Robert W. McKenna, M.D.

Contact Information Phone: 612-624-2637 Fax: 612-625-0617 Email: mcken138@umn.edu Address: MMC 609 Mayo 8609 420 Delaware Minneapolis, MN 55455 Alternate Contact: Susan Gaalaas 612-624-8446 sgaalaas@umn.edu

Professor

Educational Background

• University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota (1962), B.S. (Biology and Chemistry)
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (1966), M.D.
• University of California, San Diego, CA (1966-1967), Internship
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (1969-1973), Residency (Anatomical and Clinical Pathology)

Military Service

Active duty, Medical Corps, United States Air Force, July 1967 to June 1969. Served as a General Medical Officer, stationed at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.

Professional Background

Board Certification (American Board of Pathology)

• Anatomical and Clinical Pathology, November 1973
• Hematology, May 1986

Positions Held at University of Minnesota

• Chief Resident, Anatomic Pathology, July 1, 1970 to December 31, 1970.
• Chief Resident, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974
• Instructor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, October 16, 1973 to April 1, 1974
• Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, April 1, 1974 to June 30, 1977
• Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1983
• Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, July 1, 1983 to November 15, 1985
• Director, Outreach Program and Reference Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, March 1, 1974 to June 30, 1981
• Associate Director, Hematology Laboratory, April 1, 1974 to November 15, 1985

Positions Held at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

• Professor of Pathology, November 15, 1985 to present
• Professor of Internal Medicine, September l, 1990 to present
• Director of Pathology Laboratories, Parkland Memorial Hospital, November 15, 1985 to July 15, 1990
• Medical Director, School of Medical Laboratory Science, 1986 to present
• Acting Chair, Department of Pathology, July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1990
• Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pathology, July l, 1990 to present

Major University and Hospital Committees

University Committees:

•  Faculty Promotions and Tenure Committee 1999 to present
• Continuing Education Advisory Committee 1998 to present
• Friend of UT Southwestern Admissions Committee 1994 to 1998
• Board of Directors - Medical Service, Research and Development Plan (MSRDP) 1994 to 1996
• Dean's Advisory Committee 1989 to 1990
• VA Dean's Committee 1989 to 1990
• Chair, Faculty Committee for UT Southwestern LCME Self Study 1994 to 1995
• Chair, Faculty Committee for UT Southwestern - Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Self Study 1997 to 1998
• UT Southwestern 6 Year Planning Committee
• Academic Support Services Committee 1991, 1993, 1995
• Administration Committee 1997, 1999, 2001
• Physical Facilities Committee 2001

Hospital Committees:

• Medical Advisory Council, Parkland Health and Hospital System (PHHS) 1989 to 1990; 1992 to 1994; 1996 to 1998; 2000 to 2002; 2004 to 2006, Chair, 1992 to 1994, 2000 to 2002
•  Joint Conference Committee, PHHS (MAC/Board of Managers)
• Parkland Hospital Ambulatory Care Policy Committee 1994
• Parkland Hospital Quality Management Committee 1987 to 1992
• Parkland Hospital Capital Equipment Committee 1987 to 1990; 1998 to 2001, Chair, 2000 to 2001
• Chiefs of Service Committee, Parkland Hospital 1986 to present
• Medical Executive Committee, Zale Lipshy University Hospital 1989 to 1991

Community Service Boards

• Member, Board of Trustees, BloodCare, Dallas Community Blood Center 1991 to 1997, Bylaws Committee - Chair, CEO/President Search Committee, Medical Advisory Committee - Chair
• Member, Board of Directors, Carter BloodCare, DFW Metroplex Blood Center 1997 to 1998, Medical Advisory Committee - Chair
• Member, Board of Councilors, University of Dallas 1992 to 1999

  Professional Organizations

Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS)

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 1976 to 1996

American Board of Pathology

• • Test Committee in Hematology, 1990 to 1996
  • Board TRUSTEE, 2002-present
  • SECRETARY Board of Trustees, 2006
  • Chair, Hematology test Committee, 2002-present
  • Chair, Maintenance of Certification Committee, 2004-present
  • Joint Policy Committee for Dermatopathology, 2002-present, Chair-2005-06
  • Joint Policy Committee for Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2003-present

American Medical Association (AMA)

American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP)

• • PRESIDENT of ASCP 1996 to 1997
  • Board of Governors of the Board of Registry 1999 to present
  • Executive Committee 2003 to present
  • Awards Committee 2005 to present
  • Director - Faculty of approximately 160 ASCP Workshop-Courses 1976 to present
  • Chair, Membership Committee 1999 to present
  • Publications Planning Committee 1998 to present
  • ASCP Intersociety Pathology Council Representative 1998 to present
  • Executive Vice President Search Committee 2001
  • Chair, Ad hoc Task Force to Study Potential Joint Activities with CAP 2001
  • Nominations Committee 1994, 1998 (Chair 1998)
  • Immediate Past President 1997 to 1998
  • President Elect 1995 to 1996
  • Vice President 1994 to 1995
  • Member of Board of Directors 1988 to 1998
  • Member of Finance Committee 1986 to 1992, 1994 to 1998
  • Chair, Operations Self Study Committee 1996  to 1998
  • Chair, National Meeting Planning Committee 1998 to 1999
  • Board Liaison for Publications Division 1992 to 1995
  • Member of Board of Directors Planning Committee 1992 to 1996 (Chair 1995 to 1996)
  • Member of Educational Materials Advisory Committee 1982 to 1995 (Chair 1992 to 1995)
  • Deputy Commissioner for Commission on Continuing Education 1986 to 1993
  • Project Director Commission on Continuing Education 1993 to 1995
  • Chairman - Committee on Pathologist Recertification 1989 to 1990
  • Chairman - LABORATORY MEDICINE Review Committee 1993
  • Director of Colorado Springs Conference on Pathologist Recertification  May 1990
  • Membership on the following ASCP Commission on Continuing Education Committees:
    • Council on Hematology 1981 to 1987 (Chair 1985 to 1987)
    • Committee for Clinical Pathology Seminar Planning 1984
    • New Technology Committee 1987  to present (Chair1987 to 1989)
    • Hematology  Quality Assurance Committee 1991 to 1999
  • Member of Research, Development and Strategic Planning Committee1985 to1989
  • Member SI Unit Implementation Planning Committee
  • Member of ASCP Plan and Scope Committee -  Administration and Finances Sub-committee 1983 to 1984

American Society of Hematology (ASH)

Clinical Laboratory Management Association 1986 to 1995

College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Dallas County Medical Society

International Academy of Pathology (IAP)

(United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology)

• • Abstract reviewer – Hematopathology – for National Meeting 1994, 1995, 1996
  • Chair – Proffered Paper Session in Hematopathology, National Meeting, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2001

Society for Hematopathology (United States)

• • PRESIDENT 1992 to 1994
  • Chair Constitution and Bylaws Committee 1998 to 2001
  • Parliamentarian 1996 to 1998
  • Immediate Past President 1994 to 1996 (Executive Committee)
  • Nominations Committee 1994 to 2000, Chair 1994-1996
  • Vice President 1990 to 1992
  • Executive Committee 1990 to 1996
  • Membership Committee 1988 to 1992
  • Chairman, Program Committee for Fall Meetings 1988 to 1991
  • Member of Publications Committee 1983 to 1984

 Texas Medical Association

Texas Society of Pathologists

• • PRESIDENT, 2004
  • President – Texas Society Educational Foundation 2003-05
  • Vice President 2002
  • Board of Directors 1999 to present
  • House of Delegates - Alternate Member 1994 to 2000
  • Institutional Pathology Council 1992 to 1998
  • Residents'/Fellows Seminar Committee 1992 to 1998

 Texas Society of Pathologists Foundation Board of Directors

• • PRESIDENT, 2003 and 2005

Twin Cities Society of Clinical Pathology (Minnesota)

• • PRESIDENT 1985 to 1986
  • President-elect 1984 to 1985
  • Vice President 1983 to 1984
  • Program Director 1982 to 1983

Awards/Honors

• President, Twin Cities Society of pathologists, 1985
• Distinguished Service Award, 1989, American Society of Clinical Pathologists
• Commission on Continuing Education
• John Childers Professor of Pathology, 1990 to 1998
• President, Society For Hematopathology,  1992-94
• Best Doctors in America.  Naifehs S and Smith GW, Woodward White Publisher.  Each edition 1992 through 2006
• Vernie A. Stembridge Resident Education Distinguished Teaching Award 1993 to 1994, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• President, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1996-97
• Charles C. Sprague Chair in Medical Science, 1998 to 2000
• Vernie A. Stembridge Distinguished Chair in Pathology, 2000 to present
• University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement Award, 2000
• American Society of Clinical Pathologists Ward Burdick Award for Distinguished Service to Clinical Pathology, 2000
• American Association of Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Speaker Award for 2000
• D Magazine Best Doctors in Pediatric Medicine 2003
• Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)—Faculty, 2002
• President, Texas Society of Pathologists, 2004
• President, Texas Society of Pathologists Educational Foundation, 2005
• America’s Top Physicians—Consumers’ Research Council of America
• Secretary, American Board of Pathology, 2006
• Texas Society of Pathologists Caldwell Award for distinguished service to pathology, 2006
• Texas Medical Association-Resident and Fellow Section J. T. “Lamar” McNew Award for outstanding service to residents and fellows,  2006

Publications

Editorial Responsibilities

• Editorial Board of The American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1983 to 1990
• Editorial Board of Modern Pathology, 1998 to present
• Editorial Advisory Board of Medscape – Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2004 to present

Reviewer for:

• American Journal of Clinical Pathology
• American Journal of Hematology
• American Journal of Pathology
• American Journal of Surgical Pathology
• Annals of Internal Medicine
• Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Blood
• Cancer
• Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
• European Journal of Pediatrics
• European Journal of Haematology
• Hematologica
• Human Pathology
• Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
• Israel Journal of Medical Sciences
• Laboratory Investigation
• Laboratory Medicine
• Leukemia
• Leukemia Research
• Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Modern Pathology
• Pediatric Hematology Oncology
• Medscape
• Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Book Chapters

• McKenna RW. Myelodysplastic Syndromes. In: Kjeldsberg C (Ed). Practical Diagnosis of Hematologic disorders, 4th edition, ASCP Press, Chicago, pp. 419-56, 2006
• McKenna RW. Acute Myeloid Leukemias. In: Kjeldsberg C (Ed). Practical Diagnosis Hematologic disorders, 4th edition, ASCP Press, Chicago, 457-98, 2006
• McKenna RW. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias. In: Kjeldsberg C (Ed). Practical Diagnosis of Hematologic disorders, 4th edition, ASCP Press, Chicago, 499-530, 2006
• McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Disorders of Bone Marrow. In: Mills, SE (ed). Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (4th ed). Raven Press Ltd., New York, 2004

Invited Lectures

• Invited Director and Faculty for ASCP Course on Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders Involving Bone Marrow and Blood, Las Vegas NV, February 2008
• Bal Kampalath Memorial Lecture, Medical College of Wisconsin—Plasma Cell Neoplasms: Diagnostic, Genetic and Prognostic Aspects, September 2007
• Visiting Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington-Myelodysplastic Syndromes, April 2007
• Minnesota Society of Flow Cytometry, Minneapolis, MN, All cases of precursor T ALL exhibit multiple immunophenotypic aberrancies, April 2007
• European Bone Marrow Working Group, Invited presentation, London, England, June 2006
• European Bone Marrow Working Group Bone Marrow Pathology Course--Invited Faculty, Krakow, Poland, May 2005
• Visiting Professor, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, April 2004
• European Bone Marrow Working Group Invited presentation, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2004
• Callander-Binford Lecture – Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington, D.C., April, 2003
• Virginia Society of Pathology, Guest Faculty, Richmond, Virginia, May 2003
• Visiting Professor, Bone Marrow Pathology Course, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, October 2003
• European Bone Marrow Working Group, Invited presentation. Bologna, Italy, November, 2003
• Visiting Professor, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale S. Salvatore, Pesaro, Italy, November 2003
• American Society for Clinical Pathology - National Meeting Workshop on Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndromes--Invited Director and Faculty each year 2002-2007
• Faculty for the Tutorial on Neoplastic Hematopathology (acute lymphoblastic leukemia and plasma cell dyscrasias) - Presented by Cornell University Medical College each January in Miami, FL, 2002-2007

Presentations

• Olteanu H, Wang H, Chen W, McKenna RW, Karandikar NJ. Immunophenotypic identification of high-risk monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Mod Pathol (Suppl 2) 20:255A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2007
• Seegmiller AC, McKenna RW, Karandikar NJ. Eleven-parameter flow cytometry of lymphoma-infiltrating T lymphocytes: Expansion of memory and suppressor/regulatory T cells. Mod Pathol (Suppl 2) 20:260A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2007
• Chen W, Rassidakis GZ, Leventaki V, Abruzzo LV, Bueso-Ramos CE, McKenna RW, Medeiros LJ. Expression of cyclins D1, D2, D3 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL). Mod Pathol (Suppl 2) 20:236-237A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2007
• Wang HY, Xu Y, McKenna RW, Karandikar NJ, Doolittle J. Acute myeloid leukemias with a CD34(-)/HLA-DR(-) immmunophenotype encompass a wide range of morphologic subtypes. Mod Pathol (Suppl 2) 20:263A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2007
• McKenna RW. Evolution in the diagnosis of acute leukemia. International J Lab Hematol (Suppl 1) 29:16-17, Presented at International Association for Laboratory Hematology meeting, 2007
• Fuda F, McKenna RW, Xu Y, Karandikar N. All cases of precursor T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL) exhibit multiple immunophenotypic aberrancies. Lab Invest (Suppl I) 86:225A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2006
• Olteanu H, Karandikar NJ, McKenna RW, Xu Y. Differential utility of various markers in the flow cytometric detection of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) in blood and marrow. Lab Invest (Suppl I) 86:240-1A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2006
• Seegmiller, AC, Karandikar NJ, Kroft SH, McKenna RW, Xu Y. Over-expression of CD7 in CD4(+) T cells in classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Lab Invest (Suppl I) 86:245A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2006
• Seegmiller AC, Xu Y, McKenna RW, Karandikar NJ. Immunophenotypic differentiation between neoplastic plasma cells in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell myeloma. Lab Invest (Suppl I) 86:246A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2006
• Alfardan JM, Kroft SH, Fuda FS, Xu Y, McKenna RW, Karandikar N. Immunophenotypic comparison of peripheral blood stem cells, normal bone marrow blasts and leukemic myeloid blasts. Mod Pathol 18:220A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Chenault C, Karandikar NJ, Xu Y, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Rituxan effect on hematogones in bone marrow: a study of 17 cases. Mod Pathol 18:225A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Fuda FS, Kroft SH, Alfardan JM, Xu Y, McKenna RW, Karandikar NJ. Myeloperoxidase expression differentiates leukemic from non-leukemic blasts. Mod Pathol 18:230A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Isaacson TI, Kroft SH, McKenna RW. Cleaved caspase-3 expression in hematopoietic marrow in T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia (T-LGLL). Mod Pathol 18:235A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Kesler MV, Xu Y, Karandikar NJ, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Flow cytometric comparison of Burkitt and CD10(+) large B-cell lymphomas. Mod Pathol 18:237A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Pildain A, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma (EMZL) involving the peripheral blood: a report of 4 cases. Mod Pathol 18:246A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Xu Y, McKenna RW, Wilson KS, Karandikar NJ, Schultz RA, Kroft SH. Immunophenotypic identification of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with monocytic differentiation. Mod Pathol 18:258A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Xu Y, McKenna RW, Karandikar NJ, Pildain AJ, Kroft SH. Flow cytometric analysis of monocytosis in the diagnosis of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). Mod Pathol 18:258A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2005
• Shivapurkar N, Takahashi T, Reddy J, Parikh G, Minna J, Asplund S, McKenna RW, Gazdar AF. Presence of SV40 DNA sequences in human lymphoid and hematopoietic malignancies and its relationship to methylation of multiple genes. Presented at AACR meeting, 2004
• Xu Y, McKenna RW, Doolittle JE, Hladik CL, Kroft SH. BCL2 rearrangement may define a distinct subset of denovo diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Mod Pathol 16:260A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2003
• Chen W, Karandikar NJ, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Flow Cytometric features of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Mod Pathol 17:243A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2004
• Chen W, Karandikar NJ, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Stability of leukemia-associated immunophenotypes in precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a single institution experience. Mod Pathol 17:243A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2004
• Hussey SM, Karandikar NJ, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Immunophenotypic changes in peripheral T-cell lymphoma over time. Mod Pathol 17:252A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2004
• Kesler MV, Kroft SH, Karandikar NJ, McKenna RW, Hladik CL, Xu Y. Dual-labeling immunohistochemistry for CD10, bcl-6 and MUM-1 in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Mod Pathol 17:254A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2004
• Asplund SL, McKenna RW, Shen Y-M, Kroft SH. Plasmablastic lymphoma (PL) in non-oral sites: immunophenotypic, molecular and cytogenetic characterization of three cases. Mod Pathol 16:225A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2003
• Chen W, Asplund SL, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. Clinical significance of incidentally identified minute clonal B-lymphocyte populations in peripheral blood and bone marrow. Mod Pathol 16:227A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2003
• Kroft SH, Karandikar NJ, McKenna RW, Asplund SL. Circulating hematogones (Hgs) in adults: A 4-color flow cytometry (FC) study of 102 patients. Mod Pathol 16:241A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2003
• Monaghan SA, Kroft SH, Miller RT, McKenna RW. 11 cases of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (E-NK/TL) from a single U.S. medical center with emphasis on flow cytometry (FC) analysis. Mod Pathol 16:245A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2003
• Reichard KK, McKenna RW, Kroft SH. ALK-positive large B-cell lymphoma: a report of three cases. Mod Pathol 16:250A, Presented at USCAP meeting, 2003
• Willis MS, McKenna RW, Peterson LAC, Kroft SH. Low blast count myelodysplastic syndrome with auer rods: a clinicopathologic analysis of 6 cases. Mod Pathol 16:259A, Presented a USCAP meeting, 2003