also committed to advancing the field of pathology through my research, teaching and mentoring the next generation of physicians.

Intereses Clinicos

Hematologic neoplasms

Educacion

Organizaciones

Board Certification

Honors and awards

2024-2025

Chief Resident, Pathology, NYU Langone Health- Long Island School of Medicine

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Research interests

Pediatric hematologic neoplasms

Yang R, Turunbedu SK, Nandiwada S, Curry CV, Elghetany TM, Scull B, Geng J, Vargas-Hernandez A, Chinn IK, Ochoa S, Allen CE, Satter LF. Distinct EBV-Associated Phenotypes Due to a Novel Homozygous Missense Variant in CD27. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Jan 26:2026.01.15.698722. doi: 10.64898/2026.01.15.698722. PMID: 41607518; PMCID: PMC12836332

Chaohui Lisa Zhao, Bahram Dabiri, Iman Hanna, Lili Lee, Zhang Xiaofei, Zarrin Hossein-Zadeh, Wenqing Cao, John Allendorf, Alex Pipas Rodriguez, Katherine Weng, Solomon Turunbedu, Adrienne Boyd, Mala Gupta. Improving fine needle aspiration to predict the tumor biological aggressiveness in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors using Ki-67 proliferation index, phosphorylated histone H3 (PHH3), and BCL-2, Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, Volume 65, 2023, 152149

Chaohui Lisa Zhao, Zarrin Hossein-Zadeh, Bahram Dabiri, Solomon Turunbedu, Gerasimos Karalis, Behnam Rafiee, Alex Pipas Rodriguez, Iman Hanna. The concordance between wide-area transepithelial sampling with computer-assisted 3-dimensional analysis (WATS-3D) and standard endoscope biopsy in the detection of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal dysplasia, Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, Volume 60, 2022, 151982

Wako BD, Dese K, Ulfata RE, Nigatu TA, Turunbedu SK, Kwa T. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Skin Cancer Margin Classification From Digital Histopathology Images Using Deep Learning. Cancer Control. 2022 Jan-Dec;29:10732748221132528. doi: 10.1177/10732748221132528. PMID: 36194624; PMCID: PMC9536105