Thomas J. Cummings, MD
- 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
- MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1991
- 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
- 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.
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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Alexander, RT; McLendon, RE; Cummings, TJ. Meningioma with eosinophilic granular inclusions. Clinical Neuropathology. 2004;23:292-297.
(2004)
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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)
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Cummings, TJ; Proia, AD. Optic nerve compression in infantile malignant autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2004;41:241-244.
(2004)
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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)
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George, TM; Bulsara, KR; Cummings, TJ. The immunohistochemical profile of the tethered filum terminale. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2003;39:227-233.
(2003)
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George, TM; Cummings, TJ. The immunohistochemical profile of the myelomeningocele placode: is the placode normal?. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2003;39:234-239.
(2003)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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