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Faculty Detail     Name KENNETH FALLON   Campus Address PD6A 175J Zip 4550 Phone 205-934-7652 E-mail kefallon@uab.edu Other websites

Faculty Appointment(s) Appointment Type Department Division Rank Primary  Pathology   Neuropathology Associate Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations Molecular and Cellular Pathology Program

Biographical Sketch  EDUCATION: B.A., University of New Orleans, 1985 M.D., LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA - 1989 POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING: Residency in Pathology LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA - 1989-1994 Fellowship in Neuropathology University of Alabama at Birmingham - 2001-2003 BOARD CERTIFICATION: Diplomate in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, May 1995 Diplomate in Neuropathology, American Board of Pathology, September 2007 HONORS AND AWARDS 2008 Educator of the Year, West Virginia University Department of Pathology 2007 Clinician Teacher of the Year, West Virginia University Department of Pathology PREVIOUS ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 7/2006-8/2009 Assistant Professor, West Virginia University, Department of Pathology 8/1996-11/2005 Instructor/Assistant Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, Department of Pathology

Society Memberships Organization Name Position Held Org Link American Association of Neuropathologists  Active Member  http://www.neuropath.org  American Society for Clinical Pathology  Fellow  http://www.ascp.org  College of American Pathologists  Fellow  http://www.cap.org

Research/Clinical Interest Title Description Support of research of receptor-based interactions in the hippocampus

Selected Publications  Publication PUBMEDID Sung VW, Lyerly MJ, Fallon KB, Bashir K. Isolated CNS Whipple disease with normal brain MRI and false-positive CSF 14-3-3 protein: a case report and review of the literature. Brain Behav 2012;2:838-843  23170246  Gordon AS, Fallon K, Riley KO. Meningioma interdigitated with primary central nervous system B-cell lymphoma: a case report and literature review. Surgical Neurology International 2011;2:181.  22276235  Montjoy C, Parker J, Petsonk L, Luis T, Fallon K. Mesothelioma Review. W V Med J 2009;105:13-16  19456032  Ibrahim M, Chitnis S, Fallon K, Roberts T. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 12-year-old girl. Arch Neurol 2009; 66:272-273  19204168  Fallon KB, Oh SJ, Palmer, CA. Intravascular malignant lymphomatosis diagnosed in both skeletal muscle and nerve biopsies. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2002;4:78-81  19078694  Karnsakul W, Fallon KB, Swart S. Exudative hemorrhagic duodenitis as a primary event in a child with Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;6:A24  18407795  Oumouna-Benachour K, Oumouna M, Zerfaoui M, Hans C, Fallon K, Boulares AH. Intrinsic resistance to apoptosis of colon epithelial cells is a potential determining factor in the susceptibility of the A/J mouse strain to dimethylhydrazine-induced colon tumorigenesis. Mol Carcinog 2007; 46:993-1002  17538954  Oumouna-Benachour K, Hans CP, Suzuki Y, Naura A, Datta R, Belmadani S, Fallon K, Woods C, Boulares H. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition reduces atherosclerotic plaque size and promotes factors of plaque stability in apolipoprotein E–deficient mice effects on macrophage recruitment, nuclear Factor-kB nuclear translocation, and foam cell death. Circulation 2007; 115:2442-2450  17438151  Oumouna M, Datta R, Oumouna-Benachour K, Suzuki Y, Hans C, Matthews K, Fallon K, Boulares H. Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 inhibition prevents eosinophil recruitment by modulating Th2 cytokines in a murine model of allergic airway inflammation: a potential specific effect on IL-5. J Immunol 2006; 177: 6489-6496  17056581  Fallon, KB, Palmer, CA, Roth, KA, Nabors, LB, Wang, W, Carpenter, M, Banerjee R, Forsyth P, Rich, K, Perry A. Prognostic value of 1p, 19q, 9p, 10q, and EGFR-FISH analyses in recurrent oligodendrogliomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2004;63:314-322  15099021  First Prev   1 2 of  2  Next Last

Keywords Neuropathology, Brain Bank, Brain Autopsy Pathology

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