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Patricia Thomas

Patricia A. Thomas, MA, MD, FCAP, FASCP

Contact Information:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas 66160

Office: 2017 Wahl
Phone: 913 588-7110
Fax: 913 588-7073
Email: pthomas@kumc.edu

Training:

MD, New York University, 1986; MA, University of Kansas, Biology and Biochemistry, 1985, AB, Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges, 1980

Post Graduate Training:

Fellow Association of American Medical Colleges and Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Health Services Research Institute, 1997-99;
Fellow Hedwig Van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women, 2000-2001.

Academic Position(s):

Professor and Chair
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center

Director
University of Kansas Cytopathology Fellowship Program

Associate Dean
Office of Cultural Enhancement and Diversity

KUMC Center/Institute Affiliation(s):

Associate Member, Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute

Research Interests:

My research interests have focused in the area of Diseases of the Female Breast, specifically high-risk benign disorders, breast neoplasia and biomarkers that might predict risk for progression and ethnic variations in variations in progression and outcome

My work to date can be characterized as descriptive (or observational) and translational research in the following categories:
Racial/ethnic differences in breast cancer diagnosis and outcome.
Observational research - i.e., morphologic characterization of high-risk lesions using fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) techniques.
Investigation of prognostic factors using slide based biological assays to test or translate basic science observations regarding breast cancer invasion, metastasis and progression.

Clinical Interests:

Cytopathology and general surgical pathology, fine needle aspiration biopsy, cancer, women’s health, breast diseases, health disparities

Selected recent publications:

  1. Thomas, P.A. and Fan, F. (2003) Aspiration of the Breast, in Atlas of Cytopathology, Second Edition, Atkinson, B.F., editor, Saunders, Philadelphia., PA, pp 357-390
  2. Thomas, P.A. (2000) The Successful minority medical student applicant in the New Millennium. Keepsake, A guide for Minority Science Students, 8, 32-34.
  3. Thomas, P.A., Kirschmann, D.A., Cerhan, J.R., Folberg, R., Seftor, E.A., Sellers, T.A., and Hendrix, M.J.C. (1999) Association between Keratin and Vimentin Expression, Malignant Phenotype and Survival in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients. Clin. Can. Res., 5, 2698-2703.
  4. Thomas PA, Raab SS, Lannin DR, Slagel D, Silverman, JF. Racial Differences in Breast Cancer: Morphologic and Biologic Characterization of Invasive Breast Cancer in African-American and Caucasian Women. Breast Journal, 4,1-7, 1998