Russell S. Vang, MD

Professional Titles

• Director, Division of Gynecologic Pathology In-house Service
• Co-Director, Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Training Program
• Co-Director, Gynecologic Pathology Consultation Service

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Pathology

Background

Centers and Institutes

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Research Interests

diagnostic gynecologic pathology, Primary and secondary epithelial tumors of the ovary and fallopian tube, serous borderline tumor

Research Summary

Dr. Vang’s research interests include clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical studies of ovarian tumors, particularly epithelial and sex cord-stromal types.  Currently, he is in the process of investigating serous borderline tumors of the ovary using a large population-based cohort from Denmark.  This has been an on-going project for over 10 years.  Some of the clinical and epidemiologic studies from this cohort are now published, and the corresponding pathology and molecular studies are currently in progress.  It is hoped that they will clarify the behavior of serous borderline tumors (especially the micropapillary types) and tumors with extra-ovarian implants.  Other research interests have included serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma of the fallopian tube and metastatic carcinomas involving the ovary.

Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ju2zEDwAAAAJ

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%22vang+r%22+%5Bauthor%5D+or+%22vang+rs%22+%5Bauthor%5D

Selected Publications

• Vang R, Yemelyanova A, Seidman JD. Differential Diagnoses in Surgical Pathology:  Gynecologic Tract, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2023.

• Vang R, Davidson B, Kong CS, Longacre TA, Malpica AM. Tumours of the ovary: Serous borderline tumour. In: WHO Classification of Tumours Editorial Board. Female Genital Tumours. WHO Classification of Tumours, 5th Edition. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2020:38-42

• Vang R, Ronnett BM. A practical approach to mucinous tumors involving the ovary: distinction of primary from metastatic tumors and prediction of site of origin for metastases of uncertain origin. Pathol Case Rev 2006;11:18-30

• Vang R. Diseases of the fallopian tube and paratubal region. In: Kurman RJ, Ellenson LH, Ronnett BM, eds. Blaustein’s Pathology of the Female Genital Tract, 7th Edition. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019:649-714

• VandenBussche CJ, Ali SZ, Rosenthal DL, Vang R. Atlas of Gynecologic Cytopathology with Histopathologic Correlations. New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing, 2015.

Honors

• Robert E. Scully Young Investigator Award, International Society of Gynecological Pathologists, 1/1/07
• John Hill Brinton Award, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology, 1/1/04

Memberships

• Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists
• International Society of Gynecological Pathologists
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Professional Activities

• American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Editorial Board
• Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Training Program, Director, 1/1/05 - 1/1/13
• International Journal of Gynecological Pathology, Editorial Board
• Maryland Society of Pathologists, President, 1/1/10 - 1/1/12