RebeccaShanesmithMD

Dermatology • College Station, TX

Dermatopathology

Dermatopathologist

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Office
1700 University Dr E
College Station, TX 77840
Phone+1 979-691-3000
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Summary

Dr. Shanesmith earned her undergraduate degree in microbiology from the University of Oklahoma and continued her medical studies at the University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine. Rebecca has shown her passion for dermatopathology as she worked with numerous national and international experts in the field including the esteemed and world renowned dermatopathologist Dr. Eduardo Calonje, based at the St. Johns Institute of Dermatology/ Dermatopathology in London, UK.

Adding to her experience, Rebecca worked rotations with many of the nation's top-rated hospitals in including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Oklahoma University Medical Center, and the University of Hawaii's Queen's Hospital. Dr. Shanesmith's fellowship training took her to the prestigious high volume dermatopathology program at Tulane University.

Rebecca has presented and published numerous works internationally and domestically to the likes of the College of American Pathology and the XXIX Symposium of the International Society of Dermatopathology in Graz, Austria.

Education & Training

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University2014 - 2018
Tulane UniversityFellowship, Dermatopathology, 2011 - 2012
University of Oklahoma2010 - 2011
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2009 - 2011
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2007 - 2009
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 2007
University of Oklahoma College of Arts and SciencesBS, Microbiology, 2000 - 2004

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2013 - 2025
TN State Medical License 2017 - 2020
NC State Medical License 2014 - 2018
OK State Medical License 2009 - 2015
ID State Medical License 2012 - 2015
LA State Medical License 2011 - 2014
WY State Medical License 2012 - 2014
American Board of Dermatology Dermatology
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic/Pathology - Clinical
American Board of Pathology Dermatopathology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member The American Society of Dermatopathology, 2012
Delegate Tulane Resident and Fellow Congress, 2011
Delegate University of Oklahoma's Residents Forum, 2010
Member Dermpedia, 2009
Member The International Society of Dematopathology, 2008
Member American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP), 2007
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Perineural growth of benign cutaneous sweat gland tumors: a hitherto unrecognized phenomenon unassociated with malignancy.
Boštjan Luzar, Rebecca Shanesmith, Eduardo Calonje> ;Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 2015 Nov 1
12 citations
Cutaneous epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour: a clinicopathological analysis of 11 cases.
Boštjan Luzar, Rebecca Shanesmith, Rathi Ramakrishnan, Cyril Fisher, Eduardo Calonje> ;Histopathology. 2016 Jan 1
10 citations
Composite lymphoma of mycosis fungoides and cutaneous small B-cell lymphoma in a 73-year-old male patient
Nicholas A. Whitling, Rebecca P. Shanesmith, Leah Jacob, Elizabeth I. McBurney, Siby Sebastian, Endi Wang, Alun R. Wang> ;Human Pathology. 2013 Apr 1
24 citations
HPV16 variant lineage, clinical stage, and survival in women with invasive cervical cancer.
Rosemary E. Zuna, Erin Tuller, Nicolas Wentzensen, Cara Mathews, Richard A. Allen, Rebecca P. Shanesmith, S. Terence Dunn, Michael A. Gold, Sophia S. Wang, Joan L. Wal...> ;Infectious Agents and Cancer. 2011 Oct 28
8 citations
Tissue microarray analysis of ezrin, KBA.62, CD166, nestin, and p-Akt in melanoma versus banal and atypical nevi, and nonmelanocytic lesions.
Rebecca P. Shanesmith, Chandra Smart, David S. Cassarino> ;The American Journal of Dermatopathology. 2011 Oct 1
3 citations
Comparison of 2 line blot assays for defining HPV genotypes in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas
Rebecca P. Shanesmith, Richard A. Allen, William E. Moore, Douglas W. Kingma, Samuel K. Caughron, Elizabeth M. Gillies, Samuel Terence Dunn> ;Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2011 Jun 1
7 citations
Unusual palisading and necrotizing granulomas associated with a lubricating agent used in lipoplasty.
Rebecca P Shanesmith, Prokopis I Vogiatzis, Scott W. Binder, David S. Cassarino> ;The American Journal of Dermatopathology. 2010 Jul 1
67 citations
Association of HPV16 E6 variants with diagnostic severity in cervical cytology samples of 354 women in a US population.
Rosemary E. Zuna, William E. Moore, Rebecca P. Shanesmith, S. Terence Dunn, Sophia S. Wang, Mark Schiffman, Gregory L. Blakey, Travis Teel> ;International Journal of Cancer. 2009 Dec 1
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Abstracts/Posters

Benign Cutaneous Intraneural Lesions: Report of Two Cases.
Rebecca P. Shanesmith, Salvador Arias-Santiago, Logan Carpenter, and Eduardo Calonje, The American Society of Dermatopathology, 48th Annual Meeting
Apparent Multifocal Bowen’s Disease.
Rebecca P. Shanesmith and Alun R. Wang, The American Society of Dermatopathology, 48th Annual Meeting
Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis: report of a case.
Shanesmith RP, Prodan C, Fung Kar-Ming, College of American Pathologists
Differential Diagnosis of a Deep Pigmented Cutaneous Nodule.
Rebecca P. Shanesmith, Victor Prieto, William Dooley, Kar-Ming Fung, 14th Joint Meeting of The International Society of Dermatopathology
Basal Cell Carcinoma Arising in the Background of Multiple Trichoepitheliomas in a patient with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome.
Rebecca Shanesmith, Elizabeth Gillies, Carlos Garcia, and David Cassarino, 14th Joint Meeting of The International Society of Dermatopathology
Epithelioid Malignant Schwannoma: A Clinicopathological Evaluation of 13 Cases.
Rebecca P. Shanesmith, José C. Cardoso, Cyril Fisher, and Eduardo Calonje, The US and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 101st Annual Meeting
Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome.
Rebecca P. Shanesmith, Alun R.Wang, Alejandra A. Valenzuela, 58th Annual Zola Cooper Clinical and Dermatopathologic Seminar
Primary cutaneous rhabdomyosarcomas and rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation of cutaneous lesions: a series of 5 cases.
Rebecca P. Shanesmith, José C. Cardoso, Deborah Condell, Ravi Suchak, and Eduardo Calonje, The American Society of Dermatopathology, 48th Annual Meeting
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