
Changqing (Cathy) Ma, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
- Phone: 314-273-4843
- Email: cathy.ma@wustl.edu
Division
- Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Education
- MB, Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
- PhD, Cellular and Molecular Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
- Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Fellowship, Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Subspecialties
- Gastrointestinal, pancreatobiliary, and liver pathology
Board Certification
- The American Board of Pathology (ABP) Certification in Anatomic Pathology (AP) and Clinical Pathology (CP)
Clinical Interests
- Gastrointestinal pathology
- Pancreatobiliary pathology
- Liver pathology
Research Interests
The overarching goal of my research is to harness genetics in studying GI inflammatory and neoplastic diseases.
Selected Publications
Ma C, Lowenthal BM, and Pai RK. SATB2 is superior to CDX2 in distinguishing signet ring cell carcinoma of the upper gastrointestinal tract and lower gastrointestinal tract. Am J Surg Pathol. 2018, 42(12):1715-1722. Corresponding author. PMID: 30212392 |
Gozález I, Goyal B, Xia MD, Pai RK, and Ma C. DNA mismatch repair deficiency but not ARID1A loss is associated with improved prognosis in small intestinal adenocarcinoma. Human Pathol. 2019, 85:18-26. PMID: 30381262 |
Ma C, Olevian D, Miller C, Herbst C, Jayachandran P, Kozak MM, Chang DT, and Pai RK. SATB2 and CDX2 are prognostic biomarkers in DNA mismatch repair protein deficient colon cancer. Mod Pathol. 2019, 32(8):1217-1231. PMID: 30962505 |
Ma C, Henn P, Miller C, Herbst C, Hartman DJ, and Pai RK. Loss of SATB2 expression is a biomarker of inflammatory bowel disease-associated colorectal dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019, 43(10):1314-1322. PMID: 31318711 |
Lowenthal BM, Nason KS, Pennathur A, Luketich JD, Pai RK, Davison JM, and Ma C. Loss of ARID1A expression is associated with DNA mismatch repair protein deficiency and favorable prognosis in advanced stage surgically resected esophageal adenocarcinoma. Hum Pathol. 2019, 94:1-10. PMID: 31655170 |
Villatoro TM, Ma C, and Pai RK. SWI / SNF nucleosome complex-deficient colorectal carcinomas have distinct clinicopathologic features. Hum Pathol. 2020, 99:53-61. PMID: 32222462 |
Trinh VQ, Shi C, and Ma C. Gastric neuroendocrine tumors from long-term proton pump inhibitor users are indolent tumors with good prognosis. Histopathology. 2020, 77(6):865-876. PMID: 32702178 |
Farhat L, Hartman DJ, Ma C, Celebrezze J, Medich D, Bahary N, Frank M, Pantanowitz L, Pai RK. Intratumoral budding and automated CD8-positive T-cell density in pre-treatment biopsies can predict response to neoadjuvant therapy in rectal adenocarcinoma. Mod Pathol. 2021, 34(1):171-183. PMID: 32661298 |
Setia N, Wang C, Lager A, Maron S, Shroff S, Arndt N, Peterson B, Kupfer S, Ma C, Misdraji J, Catenacci D, and Hart J. Morphologic and molecular analysis of early-onset gastric cancer. Cancer. 2021, 127(1):103-114. PMID: 33048355 |
Ma C, Storer C, Chandran U, LaFramboise WA, Frank M, Hartman DJ, Pantanowitz L, Haritunians T, Head R, and Liu TC. Crohn’s disease-associated ATG16L1 T300A genotype is associated with improved survival in gastric cancer. EbioMedicine. 2021, 67:103347. Co-corresponding author. PMID: 33906066 |
Assistant
Lisa Schreiber
lisa.schreiber@wustl.edu
Office: 314-273-4843
Fax: 314-747-2663
BJCIH Room 3422