Karen E. Matsukuma, M.D., Ph.D.
Specialties
Pathology - Gastrointestinal
Pathology - Anatomic
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department
Title
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Reviews
Pathology Building
4400 V St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
916-734-2525
Additional Phone Numbers
Clinic Fax: 916-734-2560
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Matsukuma's research interests include pancreatic cancer, GI neuroendocrine tumors, anal dysplasia (anal intraepithelial neoplasia), Lynch syndrome, and drug-induced colitis/gastritis.
Division
Anatomic Pathology
Education
M.D., UC Irvine College of Medicine, Irvine CA 2007
Ph.D., Molecular Bio & Biochemistry, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 2006
B.S., UC Davis, Davis CA 1996
Residency
Anatomic Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford CA 2007-2010
Fellowships
GI & Liver Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 2010-2012
Surgical Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford CA 2012-2013
Board Certifications
American Board of Pathology,
Medical Board of California,
Professional Memberships
College of American Pathologists
Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society
Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Honors and Awards
Resident Teaching Award, 2016
Bright Ideas Fund Award, 2014
Select Recent Publications
Matsukuma K, Olson KA, Gui D, Gandour-Edwards R, Li Y, Beckett L. Synaptophysin-Ki67 Double Stain: A Novel Technique That Improves Interobserver Agreement in the Grading of Gastrointestinal Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors. Mod Pathol. 2017 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print]
Matsukuma K, Gui D, Olson KA, Tejaswi S, Clayton EF, Thai A. Osmoprep-Associated Gastritis: a Histopathologic Mimic of Iron Pill Gastritis and Mucosal Calcinosis. Am J Surg Pathol. 2016 Nov;40(11):1550-1556.
Matsukuma KE, Wei D, Sun K, Ramsamooj R, Chen M. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of hepatic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016; 7(Suppl 1):S21-31.
Louie CY, DiMaio MA, Matsukuma KE, Coutre SE, Berry GJ, Longacre TA. Idelalisib-associated Enterocolitis: Clinicopathologic Features and Distinction from Other Enterocolitides. Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Dec;39(12):1653-60.
de Wilde RF, Heaphy CM, Maitra A, Meeker AK, Edil BH, Wolfgang CL, Ellison TA, Schulick RD, Molenaar IQ, Valk GD, Vriens MR, Borel Rinkes IHM, Offerhaus GJA, Hruban RH, Matsukuma KE. Loss of ATRX or DAXX expression and concomitant acquisition of the alternative lengthening of telomeres phenotype are late events in a small subset of MEN-1 syndrome pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Modern Pathology, 2012; 25(7):1033-9.
Matsukuma KE and Montgomery EA. Tubular carcinoids of the appendix: the CK7/CK20 immunophenotype can be a diagnostic pitfall. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2012; 65(7):666-8.
Matsukuma KE, Mullins FM, Dietz L, Zehnder JL, Ford JM, Chun N, and Schrijver I. Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer due to a previously undescribed CDH1 splice site mutation. Human Pathology, 2010;41(8):1200-3.
Matsukuma KE, Wang Li, Moore DD, and Osborne TF. A key role for orphan nuclear receptor LRH-1 in activation of fatty acid synthase promoter by LXR. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007; 13;282(28):20164-71.
Matsukuma KE, Bennett MK, Huang J, Wang L, Gil G, and Osborne TF. Coordinated control of bile acids and lipogenesis through FXR-dependent regulation of fatty acid synthase. Journal of Lipid Research, 2006; 47(12):2754-61.
Shain AH, Giacomini C, Matsukuma K, Karikari C, Bashyam M, Hidalgo M, Maitra A, and Pollack J. Convergent structural alterations define SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler as a central tumor suppressive complex in pancreatic cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2012; 109(5):E252-9.