Faculty Profile - William J. Hunter, M.D.

William J. Hunter, M.D.
Director, Autopsy Service
Director, Undergraduate Education

Creighton University Medical Center
Pathology Department and
Creighton Medical Laboratories
601 N. 30th St.
Omaha, NE. 68178
(402) 449-4630
hunter@creighton.edu

Specialties: Electron Microscopy, Renal and Cardiovascular Pathology, Medical Education
  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
  • Professor of Pathology
  • Director of Undergraduate Education

Education

  • B.S. - Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington (1967)
  • M.D. - Creighton University, Omaha, NE (1971)
  • Pathology Residency - University of Kansas Medical Center (1975)
  • Board Certified:
    Anatomic/Clinical Pathology (1975)
    Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine (1979)

Teaching

  • Teaching: Course Director:
    IDC201 Cardiovascular System (M-2 year)
    IDC279 Case studies in Medicine (small group sessions M-2 year)
  • Lecture in Molecular and Cell Biology, and Neurosciences (M-1 year), Hematology/Oncology, Renal, Endocrine/Reproductive, Gastrointestinal System, MSI and Multisystem Courses (M-2 year)
  • Codirector and lecture in NUR 651, advanced Patholophysiology to graduate nurse practitioner program

Research Sub-specialty Interests

  • Apoptosis
  • Inflammatory process in atherosclerotic plaques

Publications

  • Thambidorai SK, Korlakunta HL, Arouni AJ, Hunter WJ, Holmberg MJ. Acute eosinophilic myocarditis mimicking myocardial infarction. Tex Heart Inst J. 2009;36(4):355-7.
  • Wang B, Hunter WJ, Sin-Sagheer S, Bewtra C. Rare Potential Pitfall in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in Gastric Duplication Cyst. Acta Cytologica 2009, 53(2):219-21.
  • Wang B, Bewtra C, Hunter WJ. Diffusely Spreading, Superficial Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma: Case Report with Cyto and Histopathologic Features. The Internet Journal of Pathology, 2007, Vol 6 Number 2.
  • Zenggang Pan & William J Hunter. Hydatid Cyst Of The Liver: A Case Report and Review Of The Literature. The Internet Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 2007; Vol 2, Number 1.
  • Turaga KK, Silva-Lopez E, Sanger WG, Nelson M, Hunter WJ, Miettinen M, Gatalica Z. A (9;11) (q34:q13) translocation in a hibernoma. Cancer, Genetics and Cytogenetics; 2006, 170:163-166.
  • Kroeger KD, Mitra AK, Declore M, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK: A comparison of stent-induced stenosis in coronary and peripheral arteries. J Clin Pathol 2006 Jun59(6):575-9
  • Allen TR, Krueger KD, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK: Evidence that insulin-like growth factor-1 requires protein kinase C-epsilon, PI3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways to protect human vascular smooth muscle cells from apoptosis. Immunol Cell Biol. 2005 Dec; 83(6):651-67.
  • Bewtra C, Xie QM, Hunter WJ, Jurgensen W: Ichthyosis uteri: a case report and review of the literature. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2005 May; 129(5): e124-5.
  • Caughron SK, Bridge JA, Bewtra CB, Hunter WJ, Soundararajan S, Silva E, Gatalica Z: Monosomy 22 as a diagnostic aid in a case of late recurrence of adult granulosa cell tumor of the ovary. Cancer, Genetics, and Cytogenetics; 2005, 156(1):83-5.
  • Yohannes P, Hunter WJ, Prasad M: Primary adenocarcinoma of cutaneous vesicostomy 40 years later, a rare case. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2004; 128:e58-e59.
  • Dhume AS, Soundararajan K, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK: Comparison of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis and fibrous cap morphology in symptomatic and asymptomatic carotoid artery disease. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2003; 17(1):1-8.
  • Krueger KD, Hunter WJ, DelCore MG, Agrawal DK: Calphostin C as a rapid and strong inducer of apoptosis in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells. International Immunopharmacology 2003; 3(13-14: 1751-1759.
  • Allen RT, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK: Morphologic and temporal analysis of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis induced by c-Myc and E1A. Scanning 1998;20:577-586.
  • Allen RT, Pai J, Bovard K, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK: Immunogold staining for Bcl-xL and morphological analysis of rat and human vascular smooth muscle cell undergoing apoptosis induced by c-Myc or saturosporine. Scanning 1998;20(3):207-208.
  • Pai J, Knoop FC, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK: Chlamydia pnuemoniae and occlusive vascular disease: Identification and characterization. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 1998; 39: 51-61
  • Allen RT, Hunter Wj, Agrawal DK: Morphologic and Temporal Anaylsis of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis Induced by c-Myc and E1A. Scanning 1998; 20: 577-586.
  • Skoumal SM, Florell SR, Bydalek MK, Hunter WJ: Malpractice Protection: Communication of Diagnostic Uncertainty. Diagnostic Cytopathology 1996; 14: 385-389.
  • Allen RT, Hunter WJ, Agrawal DK: Morphological and Biochemical Characterization and Analysis of Apoptosis. Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 1997; 37: 215-228.
  • W. Hunter et al: A Noninjury, Diet-Induced Swine Model of Atherosclerosis for Cardiovascular-Interventional Research. Angiology 1996; 47: 849-858.