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Giselle Lopez, MD, Pathology, Durham, NC

GiselleLopezMD

Pathology Durham, NC

Neuropathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Assistant Professor

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  • Office

    Duke Univ Sch of Med
    DUMC 3712
    Durham, NC 27701
    Phone+1 919-684-2533

Summary

  • Dr. Giselle Lopez is a pathologist in Durham, NC. She received her medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and has been in practice 4 years. She speaks English and Spanish. She specializes in neuropathology and is experienced in the diagnosis of brain tumors. She over more than 35 publications.

Education & Training

  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Neuropathology, 2016 - 2018
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2014 - 2016
  • Duke University Graduate School
    Duke University Graduate SchoolPh.D., Pathology, 2007 - 2014
  • Duke University School of Medicine
    Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2014
  • University of Maryland, College Park
    University of Maryland, College ParkB.A., Spanish Language, Literature, Magna Cum Laude, 2001 - 2005
  • University of Maryland, College Park
    University of Maryland, College ParkB.S., Physiology & Neurobiology, Summa Cum Laude, 2001 - 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2016 - 2020
  • American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic
  • American Board of Pathology Neuropathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • 40 under Forty Americal Society for Clinical Pathology, 2023
  • Rubinstein Award (Best Abstract in Neuro-Oncology) American Association of Neuropathologists, 2023
  • Academic Medicine Fellow National Hispanic Medical Association and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2021
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The genetic landscape of gliomas arising after therapeutic radiation  
    Lopez GY, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Grenert JP, Yeh I, Bastian BC, Clarke J, Oberheim Bush NA, Taylor J, Chang S, Butowski N, Banerjee A, Mueller S, Kline C, Torkildson..., Acta Neuropathol, 1/8/2018
  • Perilesional edema associated with an intracranial calcifying pseudoneoplasm of the neuraxis in a child: case report and review of imaging features  
    Safaee MM, Jonzzon S, Lopez GY, Asaikar S, Tihan T, Glenn OA, Gupta N, J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1/1/2018
  • Autoimmune pancerebellitis associated with pembrolizumab therapy  
    Vitt JR, Kreple C, Mahmood N, Dickerson E, Lopez GY, Richie MB, Neurology, 1/1/2018
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • "Anaplastic transformation in a Pilocytic Astrocytoma."
    Lopez GY, American Association of Neuropathologists' Annual Meeting, 1/1/2017
  • "SSTR2a status and response to somatostatin analogues in acromegaly."
    Lopez GY, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Annual Meeting, 1/1/2016
  • "The role of IDH1 and IDH2 mutations in gliomagenesis."
    Lopez GY, Duke Pathology Graduate Retreat, 1/1/2012
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Lectures

  • "Genetic Landscape of Gliomas Arising after Therapeutic Radiation for Childhood Cancer." 
    1/1/2018
  • "Multiple sclerosis." 
    1/1/2016
  • "PNET classification." 
    1/1/2016
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Other Languages

  • Spanish