Smita Krishnamurthy, MD
Education
M.D.: Northeast Ohio Medical University (2005)
Residency: (Anatomic & Clinical Pathology): Washington University in St. Louis (2010)
Fellowship: (Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology): Mayo Clinic (2011)
Fellowship: (Dermatopathology): University of Washington (2012)
M.Ed.: (Educational Technology with Health Professions Applications (2017)
Certification and Licensure
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Dermatopathology
Ohio State Medical Board
Clinical Expertise
Dermatopathology
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Dermatopathology
College of American Pathologists
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Awards and Honors
- 2016 Team Based Learning Collaborative Trainer-Consultant Certification
- 2016 Instructional Design for Digital Learning-2 Certification, WSU
- 2016 Faculty Mentor for Medical Student Research Grant, BSOM, $1740
- 2015 Instructional Design for Digital Learning-1 Certification, WSU
- 2015 Teaching Excellence Award by BSOM Class of 2017
- 2015 Women in Science Giving Circle Research Grant, WSU, $2500
- 2014 Stanley Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award by BSOM class of 2016
- 2010 Quality Fellow Award, Mayo Clinic
- 2009 Leadership Development Award, College of American Pathologists (CAP)
- 2009 Paul E. Strandford Young Investigator Award, Academy of Clinical Laboratory
- Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS)
- 2005 Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Award (merit & leadership-based)
- 2003 Alpha Omega Alpha, junior year inductee
- 2001-2005 Allen Freedman Scholarship (merit, leadership & service based)
- 2001-2004 NEOUCOM Foundation Scholarship (merit-based)
- 1999-2001 Dean’s List
- 1999 National Merit Scholar
- 1999 Sam Walton Community Leader Award
- 1998 American Red Cross Youth Volunteer of the Year
Medical Student Lectures, Boonshoft SOM (in-class & online recordings)
2017-2018 Musculoskeletal and Integument Course, Year 2
• Cutaneous terminology overview (20 min)
• Pathology of cutaneous inflammatory diseases, part 1 (30 min)
• Pathology of cutaneous inflammatory diseases, part 2 (30 min)
2017-2018 Host and Defense Module, Year 1
• Histology essentials learning guide (includes a 15 min recording on introduction to histology, 20 min recording on cell junctions, and 50 self-assessment questions)
2017-2018 Origins 2 Module, Year 1
• Histology of white blood cells (20 min)
• Neoplasia overview (20 min)
• Epithelial histology (10 min)
2016-2018 Endocrine/Reproductive Course, Year 2
• Parathyroid pathology with clinical correlations (40 min)
• Physiology of the male reproductive system (30 min)
• Physiology of the female reproductive system (40 min)
2016-2017 Staying Alive Module, Year 2
• Foundational framing pathology orientation (20 min)
2015-2017 Principles of Disease Course, Year 1
• Hypersensitivity disorders (50 min)
2015-2016 Endocrine Course, Year 2
• Pathology of pituitary and hypothalamic disorders (50 min)
2015-2016 Cardiovascular Course, Year 2
• Pathology of heart diseases with clinical correlations (2.5 h)
2014-2017 Digestive Course, Year 2
• Salivary gland pathology with clinical correlations (40 min)
2014-2016 Reproductive Course, Year 2
• Pathology of the lower female reproductive tract (50 min)
2013-2017 Digestive Course, Year 2
• Pathology of esophageal disorders with clinical correlations (50 min)
2013-2017 Principles of Disease Course, Year 1
• Pathologic response to microorganisms (50 min)
• Immunodeficiencies (50 min)
• Pathology of infectious diseases (50 min)
2013-2014 Pathobiology & Therapeutics Course, Year 2
• Immunodeficiencies (50 min)
• Hypersensitivity disorders and amyloidosis (50 min)
2013-2015 Endocrine Course, Year 2
• Parathyroid pathology (40 min)
2013-2015 Renal Course, Year 2
• Pathology of glomerular & tubulointerstitial diseases (1.5 h)
2012-2018 Musculoskeletal and Integument Course, Year 2
• Skin cancer: clinical-pathologic correlations (2 h)
• Pathology of bone diseases (50 min)
• Pathology of joint diseases (50 min)
• Pathology of soft tissue neoplasms (30 min)
• Pathology of skin tumors (50 min)
Medical Student Team-Based Learning (TBL), Boonshoft SOM
2017-2018 Origins 2 Module, Year 1
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, inflammation and repair TBL (3 h)
2017-2018 Staying Alive Module, Year 1
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, cardiac pathology TBL (2.5 h)
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, urinary tract obstruction and renal neoplasms
TBL (2.5 h)
2016-2018 Staying Alive Module, Year 2
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, cardiovascular pathophysiology TBL (2.5 h)
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, urinary tract obstruction TBL (2.5 h)
2014-2018 Reproductive Course, Year 2
• Co-designer & co-facilitator, female reproductive pathophysiology, menopause,
and abnormal uterine bleeding TBL (2.5 h)
2012-2018 Musculoskeletal & Integument Course, Year 2
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, skin cancer TBL (2.5 h)
2016-2017 Staying Alive Module, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, water and electrolytes TBL (3 h)
2014-2017 Pathobiology & Therapeutics Course, Year 2
• Co-designer & co-facilitator, inflammation and repair TBL (3 h)
2015-2016 Cardiovascular Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, cardiovascular pathophysiology TBL (3 h)
2015-2016 Principles of Disease Course, Year 1
• Co-facilitator, respiratory infections TBL (2.5 h)
• Co-facilitator, immune disorders of T-cell mediated immunity (2.5 h)
2014-2015 Musculoskeletal & Integument Course, Year 2
• Designer & co-facilitator, arthritis TBL (3 h)
2014-2015 Pathobiology & Therapeutics Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, neoplasia TBL (3 h)
2013-2015 Pathobiology & Therapeutics Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, immune disorders TBL (3 h)
2013-2015 Renal Course, Year 2
• Designer & co-facilitator, dialysis and renal transplant TBL (3 h)
2013-2014 Principles of Disease Course, Year 1
• Co-facilitator, concepts in antibiotics, virology, and bacteriology TBL (3 h)
Medical Student Peer Instruction Sessions, BSOM (modified think-pair-share)
2017-2018 Staying Alive Module, Year 1
• Designer and co-facilitator, glomerular diseases (2 h)
2017-2018 Origins 2 Module, Year 1
• Designer and facilitator, cell stress and injury PI (3 h)
• Designer and co-facilitator, neoplasia part 1 PI (3 h)
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, neoplasia part 2 PI (3 h)
2017-2018 Endocrine/Reproductive Course, Year 2
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, osteoporosis and vitamin D PI (1.5 h)
2016-2018 Staying Alive Module, Year 2
• Designer and co-facilitator, glomerular diseases (2 h)
2016-2018 Musculoskeletal and Integument Course, Year 2
• Designer and co-facilitator, soft tissue diseases PI (2 h)
• Designer and co-facilitator, joint diseases PI (2 h)
• Designer and co-facilitator, bone diseases PI (2 h)
• Designer and co-facilitator, cutaneous infections and inflammatory diseases
part 1 PI (3 h)
• Designer and co-facilitator, cutaneous inflammatory diseases part 2 PI (3 h)
2014-2018 Reproductive Course, Year 2
• Co-designer and co-facilitator, female reproductive tract clinical-pathologic
correlations PI (2 h)
2016-2017 Medical Neuroscience Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, infections and demyelinating disorders PI (3 h)
2016-2017 Pathobiology and Therapeutics Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, herbal supplements, drug development, and cell biology PI (2 h)
• Co-facilitator, cellular response and hemodynamic disorders PI (2 h)
2014-2017 Digestive Course, Year 2
• Co-designer & co-facilitator, upper gastrointestinal tract pathology PI (2 h)
2014-2015 Principles of Disease Course, Year 1
• Co-facilitator, skin and soft tissue infections peer instruction session (PI) (50 min)
• Co-facilitator, zoonoses PI (50 min)
• Co-facilitator, hepatitis PI (50 min)
• Co-facilitator, endocarditis PI (50 min)
2014-2015 Musculoskeletal & Integument Course, Year 2
• Facilitator, psoriasis PI (50 min)
• Designer & co-facilitator, joint & soft tissue disease PI (50 min)
• Designer & facilitator, bone diseases PI (50 min)
2013-2014 Pathobiology & Therapeutics Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, 3 pathology think-pair-share sessions (5 h)
Medical Student Wright Q Sessions, BSOM (problem-based learning)
2017-2018 Staying Alive Module, Year 1
• Co-designer and facilitator, 8 Wright Q cases (32 h)
2017-2018 Staying Alive Module, Year 2
• Co-designer and facilitator, 8 Wright Q cases (32 h)
2016-2017 Staying Alive Module, Year 2
• Co-designer and facilitator, 13 Wright Q cases (52 h)
• Writer, self-assessment pathology questions for 13 Wright Q cases
2015-2016 Musculoskeletal and Integument Course, Year 2
• Co-designer and facilitator, 1 Wright Q case (4 h)
2015-2016 Digestive Course, Year 2
• Co-designer and facilitator, 1 Wright Q case (4 h)
Medical Student Other Teaching Activities, BSOM
2016-2018 Staying Alive Module, Years 1 and 2
• Designer, Articulate learning module, pathology of glomerular diseases with
clinical correlations
2015-2018 Musculoskeletal and Integument Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, patient panel
2012-2018 Contributed to writing and editing pathology-related final exam questions in 9 courses
2013-2016 Principles of Disease Course, Year 1
• Co-facilitator, pathology of infectious disease lab session (2 h)
2013-2016 Digestive Course, Year 2
• Optional case-based microscopic slide review session (1 h)
2013-2016 Endocrine Course, Year 2
• Optional case-based microscopic slide review session (1 h)
2013-2016 Renal Course, Year 2
• Optional case-based microscopic slide review session (1 h)
2012-2016 Musculoskeletal & Integument Course, Year 2
• Optional case-based microscopic slide review session (1 h)
2014-2015 Principles of Disease Course, Year 1
• Co-facilitator, skin, soft tissue, and urinary infections lab (2 h)
2014-2015 Cardiovascular Course, Year 2
• Optional case-based microscopic slide review session (1 h)
2013-2014 Pathobiology & Therapeutics Course, Year 2
• Co-facilitator, 4 Just-in-Time question-answer sessions (4 h)
Residency Electives Directed, Boonshoft SOM
2012-Present Director, Boonshoft SOM Dermatopathology elective for dermatology and preliminary-year residents (2 to 4 wks)
Dermatology Resident Dermatopathology Lectures and Unknown Slide Review Sessions
2018 Dermatopathology board review session (3 h)
2014-present Elastic tissue disorders (1 h)
2014-present Cysts, sinuses, and pits (1 h)
2014-present Spongiotic & psoriasiform dermatitis (1 h)
2014-present Vesiculobullous dermatitis (1 h)
2014-present Granulomatous disorders (1 h)
2013-present Interface dermatitis (1 h)
2013-present Cutaneous adnexal tumors (1 h)
2013-2015 Mid-term dermatopathology unknown slide review session (1 h)
2013-present Cutaneous fungal, protozoan, helminth, & arthropod infections (1 h)
2013-present Cutaneous bacterial, viral, & spirochete infections (1 h)
2013-present Epidermal cysts & tumors (2 h)
2013-present Normal skin histology, lab processing, and artifacts (1 h)
2013-present Soft tissue neoplasms (1 h)
2013-present Atypical & malignant melanocytic neoplasms (1.5 h)
2013-present Benign melanocytic neoplasms (1.5 h)
2012-present Basic patterns of inflammatory dermatoses (1 h)
Other Undergraduate Teaching, Wright State University
2013-2014 Urinalysis case studies presented to clinical lab science students
PUBLICATIONS
Zirwas M, Dobkin HE, Krishnamurthy S. Amicrobial pustulosis of the folds and palmoplantar pustulosis simultaneously induced by different TNF-alpha inhibitors: demonstration of a shared pathophysiology. Accepted by JAAD Case Reports on 6/9/2017.
Scholtz J, Sullivan M, Krishnamurthy S. Are standardized patient exams with melanoma moulages a more accurate reflection of medical student concept mastery than standard multiple-choice exams? JAAD. May 2016. 74(5), supplement 1: AB110. (ABSTRACT).
Gandhi RK, Ulman CA, Kellawan KK, Olson TG, Trevino JJ, Krishnamurthy S. Chronic cutaneous blastomycosis. Int J Clin Dermatol Res. 2015;3(4):68-70.
Ulman CA, Palmer DG, Trevino J, Olson TG, Krishnamurthy S, Gandhi RK. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis induced by clopidogrel. Int J Dermatol. 2014;53(10):e461-2.
Graham R, Krishnamurthy S, Oliveira A, Inwards C, Folpe AL. Frequent expression of fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) mRNA in aneurysmal bone cysts and chondromyxoid fibromas. J Clin Pathol. 2012;65(10):907-9.
Krishnamurthy S, Hassan A, Frater JL, Paessler ME, Kreisel F. Pathologic and clinical features of Hodgkin lymphoma-like post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. Int J Surg Pathol. 2010;18(4):278-85.
Posters & Platform Presentations
Tabb E, Schloemer J, Krishnamurthy S. Secondary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Case report and review of the literature. 10/2017 at the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) meeting poster session in Baltimore, MD.
Dobkin HE, Fritz GD, Krishnamurthy S. Atypical generalized/targetoid presentation of pityriasis rosea: Case report and review of the literature. 4/2016 at the BSOM Central Research Symposium in Dayton, OH.
Scholtz J, Sullivan M, Binder B, Krishnamurthy S. Are standardized patient exams with melanoma moulages a more accurate reflection of medical student concept mastery than standard multiple choice exams? 3/2016 at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) meeting poster session in Washington, DC, and 4/2016 at WSU Central Research Symposium in Dayton, OH.
Weir NM, Krishnamurthy S. Inflamed linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN): hamartoma or linear psoriasis? 3/2016 at the International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP) meeting poster session in Washington, DC.
Tabb E, McCalip B, Krishnamurthy S. Giant solitary trichoepithelioma on the knee. 3/2016 at theISDP poster session in Washington, DC.
Schloemer J, Dundon S, Krishnamurthy S, Shamma HN, Rubin M. A case of lymphomatoid papulosis masked by atopic dermatitis. 10/2015 at the Ohio Dermatological Association (ODA) meeting poster session in Columbus, OH.
Krishnamurthy S, Borges N, Koles P. Interactive case vignette and slide-based pathology modules improve student understanding of disease processes. 3/2014 at the United States and CanadianAcademy of Pathology (USCAP) meeting poster session in San Diego, CA, and 10/2014 at WSU Central Research Symposium in Dayton, OH.
Gandhi R, Krishnamurthy S, Beck G, Gandhi R. Primary anorectal melanoma. 10/2013 at the ODAmeeting poster session in Columbus, OH.
Reed K, Palmer GD, Krishnamurthy S, Gandhi R. Ciprofloxacin induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap: a case in an HIV positive patient. 10/2013 at the ODA meeting poster session in Columbus, OH.
Krishnamurthy S, George E. Argenyi Z. Cutaneous Ewing sarcoma mimicking malignant melanoma: a potential diagnostic pitfall. 10/2012 at the ASDP meeting poster session in Chicago, IL; 11/2012. at the WSU Central Research Symposium poster session in Dayton, OH.