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Anil Parwani

Also known as Anil Vasdev Parwani

Anil Parwani is a pathologist whose work connects digital pathology with AI-assisted cancer diagnosis. Raised in Karachi, he earned a PhD in virology at Ohio State in 1993 and an MD at Case Western Reserve in 1999, then completed pathology residency at Johns Hopkins in 2003 and a urological pathology fellowship in 2004. He earned an MBA at the University of Pittsburgh in 2013 and, after 11 years there, joined Ohio State in 2015 as a professor and director of its Digital Pathology Shared Resource. He described Ohio State's predictive algorithms for cancer-risk assessment in a 2023 article; in August 2024, he reported clinical trials of prostate cancer AI tools and received the College of American Pathologists' Distinguished Service Award in 2024. He coauthored a review of generative AI in anatomic pathology in April 2025 and chairs Ohio State's Department of Pathology; in July 2026, he wrote about AI's role in diagnosis.

Works
828
Citations
22,915
h-index
73
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1989–1999

    Virology and medical school

    He grows up in Karachi, Pakistan, and earns a PhD in virology at Ohio State in 1993 and an MD at Case Western Reserve University in 1999.

  2. 1999–2004

    Johns Hopkins pathology training

    He completes an anatomical and clinical pathology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2003 and a urological pathology fellowship there in 2004.

  3. 2009–2013

    An MBA at Pittsburgh

    He earns an MBA at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 2013.

  4. 2015

    From Pittsburgh to Ohio State

    After 11 years at the University of Pittsburgh, he joins Ohio State's medical faculty in 2015 as a professor and director of the Digital Pathology Shared Resource.

  5. 2023

    Digital pathology center and AI

    In March 2023, he describes the Ohio State Digital Pathology Center's end-to-end system and its move toward predictive AI algorithms for cancer-risk assessment.

  6. 2024

    Prostate AI and a CAP award

    In August 2024, he reports that Ohio State has completed clinical trials of its prostate cancer AI tools and is working to integrate them into the electronic medical record. In 2024, the College of American Pathologists gives him its Distinguished Service Award.

  7. April 2025

    Generative AI in pathology

    In April 2025, he coauthors Generative Artificial Intelligence in Anatomic Pathology, which reviews generative AI's potential uses in diagnosis, workflow, education, and research.

  8. Since 2024

    Chair at Ohio State

    In 2024, he becomes the Donald A. Senhauser Chair of Ohio State's Department of Pathology and Chief of Pathology Services at the Wexner Medical Center. He is also a Professor of Pathology and Biomedical Informatics. In July 2026, he writes that AI can help transform primary and clinical diagnosis and treatment decisions in pathology.

Career

  1. Since 2015Ohio State UniversityProfessor, Donald A. Senhauser Chair
  2. 2005–2015University of Pittsburgh
  3. 2001–2008Johns Hopkins University

Education

  1. 2013University of PittsburghMBA
  2. 2004Johns Hopkins MedicineUrological pathology fellow
  3. 2003Johns Hopkins MedicineAnatomical and clinical pathology resident
  4. 1999Case Western Reserve UniversityMD
  5. 1993Ohio State UniversityPhD in virology

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Ohio State University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Ohio State University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Ohio State University. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  4. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Ohio State University. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. OSU Pathology - Parwani pathology.osu.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. First-generation physician becomes leader in digital pathology revolution health.osu.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Digital pathology is rapidly transforming cancer diagnosis health.osu.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Parwani on Ohio State's AI-Driven Pathology and Digital Transformation targetedonc.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. MedTips: Awards and announcements from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center wexnermedical.osu.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Generative Artificial Intelligence in Anatomic Pathology ohiostate.elsevierpure.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. AI in pathology: from pixels to predictions | Ohio State College of Medicine medicine.osu.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.