Maria-Beatriz Lopes, MD, PhD

Practice Area: Pituitary, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Neurosciences Department: Pathology Division: Autopsy Pathology, Neuropathology Title: Professor of Pathology and Neurosurgery AMBS Certification: Anatomic Pathology; Neuropathology Other Appointment: Chief, Division of Neuropathology; Acting Chief, Division of Autopsy Pathology

Contact Information

P.O. Box 800214 Charlottesville, VA 22908-0214 Phone: 434.924.9175 | Fax: 434.924.9177

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Clinical Practice: Brain, Tumors

Research Interests: My research interests focus on two major areas: Hypothalamic, pituitary and peripheral interactions in the pathogenesis of pituitary adenomas; Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and invasion of brain tumors. My current projects are: Mechanisms of invasion and progression of pituitary adenomas; Refinement of the morphologic, immunohistochemical and molecular diagnostic techniques for pathological classification of brain tumors; and The mechanisms of glioma invasion and migration.

Education

Primary Degree

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1982, MD, PhD

Residency

Anatomic Pathology, University of Sao Paulo

Fellowships

Neuropathology, University of Virginia