Faculty
Gordana Verstovsek, M.D. Assistant Professor
Education
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MD, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Residency
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Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, BCM
Fellowship
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Cytopathology, BCM
Specialty
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Anatomic Pathology
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Clinical Pathology
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Cytopathology
Board Certification
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Anatomic Pathology
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Clinical Pathology
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Cytopathology
Area of Interest
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Cytopathology
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Surgical Pathology
Current Position
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Staff Pathologist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
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Assistant Professor, BCM
Professional Positions Held
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Course Coordinator for Anatomic Pathology Medical Student Clinical Elective, BCM
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Member, Pathology Curriculum Committee, BCM
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Member, Physician Pay Compensation Panel, MEDVAMC
Membership on professional organizations
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United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
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American Society of Clinical Pathologists
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American Society of Cytopathology
Representative Publications
- 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
- L. Granville, R. Laucirica, G. Verstovsek: Clinical significance of cultures collected from fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). American Society of Cytopathology Meeting 2006
- Anand BS, Verstovsek G, Cole R: Tubulovillous adenoma of anal canal: a case report. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Mar 21;12(11):1780-1
- 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
- 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
- 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