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150 Bergen StE156Newark, NJ 07103
Phone+1 973-972-5712
Fax+1 973-972-5724
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Summary
- My areas of expertise are in bone and soft tissue pathology and cytopathology. Bone and soft tissue pathology includes primary neoplasms, both benign and malignant, and metastatic malignancies, as well as other non-neoplastic conditions. I am currently practicing as a surgical and cytopathologist signing out cases in most areas of surgical pathology including bone and soft tissue pathology and all areas of cytopathology. I am currently the director of pathology education as well as the director of clinical competence of the pathology residency program at New Jersey Medical School.
Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Cytopathology, 2008 - 2009
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2005 - 2008
Albany Med Health SystemInternship, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2004 - 2005- Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
NJ State Medical License 2009 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2008 - 2025
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic/Pathology - Clinical- American Board of Pathology Cytopathology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top 5, Forty Under 40 American Society of Clinical Pathology, 2017
Clinical Trials
- Analysis of Blood During Surgery for Musculoskeletal Tumors Start of enrollment: 2012 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Verocay and Verocay-Like Bodies: Is There a Distinction? Spindle Cell Lipoma as an Example.DeAnna Diaz, Timothy Makkar, Farida Tanko, Jade Bender, Valerie Fitzhugh
The American Journal of Dermatopathology. 2026-03-01 - Women faculty achieve promotion to full professor equivalent to men faculty in a subset of US academic pathology departments.Debra G B Leonard, Melvin Limson, Valerie A Fitzhugh, Deniz Peker Barclift, Eileen A Ryan
Academic Pathology. 2025-08-13 - 1 citationsAddressing visual learning equity in undergraduate dermatology education: Skin color representation across dermatology lecture images at Rutgers New Jersey Medical Sch...Rucha Janodia, Helen Nguyen, Valerie A Fitzhugh, Christin Traba, Sophia Chen
Journal of the National Medical Association. 2025-02-01
Press Mentions
Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Has a Giant LoopholeSeptember 27th, 2021- College of American Pathologists Honors 31 Members/Residents at CAP21 Annual MeetingSeptember 26th, 2021
- Rutgers to Receive Coronavirus Vaccines Next WeekApril 29th, 2021
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