Umberto De Girolami, MD
Consultant Neuropathologist, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
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Umberto De Girolami, MD
Consultant Neuropathologist, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
University of Miami
Miami
FL
Medical School
University of Miami School of Medicine
1967
Miami
FL
Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital
1969
Boston
MA
Residency
Anatomic Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital
1970
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital
1972
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Neuropathology
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
1974
Washington
DC
Residency
Neurology
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
1979
Worcester
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pathology (Neuropathology)
Publications
Progestin-associated meningiomatosis with unusual schwannoma-like morphology. View Abstract
Neuromuscular pathology. View Abstract
Corticotroph hyperplasia and Cushing disease: diagnostic features and surgical management. View Abstract
Clinical Reasoning: A 42-year-old woman with progressive cognitive difficulties and gait imbalance. View Abstract
Surgical resection of granular cell tumor of the sellar region: three indications. View Abstract
Fatal Powassan Encephalitis (Deer Tick Virus, Lineage II) in a Patient With Fever and Orchitis Receiving Rituximab. View Abstract
Natural history of cranial fibrous dysplasia revealed during long-term follow-up: Case report and literature review. View Abstract
A Woman in Her 40s With Headache and New-Onset Seizures. View Abstract
Brain and liver pathology, amyloid deposition, and interferon responses among older HIV-positive patients in the late HAART era. View Abstract
Fatal Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a Patient on Maintenance Rituximab: A Case Report. View Abstract
Novel mutation in CNTNAP1 results in congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy. View Abstract
Spinal cord. View Abstract
Functional Gonadotroph Adenomas: Case Series and Report of Literature. View Abstract
Central Versus Extraventricular Neurocytoma in Children: A Clinicopathologic Comparison and Review of the Literature. View Abstract
Transformation of Face Transplants: Volumetric and Morphologic Graft Changes Resemble Aging After Facial Allotransplantation. View Abstract
Expanding the phenotype associated with the NEFL mutation: neuromuscular disease in a family with overlapping myopathic and neurogenic findings. View Abstract
Effects of early and late diabetic neuropathy on sciatic nerve block duration and neurotoxicity in Zucker diabetic fatty rats. View Abstract
Cytologic characterization of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in cerebrospinal fluid. View Abstract
RYR1 mutations as a cause of ophthalmoplegia, facial weakness, and malignant hyperthermia. View Abstract
Neuropathology of sleep disorders: a review. View Abstract
Molecular classification of low-grade diffuse gliomas. View Abstract
Pixel-based comparison of spinal cord MR diffusion anisotropy with axon packing parameters. View Abstract
Best cases from the AFIP: osmotic demyelination syndrome. View Abstract
An absorbable local anesthetic matrix provides several days of functional sciatic nerve blockade. View Abstract
Neuropathology of central nervous system arterial syndromes. Part I: the supratentorial circulation. View Abstract
Cerebrospinal fluid cytology in patients with ependymoma: a bi-institutional retrospective study. View Abstract
Prognostic value of tumor microinvasion and metalloproteinases expression in intracranial pediatric ependymomas. View Abstract
Pathology of tumors of the pineal region. View Abstract
Outcome of pediatric pineoblastoma after surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. View Abstract
The neuropathology of vascular and mixed dementia and vascular cognitive impairment. View Abstract
The 1p-encoded protein stathmin and resistance of malignant gliomas to nitrosoureas. View Abstract
Predicting survival of children with CNS tumors using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging biomarkers. View Abstract
Intramedullary neuroma of the cervicomedullary junction. Case report. View Abstract
XRCC4 suppresses medulloblastomas with recurrent translocations in p53-deficient mice. View Abstract
Characterization of lymphocytic infiltrates in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: co-localization of CD8(+) T cells with JCV-infected glial cells. View Abstract
Collateral nerve fibers in human spinal cord: visualization with magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging. View Abstract
Lyme meningoradiculitis and myositis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. View Abstract
Transcriptional therapy with the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. View Abstract
Adverse cerebrovascular effects of intraarterial CO2 injections: development of an in vitro/in vivo model for assessment of gas-based toxicity. View Abstract
Proliferative potential of human astrocytes. View Abstract
Noninvasive magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging biomarkers to predict the clinical grade of pediatric brain tumors. View Abstract
Neurologic and histopathologic evaluation after high-volume intrathecal amitriptyline. View Abstract
Local anesthetic properties of a novel derivative, N-methyl doxepin, versus doxepin and bupivacaine. View Abstract
Cytologic features of pilocytic astrocytoma in cerebrospinal fluid specimens. View Abstract
Paediatric mononeuritis multiplex: a report of three cases and review of the literature. View Abstract
Productive infection of cerebellar granule cell neurons by JC virus in an HIV+ individual. View Abstract
Clinical course correlates poorly with muscle pathology in nemaline myopathy. View Abstract
BK-related polyomavirus vasculopathy in a renal-transplant recipient. View Abstract
Clear cell pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: case report. View Abstract
JCV-specific cellular immune response correlates with a favorable clinical outcome in HIV-infected individuals with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. View Abstract
August 2000: Two cases with necrosis and hemorrhage in the putamen and white matter. View Abstract
Missense mutations in the rod domain of the lamin A/C gene as causes of dilated cardiomyopathy and conduction-system disease. View Abstract
Idiopathic pinealitis. Case report. View Abstract
Parasagittal solitary fibrous tumor of the meninges. Case report and review of the literature. View Abstract
Xanthomatous hypophysitis. View Abstract
Focal cortical dysplasia with glioproliferative changes causing seizures: report of 3 cases. View Abstract
Localization of HIV-1 co-receptors CCR5 and CXCR4 in the brain of children with AIDS. View Abstract
Hereditary ataxia with sensory neuronopathy: Biemond's ataxia. View Abstract
Apoptosis induced by HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system. View Abstract
Giant cell ependymoma of the filum terminale. A report of two cases. View Abstract
Myotonia in colchicine myoneuropathy. View Abstract
Lethal neonatal deficiency of carnitine palmitoyltransferase II associated with dysgenesis of the brain and kidneys. View Abstract
Neuropathology of liver transplantation. View Abstract
Neuro-glial hamartoma of the suprasellar cistern. View Abstract
Neural cyst of the ovary with central nervous system microvasculature. View Abstract
Immunohistochemistry of synapsin I and synaptophysin in human nervous system and neuroendocrine tumors. Applications in diagnostic neuro-oncology. View Abstract
Neuropathology of the spinal cord in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. View Abstract
Neuropathology of immunosuppression. View Abstract
Immunocytochemical study of ballooned neurons in cortical degeneration with neuronal achromasia. View Abstract
Lovastatin/gemfibrozil myopathy: a clinical, histochemical, and ultrastructural study. View Abstract
Neuropathology of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. View Abstract
[Pathologic study of the eye and central nervous system in 25 cases of AIDS]. View Abstract
Intradural lipomas of the spinal cord. A clinicopathological correlation. View Abstract
Letter: Monucleosis-associated subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. View Abstract