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Robert Kurman, MD, Pathology, Baltimore, MD

RobertKurmanMD

Pathology Baltimore, MD

Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Emeritus Richard TeLinde Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Pathology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Division of Gynecologic Pathology

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  • Office

    The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    600 N. Wolfe Street, Sheikh Zayed Tower
    Baltimore, MD 21287
    Phone+1 443-287-4966

Education & Training

  • University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)
    University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1976 - 1978
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1969 - 1972
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital
    Mount Sinai Beth Israel HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1968 - 1969
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
    SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1968
  • Queens College
    Queens CollegeB.A., 1964

Certifications & Licensure

  • NV State Medical License
    NV State Medical License 2008 - 2025
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1975 - 2018
  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Honorary Member Austrian Society of Pathologists, 2014
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York at Syracuse, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of liquid from Papanicolaou test and other liquid biopsies for the detection of endometrial and ovarian cancers  
    Cristian Tomasetti, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, Amanda N. Fader, Lucy Gilbert, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Yuxuan Wang, Lu Li, Christopher Douville, Joshua D. Cohe..., Sci Transl Med, 1/1/2018
  • Comprehensive Surgical Staging in Stage 1 Clear Cell and Endometrioid Ovarian Carcinomas: Is it Necessary?  
    Padhy RR,�Savage J,�Kurman RJ, Int J Gynecol Pathol, 1/1/2018
  • The long term behavior of serous borderline tumors supports dividing them into atypical proliferative serous tumors and noninvasive low-grade serous carcinomas: A clin...  
    Vang R, Gerd Hannibal C, Junge J, Frederiksen K, Kjaer, SK, Kurman RJ, Am J Surg Pathol, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

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Other

  • Victor Velculescu. High grade serous ovarian carcinomas originate in the fallopian tube 
    Sana Labidi-Galy, Eniko Papp, Vilmos Adleff, Rohit Bhattacharya, Noushin Niknafs, Marian Novak, Sian Jones, Jillian Phallen, Carolyn Hruban, Michelle Hirsch, Douglas L..., Nature Communications
    1/1/2017
  • Cervical Cytology: Evaluation and Management of Abnormalities 
    Kurman RJ, ACOG Technical Bulletin
    1/1/1993
  • Molecular analysis of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma with and without associated serous tubal intra-epithelial carcinoma 
    Ducie J, Dao F, Considine M, Olvera N, Shaw PA, Kurman RJ, Shih I-M, Soslow RA, Cope L, Levine DA, Nature Communications

Committees

  • Co-Chairman, The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical/Vaginal Cytologic Diagnoses 1993 - 1994

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • German

Industry Relationships

  • Consultant, Merck PharmaceuticalConsultant2010 - 2024