Ann D. Thor, MD - Chair of the Department of Pathology
 Ann D. Thor, MD

Ann D. Thor, MD

Professor

Chair of the Department of Pathology

 

Education:

  • B.S. University of California, Berkeley, CA (Highest Honors) (1977)

  • M.D. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (1981)

 

Postdoctoral Education:

  • Residency (AP/CP), Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN (1981-1983)

  • Pathology Fellowship, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Sutton Branch, Royal Marrsden Hospital, England (6 months, 1983)

  • Medical Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD (1983-1986)

  • Cytology and Surgical Pathology Fellow/Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA (1986-1987)

  • Fine Needle Aspiration Fellow, Department of Cytology, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (Nov 1987)

  • Funded Fellowship in Gynecologic Pathology, American Cancer Society's Cancer Development Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (1987-1990)

  • Fellowship, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women (2000-2001)

  • Breast Ductal Fluid Cytology Training and Certification (2001)

  • Gynecologic Pathology Certification, CytoPro Gyn Cytology Proficiency Examination (2005)

Research Activities:

  • Markers of breast cancer prognosis or chemotherapeutic response prediction

  • Mechanisms of carcinogenesis involving the receptor tyrosine kinase gene family

  • Molecular and epigenetic factors which may contribute to breast cancer susceptibility

 

Publications:  Journal Articles in Pub Med (www.pubmed.gov)

 

Book Chapter:

Thor AD: Tailoring the Therapy of Breast Cancer: The Role of Markers. In J. Baselga and C.A. Hudis, ed., Breast Cancer Therapy Annual, Martin Dunitz Publishers, 2003:11-38.

 

Office Location:

UCD-School of Medicine at Fitzsimons

12800 E. 19th Ave.

Bldg. RC-1 North, Room P18-5131

Aurora, CO 80045

 

Contact Information:

Phone: 303-724-3704

E-mail: Ann.Thor@uchsc.edu

 

Mailing Address: 

UCD-School of Medicine at Fitzsimons

Department of Pathology

Mail Stop 8104, P.O. Box 6511

Aurora, CO 80045