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Thomas J. Cummings, MD

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Thomas J. Cummings, MD
Departments / Divisions
  • Pathology / Pathology Clinical Services
  • Ophthalmology

Address
DUMC 3712
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-6592

Office Telephone
919-684-6592

Fax Telephone
919-681-7634

Training
  • MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1991

Residency
  • General Surgery, Detroit Medical Center (Michigan), 1991-1992
  • Neurosurgery, Detroit Medical Center (Michigan), 1992-1996
  • Surgical Pathology, Detroit Medical Center (Michigan), 1996-1997
  • Surgical Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, 1997-1999

Fellowship
  • Neuropathology, Duke University Medical Center, 1999-20001

Clinical Interests
Neuropathology, ophthalmic pathology, general surgical pathology

Research Interests
Research interests: Ophthalmic pathology: eye tumors, pathology of the optic nerve. Neuropathology: brain tumors, neural tube defects, skeletal muscle and nerve pathology. General surgical pathology.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Papalas, JA; Proia, AD; Hitchcock, M; Gandhi, P; Cummings, TJ. Neurothekeoma palpebrae: A report of 3 cases. American Journal of Dermatopathology. 2010;32:374-379. (2010) Abstract

Karikari, IO; Syed, NA; Cummings, TJ. Secretory meningiomas of the orbit. Orbit: the international journal on orbital disorders, oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery. 2009;28:408-411. (2009) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Dodd, LG; Eedes, CR; Klintworth, GK. Hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis: an evaluation of diagnostic cytology. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2008;132:1325-1328. (2008) Abstract

Abel, TW; Curtis, M; Lin, DD; Burger, PC; Cummings, TJ. Complex choristoma of the gyrus rectus: a distinct clinicopathologic entity?. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2006;30:625-629. (2006) Abstract

Karikari, IO; Uschold, TD; Selznick, LA; Carter, JH; Cummings, TJ; Friedman, AH. Primary spinal intramedullary adrenal cortical adenoma associated with spinal dysraphism: case report. Neurosurgery. 2006;59:E1144. (2006) Abstract

Mott, RT; Goodman, BK; Burchette, JL; Cummings, TJ. Loss of chromosome 13 in a case of soft tissue perineurioma. Clinical Neuropathology. 2005;24:69-76. (2005) Abstract

Alexander, RT; McLendon, RE; Cummings, TJ. Meningioma with eosinophilic granular inclusions. Clinical Neuropathology. 2004;23:292-297. (2004) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; George, TM; Fuchs, HE; McLendon, RE. The pathology of extracranial scalp and skull masses in young children. Clinical Neuropathology. 2004;23:34-43. (2004) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Proia, AD. Optic nerve compression in infantile malignant autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2004;41:241-244. (2004) Abstract

Czajka, MP; Cummings, TJ; McCuen, BW; Toth, CA; Nguyen, H; Fekrat, S. Radial optic neurotomy in the porcine eye without retinal vein occlusion. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2004;122:1185-1189. (2004) Abstract

George, TM; Bulsara, KR; Cummings, TJ. The immunohistochemical profile of the tethered filum terminale. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2003;39:227-233. (2003) Abstract

George, TM; Cummings, TJ. The immunohistochemical profile of the myelomeningocele placode: is the placode normal?. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2003;39:234-239. (2003) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Brown, NM; Stenzel, TT. TaqMan junction probes and the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: detection of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, and desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science. 2002;32:219-224. (2002) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Burchette, JL; McLendon, RE. CD34 and dural fibroblasts: the relationship to solitary fibrous tumor and meningioma. Acta Neuropathologica. 2001;102:349-354. (2001) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Hulette, CM; Bigner, SH; Riggins, GJ; McLendon, RE. Ham56-immunoreactive macrophages in untreated infiltrating gliomas. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2001;125:637-641. (2001) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Strum, JC; Yoon, LW; Szymanski, MH; Hulette, CM. Recovery and expression of messenger RNA from postmortem human brain tissue. Modern Pathology. 2001;14:1157-1161. (2001) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Gong, JZ; Friedman, AH; McLendon, RE. Castleman's disease confined to the leptomeninges. Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science. 2000;30:278-282. (2000) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Provenzale, JM; Hunter, SB; Friedman, AH; Klintworth, GK; Bigner, SH; McLendon, RE. Gliomas of the optic nerve: histological, immunohistochemical (MIB-1 and p53), and MRI analysis. Acta Neuropathologica. 2000;99:563-570. (2000) Abstract

Cummings, TJ; Shea, CR; Reed, JA; Burchette, JL; Prieto, VG. Expression of the intermediate filament peripherin in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 2000;27:141-146. (2000) Abstract

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