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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
Pathology
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Faculty

Gordana Verstovsek, M.D. Associate Professor

Gordana Verstovsek

Education

  1. MD, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Residency

  1. Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, BCM

Fellowship

  1. Cytopathology, BCM

Specialty

  1. Anatomic Pathology

  2. Clinical Pathology

  3. Cytopathology

Board Certification

  1. Anatomic Pathology

  2. Clinical Pathology

  3. Cytopathology

Area of Interest

  1. Cytopathology

  2. Surgical Pathology

Current Position

  1. Staff Pathologist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

  2. Associate Professor, BCM

Professional Positions Held

  1. Member, Pathology Residency Committee, BCM

  2. Member, Pathology Curriculum Committee, BCM

  3. Member, Physician Pay Compensation Panel, MEDVAMC

  4. Course Coordinator for Anatomic Pathology Medical Student Clinical Elective, BCM

Membership on professional organizations

  1. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

  2. American Society of Clinical Pathologists

  3. American Society of Cytopathology

Representative Publications

  1. D. Rosen, R. Laucirica, G.Verstovsek: Fine Needle Aspiration of Male Breast Lesions. Accepted, Acta Cytologica . 2009

  2. L. Granville, R. Laucirica, G.Verstovsek :  Clinical significance of cultures collected from fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) . Diagn Cytopathol . 36 ( 2 ): 85-8 , 2008

  3. Bhargava P, Verstovsek  G , Stain M, , Vollink J: Metastasis to Psoas Muscle Detected by F-18 FDG PET-CT Imaging. Clinical Nuclear Medicine , 2008 Oct;33(10):723-4.

  4. Tony S Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Nilesh S. Mathuria, M.D., Teresa G. Hayes, M.D., Ph.D., Gordana Verstovsek , M.D., Anita Deswal, M.D., M.P.H., and Audrius Bredikis, M.D:  Theophylline antagonism of octreotide-induced heart block in a patient with carcinoid heart disease . Seminars in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2008 14:1

  5. Catherine Liebig, M.D., Neeti Agarwal, Ph.D., Gustavo E. Ayala, M.D., Gordana Verstovsek , M.D., Rile Li, M.D., George P. Tuszynski, Ph.D., Daniel Albo, M.D., Ph.D.: Angiocidin Inhibitory Peptides Decrease Tumor Burden in a Murine Colon Cancer Model . J Surg Res . 142 ( 2 ): 320-6, 2007

  6. Liebig, C; Ayala, G; Agarwal, N; Berger, D. H; Verstovsek, G; Albo, D: Neurogenesis and Perineural Invasion are Independent Predictors of Survival in Colorectal Cancer. American Surgical Association Meeting 2007

  7. L. Granville, R. Laucirica, G. Verstovsek: Clinical significance of cultures collected from fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). American Society of Cytopathology Meeting 2006

  8. Anand BS, Verstovsek G, Cole R: Tubulovillous adenoma of anal canal: a case report. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Mar 21;12(11):1780-1

  9. Habra MA, Hijazi R, Verstovsek G, Marcelli M: Medullary thyroid carcinoma associated with hyperthyroidism: a case report and review of the literature. Thyroid, 2004 May;14(5):391-6

  10. Verstovsek G., Chakraborty S., Ramzy I., Jorgensen J.: Large B-cell lymphomas: fine needle aspiration plays an important role in initial diagnosis of cases which are falsely negative by flow cytometry. Diagn Cytopathol, 27:282-285, 2002

  11. Verstovsek G., Mohammadaghaei M., Barboza S., Mendoza P.M., Whitaker B.P., Parti S., Johnson K., Cagle P.T.: Pleuropulmonary malignancies with giant cell component: utility of calretinin immunostaining in unusual variants of mesothelioma versus unusual variants of lung carcinoma and pleural sarcoma. Modern Pathology, 14:227A, 2001