Mireille Bitar, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pathology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Bitar received her MD degree from Aleppo University, Syria and completed a residency in pathology at Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. She obtained advanced fellowship training in Neuropathology (at the NY-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center), Molecular Genetic Pathology (at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA) and Pediatric Pathology (at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles). Dr. Bitar serves as Director of Pediatric Neuropathology at Children's Medical Center, UTSW. Academic Focus: Dr. Bitar serves as a director of the pediatric neuropathology rotation of the neuropathology fellowship at the UTSW and served as the director of the brain autopsy interactive microscopy course at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) for 2025 & 2026. Prior to joining the UTSW, Dr. Bitar served as assistant director of the neuropathology fellowship program at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications, and she serves as a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed medical journals. Clinical Focus: Dr. Bitar is a pediatric pathologist, neuropathologist and molecular pathologist. She is board certified in Anatomic pathology, Neuropathology and Pediatric pathology by the American board of pathology. Research Interest The neuropathology and molecular genetics of fusion-driven pediatric glioma Publications Featured Publications The clinicopathologic features and molecular alterations in pediatric gliomas harboring NTRK fusions Bitar M, Timmons C, Uddin N, Rajaram V United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP). 2026 Comparative pathology boards facilitate the translation of knowledge between canine and human cancer patients. Beck JA, Mazcko C, Belluco S, Bitar M, Brat D, Bush JW, Chkheidze R, Corps KN, Frank C, Giannini C, Horbinski C, Huse JT, Koehler JW, Miller AD, Miller CR, O'Sullivan MG, Phillips JJ, Rissi DR, Schott CR, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Yip S, LeBlanc AK, Brain Pathol 2025 May e70013 Molecular diversity of embryonic-type neuroectodermal tumors arising from testicular germ cell tumors. Zong Y, Huang R, Bitar M, Drakaki A, Zhang L, Lin DI, Ye H, Mod Pathol 2024 Dec 100702 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 Molecular Diversity of Testicular Embryonic-Type Neuroectodermal Tumors (ENETs; former PNETs) Arising from Germ Cell Tumors. Zong Y, Huang R, Bitar M, Drakaki A, Zhang L, Lin DI, Ye H. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP). 2023 The Frequency of Focal Cortical Dysplasia-Like Histologic Features Near Adult-Type Diffuse Gliomas. Bitar M, Chornenkyy Y, Flanagan ME, Steffens A, McCortney K, Horbinski C, J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2022 Jan 81 1 48-53 Clinical Reasoning: Progressive Proximal Weakness in a 61-Year-Old Man. Yu M, Bitar M, Collins M, Tavee J, Neurology 2022 Jan 98 3 122-127 Case Report: Challenges and Triumphs in a Case of Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids. Tong Jia D, Brooker S, Bitar M, Grebenciucova E. American Neurological Association (ANA). 2022 The natural history of grade 2 pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Feldman A, Snuderl M, Jennings L, Horbinski G, and Bitar M. American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP). 2020 Delayed-Onset Cyst Formation After Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: Unreported Long-Term Complication. Carminucci A, Parr M, Bitar M, Danish SF, World Neurosurg 2019 Apr 124 219-223 Results 1-10 of 29 1 2 3 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP) United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
