Department of Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
A teaching Affliate of Harvard Medical School
 

Name and Present Position:

ROBERT D. ODZE, Chief, Gastrointestinal Pathology

Address:

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Pathology, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA

Medical School (including school name, date and degree awarded):

1984 MDCM, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  Graduate Medical Education (including dates and institution of internships, residencies, fellowships, etc.):

1984-87 Resident in General Surgery, McGill University
1987-90 Resident in Anatomic Pathology, McGill University
1990-91 Fellow Gastrointestinal Pathology, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Certification:

1990 Royal College of Canada Board of Pathology
1990 Quebec Board of Pathology
1990 American Board of Pathology (Anatomic)

Current Academic Appointments:

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Current Medical Staff Appointments:

Chief, Gastrointestinal Pathology
Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Selected Bibliography:

  • Odze R, Antonioli D, Peppercorn M, Goldman H. Effect of topical 5- aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) therapy on rectal mucosal biopsy morphology in chronic ulcerative colitis. Am J Surg Pathol 1993;17:864-75.
  • Torres C, Antonioli D, Odze R. Polypoid dysplasia and adenomas in inflammatory bowel disease. A clinicopathologic study of 89 polyps from 59 patients. Am J Surg Pathol 1998: 22:275-84.
  • Walsh S, Loda M, Torres C, Antonioli D, Odze R. P53 and beta cantenin expression in chronic ulcerative colitis-associated polypoid dysplasia and sporadic adenomas: an immunohistochemical study. Am J Surg Pathol 1999; 23(8): 963-9.
  • Odze RD, Noffsinger A, Fogt F. Genetic alterations in ulcerative colitis associated adenoma-like DALM's are similar to non-colitic sporadic adenomas. Am J Surg Pathol 2000;24(9):1209-1216.
  • Glickman JN, Chen YY, Wang H, Antonioli DA, Odze RD. Phenotypic characteristics of a distinctive multilayered epithelium suggests that it is a precursor in the development of Barrett's esophagus. Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25 (5): 569-578.
  • Shields H, Rosenberg SJ, Zwas FR, Ransil B, Lembo AJ, Odze RD. Prospective evaluation of multilayered epithelium in Barrett's esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol 2001; 96(12):3268-3273.
  • Odze RD, Brien T, Brown CA, Hartman CJ, Wellman A, Fogt F. Molecular alterations in chronic ulcerative colitis-associated and sporadic hyperplastic polyps: a comparative analysis. Am J Gastroenterol 2002;97(5):1235-1242.
  • Odze RD, Farraye F, Hecht JL, Hornick J. Long-term follow-up after polypectomy treatment for adenoma-like dysplastic lesions in Ulcerative colitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004;2(7):534-541
  • OH K, Redston M, Batts K, Goldblum J, Odze RD. Support for hMLH1 and MGMT silencing as a mechanism of tumorigenesis in the hyperplastic adenoma-carcinoma (serrated) carcinogenic pathway. Human Pathol 2005;36:101-111.
  • Haskell H, Andrews CW, Reddy S, Dendrios K, Farraye F, Stucchi A, Becker JM, Odze RD. Pathologic features and clinical significance of "Backwash" ileitis in ulcerative colitis. Am J Surg Pathol 2005;29(11):1472-1481.
  • Lomo L, Blount PL, Sanchez CA, Cowan DS, Ayub K, Reid BJ, Odze. Crypt Dysplasia with Surface Maturation: A Clinical, Pathologic and Molecular Study of a Barrett's Esophagus Cohort. Am J Surg Pathol 2006;30(4):425-35.
  • Dorer R, Odze RD. AMACR Immunostaining is Useful in Detecting Dysplastic Epithelium in Barrett's Esophagus, Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. Am J Surg Pathol 2006 July; 30(7):871-877.
  • Srivastava A, Hornick JL, Blount PL, Li X, Sanchez CA, Cowan DS, Ayub K, Maley CC, Reid BJ, Odze RD. Extent of Low-grade dysplasia is a risk factor for the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol 2007; 102(3): 483-493.

Reviews

  • Odze RD, My Approach to the Diagnosis and Grading of Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus. J Clin Pathol 2006; 59; 1029-1038.

  • Odze RD. Pathology of dysplasia and cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterol Clin N Am 2006;35(3):533-552.

Textbooks

  • Odze, Goldblum, Crawford, ed. Surgical Pathology of the GI Tract, Liver, biliary Tract, and Pancreas. First Edition, Philadelphia: Elsevier Science, Nov. 2003.