Nikolina Dioufa, MD, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Clark Atlanta University
- Residency: Temple University Hospital
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Cytopathology
- Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2021
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), National
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), National
- American Society of Cytopathology (ASC), National
- American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP), National
- College of American Pathologists (CAP), National
- North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology (NASHNP), National
- Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists, Local
- United States and Canada Academy of Pathology (USCAP), International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Shukla Y., Kandula V., Khawaja G., Kumaran M., Dioufa N., Donuru A. The Great Imitators: Fungal and Fungal-Like Pneumonias with Pathological Correlation. , Roentgen Ray Review Categorical Course Highlight - Invited article. In press: 2026
Dioufa N, Bruneto R. V, Douglas J. E, Adappa N. D, Palmer J. N, Cohen N. A, and Kohanski M. A SNEC and SNUC survival can be predicted by nasal tuft cell markers , American Rhinologic Society (ARS), Phoenix AZ: 2026
Choudhury M, Baloch Z and Dioufa N. Clinicopathologic and Molecular Correlates of TERT Promoter Mutation in Thyroid Neoplasms: An Institutional Experience (finalist in Stowell-Orbison/Surgical Pathology/Autopsy Award Poster Session) , United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX: 2026
Graboyes A, Dioufa N, Huan Y, Genovese E. A, Pukenas B. A, Rassekh C. Rare and Unusual Complications following Embolization for Carotid Body Tumors , North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) 35th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: 2026
Madabhushi S and Dioufa N Laryngeal Dysplasia. , Pathology Outlines: 2026
Dioufa N and, Baloch Z. Clinicopathologic Spectrum of Low‑Grade Oncocytic Lesions in the Sinonasal Tract , Clinical Pathology and the Canadian Association of Pathologists, ASCP/CAP-ACP 2026 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada : 2026
Graboyes AZ., Dioufa N, and Baloch Z. Succinate Dehydrogenase Subunit B (SDHB) Immunohistochemistry in Head and Neck Paragangliomas (HNPGLs) , Clinical Pathology and the Canadian Association of Pathologists, ASCP/CAP-ACP 2026 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada : 2026
Madabhushi S, Nadella S, Lankalis J, Alawi F, and Dioufa N Keratoameloblastoma: Unusual Keratinization in Ameloblastoma – A Case Report and Review of Literature. , Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. :S2212-4403(26)00137-9. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2026.03.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42120267.: 2026
Al-Quraishi L, Li X and Dioufa N. Secondary Basaloid Tumors in Salivary Gland Cytology: A Three-Case Series Reviewing Diagnostic Pitfalls , American Society of Cytopathology, ASC 74th Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle, Washington: 2026
Adamson A, Dioufa N and Baloch Z. Volumetric Analysis of Peritoneal and Pleural Fluid Cytology Across TIS Diagnostic Categories with Systematic Literature Review. , American Society of Cytopathology, ASC 74th Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle, Washington: 2026