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Jennifer J. Findeis-Hosey, M.D.

Jennifer J. Findeis-Hosey, M.D.

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Dr. Findeis-Hosey is an academic pathologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Along with her clinical practice in Gastrointestinal Pathology, she devotes time to research and education efforts. Her research focuses on Lynch Syndrome and the development of care models for the increased ...
Dr. Findeis-Hosey is an academic pathologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Along with her clinical practice in Gastrointestinal Pathology, she devotes time to research and education efforts. Her research focuses on Lynch Syndrome and the development of care models for the increased identification of patients and families with this disease. She is active within the education community at the University, serving as Director of Undergraduate Pathology Education for the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where she teaches medical students across all four years and crafts curricular improvements. Additionally, she oversees the Explorations in Pathology intensive pre-college program offered by the University of Rochester where she works closely with select groups of high school students to impart her passion for pathology.

Professional Background

Dr. Jennifer Findeis-Hosey received her BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology with Honors in Biology from Bucknell University in 2002 and her M.D. degree from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2006. She completed her residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the Universit...
Dr. Jennifer Findeis-Hosey received her BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology with Honors in Biology from Bucknell University in 2002 and her M.D. degree from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2006. She completed her residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, during which time she spent an additional year of training performing research in the area of Thoracic Pathology. She subsequently completed a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Findeis-Hosey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine with a clinical practice focused on Gastrointestinal Pathology.

Additionally, she serves as the Vice Chair of Educational Programs for the department. In this role, she brings together her passion for pathology education with her commitment to the growth and development of the department. From serving as Director of the Explorations in Pathology program for high school students, to Director of Undergraduate Pathology Curriculum for the School of Medicine, Dr. Findeis-Hosey is genuinely interested in engaging students into pathology.

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SMD)

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Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, University of Michigan Hospitals GME-UNVERIFIABLE. 2011 - 2012

Residency, Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2007 - 2011

Internship, Pathology, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2006 - 2007

Education

MD | Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. 2006

Awards

Outstanding Faculty Mentor. 2021

40 Under 40 Honoree. 2016

Herbert W. Mapstone Award for Excellence in Second Year Teaching. 2016

Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) Pathology Honor Society. 2006

Medical Student Research Symposium, Top Research Project Awardee. 2006

Research

As a surgical pathologist, Dr. Findeis-Hosey specializes in Gastrointestinal Pathology. Her research interests include clinical and translational efforts in the field of gastrointestinal pathology. She is interested in Lynch Syndrome and the development of streamlined care models for patients with h...
As a surgical pathologist, Dr. Findeis-Hosey specializes in Gastrointestinal Pathology. Her research interests include clinical and translational efforts in the field of gastrointestinal pathology. She is interested in Lynch Syndrome and the development of streamlined care models for patients with hereditary colorectal carcinoma syndromes. Other academic interests include medical education and the development of novel tools for the teaching of pathology.

Publications

Journal Articles

Phosphomannose Isomerase High Expression Associated with Better Prognosis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Alipour Z, Agostini-Vulaj D, Findeis-Hosey J, Liu L, Gonzalez RS, Drage MG, Krigman H, Zhou Z

Clinical and experimental gastroenterology. 2021 14 :353-360. Epub 09/01/2021.

Clinicopathologic Features of Low-grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm: A Single-institution Experience of 117 Cases.

Bell PD, Huber AR, Drage MG, Barron SL, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Gonzalez RS

The American journal of surgical pathology.. 2020 August 12 Epub 08/12/2020.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with cirrhosis.

Clark HL, Valencia HE, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Georas SN

IDCases.. 2020 19 :e00722. Epub 02/20/2020.

Hepatic sclerosing cavernous haemangioma can mimic the nodular elastosis stage of segmental atrophy.

Findeis-Hosey JJ, Zhou Z, Gonzalez RS

Histopathology.. 2019 July 29 Epub 07/29/2019.

Incidence and Significance of GATA3 Positivity in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma.

Gonzalez RS, Ramesh MK, Yang Q, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Zhou Z, Cates JMM, Dunne RF, Bratton LE, Agostini-Vulaj D

Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM. 2019 April 24 Epub 04/24/2019.

Cecal Mucosal Myxoma: The First Report of a New Type of Mesenchymal Colon Polyp.

Bsirini C, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Huber AR

International journal of surgical pathology.. 2019 April 22 :1066896919843625. Epub 04/22/2019.

Unexpectedly High Prevalence of Cystoisospora belli Infection in Acalculous Gallbladders of Immunocompetent Patients.

Noor M, Katzman PJ, Huber AR, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Whitney-Miller C, Gonzalez RS, Zhou Z, N'kodia HD, Skonick K, Abell RL, Saubermann LJ, Lamps LW, Drage MG

American journal of clinical pathology.. 2019 January 1151 (1):100-107. Epub 1900 01 01.

Germline cancer susceptibility gene variants, somatic second hits, and survival outcomes in patients with resected pancreatic cancer.

Yurgelun MB, Chittenden AB, Morales-Oyarvide V, Rubinson DA, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Qian ZR, Welch MW, Brais LK, Da Silva A, Bui JL, Yuan C, Li T, Li W, Masuda A, Gu M, Bullock AJ, Chang DT, Clancy TE, Linehan DC, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Doyle LA, Thorner AR, Ducar MD, Wollison BM, Khalaf N, Perez K, Syngal S, Aguirre AJ, Hahn WC, Meyerson ML, Fuchs CS, Ogino S, Hornick JL, Hezel AF, Koong AC, Nowak JA, Wolpin BM

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics.. 2019 January 21 (1):213-223. Epub 07/02/2018.

Esophageal Mucosal Calcinosis: A Rare Site of Gastrointestinal Mucosal Calcinosis.

Huber AR, Sprung BS, Miller J, Findeis-Hosey JJ

The American journal of case reports.. 2018 April 619 :406-409. Epub 04/06/2018.

IMP3 Immunohistochemical Expression Remains Consistent Among All Grades of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors.

Agostini-Vulaj D, Whitney-Miller CL, Gonzalez RS, McMahon LA, Findeis-Hosey JJ

Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM. 2018 April 26 (4):288-293. Epub 1900 01 01.

Association of Alterations in Main Driver Genes With Outcomes of Patients With Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Qian ZR, Rubinson DA, Nowak JA, Morales-Oyarvide V, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Welch MW, Brais LK, Da Silva A, Li T, Li W, Masuda A, Yang J, Shi Y, Gu M, Masugi Y, Bui J, Zellers CL, Yuan C, Babic A, Khalaf N, Aguirre A, Ng K, Miksad RA, Bullock AJ, Chang DT, Tseng JF, Clancy TE, Linehan DC, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Doyle LA, Thorner AR, Ducar M, Wollison B, Laing A, Hahn WC, Meyerson M, Fuchs CS, Ogino S, Hornick JL, Hezel AF, Koong AC, Wolpin BM

JAMA oncology.. 2018 March 84 (3):e173420. Epub 03/08/2018.

Dystrophic Adipocytes Mimicking Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma: A Diagnostic Pitfall in a Cachectic Patient.

Zhang X, Findeis-Hosey JJ

Case reports in pathology.. 2018 2018 :9027870. Epub 05/07/2018.

Lymph node metastases in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: predictors of disease recurrence and survival.

Morales-Oyarvide V, Rubinson DA, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Bui JL, Yuan C, Qian ZR, Babic A, Da Silva A, Nowak JA, Khalaf N, Brais LK, Welch MW, Zellers CL, Ng K, Chang DT, Miksad RA, Bullock AJ, Tseng JF, Swanson RS, Clancy TE, Linehan DC, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Doyle LA, Hornick JL, Ogino S, Fuchs CS, Hezel AF, Koong AC, Wolpin BM

British journal of cancer.. 2017 December 5117 (12):1874-1882. Epub 10/05/2017.

Crospovidone: a pharmaceutical filler found commonly in gastrointestinal pathology specimens.

Findeis-Hosey JJ, Gonzalez RS

Histopathology.. 2017 August 71 (2):331-333. Epub 05/10/2017.

Distinction between inflammatory hepatocellular adenoma and mass effect on liver sampling.

Agostini-Vulaj D, Sharma AK, Findeis-Hosey JJ, McMahon LA, Gonzalez RS

Human pathology.. 2017 March 61 :105-110. Epub 12/15/2016.

Von Hippel-Lindau Disease.

Findeis-Hosey JJ, McMahon KQ, Findeis SK

Journal of pediatric genetics.. 2016 June 5 (2):116-23. Epub 04/04/2016.

hASH1 is a specific immunohistochemical marker for lung neuroendocrine tumors.

Ye B, Cappel J, Findeis-Hosey J, McMahon L, Yang Q, Xiao GQ, Xu H, Li F

Human pathology.. 2016 February 48 :142-7. Epub 10/03/2015.

Down-regulation of cytoplasmic PLZF correlates with high tumor grade and tumor aggression in non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Xiao GQ, Li F, Findeis-Hosey J, Hyrien O, Unger PD, Xiao L, Dunne R, Kim ES, Yang Q, McMahon L, Burstein DE

Human pathology.. 2015 November 46 (11):1607-15. Epub 07/08/2015.

Portal hypertension and ascites secondary to Erdheim Chester Disease without intrinsic liver involvement on liver biopsy.

Tsynman DN, Weaver C, Taboada S, Findeis-Hosey J, Maliakkal B, Huang J

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver.. 2013 November 45 (11):964-5. Epub 06/21/2013.

High frequency of coexpression of maspin with p63 and p53 in squamous cell carcinoma but not in adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Choy B, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Li F, McMahon LA, Yang Q, Xu H

International journal of clinical and experimental pathology.. 2013 6 (11):2542-7. Epub 10/15/2013.

Insulin-like growth factor II-messenger RNA-binding protein-3 and lung cancer.

Findeis-Hosey JJ, Xu H

Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission.. 2012 January 87 (1):24-9. Epub 08/15/2011.

Diagnostic utility of PAX8, TTF-1 and napsin A for discriminating metastatic carcinoma from primary adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Ye J, Hameed O, Findeis-Hosey J, Fan L, Li F, McMahon L, Yang Q, Wang H, Xu H

Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission.. 2012 January 87 (1):30-4. Epub 08/15/2011.

Role of frozen section analysis of testicular/paratesticular fibrous pseudotumours: a five-case experience.

Gordetsky J, Findeis-Hosey J, Erturk E, Messing EM, Yao JL, Miyamoto H

Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada.. 2011 August 5 (4):E47-51. Epub 1900 01 01.

Combination of napsin A and TTF-1 immunohistochemistry helps in differentiating primary lung adenocarcinoma from metastatic carcinoma in the lung.

Ye J, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Yang Q, McMahon LA, Yao JL, Li F, Xu H

Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM. 2011 July 19 (4):313-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

High-grade neuroendocrine carcinomas of the lung highly express enhancer of zeste homolog 2, but carcinoids do not.

Findeis-Hosey JJ, Huang J, Li F, Yang Q, McMahon LA, Xu H

Human pathology.. 2011 June 42 (6):867-72. Epub 02/02/2011.

The use of insulin like-growth factor II messenger RNA binding protein-3 in diagnostic pathology.

Findeis-Hosey JJ, Xu H

Human pathology.. 2011 March 42 (3):303-14. Epub 10/20/2010.

Paper pica: an unusual cause of colonic ischemia.

Spaniolas K, Ou S, Findeis-Hosey J, Monson JR, Salloum R

Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.. 2010 June 14 (6):1065-6. Epub 11/21/2009.

IMP3 expression is correlated with histologic grade of lung adenocarcinoma.

Findeis-Hosey JJ, Yang Q, Spaulding BO, Wang HL, Xu H

Human pathology.. 2010 April 41 (4):477-84. Epub 12/11/2009.

Immunohistochemistry of pigmented actinic keratoses, actinic keratoses, melanomas in situ and solar lentigines with Melan-A.

Helm K, Findeis-Hosey J

Journal of cutaneous pathology.. 2008 October 35 (10):931-4. Epub 05/20/2008.