Christine Minerowicz, MD
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor; Medical Director - Milford Campus Core Laboratory & Blood Bank, Pathology; Medical Director - Bridgeport Hospital , Pathology; Medical Director - Milford Campus, Pathology; Gross Room Director, Pathology; Medical Director - Bridgeport Hospital Anatomic Pathology & Core Laboratory, Anatomic Pathology
Biography
Research & Publications
Patient Care
News
Locations
Appointments
Education & Training
- BCAB of Pathology , Anatomic Clinical Pathology (2024)
- FellowUPMC (2017)
- ResidentRutgers RWJMS (2015)
- Chief ResidentRutgers RWJMS (2014)
- Transitional InternNaval Medical Center Portsmouth (2008)
- MDUMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, BA-MD Program (2007)
- BARutgers University, Biological Sciences/ BA-MD Program (2004)
Activities
- Practical Aspects of Pulmonary Frozen SectionsDepartment of Pathology Grand Rounds 2022Practical Aspects of Pulmonary Frozen Sections
- Surgical PathologyBridgeport, CT, United States 2020Surgical Pathology
- Vaping Associated Lung InjuryNew Brunswick, NJ, United States 2020Vaping Associated Lung Injury
- All That Wheezes Is Not Asthma: Follicular Bronchiolitis Masquerading as Obstructive Lung DiseaseOrlando, FL, United States 2020Critical Care Congress Annual Meeting
- Freeze It, Keep it: Implementation of a New Surgical Pathology Curriculum for Pathology ResidentsMonroe Township, NJ, United States 2019New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting
- A Mistaken Case of Pneumoconiosis: Wild-type ATTR AmyloidosisMonroe Township, NJ, United States 2019New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting
- Clinically unsuspected invasive fungal infections in the setting of malignancyPhoenix, AZ, United States 2019ASCP Annual Meeting
- Histopathologic Features of Usual Interstitial PneumoniaNew Brunswick, NJ, United States 2019Histopathologic Features of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
- Sudden Death Due To Carotid Artery Rupture Sixteen Years Following Treatment For Head And Neck CarcinomaMonroe Township, NJ, United States 2018New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting
- Analysis Of Lung Adenocarcinoma Based On Nuclear Features And WHO Subtype Classification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks On Histopathology ImagesNewport, RI, United States 201830th Anniversary AACR Special Conference on Convergence: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Prediction in Cancer
- PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry in Lung CancerNew Brunswick, NJ, United States 2017PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry in Lung Cancer
- PD-L1 Expression is Associated with KRAS and BRAF Mutations and MET Amplifications in Primary Lung AdenocarcinomasChicago, IL, United States 2017Pulmonary Pathology Society Biennial Meeting
- PD-L1 Expression is Associated with KRAS and BRAF Mutations in Primary Lung AdenocarcinomasSan Antonio, TX, United States 2017United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting
- Distinction of Tissue Marking Dye Colors Using Traditional Glass Slide Microscopy, Live Telepathology, and Virtual MicroscopyLas Vegas, NV, United States 2016American Society of Clinical Pathologists Annual Meeting
- Reclassification of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma in Accordance with the 2015 WHO Update: Comparison of Institutional Experience with the Reported LiteratureMonroe Township, NJ, United States 2015New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting
- Pulmonary Nodular Amyloidosis and Organizing Pneumonia Presenting as HemoptysisDenver, CO, United States 2015American Thoracic Society International Conference
- Circulatory Shock in the Setting of an Unusual MalignancyPhoenix, AZ, United States 2015Critical Care Congress
- Sox9 and E-cadherin Expression in Human Lung AdenocarcinomaMonroe Township, NJ, United States 2014New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting
- A Great Pretender: Primary Systemic Amyloidosis Mimicking Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis) On Lung BiopsySan Diego, CA, United States 2014Great Cases Symposium, American Thoracic Society International Conference
- Rapidly Fatal H1N1 Influenza Negative On Nasopharyngeal Swab But Positive On Bronchoalveolar Lavage FluidSan Diego, CA, United States 2014American Thoracic Society International Conference
- C4d Staining Characteristics of Post-Mortem Myocardium: A Comparison of Septic and Non-Septic PatientsSan Diego, CA, United States 2014United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting
- Iatrogenic Microscopic Pulmonary Emboli Following Therapeutic Polyvinyl Alcohol Microparticle Embolization of Hepatic Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report of A Clinically Unsuspected Finding At AutopsyHolmdel, NJ, United States 2013New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting
- The Septic Autopsy: A Human Morphologic Model of Sepsis Based on Review of the Literature and Study of 16 Adult Autopsy CasesDenver, CO, United States 2008United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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(Certificate of Merit Award winner) Guan L Gosangi B Higuero-Sevilla JP Minerowicz C Bader A Traube L Rubinowitz A. Beyond the Black Holes: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Cystic Lung Disease | Educational exhibit at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting | 2023 |
Wang Y Minerowicz C Gosangi B Sailer A Bader A Traube L Rubinowitz A. Review of Centrilobular Lung Nodules with Radiology and Pathology Correlation: From Ducks to Zebras | Educational exhibit at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting | 2023 |
Gazivoda V Kangas-Dick A Greenbaum A Roshal J Chen C Moore D Gall V Langan R Grandhi M Kennedy T August D Minerowicz C Alexander RH. Expression of PD-L1 in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma | Society of Surgical Oncology, SSO 2021 International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care, SSO 2021 International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care | 2021 |
Garg D Pal C Mody M Minerowicz C Patel P. All That Wheezes Is Not Asthma: Follicular Bronchiolitis Masquerading as Obstructive Lung Disease | Society of Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Congress Annual Meeting | 2020 |
Morgan K Minerowicz C. Freeze It, Keep it: Implementation of a New Surgical Pathology Curriculum for Pathology Residents | New Jersey Society of Pathologists, New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting | 2019 |
Graziano R Jagpal S Kahyaoglu A Minerowicz C. A Mistaken Case of Pneumoconiosis: Wild-type ATTR Amyloidosis | New Jersey Society of Pathologists, New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting | 2019 |
Hendrix J Prochilo G Serei V Brister K Fyfe B Minerowicz C. Clinically unsuspected invasive fungal infections in the setting of malignancy | American Society of Clinical Pathology, ASCP Annual Meeting | 2019 |
Prochilo G Fyfe B Minerowicz C. Sudden Death Due To Carotid Artery Rupture Sixteen Years Following Treatment For Head And Neck Carcinoma | New Jersey Society of Pathologists, New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting | 2018 |
Zaldana F Qi X Ren J Chen W Sadimin E Plazonic K Nemoyer R Do N Langenfeld J Foran D Minerowicz C. Analysis Of Lung Adenocarcinoma Based On Nuclear Features And WHO Subtype Classification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks On Histopathology Images | AACR, 30th Anniversary AACR Special Conference on Convergence: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Prediction in Cancer | 2018 |
Minerowicz C Miller C Dacic S. PD-L1 Expression is Associated with KRAS and BRAF Mutations in Primary Lung Adenocarcinomas | United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting | 2017 |
Minerowicz C Miller C Dacic S. PD-L1 Expression is Associated with KRAS and BRAF Mutations and MET Amplifications in Primary Lung Adenocarcinomas. | Pulmonary Pathology Society, Pulmonary Pathology Society Biennial Meeting | 2017 |
Hon JD Minerowicz C Thomas S Barnard N Fyfe B. Distinction of Tissue Marking Dye Colors Using Traditional Glass Slide Microscopy, Live Telepathology, and Virtual Microscopy | American Society of Clinical Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists Annual Meeting | 2016 |
Minerowicz C Deen M. Reclassification of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma in Accordance with the 2015 WHO Update: Comparison of Institutional Experience with the Reported Literature | New Jersey Society of Pathologists, New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting | 2015 |
Mikhail J Minerowicz C Hussain S. Pulmonary Nodular Amyloidosis and Organizing Pneumonia Presenting as Hemoptysis | American Thoracic Society, American Thoracic Society International Conference | 2015 |
Baig J Minerowicz C Teba C. Circulatory Shock in the Setting of an Unusual Malignancy | Society of Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Congress | 2015 |
Cooper University Healthcare’s Annual Camden Scholar’s Forum, 1st Place, Performance Improvement Category | Cooper University | 2015 |
Minerowicz C Capaccione K Deen M Pine S. Sox9 and E-cadherin Expression in Human Lung Adenocarcinoma | New Jersey Society of Pathologists, New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting | 2014 |
Minerowicz C Chiaffarano J Yousem S Fyfe B. A Great Pretender: Primary Systemic Amyloidosis Mimicking Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis) On Lung Biopsy | American Thoracic Society, Great Cases Symposium, American Thoracic Society International Conference | 2014 |
Nagella N Hussain S Teba C Minerowicz C Gulli V. Rapidly Fatal H1N1 Influenza Negative On Nasopharyngeal Swab But Positive On Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid | American Thoracic Society, American Thoracic Society International Conference | 2014 |
Minerowicz C Fyfe B. C4d Staining Characteristics of Post-Mortem Myocardium: A Comparison of Septic and Non-Septic Patients | United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting | 2014 |
Minerowicz C Censullo M Fyfe B. Iatrogenic Microscopic Pulmonary Emboli Following Therapeutic Polyvinyl Alcohol Microparticle Embolization of Hepatic Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report of A Clinically Unsuspected Finding At Autopsy | New Jersey Society of Pathologists, New Jersey Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting | 2013 |
Resident Poster Session - 1st Place (John F. Lara Award) | New Jersey Society of Pathologists | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal | US Navy | 2011 |
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal | US Navy | 2010 |
Minerowicz C Rhodes R Fakhrzadeh L Fyfe B. The Septic Autopsy: A Human Morphologic Model of Sepsis Based on Review of the Literature and Study of 16 Adult Autopsy Cases. | United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting | 2008 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Pathology Professionalism & Clinical Quality Committee | Member | 2023 - Present |
Cancer Committee | Member | 2023 - Present |
Breast Leadership Committee | Member | 2023 - Present |
American Medical Association | Member | 2023 - Present |
Connecticut State Medical Society | Member | 2023 - Present |
Pathology Quality & Patient Safety Committee | Member | 2022 - Present |
Connecticut Society of Pathologists | President | 2022 - Present |
Pulmonary Pathology Regional Teaching Series | Teacher | 2021 - Present |
Thoracic Oncology Program | Member | 2021 - Present |
Pathology Resident Recruitment Committee | Member | 2021 - Present |
Society of Cardiovascular Pathology | Reviewer | 2017 - 2020 |
College of American Pathologists | Fellow | 2016 - Present |
American Society of Clinical Pathology | Member | 2016 - Present |
Pulmonary Pathology Society | Member | 2016 - Present |