Elena Lucas, M.D.
Associate Professor

Medical School

Stavaprol State Medical Academy, Russian Federation (1989)

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010), Pathology

• Cervical cytology
• Endometrial preneoplastic lesions in patients with Lynch syndrome
• Expression of HER2 in tumors
• Irreversible electroporation in renal neoplasms

Featured Publications

Mismatch Repair Protein Expression in Endometrioid Intraepithelial Neoplasia/Atypical Hyperplasia: Should We Screen for Lynch Syndrome in Precancerous Lesions?

Lucas E, Chen H, Molberg K, Castrillon DH, Rivera Colon G, Li L, Hinson S, Thibodeaux J, Lea J, Miller DS, Zheng W Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 2018 Oct

PI3K Pathway Effectors pAKT and FOXO1 as Novel Markers of Endometrioid Intraepithelial Neoplasia.

Strickland AL, Rivera G, Lucas E, John G, Cuevas I, Castrillon DH Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 2018 Sep

Comparison of Dako HercepTest and Ventana PATHWAY Anti-HER2 (4B5) Tests and their Correlation with Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization in Breast Carcinoma

Lucas E, Jabbar S, Molberg K, Fang Y, Xian-Jin X, Blacketer S, Sahoo S. Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology 2018

Age cut-off for reporting of benign-appearing endometrial cells in pap specimens; should it be raised? A 10-year retrospective study from a large county hospital.

Hinson S, Molberg K, Mir M, Flores M, Zheng W, Lucas E. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 2018

Lung tumor in a young African American patient with sickle trait: Pieces of a puzzle.

Mir M, Parmley M, Molberg K, Hinson S, Thibodeaux J, Lucas E Cytojournal 2018 15 21

Effect of Varying Parameters on Irreversible Electroporation in a Porcine Model.

Canvasser NE, Lay AH, Koseoglu E, Kavoussi N, Sorokin I, Gahan JC, Lucas E, Cadeddu JA J. Endourol. 2017 Dec

The diagnostic utility of Merkel cell polyomavirus immunohistochemistry in a fine needle aspirate of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma of unknown primary to the pancreas.

Li L, Molberg K, Cheedella N, Thibodeaux J, Hinson S, Lucas E Diagn. Cytopathol. 2017 Aug

Metastatic Melanoma to the Bladder: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Patil RV, Woldu SL, Lucas E, Quinn AM, Francis F, Margulis V Urol Case Rep 2017 Feb 11 33-36

Comparative Effects of Irreversible Electroporation, Radiofrequency Ablation, and Partial Nephrectomy on Renal Function Preservation in a Porcine Solitary Kidney Model.

Morgan MS, Ozayar A, Lucas E, Friedlander JI, Shakir NA, Cadeddu JA Urology 2016 May

Expulsion of a Uterine Fibroid into the Small Bowel through Uteroenteric Fistula Presenting with Bowel Obstruction after Uterine Fibroid Embolization: Case Report with Histopathologic Correlation.

Pillai AK, Kovoor JM, Reis SP, Kho K, Sutphin PD, Lucas E J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016 May 27 5 762-4

 Featured Books

Mimickers of Lung Carcinoma is Cytology and Small Biopsy Specimens in Moreira. In Diagnosing Non-small Cell Carcinoma in Small Biopsy and Cytology

Moreira AL, Saqi A (2015). New York, Springer Science

• Anatomic Pathology Resident Teaching Award
  (2013-2014)
• Anatomic Pathology Resident Teaching Award
  (2012-2013)
• Diploma with Highest Academic Distinction
  (1989)

• Cytopathology Foundation (2017)
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (2015)
• American Society of Cytopathology (2012)
• American Society of Clinical Pathology (2006)
• College of American Pathologists (2006)