Sagar Dhamne, MBBS, MD
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
About Dr. Sagar Dhamne
I am an Anatomic Pathologist with expertise in Breast diseases and Breast cancer. Within the breast lesions my clinical interests are papillary lesions of the breast, and radiology-pathology correlation, especially focusing how MRI breast findings correlate with histology findings. As a research scientist I am interested in elucidating molecular underpinnings of early stages of breast cancer especially DCIS and application of new emerging technologies like AI to the field of pathology. I frequently collaborate with clinical colleagues in clinical trial protocols focusing in treatment of hormone receptor positive breast carcinomas. I am also involved in the trainee education and serve on intra-departmental educational committees. I am the Chair of the Residents’ and Fellows’ Seminar committee at the Texas Society of Pathologists (TSP) entrusted with encouraging and furthering pathology education in Texas. I strongly advocate for the field of pathology being a Delegate representing the State of Texas in the College of American Pathologists (CAP) House of Delegate.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2008 | Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN, Pathology, MD |
| 2004 | Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, IN, Medicine, MBBS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2014-2015 | Postgraduate Fellow, Breast Pathology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2010-2014 | Resident, Pathology (AP/CP), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2003-2003 | Intern, Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, Maharashtra |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2015 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2014 | Michigan State License |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2023 - 2024
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2016 - 2023
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Director, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas, 2023 - 2024
Director Baylor Citywide Pathology Grand Rounds Committee (AP), Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2020 - 2024
Director of Breast Pathology Trainee Elective Rotation, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2017 - 2024
Chief Resident in Pathology, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2013 - 2014
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, PRS Clinical Revenue Cycle Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present
Member, Clinical Curriculum Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Member, Laboratory Performance Improvement Committee, Ben Taub General Hospital, 2023 - 2024
Director, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, Ben Taub General Hospital, 2023 - 2024
Member, Clinical Curriculum Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, 2020 - 2024
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Chair, Residents' and Fellows' Seminar Committee, Texas Society of Pathology, 2022 - Present
Member, Resident and Fellows Seminar Committee, Texas Society of Pathology, 2019 - 2022
Editorial Activities
Member of the editorial board, Annals of Laboratory and Clinical Science, 2016 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2022 | O'neal Spjut Award for Leadership and Unselfish Commitment to Department Mission, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2021 | Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award - Teaching and Evaluation, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2021 | Professional educator Appreciation and Recognition Award (PEAR), Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2019 | Faculty Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching - Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology & Immunology |
| 2019 | Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care, Baylor College of Medicine |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Interesting case presentation in Breast Pathology. Invited. The William O. Russell Annual Conference, Nuts and Bolts in Surgical Pathology. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Papillary lesions of the breast and utility of immunohistochemistry in these lesions. Invited. Breast Pathology Lecture Series. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. Biomarker analysis in breast cancers: Recent updates. Invited. Citywide Baylor Pathology Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Endocrine therapy in the treatment of ER positive breast cancers. Invited. Trainee Research Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2017. A comparison of Breast Cancers' Radiologic, Macroscopic and Microscopic Imagery. Invited. All-City Anatomic Pathology Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2016. Her2 overexpression in Breast Carcinomas. Invited. Citywide Baylor Pathology Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2022. When to expect the unexpected in Breast Pathology. Invited. 61st HSCP Annual Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2022. Clinical Practice Updates in Fibroepithelial Lesions of the Breast. Invited. AP/CP Grand Rounds, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Madison, Wisconsin, US.
International Presentations
- 2021. Breast Pathology: What the surgeon needs to know. Invited. Virtual, IN.
- 2021. Papillary lesions of the breast. Invited. 2021 Annual Conference of the Latin American Society of Pathology (SLAP). Virtual, CR.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2026 - Present |
| Title: | ARTIDIS Nanomechanical Generated Measurements for Early Breast Lesions (ANGEL) |
| Funding Source: | ARTIDIS |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | ART-BrC-0102 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Delgado Casanova, LB, Dhamne, S, Resetkova, E, Guirguis, MS, Puvvala, A, Bevers, TB, Bedrosian, I, Huo, L, Wanis, K. Risk of malignancy after diagnosis of radial sclerosing lesion without atypia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 217(2), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42257745.
- Young, A, Bu, W, Jiang, W, Ku, AT, Kapali, J, Dhamne, S, Qin, L, Hilsenbeck, SG, Du, YN, Li, Y. Targeting the Pro-survival Protein BCL-2 to Prevent Breast Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research 15(1):3-10, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34667127.
- McLemore LE, Albarracin CT, Dhamne S, Chen H. Her2 testing in breast cancers: comparison of assays and interpretation using ASCO/CAP 2013 and 2018 guidelines. Breast Cancer Res Treat 187(1):95-104, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33813685.
- Gadgil NM, Dhamne S. Clinicopathological Study of nephrotic syndrome in Indian children: A tertiary care experience. Annals of Pathol and Lab Med 4(1):A28-38, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Dhamne S, Soundars E, Zarrin-Khameh N. Pathologic findings in women with atypical glandular cells on Pap test. J Am Soc Cytopathol 5(1):50-55, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 31042539.
- Kander E, Raza S, Dhamne S, Solari M, Jain S. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast from a single-center cohort. Cancer Treat Commun 4:182-187, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Phalak K, Sedgwick EL, Dhamne S, Gutierrez C. AIRP best cases in radiologic-pathologic correlation: malignant phyllodes tumor with osteosarcomatous differentiation. Radiographics 33(5):1377-81, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24025930.
- Dhamne S, Brown RE, Covinsky M, Dhamne CA, Tatevian N. Clear cell sarcoma of kidney: morphoproteomic analysis reveals genomic correlates and therapeutic options. Pediatr Dev Pathol 16(1):20-27, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 22256788.
- Schechet SA, Askenasy EP, Dhamne S, Scott BG. Anemia and jejunal intussusception: An unusual presentation for a metastatic phyllodes breast tumor. Int J Surg Case Rep 3(2):62-64, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22288047.
- Dhamne S, Gadgil NM, Padmanabhan A. Leiomyosarcoma of the renal pelvis. Indian J of Pathol Microbiol 52(4):549-51, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19805970.
- Savitri Krishnamurthy, Dhamne S. A multi-reader study of pathology trainees and faculty comparing the performance of whole slide digital images with light microscopy for frozen section analysis. USCAP.
Invited Articles
- Dhamne S, Albarracin CT. Ki67 as a Biomarker of Prognosis and Prediction: Is it Ready for Use in Routine Pathology Practice?. Curr Breast Cancer Rep 6(4):260-266, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Dhamne S, Albarracin CT. Evolving Role of Ki67 as a Predictive and Prognostic Marker in Breast Cancer. J Clin Exp Pathol 4(5):e117, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
Review Articles
- Sellers, CM, Ortiz-Perez, T, Dhamne, S, Roark, A, Gilman, L. Intramammary Metastases from Extramammary Malignancies. Current Breast Cancer Reports 15(2):85-96, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Villanueva H, Dhamne S, Edwards D. The emerging role of steroid hormone receptors in Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 23(4):237-248, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30338425.
Abstracts
- Dhamne S, Nangia J, Osborne CK, Schiff R, Rimawi M. Biomarkers of response to neoadjuvant endocrine therapy with Anastrozole alone or in combination with fulvestrant in ER-positive Her 2 negative breast cancers (PACT-01 trial).
- McLemore LE, Dhamne S, Albarracin CT. Her 2 testing in breast cancers: Comparison of Assays and Interpretation Using ASCO-CAP 2013 and 2018 guidelines. USCAP annual meeting.
- Dhamne S, Albarracin CT. Estrogen receptor immunohistochemical staining versus Oncotype Dx: Clinicopathologic characteristics and recurrence scores of concordant and discordant cases. USCAP annual meeting.
- Goetz L, Powell J, McGowan L, Dhamne S. Changing Clinicopathologic features of malignant phyllodes tumors in the setting of COVID-19 pandemic: Size Matters. USCAP Annual Meeting.
- Taha h, Shitawi M, Dhamne S. Encapsulated papillary carcinoma in male breast: a rare case. Texas Society of Pathology Annual Meeting.
- Platero-Portillo t, Taha, H, Shitawi M, Dhamne S. The role of MRI-guided Biopsy in Breast cancer diagnosis and patient monitoring - A single institution analysis. USCAP Annual Meeting 2024.
- Wang JC, Dhamne S, Shitawi M, Taha H, Zhang S. Phyllodes Tumor of The Breast in Hispanic Population: A Clinicopathological Study of 226 Cases. USCAP Annual Meeting 2025.
- Alrohaibani A, Dhamne S, Albarracin CT, Arun B, Chen H. ESR1 Mutated Advanced Breast Cancer: Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics. USCAP Annual Meeting 2025.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified September 22, 2026