• Graduated from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2007
• Graduated from University of Illinois Medical Scholars Program (MD/PhD) in 2016
• Completed Anatomic Pathology Residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2019
• Completed Fellowships in Gastrointestinal Pathology (2020) and Soft Tissue Pathology (2021) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Recent awards:
  • Pier F. Paci Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2023)
  • 40 Under Forty, American Society for Clinical Pathology (2024)
• Described several new tumor types (plexiform myofibroblastoma, pseudoendocrine sarcoma, nested glomoid neoplasm, infantile sinonasal myxoma, and myxoid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma); studied and/or implemented new diagnostic markers (PDGFRA, GLI1, and CYP1A1 immunohistochemistry)
• Co-authored 50 articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Oncology, PNAS, Modern Pathology, and the American Journal of Surgical Pathology, among others; for a full publication list, see: https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/149457
• Speaking engagements
  • Mesenchymal Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Practical Approach to Avoid Going Down the Tubes (USCAP short course, 2023-2024)
  • An update on mesenchymal polyps and tumours of the upper GI tract (35th European Congress of Pathology, 2023, Dublin, Ireland)
  • Pseudoendocrine sarcoma and GLI1-altered mesenchymal neoplasms (36th European Congress of Pathology, 2024, Florence, Italy)
  • Upcoming teaching engagements in Argentina (Argentinian Pathology Society, 2024), Spain (IMPERAS, 2024) and the Czech Republic (Bone and Soft Tissue Course, 2025)
• Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology

• I like to play classical piano and chess in my spare time.

• My most important achievement is the teaching and mentoring of medical students, residents, and fellows.
• My most important research achievements are the initial descriptions of pseudoendocrine sarcoma and myxoid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma, two deceptively bland sarcoma types.

• Updates in Breast, Lung, Soft Tissue and Pancreatic-Biliary Pathology

Past Lectures

• Pleomorphic Sarcomas, Infammation-Rich Tumors and Other Assorted Mesenchymal Neoplasms (10/24/2024)
• Adipocytic and Vascular Tumors: Treacherous Pitfalls and Useful Diagnostic Tools (10/23/2024)
• Digital Slide Seminar: A Survey of Soft Tissue Tumors Emphasizing Morphologic Mimics and Diagnostic Pitfalls (10/23/2024)
• Epithelioid and Round Cell Neoplasms: General Rules and Recent Updates (10/22/2024)
• Spindle Cell Neoplasms: How to Distinguish and Classify Fibroblastic Tumors, Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors and Myogenic Neoplasms (10/21/2024)