The Department of Pathology

Laurentia Nodit, MD

Professor

Clinical Focus

Surgical Pathology, GI Pathology and Cytopathology

Education

Medical School
Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie "Victor Babes" Timisoara, Romania; MD, September 1988 - September 1994

Residency
Pathology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, July 2000 - June 2001
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 2001 - June 2004

Fellowship
Surgical Pathology/Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 2003
Cytopathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005
Surgical Pathology/Gastrointestinal Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 2006

Certifications

American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2004
American Board of Pathology, Cytopathology, 2005

Professional Affiliations

Rodger Haggitt Gastro-Intestinal Pathology Society, 2007-Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2007-Present
College of American Pathologists, 2007-present

Current Publications

Horvath D, Nodit L..
The basophilic fringe: A case report of intestinal spirochetosis in a patient with chronic diarrhea. Cureus. 2026 Jan 31;18(1):e102724. doi: 10.7759/cureus.102724. eCollection 2026 Jan.

Murdock P, Humphreys B, Muscarella K, Jenkins S, McLoughlin J, Nodit L, Vaghaiwalla T.
Neuroendocrine tumors of unknown primary: A review of the diagnosis and treatment. Am Surg. 2026 Jan 21:31348251393931. doi: 10.1177/00031348251393931. Online ahead of print.

Nodit L, Kelley JR, Panella TJ, Bruckbauer A, Nodit PG, Shope GA, Peyton K, Klingeman DM, Zaretzki R, Carrell A, Podar M.
Oral microbiome and mycobiome dynamics in cancer therapy-induced oral mucositis. Sci Data. 2025 Mar 20;12(1):463. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-04671-z.

Proffitt GA, Hovell ME, Little JG, Shorman MA, Nodit LM, Vaghaiwalla TM.
The role of adrenalectomy in the management of cryptococcal infection. Am Surg. 2024 Dec;90(12):3294-3296. doi: 10.1177/00031348241265138. Epub 2024 Jul 20.

Peralta I, Hubbard E, Nodit L.
An unusual cause of longstanding diarrhea. Cureus. 2024 Jan 12;16(1):e52161. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52161. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Alsharif O, Panella T, Nodit L, Hu MI.
Letter to the editor: ETV6-NTRK2 fusion identified in a patient with medullary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid. 2023 Apr 24. doi: 10.1089/thy.2022.0630. Online ahead of print.

Current Presentations

Hyde M, Nodit L, Lauro C, McConeghey A. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: A diagnostic challenge. Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 115th Annual Meeting; 2026 March - 21; San Antonio, Texas.

Muscarella K, Eberts P, Craig-Owens L, Nodit L. Mucin mystery: The impact of serous fluid contamination by new suction canisters. Presented at The College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2024 Oct 19; Las Vegas, NV.

Muscarella KR, Eberts PT, Craig-Owens LD, Groark EK, Osborne DR, Osborne T, Stephens CD, Nodit LM. Contamination of serous effusions by sodium carboxymethyl cellulose artifact from collection canister lids. Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting; 2024 March - 28; Baltimore ,Maryland.

Karadsheh S, Nodit L, Shorman M. A rare case of disseminated cryptococcosis involving the adrenal glands in an immunocompetent patient Presented at Southern Regional Meeting 2023; 2023 Feburary - 2; New Orleans.