MEDICAL SERVICES

Languages

  • English

  • Romanian

EDUCATION

Medical School

  • The Victor Babes University of Medicine , 2004 , Timisoara , Romania

Residency

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
  • University of Texas , 2012 , Houston , TX

Fellowship

Pediatric Pathology
  • Boston Children's Hospital , 2013 , Boston , MA

Fellowship

Neuropathology
  • University of California, San Francisco , 2015 , San Francisco , CA

CERTIFICATIONS

  • American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
  • American Board of Pathology, Anatomic Neuropathology
  • American Board of Pathology, Pediatric Clinical Anatomic Pathology

PUBLICATIONS

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  1. Intracranial mesenchymal tumors with FET-CREB fusion are composed of at least two epigenetic subgroups distinct from meningioma and extracranial sarcomas. Brain Pathol. 2021 Nov 25; e13037.View abstract
  2. Immunohistochemical surrogates for molecular alterations for the classification and grading of gliomas. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2022 Jan; 39(1):78-83.View abstract
  3. ALK+ histiocytosis: a new clinicopathologic spectrum highlighting neurologic involvement and responses to ALK inhibition. Blood. 2021 Nov 02.View abstract
  4. Endothelial GNAQ p.R183Q Increases ANGPT2 (Angiopoietin-2) and Drives Formation of Enlarged Blood Vessels. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2022 01; 42(1):e27-e43.View abstract
  5. Molecular Alterations in Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas That Led to Death. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2021 Sep 27.View abstract
  6. Assessment of BCOR Internal Tandem Duplications in Pediatric Cancers by Targeted RNA Sequencing. J Mol Diagn. 2021 10; 23(10):1269-1278.View abstract
  7. IDH-mutant gliomas with additional class-defining molecular events. Mod Pathol. 2021 07; 34(7):1236-1244.View abstract
  8. Neogenin is highly expressed in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and influences tumor invasion. Brain Res. 2021 07 01; 1762:147348.View abstract
  9. Outcomes after first relapse of childhood intracranial ependymoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 08; 68(8):e28930.View abstract
  10. Intracranial mesenchymal tumor with FET-CREB fusion-A unifying diagnosis for the spectrum of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors and angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma-like neoplasms. Brain Pathol. 2021 07; 31(4):e12918.View abstract
  11. Loss of histone H3 trimethylation on lysine 27 and nuclear expression of transducin-like enhancer 1 in primary intracranial sarcoma, DICER1-mutant. Histopathology. 2021 Jan; 78(2):265-275.View abstract
  12. Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas are characterized by mTORC1 hyperactivation, a very low somatic mutation rate, and a unique gene expression profile. Mod Pathol. 2021 02; 34(2):264-279.View abstract
  13. Making the most of small samples: Optimization of tissue allocation of pediatric solid tumors for clinical and research use. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 09; 67(9):e28326.View abstract
  14. Molecular and clinicopathologic features of gliomas harboring NTRK fusions. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2020; (8).View abstract
  15. Molecular and clinicopathologic features of gliomas harboring NTRK fusions. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2020 07 14; 8(1):107.View abstract
  16. Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Cellular Hierarchies and Impaired Developmental Trajectories in Pediatric Ependymoma. Cancer Cell. 2020 07 13; 38(1):44-59.e9.View abstract
  17. A de novo BRPF1 variant in a case of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. Eur J Med Genet. 2020.View abstract
  18. A de novo BRPF1 variant in a case of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. Eur J Med Genet. 2020 Sep; 63(9):104002.View abstract
  19. Immune checkpoint inhibition for pediatric patients with recurrent/refractory CNS tumors: a single institution experience. J Neurooncol. 2020 Aug; 149(1):113-122.View abstract
  20. An Update on Pediatric Gliomas. Surg Pathol Clin. 2020 Jun; 13(2):217-233.View abstract
  21. Mechanisms and therapeutic implications of hypermutation in gliomas. Nature. 2020 04; 580(7804):517-523.View abstract
  22. Embryonal Tumors of the Central Nervous System: An Update. Surg Pathol Clin. 2020 Jun; 13(2):235-247.View abstract
  23. Somatic mutations in intracranial arteriovenous malformations. PLoS One. 2019; 14(12):e0226852.View abstract
  24. The molecular landscape of ETMR at diagnosis and relapse. Nature. 2019 12; 576(7786):274-280.View abstract
  25. Re-programing Chromatin with a Bifunctional LSD1/HDAC Inhibitor Induces Therapeutic Differentiation in DIPG. Cancer Cell. 2019 11 11; 36(5):528-544.e10.View abstract
  26. Increasing value of autopsies in patients with brain tumors in the molecular era. J Neurooncol. 2019 Nov; 145(2):349-355.View abstract
  27. Polysomy is associated with poor outcome in 1p/19q codeleted oligodendroglial tumors. Neuro Oncol. 2019 09 06; 21(9):1164-1174.View abstract
  28. Characterization of molecular signatures of supratentorial ependymomas. Mod Pathol. 2020 01; 33(1):47-56.View abstract
  29. Pediatric CNS-isolated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2019 05; 6(3):e560.View abstract
  30. An update on the central nervous system manifestations of DICER1 syndrome. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 04; 139(4):689-701.View abstract
  31. Recurrent EP300-BCOR Fusions in Pediatric Gliomas With Distinct Clinicopathologic Features. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2019 04 01; 78(4):305-314.View abstract
  32. Central nervous system-restricted familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis responds to hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood Adv. 2019 02 26; 3(4):503-507.View abstract
  33. Association of Somatic GNAQ Mutation With Capillary Malformations in a Case of Choroidal Hemangioma. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019 01 01; 137(1):91-95.View abstract
  34. 家族Hemophagocy病理相关tic Lymphohistiocytosis Isolated to the Central Nervous System. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2018 12 01; 77(12):1079-1084.View abstract
  35. Expanding the spectrum of pediatric NTRK-rearranged fibroblastic tumors to the central nervous system: A case report with RBPMS-NTRK3 fusion. Neuropathology. 2018 Dec; 38(6):624-630.View abstract
  36. PHOX2B is a reliable immunomarker in distinguishing peripheral neuroblastic tumours from CNS embryonal tumours. Histopathology. 2018 Sep; 73(3):483-491.View abstract
  37. Mice Expressing Myc in Neural Precursors Develop Choroid Plexus and Ciliary Body Tumors. Am J Pathol. 2018 06; 188(6):1334-1344.View abstract
  38. Pediatric low-grade gliomas: next biologically driven steps. Neuro Oncol. 2018 01 22; 20(2):160-173.View abstract
  39. Mycoplasma hominis Empyema in an 18-Year-old Stem Cell and Lung Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Nov 24; 6(4):e173-e176.View abstract
  40. A novel GIT2-BRAF fusion in pilocytic astrocytoma. Diagn Pathol. 2017 Nov 15; 12(1):82.View abstract
  41. Neurenteric cyst at the dorsal craniocervical junction in a child: Case report. J Clin Neurosci. 2018 Feb; 48:86-89.View abstract
  42. Focal cerebral ß-amyloid angiopathy: A distinct clinicopathologic presentation. Neurol Clin Pract. 2017 Oct; 7(5):444-448.View abstract
  43. Probing the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in gliomas: A phase 2 study of everolimus for recurrent adult low-grade gliomas. Cancer. 2017 Dec 01; 123(23):4631-4639.View abstract
  44. Clinical targeted exome-based sequencing in combination with genome-wide copy number profiling: precision medicine analysis of 203 pediatric brain tumors. Neuro Oncol. 2017 Jul 01; 19(7):986-996.View abstract
  45. Intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors with EWSR1-CREB family gene fusions: myxoid variant of angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma or novel entity? Brain Pathol. 2018 03; 28(2):183-191.View abstract
  46. Focal cerebral beta-amyloid angiopathy. A distinct clinicopathologic presentation. Neurology Clinical Practice. 2017.View abstract
  47. Clinical, Pathologic, and Genetic Features of Wilms Tumors With WTX Gene Mutation. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2017 Mar-Apr; 20(2):105-111.View abstract
  48. Diagnostic Histopathology. A review of molecular alterations with clinical impact in adult and paediatric gliomas. 2016; 22(11):439-446.View abstract
  49. Diagnostic Histopathology. Updates and review of neoplastic paediatric neuropathology. 2016; 22(11):431–438.View abstract
  50. Somatic GNAQ Mutation is Enriched in Brain Endothelial Cells in Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2017 02; 67:59-63.View abstract
  51. Clinical, pathologic, and genetic features of Wilms tumors with WTX gene mutation. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2016 Jan 04.View abstract
  52. Epithelioid Glioblastomas and Anaplastic Epithelioid Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytomas--Same Entity or First Cousins? Brain Pathol. 2016 Mar; 26(2):215-23.View abstract
  53. CNS intravascular large cell lymphoma in a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Neuropathology. 2015 Apr; 35(2):170-4.View abstract
  54. Sirolimus therapy in infants with severe hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. N Engl J Med. 2014 Mar 20; 370(12):1131-7.View abstract
  55. Role of calretinin immunohistochemical stain in evaluation of Hirschsprung disease: an institutional experience. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2013; 6(12):2955-61.View abstract
  56. Morphoproteomics支持TGF -ßpathway signaling in the osteoclastogenesis and immune dysregulation of osteolytic Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2012; 5(6):503-11.View abstract
  57. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma--a rare indication for liver transplantation. Case report and review of the literature. Chirurgia (Bucur). 2012 Mar-Apr; 107(2):237-42.View abstract
  58. Neuron precursor features of spindle cell oncocytoma of adenohypophysis. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2012; 42(2):123-9.View abstract
  59. Acute promyelocytic leukemia as a cause of intracoronary drug-eluting-stent thrombosis. Tex Heart Inst J. 2012; 39(3):416-9.View abstract
  60. Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy: constitutive activation of the mTOR pathway with associated exocrine-islet transdifferentiation and therapeutic implications. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2010 Aug 08; 3(7):691-705.View abstract
  61. Renin-angiotensin system blockade is renoprotective in immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jun; 19(6):1168-76.View abstract