Elizabeth Kurian, M.D.

Elizabeth M. Kurian, M.D., received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, followed by a combined anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Kurian gained expertise in cytopathology through the fellowship program at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Before coming to UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Kurian spent three years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. While there, she completed the institution’s first Junior Faculty Development Program and served as an Associate Course Director for Cancer Concepts, an introductory first-year medical school course.

Her translational research interests include using automation for cytologic evaluation, and applications of immunohistochemistry or molecular testing using cytology or small biopsies for diagnosis or prognostic utility. She is an editorial member of the American Society of Cytopathology's ASC Bulletin, as well as a reviewer for Diagnostic Cytopathology and CytoJournal.

Dr. Kurian's primary clinical focus is cytopathology with expertise in immediate rapid interpretation and performance of fine needle aspiration, plus general surgical pathology with an interest in thyroid pathology.

Medical School

UT Health Science Center McGovern Medical School (2004)

Residency

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2008), Pathology

Fellowship

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (2009), Cytopathology

Featured Publications

Hologic Thinprep Imaging System for Routine Urine Screening: Evaluation of Screening Time and Diagnostic Comparison.

Ferraro K, Kanaracus A, and Kurian EM. Modern Pathology 2012 25 S2

Post-irradiation angiosarcoma of the breast.

Kurian E, Yeh I Vol36 (6)

Cdk5 drives formation of heterogeneous pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Carter AM, Kumar N, Herring B, Tan C, Guenter R, Telange R, Howse W, Viol F, McCaw TR, Bickerton HH, Gupta P, Gillardon F, Woltering EA, Dhall D, Totenhagen J, Banerjee RR, Kurian EM, Reddy S, Chen H, Schrader J, Bart Rose J, Mukhtar MS, Bibb JA, Oncogenesis 2021 Dec 10 12 83

Low Molecular Weight Cytokeratin Immunostaining for Extrafollicular Reticulum Cells is an Effective Means of Separating Salivary Gland Tumor-Associated Lymphoid Proliferation from True Lymph Node Involvement.

Kurian EM, Miller R, Mclean-Holden AL, Oliai BR, Bishop JA, Head Neck Pathol 2020 Sep 14 3 593-597

Lung Nodule with Increasing Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in a Patient with a History of Lung Carcinoma and Talc Pleurodesis Evaluated by EBUS-TBNA On-Site Assessment.

Kurian EM Acta Cytol. 2017 Jan 61 1 84-86

Pleural fluid extramedullary hematopoiesis case report with review of the literature.

Koch M, Kurian EM Diagn. Cytopathol. 2015 Nov

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis diagnosed by effusion cytology: A case report.

Rivera G, Gokaslan T, Kurian EM J Cytol 2015 Oct-Dec 32 4 287-9

Recognizing the Limitations and Pitfalls of Cytology for Anaplastic Carcinoma within Hurthle Cell (Oncocytic) Carcinomas

Timothy E. Richardson, DO, PhD, Shirley Yan, MD and Elizabeth M. Kurian, MD J Clin Anat Pathol 2015 2 102 1-5

Cytology specimens offer an effective alternative to formalin-fixed tissue as demonstrated by novel automated detection for ALK break-apart FISH testing and immunohistochemistry in lung adenocarcinoma.

Rosenblum F, Hutchinson LM, Garver J, Woda B, Cosar E, Kurian EM Cancer Cytopathol 2014 Aug

Central portalization correlates with fibrosis but not with risk factors for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in steatotic chronic hepatitis C.

Lee H, Ainechi S, Dresser K, Kurian EM Int J Hepatol 2014 2014 329297

 Featured Books

Chapter 10, Pathology: Oral Cavity Salivary Gland Malignancies.. In In: Carole Fakhry et al. Oral Cancer: Evaluation, Therapy, and Rehabilitation.

Kurian EM, Bishop JA. (2020). Thieme Publishers

The effect of menopause hormone therapy on breast atrophy in post-menopausal women.. In Inoue Y, Wantanabe K. Adverse Effects of Steroids.

Kurian E, Lavrovskaya, Blankenship J, Yeh I (2008). Nova Publishers

Cancer Biology.. In In: Pieters RS, Liebmann J. Cancer Concepts: A Guidebook for the Non-Oncologist.

Bombagh M. Hughes S, Kurian E. (Accepted for publication.). India, Myles View Publishing.

The Pathology of Cancer.. In In: Pieters RS, Liebmann J. Cancer Concepts: A Guidebook for the Non-Oncologist.

Ok CY, Woda B, Kurian E. (Accepted for publication.). India, Myles View Publishing.

Ocular Melanoma and Orbital tumors.. In In: Pieters RS, Liebmann J. Cancer Concepts: A Guidebook for the Non-Oncologist.

Migliori M, Kurian E. (Accepted for publication.). India, Myles View Publishing.

Colorectal Cancer. In In: Pieters RS, Liebmann J. Cancer Concepts: A Guidebook for the Non-Oncologist.

Sturrock PR, Liebmann J, Kurian E. (Accepted for publication). India, Myles View Publishing

Breast Cancer. In In: Pieters RS, Liebmann J. Cancer Concepts: A Guidebook for the Non-Oncologist.

Cicchetti MG, Kurian E. (Accepted for publication.). India, Myles View Publisiong.

The Pathology of Cancer.. In In: Pieters RS, Liebmann J. Cancer Concepts: A Guidebook for the Non-Oncologist.

Woda B, Liebmann J, Kurian E. (Accepted for publication.). India, Myles View Publishing.

Approach to Thyroid Nodule. In In: Toy E.C., Uthman M.O. Case File in Pathology

Kurian EM. (2005). New York, McGraw Hill

Approach to Temporal Arteritis.. In In: Toy E.C., Uthman M.O. Case File in Pathology

Kurian EM. (2005). New York, McGraw Hill