Uma Krishnamurti, MD, MBBS, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Director of Breast PathologyCards
About
Titles
Professor of Pathology and Director of Breast Pathology
Director of Breast Pathology, Pathology
Biography
Dr. Krishnamurti is a pathologist with expertise in breast pathology, cytopathology, and gynecologic pathology. She completed her residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Minnesota and the University of Pittsburgh followed by a Fellowship in Cytopathology at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the faculty at Yale in 2021, where she is currently Professor of Pathology and Director of Breast Pathology. She has been the primary author of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) gynecologic cancer reporting synoptic templates. She served as Principal Investigator and Director of the Breast Satellite Tissue Bank of Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, from 2015 to 2021. Her main areas of academic interest include diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive markers of triple-negative and HER2-positive breast cancer.
Dr. Krishnamurti has been a course faculty at the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC), American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), and College of American Pathologists (CAP) annual meetings. She has Chaired the Research and Current Concepts Committee of the ASC and served as a member of the American Joint Commission on Cancer Expert Panel on Protocol for Cancer Staging of the Vulva. Currently, Dr. Krishnamurti serves on the Breast section of the Cancer Committee of the CAP, and on the ASC Bulletin and Cytopath Podcast Committee.
Appointments
Pathology
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Breast Pathology
- Pathology
- Surgical Pathology
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Health System
Education & Training
- Fellowship
- University of Pittsburgh (2004)
- Residency
- University of Pittsburgh (2003)
- PhD
- University of Minnesota (1999)
- MD
- University of Delhi (1990)
- MBBS
- University of Delhi (1985)
- MD
- University of Delhi (1984)
Board Certifications
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pathology
- Original Certification Date
- 2003
Research
Publications
2026
Histomorphologic analysis and clinical correlation of atypical apocrine lesions in breast pathology
Podany P, Zhan H, Colón-Cartagena L, Ai D, Du J, Krishnamurti U, Liang Y. Histomorphologic analysis and clinical correlation of atypical apocrine lesions in breast pathology. Human Pathology 2026, 175: 106158. PMID: 42176994, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2026.106158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ in Breast Biopsies for a Radiological Mass Lesion: Did We Miss Something?
Theriot J, Zhan H, Colón-Cartagena L, Lotfi P, Krishnamurti U, Liang Y. Diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ in Breast Biopsies for a Radiological Mass Lesion: Did We Miss Something? International Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2026, 10668969261436010. PMID: 41944434, DOI: 10.1177/10668969261436010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuantitative Assays for TROP2 Measurement in Breast Cancer and Comparison to H-Score
He M, Chan N, Liu M, Robbins C, Bates K, Benanto J, Colón-Cartagena L, Kahila M, Zhan H, Krishnamurti U, Moutafi M, Yaghoobi V, Liebler D, Fulton R, Rimm D. Quantitative Assays for TROP2 Measurement in Breast Cancer and Comparison to H-Score. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology 2026, 34: 143-154. PMID: 41709478, PMCID: PMC13143368, DOI: 10.1097/pai.0000000000001311.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Prognostic significance of pelvic washing cytology in early stage endometrial cancer: A 10‐year matched cohort analysis from a large single institute
Wang M, Abi‐Raad R, Adeniran A, Krishnamurti U, Buza N, Hui P, Cai G, Sun T. Prognostic significance of pelvic washing cytology in early stage endometrial cancer: A 10‐year matched cohort analysis from a large single institute. Cancer Cytopathology 2025, 133: e70057. PMID: 41159755, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.70057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive breast carcinoma in a patient with PHTS: a case report
Zhan H, Fischbach N, Lynch M, Liang Y, Krishnamurti U, Cohen P. Invasive breast carcinoma in a patient with PHTS: a case report. Diagnostic Pathology 2025, 20: 120. PMID: 41107919, PMCID: PMC12532417, DOI: 10.1186/s13000-025-01715-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterobserver agreement and histologic analysis of atypical ductal hyperplasia bordering on ductal carcinoma in situ: A multi-institutional study
Korie U, Ai D, Podany P, Zhang H, Zhan H, Kahila M, Colon-Cartagena L, Wei S, Sun H, Du J, Krishnamurti U, Liang Y. Interobserver agreement and histologic analysis of atypical ductal hyperplasia bordering on ductal carcinoma in situ: A multi-institutional study. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2025, 164: 704-711. PMID: 40994034, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaf088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEstrogen receptor conversion in bone, liver and lung metastases from breast cancer
Podany P, Zhan H, Ai D, Krishnamurti U, Liang Y. Estrogen receptor conversion in bone, liver and lung metastases from breast cancer. Pathology - Research And Practice 2025, 275: 156222. PMID: 40967162, DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2025.156222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGynecologic Cytology and Pap Smears
Krishnamurti U, Mosunjac M, Deftereos G. Gynecologic Cytology and Pap Smears. 2025, 1751-1803. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-4822-8_40.BooksC/EBPβ increases tumor aggressiveness by enhancing KIFC1 expression in androgen receptor negative triple negative breast cancer
Joshi S, Garlapati C, Nguyen T, Sharma S, Chandrashekar D, Bhattarai S, Varambally S, Krishnamurti U, Li X, Aneja R. C/EBPβ increases tumor aggressiveness by enhancing KIFC1 expression in androgen receptor negative triple negative breast cancer. Cell Communication And Signaling 2025, 23: 255. PMID: 40448099, PMCID: PMC12125945, DOI: 10.1186/s12964-025-02243-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman papillomavirus genotype distribution and its correlation with intraepithelial neoplasia, vaccination, and ethnicity
Abi-Raad R, Sun T, Krishnamurti U. Human papillomavirus genotype distribution and its correlation with intraepithelial neoplasia, vaccination, and ethnicity. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2025, 14: 273-278. PMID: 40307088, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2025.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News
News
- June 08, 2026
Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Honor Residents, Fellows in Graduation Ceremony
- March 17, 2026
Yale Pathology Will Have Strong Presence at USCAP 2026
- June 12, 2025
Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Residents, Fellows Feted at Graduation Ceremony
- March 01, 2024
Connecticut Society of Pathologists' Educational Meeting Draws Pathologists from Across the State