Mireille Bitar, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor School Medical School Department 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 (NY-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center), Molecular Genetic Pathology (David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA) and Pediatric Pathology (Children's Hospital Los Angeles). Dr. Bitar joined the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2024 as Pediatric Pathologist and Neuropathologist and Director of Pediatric Neuropathology. Academic Focus: Dr. Bitar currently serves as a director of the pediatric neuropatholgy rotation of the neuropathology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the director of an interactive microscopy course in brain autopsy at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) annual meetings 2025 and 2026. Prior to joining the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Bitar served as assistant director of the Neuropathology fellowship program at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications, and she serves as a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed medical journals. Clinical Focus: Dr. Bitar is board certified in Anatomic pathology, Neuropathology and Pediatric pathology by the American board of pathology and her clinical practice includes pediatric pathology and molecular genetic pathology. Research Interest The neuropathology and molecular genetics of pediatric brain tumors Publications Featured Publications 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 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 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 A Unique Case of Recurrent Intracranial Extravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia After Gross Total Resection and Brachytherapy. Munier SM, Bitar M, Cohen M, Danish SF, World Neurosurg 2018 Sep 117 20-24 A newly diagnosed case of polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young. Bitar M, Danish SF, Rosenblum MK, Clin Neuropathol 2018 37 4 178-181 A rare case of bilateral cavitary inferior olive lesions in brain autopsy of an adult patient Bitar M, Zaldana F Human Pathology: Case Reports 2018 12 36-38 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 Lipofibromatosis-like neuronal tumor presenting as a hamartoma in a 12 year old boy. Thomas N, Dupuis D, Luketic L, Munabi N, Magee W, Bitar M, Shillingford N. Central American and Caribbean Congress of Pathology 2024 The clinicopathologic features and genetic alterations in three cases of pediatric colon adenocarcinoma. Bitar M, Yang B, Harrell M, Raca G, Ryan Schmidt R, Shillingford N, Warren M, Zamiara P, Zhou S, Wang L. Society for pediatric pathology (SPP). 2024 Results 1-10 of 28 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)
