Nikolina Dioufa, MD, PhD

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
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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.

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.
Dr. Dioufa is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Maryam I. Khan, Steven I. Sherman, Laurie A. Loevner, Jill E. Langer, Cecelia E. Schmalbach; Namrata Vijayvergia1; David Weinberg; Jillian W. Lazor;, Stephen C. Rubin; Rosalia Viterbo; Alexander Kutikov; Robert Satriale; Konstantin Chernukha; Nikoline Dioufa; Aditya Talwar; Jian Q. Yu, and Gregory S. Weinstein Diagnostic Utility of I123 Hybrid SPECT/CT in the Characterization of Retropharyngeal masses , Endocrine Society, Annual Meeting, San Fransisco, CA: 2025

Erika S. Johnson, Jauntea M. Maxey, Robert Brody, Paul Zhang and Nikolina Dioufa A Rare Case of Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia of the Hypopharynx: A Case Report and Literature Review , Cureus 17(7): e88935. doi:10.7759/cureus.88935: 2025

Khawaja G. Kumaran M, Dioufa N and Donuru A. The great imitators: Fungal and fungal like pneumonias with Pathological correlation. , American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual meeting: 2025

Dioufa Nikolina and Erika Johnson Chronic Rhinosinusitis , Pathology Outlines: 2025

Zenezan D, Yin J, Dioufa N, Firde K, Mollaee M, Akhtar I Navigating the diagnostic maze: the challenge of sclerosing pneumocytoma in frozen sections. , Int J Clin Exp Pathol., 17(6): 2024,182-188

Amer S., Dioufa N., Fu J., Mollaee M. Giant Cardiac Glomus Tumor: A Rare Presentation with Rapid Progression in an Elderly Patient , 36th European Congress of Pathology, Florence, Italy: 2024

Hussain M, Jabbar M, Gonzalez M, Rong Y and Dioufa N A Rare Case of Intraductal Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland with an Unusual Mutational Landscape , College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: 2024

Tushir A, Firde K, Akhtar I and Dioufa N Prognostic Value of Molecular Mutations in Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Neoplasm Thyroid FNAs, an institutional experience , College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: 2024

Kearns K and Dioufa N. Mesonephric hyperplasia , Pathology Outlines: 2024

Zenezan D., Dioufa N., Firde K., Akhtar I. Pericardial fluid cytology: Insights from a five-year retrospective review , American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL: 2024