Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University
AP/CP Resident: 2008-2012
Dr. Cimino-Mathews is currently an Associate Professor of Pathology and Oncology. She obtained her Bachelor of Science with highest honors from Emory University, where she studied breast cancer tumor vaccine development, followed by her Doctorate of Medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College. She subsequently received her residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology here at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she subspecialized in breast and surgical pathology during her senior year. She is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and is an attending pathologist in general surgical pathology and the breast consultation service.
Dr. Cimino-Mathews is a clinical investigator with a strong commitment to women's health care and breast cancer research. Her primary research aims are to characterize the pathogenesis of breast cancer metastasis by studying the changes seen between a patient's primary and matched metastatic breast carcinoma. Building upon her previous work in tumor vaccine development, she is interested in the role of the patient's own immunologic response in mediating breast cancer development and metastasis. Her secondary research aim is to study the genetic and phenotypic differences of stromal tumors of the breast, which include a range of benign to malignant neoplasms with overlapping clinicoradiologic and pathologic features, but vastly different implications for prognosis.
Dr. Cimino-Mathews is committed to teaching, serving as a female faculty mentor to pre-medical students, medical students , and pathology residents. She is a member of the pathology residency education committee and residency selection committee.