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Vijayalakshmi (Viju) Ananthanarayanan, MBBS, MD, FCAP

Visiting Associate Professor

Director, Anatomic Pathology

Department of Pathology

Contact

Address:

840 S. Wood St. 130 CSN, MC847, Chicago IL 60612

Office Phone:

312.413.5972

Email:

viju@uic.edu

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About

Dr. Vijayalakshmi “Viju” Ananthanarayanan is the Director of Anatomic Pathology at UI Health. She is a surgical pathologist with fellowship training in thoracic pathology. Dr. Ananthanarayanan’s clinical interests are cancerous and non-cancerous diseases of the lung and pleura. These include providing diagnosis and prognostic information on lung cancer, pleural malignancies and mediastinal/thymic tumors. She also has a keen clinical interest in non-neoplastic diseases of the lung such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, smoking-related interstitial lung disease, connective tissue disorder-related lung disease, cystic lung diseases, and sarcoidosis. With over 10 years of clinical practice, she also provides expertise in head and neck pathologies, including diagnosing and prognostication of head and neck cancers, oropharyngeal cancers, salivary gland cancers, and thyroid malignancies.

Clinical Focus

  • Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
  • Pathology
  • Pulmonary and Critical Care
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lung Disease
  • Salivary Gland Cancer
  • Mesothelioma

Awards and Honors:

1992-1993 G.P.Nair’s Prize for the best student in human embryology, Topiwala National Medical College

1992-1993 S.B.Parchure’s award (jointly shared) for the best student in

Physiology Second place

Topiwala National Medical College

1993-1995  V.G.Rele’s Scholarship for the best student in Pharmacology

Topiwala National Medical College

1993-1995  Dongarshi A.Karla’s award for the best student

Topiwala National Medical College

1995-1997  Snehalrani Ranade award for securing highest marks in Obstetrics

and Gynecology Second place, Melarani Jaigopal Award

Topiwala National Medical College

2001-        Gold Medal for securing the first place amongst all pathology residents

University of Mumbai

2005         New Investigator Award from Department of Defense Prostate

Cancer Research Program (PCRP)

Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CMDRP)

2018           Teaching award, Loyola Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

2020          USCAP Honored Mentor by Dr. Swati Bhardwaj

2021          The Paul Schrekenberger Teaching Award, Pathology

Education

1998 Bachelor of medicine and Bachelor of surgery (M.B.B.S), Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai, India
2001 Doctor of Medicine, Pathology (M.D.), Tata Memorial Hospital, University of Mumbai, India

Post-Graduate Training:
Residency
2009-2010 Resident Anatomic and Clinical Pathology,George Washington University, Washington D.C.
2010-2013 Resident Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Fellowship
2013-2014 Thoracic/Surgical Pathology,University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Licensures and Certifications

  • 2017 – State of Illinois Medical License
  • 2017 Board Certification in Anatomic Pathology

Research Currently in Progress

  • Interstitial Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Pathology
  • Thoracic malignancies
  • Salivary gland neoplasms
  • Head and Neck Tumors
  • Infectious disease
  • Educational and QA/QI projects