Thomas J. Cummings, MD

Department / Division:
Pathology

Address:
DUMC 3712
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-6592

Office Telephone:
919-684-6592

Fax Telephone:
919-681-7634

• MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

• Pathology, Duke University Medical Center

• Neuropathology, Duke University Medical Center

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. General surgical pathology.

Representative Publications:
Cummings TJ, Dodd LG, Eedes CR, Klintworth GK. Hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis: an evaluation of diagnostic cytology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008 Aug;132(8):1325-8. (2008) 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 Nov;59(5):E1144; discussion E1144. (2006) Abstract

Abel TW, Curtis M, Lin DD, Burger PC, Cummings TJ. Complex choristoma of the gyrus rectus: a distinct clinicopathologic entity? Am J Surg Pathol. 2006 May;30(5):625-9. (2006) Abstract

Mott RT, Goodman BK, Burchette JL, Cummings TJ. Loss of chromosome 13 in a case of soft tissue perineurioma. Clin Neuropathol. 2005 Mar-Apr;24(2):69-76. (2005) Abstract

Czajka MP, Cummings TJ, McCuen BW 2nd, Toth CA, Nguyen H, Fekrat S. Radial optic neurotomy in the porcine eye without retinal vein occlusion. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004 Aug;122(8):1185-9. (2004) Abstract

Cummings TJ, Proia AD. Optic nerve compression in infantile malignant autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2004 Jul-Aug;41(4):241-4. (2004) Abstract

Cummings TJ, George TM, Fuchs HE, McLendon RE. The pathology of extracranial scalp and skull masses in young children. Clin Neuropathol. 2004 Jan-Feb;23(1):34-43. (2004) Abstract

Alexander RT, McLendon RE, Cummings TJ. Meningioma with eosinophilic granular inclusions. Clin Neuropathol. 2004 Nov-Dec;23(6):292-7. (2004) Abstract

George TM, Cummings TJ. The immunohistochemical profile of the myelomeningocele placode: is the placode normal? Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Nov;39(5):234-9. (2003) Abstract

George TM, Bulsara KR, Cummings TJ. The Immunohistochemical Profile of the Tethered Filum terminale. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Nov;39(5):227-33. (2003) Abstract

Cummings TJ, George TM. The immunohistochemical profile of the normal conus medullaris and filum terminale. Neuroembryology 2003;2:43-49. (2003)

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. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2002 Summer;32(3):219-24. (2002) Abstract

Cummings TJ, Strum JC, Yoon LW, Szymanski MH, Hulette CM. Recovery and expression of messenger RNA from postmortem human brain tissue. Mod Pathol. 2001 Nov;14(11):1157-61. (2001) Abstract

Cummings TJ, Hulette CM, Bigner SH, Riggins GJ, McLendon RE. Ham56-immunoreactive macrophages in untreated infiltrating gliomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2001 May;125(5):637-41. (2001) Abstract

Cummings TJ, Burchette JL, McLendon RE. CD34 and dural fibroblasts: the relationship to solitary fibrous tumor and meningioma. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 2001 Oct;102(4):349-54. (2001) Abstract

Cummings TJ, Shea CR, Reed JA, Burchette JL, Prieto VG. Expression of the intermediate filament peripherin in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. J Cutan Pathol. 2000 Mar;27(3):141-6. (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 Neuropathol (Berl). 2000 May;99(5):563-70. (2000) Abstract

Cummings TJ, Gong JZ, Friedman AH, McLendon RE. Castleman's disease confined to the leptomeninges. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2000 Jul;30(3):278-82. (2000) Abstract