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Natalia Buza, MD

Professor of Pathology
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Additional Titles

Director, Pathology Center of Excellence for Women’s Health, Anatomic Pathology

Director, Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Program, Anatomic Pathology

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Professor of Pathology

Director, Pathology Center of Excellence for Women’s Health, Anatomic Pathology; Director, Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Program, Anatomic Pathology

Biography

Dr. Buza completed her residency training in Anatomic Pathology, followed by a Fellowship in Gynecologic and Breast pathology at Yale University. She joined the faculty at Yale in 2010 where she is currently Professor of Pathology, Director of Pathology Center of Excellence for Women’s Health, and Director of the Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Program. Dr. Buza authored/co-authored over 140 publications in the field of gynecologic pathology, including several review articles, book chapters, and a textbook dedicated to Intraoperative Frozen Section in Gynecologic Pathology. Most recently she contributed to multiple sections of the 5th edition of WHO Classification of Female Genital Tumours.

Dr. Buza has been course faculty at the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) annual meetings, and at the USCAP Interactive Microscopy Center. Dr. Buza also served on the Abstract Review Board of USCAP, and she is an editorial board member of Modern Pathology, International Journal of Gynecological Pathology, and Human Pathology. Her main areas of academic interest include diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive markers of endometrial carcinoma, ovarian sex cord – stromal tumors, and gestational trophoblastic disease.

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Education & Training

Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine (2010)
Residency
Yale University School of Medicine (2009)
MD
University of Pecs Med and Health Science Center (1999)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease; Morphological and Microscopic Findings; Ovarian Neoplasms; Pathological Conditions, Anatomical; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Uterine Neoplasms; Vulvar Neoplasms

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Natalia Buza's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Clinical Trials

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

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    Human Pathology

  • activity

    Modern Pathology

  • honor

    The Averill A. Liebow Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Pathology Residents

Clinical Care

Overview

As a pathologist specializing in gynecologic and breast cancers and diseases, Natalia Buza, MD, rarely sees the patients she spends many hours thinking about; her work is done not in an exam room, but behind a high-powered microscope. This doesn’t make her patients any less real, however. Dr. Buza explains that she became a pathologist because “it’s an exciting discipline and so important for patient care.”

Working closely with gynecologic cancer doctors, Dr. Buza examines samples of patients’ tissue taken for a biopsy to look for signs of endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancers. Once a cancer has been identified, she continues her examination of the cells, specifying the tumor subtype and looking for specific markers at the protein and genetic level that could help the patient’s physician create a personalized cancer treatment plan. Also, she notes, “I do a lot of collaborative research and studies.” For example, she and other colleagues recently investigated the possibility of using targeted anti-HER2 therapy in certain endometrial cancers.

Dr. Buza is an associate professor of pathology and associate director of gynecologic pathology at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Pathology; Anatomic Pathology; Gynecological Pathology

Board Certifications

  • Anatomic Pathology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Latest Certification Date
    2020
    Original Certification Date
    2009

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Locations

  • Department of Pathology

    Academic Office

    Brady Memorial Laboratory

    310 Cedar Street, Wing Lauder Hall, Fl 2nd, Ste LH 219B

    New Haven, CT 06510

    Clinical Inquiry

    203.737.5292
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