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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
Pathology
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Faculty

Gordana Verstovsek, M.D. Assistant Professor

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Education

  • MD, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Residency

  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, BCM

Fellowship

  • Cytopathology, BCM

Specialty

  • Anatomic Pathology

  • Clinical Pathology

  • Cytopathology

Board Certification

  • Anatomic Pathology

  • Clinical Pathology

  • Cytopathology

Area of Interest

  • Cytopathology

  • Surgical Pathology

Current Position

  • Staff Pathologist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

  • Assistant Professor, BCM

Professional Positions Held

  • Course Coordinator for Anatomic Pathology Medical Student Clinical Elective, BCM

  • Member, Pathology Curriculum Committee, BCM

  • Member, Physician Pay Compensation Panel, MEDVAMC

Membership on professional organizations

  • United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

  • American Society of Clinical Pathologists

  • American Society of Cytopathology

Representative Publications

  1. 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
  2. L. Granville, R. Laucirica, G. Verstovsek: Clinical significance of cultures collected from fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). American Society of Cytopathology Meeting 2006
  3. Anand BS, Verstovsek G, Cole R: Tubulovillous adenoma of anal canal: a case report. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Mar 21;12(11):1780-1
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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