Dietrich Werner Idiaquez, MD

Dr. Werner Idiáquez received his MD from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. He completed an Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency at the University of Florida, followed by fellowships in Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Werner Idiáquez was most recently an Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Medical Director, Clinical Flow Cytometry Laboratory at Nova Scotia Health.

Dr. Werner Idiáquez’s clinical interest is diagnosing and classifying hematologic malignancies with an integrated diagnostic synoptic reporting system. His research interest is using and improving this technology for the accurate diagnosis of hematologic malignancies.

Education & Training

Fellowship:

• University of Illinois at Chicago - Hematopathology
• University of Illinois at Chicago - Surgical Pathology

Residency:

• University of Florida - Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Medical School:

• National Autonomous University - MD

• Meads MB, Zhao X, Noyes DR, Sudalagunta P, Achille A, Zhang C, Renatino Canevarolo R, Silva M, Magaletti D, DeAvila D, Toska S, Oates A, Lastorino D, Idiaquez DW, Song J, Sansil S, Yoder SJ, Grajales-Cruz AF, Blue BJ, Freeman CL, Kim J, Alsina M, Brayer J, Siqueira Silva A, Song X, Shain KH, Baz RC. Target antigen and plasma cell phenotype are critical factors for sensitivity to response-adapted daratumumab therapy. Blood. 2025 Sep. Pubmedid: 40983035.
• Werner D, Linden MA, Turner LE, Kreisel F, Al-Attar A, Dunlop A, Ali A, Denny T, Kern W, Litwin V, Marti G, Olteanu H, Trindade C, Zhang L, Langworthy B, Wallace PK, Monaghan SA. International Clinical Cytometry Society 2023 workload survey of clinical flow cytometry laboratories. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2025 Oct. Pubmedid: 41165266.
• Werner Idiaquez D, Isenalumhe LL, Hyjek EM, Sharma R, Tashkandi H, Ryder CB, Hussaini M. CD5-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma with MEF2D::BCL9 mimicking aggressive mature B-cell lymphoma: a case report of a newly described entity and potential diagnostic pitfall. J Hematop. 2025 May.18(1):26. Pubmedid: 40358810.
• Piñero-Crespo G, Kucharik AH, Chen WS, Idiáquez DW, Doenges J, Zhang Y, Sokol L, Glass F. Cutaneous manifestations as the presenting signs of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma/high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 rearrangements. JAAD Case Rep. 2025 Jan.55:23-26. Pubmedid: 39790106. Pmcid: PMC11714132.
• Hassan F, Zhang H, Idiaquez DW, Pakasticali N, Hyjek E, Hussaini M. KRAS may facilitate transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to histiocytic sarcoma with indeterminate dendritic cell features. Am J Clin Pathol. 2025 Aug.164(2):157-162. Pubmedid: 40418704.
• Freeman CL, Noble J, Menges M, Villanueva R, Nakashima JY, Figura NB, Tonseth RP, Idiaquez DW, Skelson L, Smith EC, Abraham-Miranda J, Corallo S, De Avila G, Castaneda Puglianini O, Liu HD, Alsina M, Nishihori T, Shain KH, Baz RC, Blue BJ, Grajales-Cruz A, Koomen JM, Atkins RM, Hansen DK, Siqueira Silva A, Kim J, Balagurunathan Y, Locke FL. Tumor burden quantified by soluble B-cell maturation antigen and metabolic tumor volume determines myeloma CAR-T outcomes. Blood. 2025 Apr.145(15):1645-1657. Pubmedid: 39652773.
• Wooff J, Werner D, Murphy J, Walsh N. Osteoclast-like giant cell reaction associated with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a report of 2 cases and review of the literature. Am J Dermatopathxxx. 2009 May.31(3):282-287. Pubmedid: 19384071.
• Han KH, Croker BP, Clapp WL, Werner D, Sahni M, Kim J, Kim HY, Handlogten ME, Weiner ID. Expression of the ammonia transporter, rh C glycoprotein, in normal and neoplastic human kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Oct.17(10):2670-2679. Pubmedid: 16928804. Pmcid: PMC4319185.
• Werner D, Wilkinson EJ, Ripley D, Yachnis A. Primary adenocarcinoma of the vagina with mucinous-enteric differentiation: a report of two cases with associated vaginal adenosis without history of diethylstilbestrol exposure. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2004 Jan.8(1):38-42. Pubmedid: 15874835.