Paari Murugan MD MBBS

Genitourinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathology

Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology University of Minnesota

Summary

Dr.Murugan is a board-certified anatomic pathologist specializing in genitourinary and soft tissue/bone tumors. Beyond his clinical diagnostic expertise, he is actively involved in resident/fellow education, and translational research. He has received multiple best teacher awards, authored over 95 peer-reviewed publications and has contributed to several R01 NIH grants. Dr.Murugan has delivered numerous scientific meeting presentations, authored book chapters and has lectured nationally and internationally. He is an associate editor of Diagnostic Pathology and editorial board member of the Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. Additionally, as a member of the College of American Pathologists' Cancer Committee, he has co-authored multiple genitourinary, soft tissue and bone cancer reporting protocols. Dr.Murugan also serves as Director of the University of Minnesota's Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program and Medical Director of the University’s Biorepository and Laboratory Services.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Genitourinary Pathology, 2013 - 2014
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterSelective Pathology, 2012 - 2013
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2009 - 2012
Madras Medical CollegeClass of 2004

PubMed

Comparative transcriptomics reveals a mixed basal, club, and hillock epithelial cell identity in castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Samuel P Pitzen, Amber N Rudenick, Yinjie Qiu, Weijie Zhang, Sarah A Munro
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2025-02-11
Case Report: Prepubertal-type testicular teratoma with local metastasis in a postpubertal patient.
Olivia C Ghirardelli Smith, Alexander K Tsai, Minghao Zhong, Pegah Dejban, Andrew C Nelson
Frontiers in Oncology. 2025-01-01
Vitrification and rapid rewarming of precision-cut liver slices for pharmacological and biomedical research.
Srivasupradha Ramesh, Joseph Sushil Rao, Bat-Erdene Namsrai, Benjamin Fisher, Diane K Tobolt
Biorxiv. 2024-12-12

Journal Articles

A Clinical Prediction Tool to Determine the Need for Concurrent Systematic Sampling at the Time of MRI‐Guided Biopsy
Benjamin Spilseth, Badrinath R Konety, Maria A Ordonez, Christopher J Weight, Christopher A Warlick, Paari Murugan, BJU International
Clonal Relatedness and Mutational Differences Between Upper Tract and Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
Aditya Bagrodia, Paari Murugan, Clinical Cancer Research
BMI1 Drives Metastasis of Prostate Cancer in Caucasian and African-American Men and Is a Potential Therapeutic Target: Hypothesis Tested in Race-Specific Models
Badrinath R Konety, Paari Murugan, Clinical Cancer Research