SUMMARY
My research focuses on tumors of the central and peripheral nervous system and the pathologic features predictive of patients outcome. My interest is in correlative studies to determine the clinical significance of histologic and genetic variables in brain tumor tissue, in particular in the setting of clinical trials of patients with gliomas. I am responsible for the Mayo Clinic Brain Cancer SPORE Tissue Core for the collection of fresh and fixed brain tissues for research; the Brain SPORE Tissue Core also supports high-throughput tissue microarray construction, laser capture microdissection, immunohistochemistry, FISH, in situ hybridization and a variety of other techniques. A recent research development, in collaboration with the Mayo lymphoma SPORE investigators, has been the study of primary CNS malignant lymphoma cytogenetics, including low and high grade B-cell lymphomas.
PROFESSIONAL DETAILS
Primary Appointment
- Consultant, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Academic Rank
- Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Professor of Neurosurgery
EDUCATION
- Fellow - Neuropathology Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Resident Mayo Clinic Health System (NWWI Medication Reconciliation Workgroup)
- Resident - Anatomic Pathology Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Special Research Associate Peripheral Nerve Center, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Ph.D. - Neurological Science University of Verona
- Research Fellowship Peripheral Nerve Center, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Resident - Neurology University of Verona
- Resident - Neurology Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
- MD University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
- Diploma - Maturita Classica Liceo Classico Statale N. Machiavelli