Mireille Bitar, MD $$

Pathologist

Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Medical School: Aleppo University School of Medicine (1998)
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2005), Anatomical & Clinical Pathology
Lenox Hill Hospital (2002), Anatomical Pathology
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2024), Pediatric Pathology
UCLA School of Medicine (2023), Molecular Genetic Pathology
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus (2011), Neuropathology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2004), Cytopathology
Board Certification: American Board of Pathology/Anatomic Pathology

Research Interests
- Brain tumors
- Neuropathology of COVID-19
- Pediatric solid tumors
Publications
- Quantitative Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for The Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Postmortem Brain Specimens. Bitar M, McCortney K, Horbinski G, Jennings L. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP). 2023
- Colonic Malakoplakia in a child with activated PI3K-delta Syndrome. Harrell M, Hook M, Joseph N, Bitar M, Costales C, Wang L, Shillingford N. Society for pediatric pathology (SPP). 2023
- Lipofibromatosis-like neuronal tumor presenting as a hamartoma in a 12 year old boy. Thomas N, Dupuis D, Luketic L, Munabi N, Magee W, Bitar M, Shillingford N. Central American and Caribbean Congress of Pathology 2024
- The clinicopathologic features and genetic alterations in three cases of pediatric colon adenocarcinoma. Bitar M, Yang B, Harrell M, Raca G, Ryan Schmidt R, Shillingford N, Warren M, Zamiara P, Zhou S, Wang L. Society for pediatric pathology (SPP). 2024
- Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney; Two consecutive cases, with district histomorphology and molecular alteration, at a single institution. Zamiara P, Bitar M, Karne V, Ryan Schmidt R, Shillingford N, Warren M, , Zhou S, Wang L. Society for pediatric pathology (SPP). 2024
Professional Activities
- American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP)
- Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC)
- Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP)
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)