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Shortly after completing a pathology fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1968, he joined the faculty there as an Assistant Professor. He stayed at the institution for 33 years, rising quickly through the academic ranks and earning numerous awards and accolades, including the Charles A. LeMaistre, MD Outstanding Achievement Award in Cancer. Dr. Ayala also held several leadership positions there, including Director of Surgical Pathology, Deputy Chairman of the Department of Anatomic Pathology, and Interim Head of the Division of Pathology. He assumed his current positions at Houston Methodist in 2004.
Research interests
Dr. Ayala’s research focuses on the pathogenesis of carcinomas of the lung, kidneys and ovaries.
Research Area Keywords
- Cancer
- Infectious Disease & Pathology
- Outcomes, Quality & Health Care Performance
Free-text keywords
- Carcinoma
- Lung
- Renal
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Case of recurrent superficial CD34-positive fibroblastic tumor
Salah, H. T., D'Ardis, J. A., Baek, D., Duran, J., Schwartz, M. R., Ayala, A. G. & Ro, J. Y., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 50, 6, p. 477-480 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhanced Succinate Oxidation with Mitochondrial Complex II Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Human Prostate Cancer
Zhang, A., Gupte, A. A., Chatterjee, S., Li, S., Ayala, A., Miles, B. J. & Hamilton, D. J., Oct 12 2022, In: International journal of molecular sciences. 23, 20, p. 12168 12168.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Indolent multicentric chordoma - A previously undescribed entity: A Case report and literature review
Jenson, A. V., Taylor, D. G., Ayala, A., Jackson, R. E. & Baskin, D. S., 2022, In: Surgical Neurology International. 13, p. 348Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Superficial CD34-positive fibroblastic tumor (SCPFT): A review of pathological and clinical features
Salah, H. T., D'ardis, J. A., Baek, D., Schwartz, M. R., Ayala, A. G. & Ro, J. Y., Jun 2022, In: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 58, p. 151937 151937.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease involving soft tissue associated with increased IgG4 plasma cells
Thomas, K. D., Delahoussaye, P., Schwartz, M. R., Ayala, A. G. & Ro, J. Y., Jun 2021, In: Human Pathology: Case Reports. 24, 200488.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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