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Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director, Hematopathology

Academic Office Location: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030
Phone:	860-679-6714
Website(s):	Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Services

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
M.D.	Universidad Javeriana	Medicine

Degree

Institution

Major

M.D.

Universidad Javeriana

Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Residency	Brown University Medical School	Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Residency	Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center	Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Fellowship	Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center	Surgical Pathology
Fellowship	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Hematopathology

Training

Institution

Specialty

Residency

Brown University Medical School

Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Residency

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Fellowship

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Surgical Pathology

Fellowship

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Hematopathology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Outstanding Clinical Education Clinician Award, Clinical Laboratory Education Program, School of Allied Health	University of Connecticut
Clinical Pathology Outstanding Teacher Award	Hartford Hospital
Clinical Pathology Outstanding Teacher Award	Hartford Hospital

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Outstanding Clinical Education Clinician Award, Clinical Laboratory Education Program, School of Allied Health

University of Connecticut

Clinical Pathology Outstanding Teacher Award

Hartford Hospital

Clinical Pathology Outstanding Teacher Award

Hartford Hospital

Specialty Areas: Hematopathology and Laboratory Hematology

Concurrent polycythemia vera and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: treatment response to pegylated interferon alpha 2a.
Selinger, H Andrew; Ballesteros, Enrique; Bona, Robert American journal of hematology 2013 Jun;88(6):535-6
An 18-year-old woman with Kabuki syndrome, immunoglobulin deficiency and granulomatous lymphocytic interstitial lung disease.
De Dios, Jose Angelo A; Javaid, Adnan A; Ballesteros, Enrique; Metersky, Mark L Connecticut medicine 2012 Jan;76(1):15-8
Extreme lymphoplasmacytosis and hepatic failure associated with sulfasalazine hypersensitivity reaction and a concurrent EBV infection--case report and review of the literature.
Halmos, B; Anastopoulos, H T; Schnipper, L E; Ballesteros, E Annals of hematology 2004 Apr;83(4):242-6
CD5+ low-grade marginal zone B-cell lymphomas with localized presentation.
Ballesteros, E; Osborne, B M; Matsushima, A Y The American journal of surgical pathology 1998 Feb;22(2):201-7
Plasma cell granuloma of the oral cavity: a report of two cases and review of the literature.
Ballesteros, E; Osborne, B M; Matsushima, A Y Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 1998 Jan;11(1):60-4
Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of enterogenous cyst of the orbit: a case report.
Ballesteros, E; Greenebaum, E; Merriam, J C Diagnostic cytopathology 1997 May;16(5):450-3
Laboratory Diagnosis of Babesia
Pantanowitz, L., Ballesteros, E., De Girolami, P. LabMedicine 32(4):184-187

Molecular Diagnostics in Coagulation
Ballesteros, E. Molecular Diagnostics for the Clinical Laboratorian 311-320

Comparison of p53 Immunostaining and Point Mutation Determination (PCR/direct sequencing) in Fixative Treated Specimens of Solid Tumors
Finkelstein, S.D., Przygodski, R., Ballesteros, E., Paulino, A., Sayegh, R., Bakker, A., Swalsky, P.A. Mod Pathol 760A
Immunohistochemical Detection of Cyclin D1 Overexpression in Mantle Cell Lymphoma: A Comparison of 2 Commercially Available Monoclonal Antibodies
Blechner, M., Ballesteros, E., Mandich, D., Stevens, D., Cartun, R. Mod Pathol 17241A
Primary Cutaneous CD30-positive Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Childhood: A Clinicopathologic Correlation of Nineteen Cases of Lymphomatoid Papulosis, Three Cases of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma and One Borderline Case
Ballesteros, E., Kadin, M.E. Mod Pathol 1360A
T Cell Subsets and Natural Killer Cells in Bone Marrow Aspirates Involved by B-cell Lymphomas: A Flow Cytometry Study of 36 Cases
Stancu, M., Tranovich, V., Ballesteros, E. Mod Pathol 14179A
T cell Subsets and Natural Killer Percentages in B-cell CLL patients with Additional Primary Malignancies
Sussman, L., Ballesteros, E. Mod Pathol 14180A
The Clonal Relationship of Multifocal MALT Lymphomas Occurring in 7 Patients
Ballesteros, E., Osborne, B.M., Zhong, J., Matsushima, A.Y. Mod Pathol 11125A
Validation of the NanoChip Microarray for Multiplex Genotyping of Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A Mutations
Poulin, M., Labelle, L.A., Ballesteros, E., Tsongalis, G.J. J Mol Diag 5257A

Chylous Ascites: A Review of Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment.
Bhardwaj, Richa; Vaziri, Haleh; Gautam, Arun; Ballesteros, Enrique; Karimeddini, David; Wu, George Y Journal of clinical and translational hepatology 2018 Mar;6(1):105-113
Primary Follicular Lymphoma of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Case Report and Review.
Moy, Brian T; Wilmot, Jonathan; Ballesteros, Enrique; Forouhar, Faripour; Vaziri, Haleh Journal of gastrointestinal cancer 2016 Jun;47255-63