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Roseann I. Wu, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 

Associate Vice Chair for Education
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Contact InformationDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
6 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-662-3209
Fax: 215-349-8994

Specialty Division

Anatomic Pathology

Research Expertise

Education

Other Expertise

Pathology Graduate Medical Education
Professional Organizations

Clinical Expertise

Cytopathology, Gynecologic and Non-Gynecologic
Fine-Needle Aspiration
Lung Cancer Program

Education

BA (Anthropology), Northwestern University, 2005
MD, MPH (Medicine), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2009

Specialty Certification

American Board of Pathology (Anatomic & Clinical Pathology), 2013
American Board of Pathology (Cytopathology), 2014

Postgraduate Training

Resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2009-2013
Chief Resident in Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2012-2013
Priscilla D. Taft Fellow in Cytopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2013-2014

Awards and Honors

Inductee, Rho Lambda Honor Society, 2005
Inductee, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, 2005
Claudine V. Mason Scholarship, Chi Omega Sorority, 2005
Inductee, Order of Omega Honor Society, 2005
Grant Awardee, American Federation of Aging Research, 2006
Louis L. Seaman Microbiology Research Grant, New York Academy of Medicine, 2006
Spokespersons Training Program, selected participant, College of American Pathologists, 2010
Leadership Development Award, College of American Pathologists, 2010
The Boot Camp: Leadership Fundamentals for Physicians, selected participant, The Advisory Board Company, 2010
Innovative Methods for Delivery of Continuing Education for Cytopathology Essay Contest, winner, American Society of Cytopathology, 2012
Annual Scientific Meeting Travel Scholarship, American Society of Cytopathology, 2012
"Diamonds in the Rough" honoree, American Society of Cytopathology, 2013
Engaged Leadership Academy, selected participant, College of American Pathologists, 2013
"Diamonds in the Rough" honoree, American Society of Cytopathology, 2014
"Diamonds in the Rough" honoree, American Society of Cytopathology, 2015
2016 “Rising Stars” Power List, The Pathologist magazine, 2016
ASCP 40 Under Forty TOP FIVE, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2016
Stories from the Heart Contest winner, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2017
Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, selected participant, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2017
Certificate of Recognition in Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration, College of American Pathologists, 2017
Volunteer Appreciation Award, American Society of Cytopathology, 2018
Stories from the Heart Contest winner, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2018
Lab Management University Certificate of Completion, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2018
Leadership Institute Certificate Program, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2022

Memberships and Professional Organizations

College of American Pathologists, 2009 - Present
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2009 - Present
American Medical Association, 2012 - Present
United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2012 - Present
American Society of Cytopathology, 2012 - Present
Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists, Pathology Society of Philadelphia, 2014 - Present
Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology, 2014 - Present
American Board of Pathology, 2016 - Present
Association for Academic Pathology, 2019 - Present

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Selected Publications

Fine-needle aspiration performance during cytopathology fellowship: what do the ACGME case logs show us?

Salomao D, Wu RI, Hatlak K, Khanafshar E, Monaco SE., J Am Soc Cytopathol 10(5): 504-509, 2021, PMID:34229981

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Trends in cytopathology fellowship positions and vacancies over the past decade

Wu RI, Hatlak K, Monaco SE., J Am Soc Cytopathol 10(5): 471-476, 2021, PMID:34144937

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#EBUSTwitter: Novel use of social media for conception, coordination, and completion of an international, multicenter pathology study

Lepe M, Oltulu P, Canepa M, Wu RI, Deeken A, Alex D, Dinares C, Doxtader EE, Fitzhugh VA, Gibier JB, Jain D, Janaki N, Jelinek A, Labiano T, L'Imperio V, Michael C, Mukhopadhyay S, Pagni F, Panizo A, Pijuan L, Quintana LM, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Sanchez-Font A, Sansano I, Sauter J, Skipper D, Spruill LS, Torous V, Gardner JM, Jiang XS., Arch Pathol Lab Med 144(7): 878-882, 2020, PMID:31846366

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Displaced cartilage within lymph node parenchyma is a novel biopsy site change in resected mediastinal lymph nodes following EBUS-TBNA.

Doxtader EE, Pijuan L, Lepe M, Alex D, Canepa M, Deeken AH, Gibier JB, Jain D, Janaki N, Jelinek A, Kumar S, Labiano T, L'Imperio V, Michael C, Pagni F, Panizo A, Quintana LM, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Sanchez-Font A, Skipper DC, Spruill LS, Torous V, Wu RI, Sauter JL, Mukhopadhyay S, Am J Surg Pathol 43(4): 497-503, 2019, PMID:30475256

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The utility of adaptive eLearning in cervical cytopathology education

Samulski TD, Taylor LA, La T, Mehr CR, McGrath CM, Wu RI, Cancer Cytopathol 126(2): 129-135, 2018, PMID:29053223

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Analysis of VEGF/PlGF heterodimer level in pancreatic cyst fluid as a biomarker for serous cystadenoma

Wu RI, Sluss PM, Mino-Kenudson M, Brugge WR, Pitman MB, J Am Soc Cytopathol 4(2): 79–83, 2015, PMID:31051713

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) contributes to a triple-negative test in preoperative screening of pancreatic cysts

Wu RI, Yoon WJ, Brugge WR, Mino-Kenudson M, Pitman MB, Cancer Cytopathol 122(6): 412-9, 2013, PMID:24327575

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Giant cell arteritis causing symmetric bilateral posterior circulation infarcts

Mackay DD, Huesmann GR, Wu RI, Stone JR, Pless ML, J Clin Rheumatol 19(7): 393-6, 2013, PMID:24048110

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