Rashmi Tondon, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Contact InformationDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
3400 Spruce Street, Founders 6
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-4829
Specialty Division
Anatomic Pathology
Research Expertise
Clinical Expertise
Luminal Gastrointestinal tract, Pancreas and Liver Pathology with focus on Stomach and Medical Liver Pathology.
Education
MBBS GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, India, 1999
MD (Pathology), MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India, 2004
PDCC (Transfusion Medicine), Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, 2005
Specialty Certification
Postgraduate Training
Resident, Combined AP/CP Pathology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, 2010-2011
Resident, Combined AP/CP Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2011-2014
Surgical Pathology Fellow, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2015
Gastrointestinal (GI)/Hepatic Pathology Fellow, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2015-2016
Awards and Honors
Certificate of Honor in Biochemistry, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, India, 1999-1999
Best Oral Scientific Presentation, Annual Conference of Indian Association of Pathology and Microbiology (IAPM), Jhansi, India, 2004-2004
Gordon Signy Scholarship, World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (WASpALM), Tokyo, Japan, 2005-2005
1st Place Best Abstract Award by International Association of Chinese Pathologist at United States and Canadian Association of Pathologists (USCAP)., 2019-2019
The James E. Wheeler, MD Award for Excellence in Anatomic Pathology Resident Training, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine, 2021
Certificate of Appreciation awarded for teaching on Upper GI Pathology by Department of Pathology, University of Birmingham (UK), 2022
The James E. Wheeler, MD Award for Excellence in Anatomic Pathology Resident Training, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine, 2022
Memberships and Professional Organizations
College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2010 - Present
Michigan Association of Pathologists, 2010 - 2011
The Pathology Society of Philadelphia, 2011 - Present
The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), 2016 - Present
Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists (PAP), 2017 - Present
Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society, 2017 - Present
American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP), 2018 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Characterization of Amyloidosis in the Gastrointestinal Tract with an Emphasis on Site-Specific Interstitial Patterns, Associated Epithelial Changes, and Quality Metrics (abstract # 501)
Harris J, Zhang Q, Tondon R, Fortuna D, Stashek K., Modern Pathology, 2023
Clinico-pathological and Molecular Features of Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma: Association with BRCA2 mutation.
Goyal G, Von Reusner, JM, Haye KK, Tondon R., ASCP Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2022
Gastrointestinal Tract Injury by Yttrium-90 Appears Largely Restricted to Resin Microspheres But Can Occur Years After Embolization.
Feely M, Tondon R, Gubbiotti M, Stashek KM, Numbere N, Huber AR, Sharma AK, Geller BS, Salaria SN, Gonzalez RS., Am J Surg Pathol. 46(9): 1234-1240, 2022
Niraparib plus nivolumab or niraparib plus ipilimumab in patients with platinum-sensitive advanced pancreatic cancer: a randomised, phase 1b/2 trial.
Reiss KA, Mick R, Teitelbaum U, O'Hara M, Schneider C, Massa R, Karasic T, Tondon R, Onyiah C, Gosselin MK, Donze A, Domchek SM, Vonderheide RH., Lancet Oncol. 23(8): 1009-102, 2022, PMID:35810751
Effectiveness and Utility of IHC Staining in Mild Chronic Gastritis in Detection of H. pylori Organisms: Practice Trends in General Pathologists and GI Pathologists.
Andrianus S, Furth EE, Tondon R., Mod Pathol 35(Suppl 2): 414-415, 2022
A Single Cell Approach Reveals Immune Cell Dynamics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Highlights Association of CD8 Intraepithelial Lymphocytes (IELs) With Response to Vedolizumab Treatment.
Paraskevopoulou M, Mayer LS, Krueger A, Pattekar A, Ramos A, Fulton M, Lau CW, Chau L, Ren Y, Chaudhari J, Tondon R, Al GA, Bittinger K, Fogt F, Yajnik V, Li, H, Lewis JD, Wu GD, Bewtra M, Tomov V, Juarez J., Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 17th Congress of European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), Vienna, Austria, 2022
The Floating Imposter: A Patient Safety Collaboration Between Anatomic and Molecular Pathology
Walker S, El-Sharkawy F, Priore SF, Tondon R., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Research Day/Penn Medicine, 2022
Effectiveness and Utility of IHC Staining in Mild Chronic Gastritis in Detection of H. pylori Organisms.
Andrianus S, Furth EE, Tondon R., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Research Day/Penn Medicine, 2022
A contemporary analysis of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis in a Western cohort.
Azari FS, Kennedy GT, Bormann B, Braslow B, Tondon R, Lee K 4th., Surgery 170(5): 1317-1324, 2021, PMID:34147262
Utilization of Molecular Identity Testing for Characterization of Tissue Origin in Gastrointestinal Specimens.
Davis AR, El-Sharkawy Navarro F, Tondon R, Priore SF., Arch Pathol Lab Med 145(9): e142, 2021
