SuzanneS.MirraMD

Pathology • Brooklyn, NY

Cytopathology, Neuropathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Professor of Pathology, SUNY Downstate

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Office
450 Clarkson Ave
Bsb4-5
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Phone+1 718-270-2746

Fax+1 718-270-4416
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Education & Training

Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Neuropathology, 1970 - 1971
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1969 - 1970
SUNY Health Science Center at BrooklynInternship, Internal Medicine, 1968 - 1969
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1967

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1970 - 2025
GA State Medical License 1974 - 1997
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology
American Board of Pathology Neuropathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

23 citations
Cellular and subcellular localization of PKMζ
A. Iván Hernández, William C. Oxberry, John F. Crary, Suzanne S. Mirra, Todd Charlton Sacktor> ;Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 2014 Jan 5
1790 citations
National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach
Thomas J. Montine, Creighton H. Phelps, Thomas G. Beach, Eileen H. Bigio, Nigel J. Cairns, Dennis W. Dickson, Charles Duyckaerts, Matthew P. Frosch, Eliezer Masliah, S...> ;Acta Neuropathologica. 2012 Jan 1
2004 citations
National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease
Bradley T. Hyman, Creighton H. Phelps, Thomas G. Beach, Eileen H. Bigio, Nigel J. Cairns, Maria C. Carrillo, Dennis W. Dickson, Charles Duyckaerts, Matthew P. Frosch, ...> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2012 Jan 1
133 citations
Postsynaptic degeneration as revealed by PSD-95 reduction occurs after advanced Aβ and tau pathology in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease
Charles Shao, Suzanne S. Mirra, Hameetha B.R. Sait, Todd Charlton Sacktor, Einar M. Sigurdsson> ;Acta Neuropathologica. 2011 Jun 1
271 citations
Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD): the first twenty years.
Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Gerald van Belle, John C. Morris, Richard C. Mohs, Suzanne S. Mirra, Patricia C. Davis, Pierre N. Tariot, Jeremy M. Silverman, Christopher M. Clar...> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2008 Mar 1
13 citations
Aberrantly regulated proteins in frontotemporal dementia.
Kelly S. Schweitzer, Emily D. Decker, Liping Zhu, Richard E. Miller, Suzanne S. Mirra, Salvatore Spina, Bernardino Ghetti, Mu Wang, Jill R. Murrell> ;Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2006 Sep 22
30 citations
Comparison of extent of tau pathology in patients with frontotemporal dementia with Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), frontotemporal lobar degeneration w...
A. M. Shiarli, Rachel E. Jennings, J. Shi, Kathryn L. Bailey, Yvonne S Davidson, Jinzhou Tian, Eileen H. Bigio, Bernardino Ghetti, Jill R. Murrell, Marie Bernadette De...> ;Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 2006 Aug 1
43 citations
Atypical Protein Kinase C in Neurodegenerative Disease I: PKMζ Aggregates With Limbic Neurofibrillary Tangles and AMPA Receptors in Alzheimer Disease
John F. Crary, Charles Shao, Suzanne S. Mirra, A. Iván Hernández, Todd Charlton Sacktor> ;Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2006 Apr 1
34 citations
Atypical protein kinase C in neurodegenerative disease II: PKCiota/lambda in tauopathies and alpha-synucleinopathies.
Charles Shao, John F. Crary, Chandrakant Rao, Todd Charlton Sacktor, Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2006 Apr 1
89 citations
Nuclear pore complex proteins in Alzheimer disease.
Lynette G. Sheffield, Hayley B. Miskiewicz, Lindsey B. Tannenbaum, Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2006 Jan 1
Recognition: Robert Terry.
Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2005 Jul 1
145 citations
Activation of the JNK/p38 pathway occurs in diseases characterized by tau protein pathology and is related to tau phosphorylation but not to apoptosis.
Cristiana Atzori, Bernardino Ghetti, Roberto Piva, Anu Srinivasan, Paolo Zolo, Marie Bernadette Delisle, Suzanne S. Mirra, Antonio Migheli> ;Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2001 Dec 1
32 citations
The utility of apolipoprotein E genotyping in the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease in a community-based case series
Debby W. Tsuang, Eric B. Larson, James D. Bowen, Wayne C. McCormick, Linda Teri, David Nochlin, James B. Leverenz, Elaine R. Peskind, Alfredo Lim, Murray A. Raskind, M...> ;Archives of Neurology. 1999 Dec 1
91 citations
Progression of regional neuropathology in Alzheimer disease and normal elderly: findings from the Nun study.
David S. Wolf, Marla Gearing, David A. Snowdon, Hiroshi Mori, William R. Markesbery, Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 1999 Oct 1
1 citations
Apolipoprotein E and the neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease.
Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Human Pathology. 1999 Oct 1
90 citations
Comparison of Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease with pure Alzheimer's disease: Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease, Part XIX.
Albert Heyman, Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Marla Gearing, Suzanne S. Mirra, Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, Bercedis Peterson, Carl F. Pieper> ;Neurology. 1999 Jun 1
147 citations
Tau pathology in a family with dementia and a P301L mutation in tau.
Suzanne S. Mirra, Jill R. Murrell, Marla Gearing, Maria Grazia Spillantini, Michel Goedert, R. Anthony Crowther, Allan I. Levey, Randi Jones, Joanne Green, John M. Sho...> ;Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 1999 Apr 1
29 citations
Neurofibrillary pathology in Alzheimer disease with Lewy bodies: two subgroups.
Marla Gearing, Michael J. Lynn, Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Archives of Neurology. 1999 Feb 1
173 citations
Cerebral infarcts in patients with autopsy-proven Alzheimer's disease CERAD, part XVIII
Albert Heyman, Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, Marla Gearing, Suzanne S. Mirra, Richard C. Mohs, Bercedis L. Peterson, Carl F. Pieper> ;Neurology. 1998 Jul 1
536 citations
Clinicopathologic studies in cognitively healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease: relation of histologic markers to dementia severity, age, sex, and apolipoprotein E gen...
Leonard Berg, Daniel W. McKeel, Miller Jp, Martha Storandt, Eugene H. Rubin, John C. Morris, Jack Baty, Mary A. Coats, Joanne Norton, Alison Goate, Joseph L. Price, Ma...> ;Archives of Neurology. 1998 Mar 1
352 citations
Utility of the Apolipoprotein E Genotype in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Richard Mayeux, Ann M. Saunders, Steven Shea, Suzanne S. Mirra, Denis A. Evans, Allen D. Roses, Bradley T. Hyman, Barbara J. Crain, Ming Xin Tang, Creighton H. Phelps> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1998 Feb 19
371 citations
A novel neurological phenotype in mice lacking mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase
Simon Melov, Julie A. Schneider, Brian J. Day, Douglas Hinerfeld, Pinar Coskun, Suzanne S. Mirra, James D. Crapo, Douglas C. Wallace> ;Nature Genetics. 1998 Feb 1
25 citations
Diffuse Plaques in the Striatum in Alzheimer Disease (AD): Relationship to the Striatal Mosaic and Selected Neuropeptide Markers
Maria Gearing, Allan I. Levey, Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 1997 Dec 1
38 citations
Apolipoprotein E genotypes in a neuropathological series from the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease.
Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, Marla Gearing, Ann M. Saunders, Allen D. Roses, Suzanne S. Mirra> ;Annals of Neurology. 1997 Sep 1
22 citations
Neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease
Suzanne S. Mirra, Marla Gearing, Florence Nash> ;Neurology. 1997 Sep 1
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Press Mentions

Clinical and Neuropathological Characteristics of Hippocampal Sclerosis: A Community-Based StudyJuly 3rd, 2002

Grant Support

Leadership Award For Alzheimer'S Disease ResearchNational Institute On Aging2000–2004
Core-- NeuropathologyNational Institute On Aging1997–2000
Core--NeuropathologyNational Institute On Aging1995–1999
Emory Alzheimers Disease CenterNational Institute On Aging1996
Alzheimers Disease Center CoreNational Institute On Aging1991–1995
Neuropathology ComponentNational Institute On Aging1989–1994

Hospital Affiliations

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityBrooklyn, New York
NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings CountyBrooklyn, New York