Dr Lotfalla received her MD degree from Cairo University School of Medicine, Egypt. She completed a Residency in Anatomic Pathology at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and a Surgical Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr Lotfalla recently completed a Breast Pathology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr Lotfalla's clinical interest is in surgical pathology, particularly breast pathology. Her research interest is in male breast carcinomas and their immunohistochemical features in comparison to female breast carcinomas.