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

Alquraishi M, Chahed S, Alani D, Puckett DL, Dowker PD, Hubbard K, Zhao Y, Kim JY, Nodit L, Fatima H, Donohoe D, Voy B, Chowanadisai W, Bettaieb A.
Podocyte specific deletion of PKM2 ameliorates LPS-induced podocyte injury through beta-catenin. Cell Commun Signal. Cell Commun Signal. 2022 May 30;20(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s12964-022-00884-6.

Arroyave A, Nodit L, Clegg D, Russ A.
Forty-eight-year-old female MUTYH carrier presenting with five concurrent primary cancers. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022 Feb;5(2):e1455. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1455. Epub 2021 Jun 26.

Collins GL, Hubbard EW, Clark CT, Duncan LD, Nodit L.
Cytologic analysis of vitreous fluids: A retrospective review of our 24 years of experience. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2021 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Allen C, Nodit L.
Diagnostic challenges in fine-needle aspiration of a jaw lesion. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2021 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print]

Arroyave A, Nodit L, Clegg D, Russ A.
Forty-eight-year-old female MUTYH carrier presenting with five concurrent primary cancers. Cancer Reports (Hoboken, N.J.). 2021 Jun 26:e1455. [Epub ahead of print]

Shachner TR, Nodit L, Hubbard E, Van Meter S.
Improving ROSE: Discrepant touch preparation and histology findings in cytology of renal masses: A 10-year retrospective review. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2019 Oct;47(10):999-1006. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

Current Presentations

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.

Collins GL, Sauls RS, Vaughan JW, Nodit L. Pancreatic Lymphoma FNA: a Diagnostic Challenge. Presented at College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting ; 2022 October-8; New Orleans, Louisiana.

Cochrane K, Podar M, Carlson E, Yang Z, Nodit L. Oral microbiome changes associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma and salivary gland tumors. Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Conference; 2020 Feb 29 - Mar 5; Los Angeles, CA.

Baveja S, Heidel E, Turner JF, Nodit L. Lymph nodes in lung cancer patients with granulomatous disease: To be or not to be metastasis. Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference; 2019 May 17-22; Dallas, TX.

Wong F, Branca P, Nodit L, Attia S. The case of the mistaken identity: A pulmonary hamartoma that was actually an amyloidoma. Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference; 2019 May 17-22; Dallas, TX.

Cochrane K, Nodit L. Adenoid cystic carcinoma: Review of a rare primary lung neoplasm. Presented at Global Conference on Oncology and Radiology; 2019 May 27-28; Rome, Italy.

Shachner TR, Nodit L, Hubbard E, Van Meter S. Improving ROSE: Discrepant touch preparation and histology findings in cytology of renal masses: A 10 year retrospective review. Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting; 2019 Mar 16-21; National Harbor, MD.

Patel PJ, Nodit L. Autoimmune pancreatitis diagnosis: The cytopathologist contribution. Presented at College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2018 Oct 20-24; Chicago, IL.

Hamrick K, Nodit L, Gaston C, Jen S, Findeiss L. Diagnosis in biliary tissue sampling. How well do we do? Presented at Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting; 2018 Mar 17-22; Los Angeles, CA.