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Anja C. Roden, M.D.

  1. Pathologist

地点

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

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Dr. Anja C. Roden is a pathologist who is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology with special interest and expertise in thoracic and surgical pathology. 

Her clinical focus includes:

  • Diagnosis and staging of mediastinal tumors, such as thymomas, thymic carcinomas, neuroendocrine neoplasms, germ cell tumors, cysts, metastases, among others
  • Diagnosis and staging of lung tumors, such as non-small cell carcinomas, small cell carcinomas, other neuroendocrine neoplasms, rare benign and malignant tumors of the lung
  • Diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases
  • Diagnosis of mesothelial and chest wall neoplasms such as malignant mesothelioma, reactive mesothelial proliferation, metastasis

Dr. Roden also has expertise in biomarkers including diagnostic, predictive and theranostic biomarkers. She serves as Medical Director of the Immunostains Laboratory and is involved in the development of immunostains and in situ hybridization stains.

Dr. Roden focuses her research on mediastinal neoplasms, malignant mesotheliomas, biomarkers, interstitial lung diseases, and pulmonary transplant pathology. She published her work in over 190 peer-reviewed manuscript, wrote more than 40 book chapters on mediastinal, pulmonary and mesothelial neoplasms and non-neoplastic lung disease, was involved in the 2021 WHO of thoracic tumors, and was the co-editor of the books "Mediastinal Lesions. Diagnostic Pearls for Interpretation of Small Biopsies and Cytology" and "Pulmonary Pathology. An Atlas and Text". She also has been an invited speaker on these topics in national and international meetings and congresses. Following her interests she chairs the thymic carcinoma and mediastinal working groups in the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group, is active in the International Society of the Study of Lung Cancer and Pulmonary Pathology Society, and is a member of an International Mesothelioma Panel and an International Virtual Thymoma Panel. For her work she was the recipient of the President's Pulmonary Pathology Society Innovation Award in 2017 and the Best Author Award 2020 of Pathology Outlines for a contribution on "Pleura-Diffuse malignant mesothelioma".

  1. 2009
    Fellow - Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program including 2 months forensic training at Hennepin Medical Examiners officeMayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 2009
    ResidentSurgical & Medical Pathology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2008
    Resident - Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (AP/CP Program)Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2008
    ResidentAnatomic and Clinical Pathology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  5. 1997
    Resident - General Surgery, Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular SurgeryFaculty of Medicine "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University of Dresden
  6. 1994
    Internship/Residency - Department of SurgeryMunicipal Hospital of Dresden-Neustadt, Technical University of Dresden
  7. 1992
    Clinical Internship - Thoracic SurgeryUniversity Clinic of Munich
  8. 1992
    Medical SchoolFaculty of Medicine "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University of Dresden
  9. 1992
    Clinical InternshipMunicipal Hospital of Dresden-Neustadt, Technical University of Dresden
  10. 1989
    Clinical InternshipKarl Gustav University of Prague
  11. 1989
    Clinical InternshipUniversity Clinic of Muenster
  12. 1988
    Medical School - Preclinical SemestersHumboldt University of Berlin, Humboldt University
  13. 1986
    Internship - Internal Medicine, OncologyTechnical University of Dresden

Certifications

  1. 2008
    Anatomic & Clinical PathologyAmerican Board of Pathology

Awards and honors

  1. 2021
    Letter of appreciation for reviewing manuscriptsJournal of Thoracic Oncology
  2. 2021
    Best Author Award 2020. Topic of contribution: Pleura - Diffuse malignant mesotheliomaPathology Outlines
  3. 2020
    Reviewer of the month, November 2020Journal of Thoracic Disease
  4. 2019
    Honorary Editor of book: "iMDT: International Multidisciplinary Team"AME Publishing Company
  5. 2017
    President’s Pulmonary Pathology Society Innovation Award Pulmonary Pathology Society
  6. 2017
    Honorary Editor of book: "Thymic Malignancy. More Hands Produce Stronger Flames"AME Publishing Company
  7. 2013
    3rd Place Mystery CasesPulmonary Pathology Society, Biennial Meeting
  8. 2007
    Dr. Hobart K.B. Allebach - Fellowship in Pathology - Outstanding Resident AwardMayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration

Professional memberships

  1. 2025
    Member Program CommitteeEuropean Lung Cancer Congress
  2. 2025
    Moderator, Session Thymic Epithelial Tumors: What is new in a multidisciplinary approachEuropean Lung Cancer Congress
  3. 2025
    Abstract ReviewerEuropean Lung Cancer Congress
  4. 2024 - 2025
    Past PresidentInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  5. 2024 - 2025
    Chair, Nominating CommitteeInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  6. 2024
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  7. 2024
    Session Co-ChairEuropean Society of Pathology
  8. 2024
    Abstract Reviewer for Annual MeetingInternational Academy of Pathology
  9. 2024
    Session Chair/ModeratorEuropean Society of Pathology
  10. 2024
    Moderator, • Session: ORAL SESS 17: Mystical Mechanisms of Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Lungs and the Philosopher's StoneInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Annual Meeting April 2024, Prague, Czech Republic
  11. 2024
    Cancer PathChart Site Group Pleural tumor reviewerNational Institutes of Health
  12. 2024
    Cancer PathChart Site Group Thymic Tumor reviewerNational Institutes of Health
  13. 2024
    Cancer PathChart Site Group Lung Cancer reviewerNational Institutes of Health
  14. 2024 - present
    Chair, Thymic tumor subgroup, rare tumor committeeInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  15. 2023 - 2024
    PresidentInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  16. 2023
    Moderator of Mediastinal Lesion session at Annual Meeting 2023International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  17. 2023 - present
    Education Committee MemberInternational Academy of Pathology
  18. 2023 - present
    Chair, T component of thymic domain of the staging projectInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  19. 2023 - 2024
    Chair, Pathology CommunityInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  20. 2023 - present
    Member, Staging Committee, Thymic epithelial tumor domainInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  21. 2023 - 2025
    Vice-ChairEuropean Society of Pathology
  22. 2023 - present
    MemberMinnesota Pathology Society
  23. 2022 - 2023
    Program Committee for Annual meeting, memberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  24. 2022 - 2023
    President ElectInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  25. 2022
    Session Chair "Mediastinum"International Academy of Pathology
  26. 2022 - 2023
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  27. 2022
    Moderator of session at Annual Meeting 2022International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  28. 2022
    Poster ModeratorInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  29. 2022
    Abstract Reviewer for Annual MeetingInternational Academy of Pathology
  30. 2022
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  31. 2022
    Program Committee for Annual meeting, memberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  32. 2021
    Session Co-ChairEuropean Society of Pathology
  33. 2021
    Reviewer, symposium of Annual MeetingInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  34. 2021 - present
    SecretaryPulmonary Pathology Society
  35. 2021 - present
    Member, membership task force committeeInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  36. 2021
    Program Committee for Annual meeting, memberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  37. 2021 - present
    Thymic epithelial tumors, committee chairInternational Collaboration on Cancer Reporting
  38. 2020
    Moderator of webinar "Neoadjuvant Therapy"International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  39. 2020
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  40. 2020 - 2024
    Pulmonary Vascular Disease Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee MemberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  41. 2020 - present
    Committee Chair, Thymic Carcinoma CommitteeInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  42. 2020 - 2025
    Abstract ReviewerCollege of American Pathologists
  43. 2019 - 2022
    Awards Committee, ChairPulmonary Pathology Society
  44. 2019 - 2025
    Program Committee for Annual meeting, memberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  45. 2019 - 2021
    Vice-ChairInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  46. 2019
    Abstract ReviewerPulmonary Pathology Society
  47. 2019 - present
    MemberAnatomic Pathology Reseource oversight group
  48. 2019 - 2024
    Member, Immunohistochemistry CommitteeCollege of American Pathologists
  49. 2019 - present
    Member, Autopsy CommitteeCollege of American Pathologists
  50. 2018
    Session ChairInternational Academy of Pathology
  51. 2018
    Session Co-ChairInternational Academy of Pathology
  52. 2018
    Session Co-ChairEuropean Society of Pathology
  53. 2018 - 2019
    Program CommitteeInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  54. 2018
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  55. 2018
    Poster ModeratorInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  56. 2018 - present
    Pathology Committee, memberInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  57. 2018 - present
    Panel MemberInternational Mesothelioma Panel
  58. 2018 - 2019
    Program Committee MemberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  59. 2017 - present
    Award committee, memberPulmonary Pathology Society
  60. 2017 - 2019
    Chair, membership committeePulmonary Pathology Society
  61. 2017
    Poster Session Co-FacilitatorInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  62. 2017
    Chair, abstract reviewer, Biennial Meeting 2017Pulmonary Pathology Society
  63. 2017 - present
    Committee Chair, Trainee Membership SubcommitteePulmonary Pathology Society
  64. 2017 - present
    MemberEuropean Society of Pathology
  65. 2016 - 2018
    ChairDivision of Anatomic Pathology, Newsletter Committe
  66. 2016 - 2019
    Standards and Guidelines Committee memberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  67. 2015
    Moderator of Mediastinal session at Annual MeetingInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  68. 2015
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  69. 2015 - present
    Active MemberMedicine Education (GME) Committee, Education Committee, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency
  70. 2015 - present
    MemberInternational Association of Study of Lung Cancer
  71. 2015 - present
    MemberAmerican Society for Clinical Pathology
  72. 2015 - 2019
    Committee Chair, Research and Infrastructure CommitteeInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  73. 2015 - 2025
    Abstract reviewer for Annual Society MeetingInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  74. 2015 - present
    Committee Chair, Mediastinal Working GroupInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  75. 2015 - present
    Virtual Tumor Board, MemberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  76. 2014 - present
    MemberInternational Mesothelioma Interest Group
  77. 2014 - 2018
    Vice PresidentInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  78. 2014
    Moderator of proffered paper session at Annual Meeting 2014International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  79. 2014 - present
    Nominating Committee, memberPulmonary Pathology Society
  80. 2014 - present
    Thymic epithelial tumors, committee memberInternational Collaboration on Cancer Reporting
  81. 2014 - 2019
    MemberExecutive Laboratory Oversight Team, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  82. 2014 - 2016
    Committee Chair, Regional ChampionsInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  83. 2014
    Session Moderator, Proffered Papers - Pulmonary Pathology, 2104 Annual MeetingUnited States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
  84. 2014 - present
    MemberDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  85. 2013 - 2015
    Abstract ReviewerUnited States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
  86. 2013 - present
    Panel MemberInternational Virtual Thymoma Panel
  87. 2013 - 2014
    Vice President-ElectInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  88. 2013
    Program Committee for Annual meeting, memberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  89. 2013
    Session Moderator, Proffered Papers - Pulmonary Pathology, 2013 Annual Meeting of USCAPUnited States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
  90. 2013 - 2014
    Committee MemberSecretarial Workflow Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  91. 2013 - present
    MemberExecutive Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  92. 2013 - 2018
    Autopsy committee member, editorCollege of American Pathologists
  93. 2012
    MemberSpace Remodel Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  94. 2012
    MemberOffice Space Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  95. 2011 - 2012
    MemberAmerican Thoracic Society
  96. 2010 - present
    Committee MemberClinical Practice Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  97. 2010 - present
    MemberFrozen Section Working Group, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  98. 2010 - 2018
    MemberSurgical Pathology Fellowship Recruitment Committee, Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Programs in Rochester
  99. 2010 - present
    MemberAutopsy and Forensic Working Group, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  100. 2010 - present
    ChairHeart and Lung Transplant Working Group, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  101. 2010 - present
    MemberPulmonary Pathology Working Group, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  102. 2010 - present
    MemberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  103. 2010 - present
    Pathology Council, memberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  104. 2009
    Member and ContributorPulmonary Pathology Review
  105. 2009 - 2010
    Patient Safety and Performance Measures Committee, Junior memberCollege of American Pathologists
  106. 2009
    MemberStandardized Slide Distribution Process Project Team, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  107. 2009 - present
    MemberPulmonary Pathology Society
  108. 2009 - present
    MemberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  109. 2008 - 2009
    Chief FellowSurgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
  110. 2008
    MemberPathology Residency Recruitment Committee, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Programs in Rochester
  111. 2007 - 2008
    Chief ResidentAnatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
  112. 2007 - 2008
    Committee MemberChemistry Curriculum Subgroup Committee, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Programs in Rochester
  113. 2007 - 2008
    Committee MemberMedicine Education (GME) Committee, Education Committee, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency
  114. 2007 - 2008
    MemberHead & Neck Frozen Section Working Team, Frozen Section Working Group, Division of Anatomic Pathology
  115. 2006 - 2009
    RepresentativeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Fellows Association, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
  116. 2005
    MemberMayo-CAP-Simulated Self Inspection of the Clinical Laboratories, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  117. 2005 - 2006
    MemberResident Informatics Education Team, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  118. 2004 - 2009
    MemberAmerican Society for Clinical Pathology
  119. 2004 - present
    MemberUnited States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
  120. 2004 - present
    MemberAmerican Medical Association
  121. 2004 - present
    MemberMinnesota Medical Association
  122. 2004 - present
    MemberInternational Academy of Pathology

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Research activities

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