Maryna Vazmitsel

Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk

• Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley, CA
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Summit Campus, Oakland, CA
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Alta Bates Campus, Berkeley, CA
• GATE, Berkeley, CA
• Pathology Services Incorporation, Berkeley, CA

• College of American Pathologists (CAP)
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
• American Society for Clinical Pathology
• American Society of Cytopathology
• International Society of Cytopathology
• North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology

University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO (07/01/2017 – 06/30/2021)

Co-authored in completion of several projects, including the following:

• Interobserver variability reporting salivary gland fine needle aspiration (FNA) using Milan system for reporting salivary gland cytology.
• Interobserver variability and agreement in applying international system for reporting fluid cytology.
• Evaluation of core needle biopsy in the diagnosis of soft-tissue masses.
• Status of lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy/chemoradiation therapy for colorectal carcinoma.
• Analysis of adrenal gland cytology.
• PD-L1 expression in cytologic samples of non-small cell lung carcinoma.

N.N. Alexandrov National Cancer Center, Minsk, Belarus (07/2007 – 04/2017)

Co-authored in completion of several projects, including the following:

• Assessment of expression of molecular markers in glial tumors.
• Implementation of IT technology for diagnosing skin and lungs cancer.
• Morphological evaluation of the efficacy of therapy of malignant glial neoplasms.
• Produce an experimental method of Photolon-based photodynamic therapy of brain glial tumors.
• Determine the molecular phenotype of pancreatic adenocarcinomas for diagnosis and personalized treatment.
• Enhancement and application of the differential diagnosis of malignant tumors in the pleural effusions based on the better-quality immunocytochemistry markers panel.
• Study of selective criteria for an organ-preserving treatment algorithm for patients of reproductive age with cervical cancer stage I-II.
• Study of molecular genetic characteristics of adenocarcinoma with an unknown primary site.
• Study of molecular phenotype and morphology of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
• Study of the molecular phenotype of salivary gland neoplasms and development of a diagnostic algorithm.
• Design and implementation of complex treatment of rectal cancer at the low ampule segment.
• The comprehensive assessment of morphological and molecular characteristics of the non-muscle-invasive transitional cell bladder cancer to develop and implement a method for determining the biological behavior of the tumor.
• Study of prognostic impact of the expression of genes levels ABCC2 (MRP2), ABCC5, ABCA12, GST, and expression of beta-tubulin-III in the development of chemoresistance in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Charles University in Plzen, Pathology Department, Plzen, Czech Republic (09/2006 – 12/2012)

Co-authored in completion of several projects, including the following:

• Study of vascular component of Merkel cell carcinoma in context of possible diagnostic pitfall. Mentor: Professor Kazakov DV., DM., PhD.
• Study of the spectrum of neoplasms involving anogenital mammary-like glands. Principal investigator Professor Kazakov DV., DM., PhD.
• Study of the phenotypic variety of wide range of adnexal skin tumors. Principal investigator Professor Kazakov DV., DM., PhD.
• Study of morphological and molecular diversity of salivary gland tumors. Principal investigator Professor Skalova A., MD, PhD.

Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Minsk, Belarus (10/2006 – 10/2009)

The principal research project “Study of vascular component of Merkel cell carcinoma in comparison with other aggressive and non-aggressive skin tumors” was completed. Mentor: Yury I. Rogov, M.D., Ph.D.

Several teaching courses for surgical pathologists were prepared and presented, including the following:

• Histopathology of neuroendocrine lesions of varies localizations for surgical pathologists. Diagnostic criteria and possible pitfalls (2006-2007).
• Histopathology of adnexal skin tumors for surgical pathologists. Diagnostic criteria and possible pitfalls (2007-2008).
• Histopathology of pigmented skin lesions. Diagnostic criteria and possible pitfalls (2008-2009).

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Head and neck pathology
• Salivary gland pathology
• Breast pathology
• Cytopathology

• Spending time with my family
• Cooking
• Listening to classic music
• Travel

Cytopathology, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA

• Anatomic Pathology
• Clinical Pathology (Laboratory Medicine)

• American Board of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, 05/25/202121-502.
• American Board of Pathology, Cytopathology, 09/24/2022S-22-132