Ramakrishna Koduru, Ph.D. Director, Genetics Diagnostics Laboratories (Cytogenetics and Molecular Diagnostics) Professor School Medical School Department Pathology Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Koduru completed the basic biological sciences education at the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India with major in Genetics and Plant Breeding. After completing a Doctoral research program in cytogenetics and genetics, he was awarded Ph.D. in 1979, and continued at Andhra University in postdoctoral research in genetics. He completed a research fellowship in cancer genetics and cytogenetics at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, and is board certified in Clinical Cytogenetics. In addition, he was qualified and obtained certificates of qualification as director of cytogenetics, genetic testing, and molecular oncology laboratories from the Department of Health, State of New York. He authored more than 100 original research papers in cytogenetics, molecular genetics and molecular pathology. He completed a graduate program in health care administration at Hofstra Univeristy, Hempstead, NY with distinction. Professional Associations Founding Fellow, American College of Medical Genetics American Board of Medical Genetics American Society of Human Genetics American Society of Hematology American Society for the Advancement of Science American College of Health Care Executives Education Undergraduate School Andhra University (1974) Graduate School Andhra University (1976) Other Post Graduate Training Andhra University (1976) Other Post Graduate Training Andhra University (1979) Graduate School Andhra University (1979) Fellowship Sloan-Kettering Institute (1988) Graduate School Hofstra University (2000) Other Post Graduate Training Hofstra University (2000) Research Interest Molecular assays for the detection of pathogenic germline and somatic genetic changes Molecular characterization of reciprocal translocations in tumors
