Cancers Treated:
Specializing In:
- Gynecologic pathology
Research Interests:
- Endometrial carcinoma
- Cervical precancerous lesions
- Ovarian cancer
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Pathology
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Department of Indigenous Cancer Health
Background
Education and Training
- 2008 - MD - The University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Residency
- 2012-2015 - Anatomic Pathology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- 2008-2012 - Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Fellowship
- 2015-2017 - Gynecologic Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Board Certification
- Anatomic Pathology - American Board of Pathology
Professional Memberships
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
- International Society of Gynecological Pathologists
- American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Association of American Indian Physicians
Professional Experience
- 2017-2023 - Assistant Professor, Division of Gynecologic Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Honors & Awards
- 2008 - Indian Health Pathway, The University of Washington School of Medicine
- 2014 - 2015 - Teaching Academy Member, The University of Vermont
- 2019 - 2020 - Cervical cancer SPORE, Career Enhancement Program
- 2021 – 2022 - Cervical cancer SPORE, Career Enhancement Program
Publications
Numan TA, Ronnett BM, Haley L, Pallavajjala A, Murry JB, Kohn J, Galbo PM, Vang R, Rodriguez F, Kaur H, Levinson K, Lin J, Palsgrove D. Clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of malignant neoplasms with yolk sac tumor differentiation in women 40 years of age and older. Am J Surg Pathol. 2025; 49:686-700. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002389.
Numan TA, Montgomery E (series editor). Atlas of Gynecologic Pathology: A Pattern Based Approach. First Ed. Delaware: Wolters Kluwer; August 2023
Murdock TA, Veras E, Mazur M, Kurman R. Diagnosis of Endometrial Biopsies and Curettings. Third ed. New York: Springer; December 2018
Hopkins MR, Palsgrove DN, Ronnett BM, Vang R, Lin J, Murdock TA. Molecular analysis of HPV-independent primary endometrial squamous cell carcinoma reveals TP53 and CDKN2A co-mutations: a clinicopathologic analysis with re-evaluation of diagnostic criteria. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 Dec;46:1611-1622.
Murdock T, Orr B, Allen S, Ibrahim J, Sharma R, Ronnett B, Rodriguez F. Central nervous system-type neuroepithelial tumors and tumor-like proliferations developing in the gynecologic tract and pelvis: clinicopathologic analysis of 23 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2018 Nov;42:1429-1444.
Sinno A, Peijnenburg E, Fader AN, Temkin S, Levinson K, Stone, R, Murdock T, Tanner E. Reducing overtreatment: A comparison of lymph node assessment strategies for endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Nov;143:281-286.