Doctor Timothy M. McDonald’s Curriculum Vitae
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
2019 – 2020 Johns Hopkins University – Genitourinary Pathology Fellow
Baltimore, Maryland
2018 – 2019 Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Surgical Pathology Fellow Boston, Massachusetts
2014 – 2018 University of California, Irvine – Chief Resident
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Orange, California
EDUCATION:
May 2014 The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Doctor of Medicine Tucson, Arizona
May 2010 Midwestern University – Master of Biomedical Science Glendale, Arizona
August 2007 The University of Akron – Bachelor of Science, Biology/Chemistry Akron, Ohio
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
June 2018 American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
LICENSURE:
2017 – 2019 Massachusetts State Medical License, #274865 2016 – 2019 California State Medical License, #A143315
AWARDS/HONORS:
July 2016 Chief resident, elected by the Department of Pathology University of California, Irvine
May 2010 Valedictorian, awarded for graduating 1st in class Midwestern University, class of 2010
May 2010 Class Speaker, elected by faculty to deliver graduation speech Midwestern University, class of 2010
May 2010 Outstanding Research Award, awarded for best thesis project Midwestern University, class of 2010
RESEARCH:
August 2019 “Aberrant GATA-3 Staining in Prostatic Adenocarcinoma: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall”
Johns Hopkins University Mentor: Jonathan I. Epstein, M.D.
August 2018 “Reclassification of Cystic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma to Clear Cell Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma and Multiloculated Cystic Renal Neoplasm of Low Malignant Potential”
Harvard Medical School
Mentor: Michelle Hirsch, M.D., Ph.D.
June 2017 “A Multi-Center, Retrospective Comparison of Accuracy and Quality of Upper Urinary Tract Biopsy Devices”
University of California, Irvine Mentor: Dr. Thomas Lee M.D., Ph.D.
August 2011 “The Role of Apolipoprotein E in Neuropathic Pain”
The University of Arizona College of Medicine Mentor: Dr. Theodore Price, Ph.D.
August 2010 “P53 Expression in Diabetic Foot Ulcers”
The University of Arizona College of Medicine Mentor: Dr. David Armstrong, M.D., Ph.D., D.P.M.
2008 – 2010 Thesis for Master of Biomedical Science degree
“The Role of Cytokines and MMPs in Zebrafish Keratocyte Explant Cultures” Midwestern University, Glendale
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Hull, Ph.D.
PRESENTATIONS:
August 2018 Dana Farber Cancer Institute Multidisciplinary Lecture Series
“A Review of Liposarcomas” Boston, Massachusetts
March 2017 USCAP 2017 Annual Meeting
Poster titled “Critical Communication between Pathologists and Surgeons during Intraoperative Consultations: Real Time report by Direct Interaction” San Antonio, Texas
December 2010 American Society for Cell Biology 50th Annual Conference
Poster titled “Cytokine and MMP Expression in Zebrafish Keratocyte Motility” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 2010 Diabetes Technology Meeting
Abstract titled “p53 Expression in Diabetic Foot Ulcers” Bethesda, Maryland
December 2009 American Society for Cell Biology 49th Annual Conference
Poster titled “TNFα and TGFβ Expression in Zebrafish Keratocyte Explant Cultures”
San Diego, California
PUBLICATIONS:
McDonald TM, Sumner AJ, Reyes JF, Pascual AS, Uppalapati CK, Cooper KE, Leyva KJ, Hull EE. Matrix Metalloproteinases & Collective Cell Migration in 24 hour Primary Zebrafish Explant Cultures: MMP13 Plays an Inhibitory Role & MMP14 May Respond to Stretch during Reepithelialization. Cell Biology International Reports. 1002(10).
PMID: 23588205
McDonald TM, Pascual AS, Uppalapati CK, Cooper KE, Leyva KJ, Hull EE. Zebrafish keratocyte explant cultures as a wound healing model system: Differential gene expression & morphological changes support epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Experimental Cell Research. 319(12):1815-27.
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbi3.10006/full
TEACHING/VOLUNTEERING:
September 2019 Medical School Teaching – Urologic Pathology Lab Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
January 2010 – May 2014 Med Mentor Program
Served as a mentor to undergraduate pre-medical students The University of Arizona
August 2009 – June 2010 Teaching Assistant – Human Gross Anatomy and Histology Midwestern University
August 2009 – April 2010 Tutor to Biomedical and Physician Assistant graduate students
Classes: Human Gross Anatomy, Human Physiology I & II, Statistics & Research Design
Midwestern University
January 2009 – June 2009 Paradise Valley Community College
Conducted advanced human cadaver dissections and participated in anatomy teaching of undergraduate health science students
June 2009 – July 2009 DOCARE International
Medical Mission to Antigua, Guatemala
Provided medical care to underserved populations in rural Guatemala
April 2009, April 2010 Team of Physicians for Students (TOPS)
Provided sports physicals to Phoenix area high school athletes
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS) International Society of Urologic Pathologists (ISUP)
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) California Society of Pathologists
College of American Pathologists (CAP) American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) American Society for Cell Biology