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WILLIAM J. KUPSKY, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Chief of Neuropathology
Director, Residency Program in Pathology

 

Education:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1974.
Harvard Medical School M.D., 1978

Training and Experience:
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY
Anatomic Pathology/Neuropathology, 1984
American Board of Pathology Certification in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology, 1986
Faculty Positions:
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 1984-1986
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 1986-1991
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 1991-Present

Subspecialty Interest:
Neuropathology

Pathology Interest:
Pathology of Brain Tumors
Developmental Neuropathology
Pathology Education

Representative Publications:
1. WSU Neuropathophysiology Self-study: CD-Rom and on-line videocourse, 2003.

2. WJ Kupsky, WS Schoene. Pathology and classification of gliomas. In Astrocytomas. P McL Black et al., Eds. Oxford University Press, 1993.

3. HT Chugani, WJ Kupsky, DC Chugani. Cortical dysplasia: Surgical treatment and neuropathologic findings in infants and children. In: Dysplasias of Cerebral Cortex and Epilepsy. R Guerrini et al., Eds. Lippincott-Raven, 1995.

4. MM Kattar, WJ Kupsky. Clonal analysis of gliomas, et al. Hum Pathol 28:1179, 1997. [Medline]

5. F Castro-Moure, WJ Kupsky, HG Goshgarian. Pathophysiological classification of human spinal cord ischemia. J Spinal Cord Medicine 20: 74-87, 1997.

6. PD Barnes, WJ Kupsky, RD Strand. Brain tumors of childhood and adolescence. In: MRI in Pediatric Neuroradiology 2nd Ed. SM Wolpert, PD Barnes, Eds. Mosby, 1998.

7. M Hallak, JW Hotra, WJ Kupsky. Magnesium sulfate protection of fetal rat brain from severe maternal hypoxia. Obstet Gynecol 96: 124-128, 2000.

8. Kupsky WJ, Marchant GH, Cook K, Shoshani J. Morphologic analysis of hippocampal formation in Elephas maximas and Loxodonta africana with comparison to that of human. Atti del 1o Congresso Internazionale, Rome, 2001.

9. PA Lewitt, WJ Kupsky, MA Ferrante, et al. Body Fluid and tissue analysis. In: Textbook of Clinical Neurology, 2nd Ed. CG Goetz, EJ Pappart, Eds. WB Saunders Co, 2003.

10. Li J, Shy ME, Shah A, Tselis A, Kupsky WJ, Lewis RA. Acute segmental motor syndrome (ASMS): An unusual neuromuscular presentation of West Nile virus infection. Ann Neurol (in press) 2003.

11. Fuerst D, Shah J, Kupsky W, Johnson R, et al. Is hippocampal sclerosis a progressive disorder? A volumetric, pathological, and neuropsychological study. J Neurol Sci (In press), 2003.

12. Kupsky WJ, Pierson CR. Pathology of Gliomas. In: Neurosurgery, 3rd. Ed. Rengachary SS., Maciunas RJ, Wilkins RH, Eds. McGraw-Hill (In press).

Awards and Honors:
WSU College Teaching Award, 1998, 2002.
Resident Faculty Award, 2002.
Excellence in Pathology Education Award, 1997.
WSU School of Medicine Lamp Award, 1996

e-mail: wkupsky@dmc.org