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 physician 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. Am J Dermatopathol. 2010 Jun;32(4):374-9.
(2010)
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Karikari IO, Syed NA, Cummings TJ. Secretory meningiomas of the orbit. Orbit. 2009;28(6):408-11.
(2009)
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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)
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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)
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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 Nov;59(5):E1144; discussion 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. Clin Neuropathol. 2005 Mar-Apr;24(2):69-76.
(2005)
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Alexander RT, McLendon RE, Cummings TJ. Meningioma with eosinophilic granular inclusions. Clin Neuropathol. 2004 Nov-Dec;23(6):292-7.
(2004)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Cummings TJ, George TM. The immunohistochemical profile of the normal conus medullaris and filum terminale. Neuroembryology 2003;2:43-49.
(2003)
George TM, Bulsara KR, Cummings TJ. The Immunohistochemical Profile of the Tethered Filum terminale. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Nov;39(5):227-33.
(2003)
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George TM, Cummings TJ. The immunohistochemical profile of the myelomeningocele placode: is the placode normal? Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Nov;39(5):234-9.
(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. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2002 Summer;32(3):219-24.
(2002)
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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)
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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)
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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. Mod Pathol. 2001 Nov;14(11):1157-61.
(2001)
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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)
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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 Neuropathol (Berl). 2000 May;99(5):563-70.
(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. J Cutan Pathol. 2000 Mar;27(3):141-6.
(2000)
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