Lynne Abruzzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Cancer Focus
Pathogenesis of hematologic malignancies
Research Program
Research Interest
My research focuses on identifying new cytogenetic and genomic abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, and on identifying diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), multiple myeloma, and other hematologic malignances using high-throughput RNA and DNA technologies.
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2024-present: Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
2022-present: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
2019-2023: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2014-2019: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2013-2022: Professor, Dept. of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
2009-2013: Professor, Dept. of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2003-2009: Associate Professor, Dept. of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
1999-2003: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
1994-1999:Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1993-1994: Staff Pathologist, Dept. of Hematology/Lymphatic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
Education
Fellowship
April 2023
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Fellowship
December 2006
Clinical Cytogenetics
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Fellowship
June 1993
Molecular Hematology
NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Fellowship
June 1991
Hematopathology
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Residency
June 1990
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
MD
January 1986
Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
PhD
January 1984
Pathology
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
BA
June 1978
General Biology
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN