Annikka Weissferdt, MD, Dr med, FRCPath

I am an anatomic pathologist with special interest in thoracic pathology. I joined the Department of MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2009 as a fellow in thoracic pathology and in 2013 rejoined the same department as an Assistant Professor. I was the Medical Director for the Frozen Section operations from 2018-2023 and in March 2024 was appointed Chair ad interim for Anatomic Pathology.

My areas of interest include the whole spectrum of thoracic pathology spanning diseases of the lung, pleura, and mediastinum. The focus of my research interest is mediastinal pathology, in particular thymic epithelial neoplasms and pulmonary pathology after neoadjuvant therapy. With respect to the latter, I have been the pathology lead for a number of clinical trials in this field, including the MDACC-led NEOSTAR and ICON trials. I currently hold joint appointment with the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at MDACC and I am an expert member of the Dutch thymoma panel (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands) and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Pathology Committee. I have published numerous peer-reviewed articles in the field and am the author of a textbook on thoracic pathology (Diagnostic Thoracic Pathology) as well as a co-author of several other textbooks on the subject.