Dermatopathology and molecular genetic pathology in Gainesville, Florida
AP/CP Resident: 2009-2014
Nemanja Rodic, M.D., Ph.D. is a former Anatomic and Clinical Pathology resident who was recruited to the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Pathology after completing his medical doctorate at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Prior to this, Dr. Rodic had completed a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry with highest honors, a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, and the beginning of his medical school curriculum at the University of Florida. As a predoctoral student, Dr Rodic was the recipient of numerous research and scholarship awards from the University of Florida as well as the Gold Humanism in Medicine Award at George Washington.
Dr. Rodic has authored 16 peer-reviewed publications, including first author works for his Ph.D. thesis describing epigenetic studies of the germline and early development. During his time at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Rodic's work was supported by the HERA Foundation, The Fred and Janet Sanfilippo Research Fund Award, and The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center Grant. Under tutelage of Dr. Kathleen Burns, Dr. Rodic proposed that LINE-1 retrotransposons, in the process of their "copy and paste" lifecycle, contribute to genetic instability by impacting nearby genes. He is most grateful for this opportunity to contribute towards understanding of the tumorigenesis process.
Due to his training as both an anatomic and clinical pathologist he is a detail-oriented microscopist who places particular emphasis on proper handling of pathological specimens during procurement, careful interpretation of clinical and histopathologic findings, as well as timely turn-around time. He is gaining invaluable skill in correlating pathological and dermatologic findings particularly when rendering non-neoplastic Dermatopathologic diagnoses. Most notably, he is committed to life-long learning and quality improvement in healthcare.
He is currently practicing dermatopathology and molecular genetic pathology in Gainesville, Florida.