Sofia Alexandra Garces Narvaez, M.D.
Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2011 | Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, US, Medical Doctor |
| 2010 | Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, School of Medicine, Guayaquil, Guayas, EC, Medical Doctor |
Postgraduate Training
| 2019-2020 | Clinical Fellowship, Molecular Genetics Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvani-Divisiion of Precision and Computational Diagnostics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2018-2019 | Clinical Fellowship, Surgical Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center-The Arkadi M. Rywlin Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Miami Beach, Florida |
| 2017-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Advanced Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Canter, Houston, Texas |
| 2016-2017 | Clinical Fellowship, Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Canter, Houston, Texas |
| 2012-2016 | Clinical Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center-The Arkadi M. Rywlin Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Miami, Florida |
| 2011-2012 | Clerkship, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Florida |
| 2011-2011 | Observership, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2026 | Sofia Alexandra Garces Narvaez |
| 2017 | American Board of Pathology |
| 2016 | American Board of Pathology |
Experience & Service
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Wellness, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present
Representative Member, Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2025
Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2022
Honors & Awards
| 2018 - 2019 | Arkadi M. Rywlin, MD Fellow in Pathology Award for Fellowship Achievements, Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| 2013 - 2014 | The Sydney Israel Resident in Pathology Award for Outstanding Performance, Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| 2008 - 2010 | Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, School of Medicine |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Histiocytic Neoplasms: Clinicopathologic Features and Differential Diagnosis. Invited. Faculty Lecture Series. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference. Invited. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference for Fellows. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Overcoming Challenges in Molecular Diagnostic and Carrier Testing- UPDATE. Invited. Tutorials on Clinical Genomics Applications (TCGA). Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference. Invited. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference for Fellows. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference. Invited. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference for Fellows. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Diagnostic Challenges of Bland-Appearing Histiocytoses- Focus on Rosai Dorfman Disease. Invited. Faculty Lecture Series. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Bland-Appearing Histiocytoses: Diagnostic Challenges and Differential Diagnosis. Invited. Departmental Grand Round. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Bone Marrow Unknown Conference. Bone Marrow Unknown Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Molecular Correlation-Bone Marrow Conference. Invited. Bone Marrow Unknown Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Bone Marrow Unknown Conference. Invited. Bone Marrow Unknown Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Rosai-Dorfman Disease: From Idiopathic Disorder to Clonal Histiocytosis with Targetable Oncogenic Mutations. Invited. Baylor Pathology Citywide Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Overcoming Challenges in Molecular Diagnostic and Carrier Testing. Invited. Tutorials on Clinical Genomics Applications (TCGA). Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference. Invited. Bone Marrow Molecular Correlation Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Rosai-Dorfman Disease: From Idiopathic Disorder to Clonal Histiocytosis with Targetable Oncogenic Mutations. Invited. Ground Rounds -Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Hairy Cell Leukemia, Genetic Findings (Part 2). Invited. Faculty Lecture Series. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Hairy Cell Leukemia, Historical Perspective, Definitions and Differential Diagnosis (Part 1). Invited. Faculty Lecture Series. Houston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2026. RUNX1 Fusion Partners in AML: Morphologic, Molecular, and Clinical Insights Beyond RUNX1: RUNX1T1. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. NPM1 Mutation Detection Using Ultrasensitive Error-Corrected NGS Improves Identification of Measurable Residual Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2025. FLT3 Internal Tandem Duplication Detection Using Ultrasensitive Error-Corrected NGS Improves Identification of Measurable Residual Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2022. Clinicopathologic and Cytogenetic Features of Blastoid High-grade B-cell Lymphoma. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2021. Emerging WT1mut Clones Contribute to Relapse in NPM1mut AML Patients. OnlineOnly. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting.
- 2020. TP53 Splice-Site Mutations in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): a Clinicopathologic and Cytogenetic Correlation. Poster. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2019. FLT3 Variants Near Codon 835 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Institutional Experience Comparing Rapid Restriction Digest Testing with Massively Parallel Sequencing. Poster. Association of Molecular Pathology Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2019. Cyclin D1 Protein is Overexpressed in Rosai-Dorfman Disease. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. National Harbor, Maryland, US.
- 2019. Low Grade Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: How Strongly Do We Agree?. Poster. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. National Harbor, Maryland, US.
- 2019. Distribution and Density of FOXP-3-Positive Cells in Thymus with and without Follicular Hyperplasia: A Clinicopathological Correlation with Autoimmunity. Poster. Florida Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2018. Rosai–Dorfman disease coexisting with lymphoma in the same anatomic site is associated with MAPK/ERK pathway activation. Poster. Association of Molecular Pathology Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2018. Clinicopathologic and Immunophenotypic Features of MYD88 L265P-positive Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma/Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM): A Study of 30 Cases. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA.
- 2017. Mutually exclusive recurrent KRAS and MAP2K1 mutations in Rosai-Dorfman disease. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2017. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma with prominent proliferation centers in bone marrow is associated with high tumor burden and tp53 deletion. Poster. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2015. Epstein-Barr Virus Associated Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma arising in a Cardiac Myxoma in an Immunocompetent Patient: An Indolent form of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Associated with Chronic Inflammation. Conference. Society for Hematopathology/European Association for Hematopathology Workshop. Long Beach, California, US.
- 2014. A Case of Primary Colonic Leiomyosarcoma Arising in a Pre-Existing Leiomyoma. College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2014. Acquired cystic disease-associated renal cell carcinoma: report of a case with retroperitoneal cystic metastasis and inferior vena cava involvement. Poster. The College of American Pathologists (CAP) held its annual meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2014. Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor of the Lung with Sarcomatoid Features and Intrapulmonary Metastasis: Case Report and Literature Review. Poster. The ASCP (American Society for Clinical Pathology) 2014 Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida, US.
- 2014. Bauhin's ileocecal valve syndrome simulating a malignant neoplasm: case report. Poster. Florida Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting. Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US.
- 2013. Unsuspected Fatal Angioinvasive Aspergillosis in a Patient Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment for Lymphoma: An autopsy study. Poster. College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2010. Awareness of Chronic Sleep Apnea in Surgeons and Orthopedic Traumatologists. A Regional Questionnaire-based study. Poster. ALAT XVI Scientific meeting- The Thoracic Latin-American Association. Lima, PE.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2017 - 2018 |
| Title: | Rosai-Dorfman disease associated with lymphoma: are there recurrent genetic abnormalities or is it a reactive process driven by the lymphoma microenvironment? A next-generation sequencing study |
| Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2016 - 2017 |
| Title: | Rosai-Dorfman disease: is there a subset of cases with recurrent genetic abnormalities? A next-generation sequencing study |
| Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Wei J. Wang, L., L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Guilin Tang, Sofia Garces, Charles Guo, Qiong Gan, Shaoying Li, Pei Lin, Wei Wang, Jie Xu. CD30+ High Grade Neoplasm With Expression of β-HCG and T-Cell Markers: Hybrid Germ Cell Tumor and T-Cell Lymphoma. Pathol. Int 76(5), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42116650.
- Ok, CY, Tang, G, Loghavi, S, Hu, S, Wei, Q, Quesada, AE, Routbort, MJ, Kanagal Shamanna, R, Yin, CC, Sarami, I, Garces, S, Agarwal, N, Luthra, R, Fang, H, Jelloul, FZ, Bryan, J, Medeiros, LJ, Patel, KP, Toruner, GA. Comparative Analysis of Targeted RNA-Seq and Optical Genome Mapping for Detecting Gene Rearrangements in Acute Leukemia. Cancers 17(21), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41228256.
- Nirmalanantham, P, Quesada, AE, Ghosh, A, Lin, P, Ok, CY, Yang, RK, Fang, H, Garces, S, Kanagal Shamanna, R, Loghavi, S, Routbort, MJ, Yin, CC, Wei, W, Pasyar, S, Bassett Jr, R, El Hussein, S, Jain, N, Burger, JA, Wierda, WG, Wang, S, Bueso-Ramos, CE, Patel, KP, Medeiros, LJ, Jelloul, FZ. Mutational Landscape and Clinical Impact of SPEN Mutations in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Cancers 17(21), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41228377.
- Kim DH, Medeiros LJ, Xu J, Tang G, Qiu L, Wang SA, Ok CY, Wang W, Yin CC, You MJ, Garces S, Lin P, Li S. Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma/High Grade B-Cell Lymphoma with MYC and BCL6 Rearrangements: a study of 60 Cases. Mod Pathol 38(5), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39805522.
- Xu J, Kim DH, Wang W, Li S, Lin P, Tang G, Konoplev S, Qiu L, Fang H, Garces S, Leventaki V, E S, Medeiros LJ, Wang SA. Flow cytometric immunophenotypic features of acute myeloid leukemia with mast cell differentiation. Am J Clin Pathol 163(2):240-250, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39244687.
- McCall, DC, Alqahtani, S, Budak, M, Sheikh, IN, Fan, AE, Ramakrishnan, R, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Garcia, M, Gibson, A, Daver, N, Garces, S, Short, NJ, Issa, GC, Ravandi-Kashani, F, DiNardo, C, Montalban Bravo, G, Garcia-Manero, G, Cuglievan, B, Kadia, TM. Cladribine-Based Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Child, Adolescent, and Early Young Adult Patients. Cancers 16(22), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39594839.
- Marques-Piubelli, ML, Lyapichev, KA, Fnu, A, Adrada, BE, Stewart, J, Hunt, KK, Clemens, MW, Iyer, S, Wu, Y, El Hussein, S, Xu, J, Ok, CY, Li, S, Pierson, DM, Ferrufino-Schmidt, MC, Nahmod, KA, Yoga, A, Hunsicker, L, Evans, MG, Resetkova, E, Qiu, L, Khanlari, M, Garces, S, Bueso-Ramos, CE, Medeiros, LJ, Miranda, R. The Spectrum of Non-neoplastic Changes Associated with Breast Implants. American Journal of Surgical Pathology 48(6):E43-E64, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38451836.
- Vijayanarayanan A, Wang SA, Garces S, Saluja K, Medeiros LJ, Thakral B. Non-V600E BRAF mutation in hairy cell leukemia variant. EJHaem 5(1):266-268, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38406543.
- Qiu, L, Lin, P, Khanlari, M, Xu, J, Cohen, E, Garces, S, Miranda, RN, Wang, W, Fang, H, Bueso-Ramos, CE, Medeiros, LJ, Li, S. The Clinicopathologic Features and Molecular Signatures of Blastoid High-Grade B Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified. Modern Pathology 36(12), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37820764.
- Li, N, Lin, P, Zuo, Z, You, MJ, Shuai, W, Orlowski, R, Manasanch, EE, Li, S, Xu, J, Garces, S, Jelloul, FZ, Tang, Z, Wang, W, Medeiros, LJ, Yin, CC. Plasma cell myeloma with RAS/BRAF mutations is frequently associated with a complex karyotype, advanced stage disease, and poorer prognosis. Cancer medicine 12(13):14293-14304, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37212518.
- Trabal, AM, Gibson, A, He, J, McCall, DC, Roth, M, Nunez, CA, Garcia, MB, Buzbee, M, Toepfer, L, Bidikian, A, Daver, N, Kadia, TM, Short, NJ, Issa, GC, Ravandi-Kashani, F, DiNardo, C, Montalban Bravo, G, Garces, S, Marcogliese, A, Paek, H, Dreyer, Z, Brackett, J, Redell, MS, Yi, JS, Garcia-Manero, G, Konopleva, M, Stevens, A, Cuglievan, B. Venetoclax for Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Pediatric Patients. Cancers 15(7), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37046645.
- Xu, J, Li, S, Yin, CC, Patel, KP, Tang, G, Wang, W, Miranda, R, Garces, S, Tang, Z, Lin, P, Medeiros, LJ. Classic Hodgkin lymphoma with marked granulomatous reaction. Human Pathology 134:114-123, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36584716.
- Shuai, W, Zuo, Z, Li, N, Garces, S, Jelloul, FZ, Ok, CY, Li, S, Xu, J, You, MJ, Wang, W, Rehder, CW, Jabbour, EJ, Patel, KP, Medeiros, LJ, Yin, CC. ETNK1 mutation occurs in a wide spectrum of myeloid neoplasms and is not specific for atypical chronic myeloid leukemia. Cancer 129(6):878-889, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36583229.
- Zuo, Z, Medeiros, LJ, Garces, S, Routbort, MJ, Ok, CY, Loghavi, S, Kanagal Shamanna, R, Jelloul, FZ, Garcia-Manero, G, Chien, KS, Patel, KP, Luthra, R, Yin, CC. Concurrent Mutations in SF3B1 and PHF6 in Myeloid Neoplasms. Biology 12(1), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36671709.
- Garces S, Rudzki Z, Yin CC, Miranda RN, Medina AM, Sriganeshan V, Cuglievan B, Li S, Xu J, Jelloul F, Khoury JD, Thakral B, Tang G, Garces JC, Medeiros LJ. MUM1/IRF4 is Highly Expressed in Dermatopathic Lymphadenopathy. Am J Surg Pathol 46(11):1514-1523, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35877199.
- Jelloul FZ, Yang R, Garces S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok CY, Loghavi S, Routbort MJ, Zuo Z, Yin CC, Floyd K, Bassett RL, Wierda W, Jain N, Thompson P, Luthra R, Medeiros LJ, Patel KP. Landscape of NOTCH1 mutations and co-occurring biomarker alterations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leuk Res 116:106827, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35430388.
- El Hussein S, DiNardo CD, Takahashi K, Khoury JD, Fang H, Furudate K, Lyapichev KA, Garces S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok CY, Patel KP, Routbort MJ, Ravandi F, Medeiros LJ, Wang SA, Loghavi S. Acquired WT1 mutations contribute to relapse of NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant 57(3):370-376, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34992253.
- Garces S, Medeiros LJ, Marques-Piubelli ML, Coelho Siqueira SA, Miranda RN, Cuglievan B, Sriganeshan V, Medina AM, Garces JC, Saluja K, Bhattacharjee MB, Khoury JD, Li S, Xu J, Jelloul FZ, Thakral B, Cameron Yin C. Cyclin D1 expression in Rosai-Dorfman disease. Hum Pathol 121:36-45, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34995673.
- Qiu L, Xu J, Tang G, Wang SA, Lin P, Ok CY, Garces S, Yin CC, Khanlari M, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Li S. Mantle cell lymphoma with chronic lymphocytic leukemia-like features. Hum Pathol 119:59-68, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34767860.
- El Hussein S, Wang W, Wang SA, Fang H, Garces S, Tashakori M, Lyapichev KA, Qiu L, Wang X, Loghavi S, Medeiros LJ, Challagundla P, Jorgensen JL. Hematogones with light chain restriction: A potential diagnostic pitfall when using flow cytometry analysis to assess bone marrow specimens. Leuk Res 111:106704, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34735934.
- Garces S, Yin CC, Miranda RN, Patel KP, Li S, Xu J, Thakral B, Poppiti RJ, Medina AM, Sriganeshan V, Castellano-Sánchez A, Khoury JD, Garces JC, Medeiros LJ. Clinical, histopathologic, and immunoarchitectural features of dermatopathic lymphadenopathy: an update. Mod Pathol 33(6):1104-1121, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31896812.
- Alghamdi SA, Krishnamurthy K, Garces Narvaea SA, Algashaamy KJ, Aoun J, Reis IM, Recine MA, Jorda M, Poppiti RJ, Gomez-Fernandez CR. Low-Grade Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Improving Interobserver Reproducibility on the Path to Surveillance Strategies. Am J Clin Pathol 153(3):360-367, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31769792.
- Garces S, Sriganeshan V. Fibrin-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma confined to a cardiac myxoma. Blood 133(8):882, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30792226.
- Garces S, Yin CC, Patel KP, Khoury JD, Manning JT, Li S, Xu J, Pina-Oviedo S, Johnson MR, González S, Molgó M, Ruiz-Cordero R, Medeiros LJ. Focal Rosai-Dorfman disease coexisting with lymphoma in the same anatomic site: a localized histiocytic proliferation associated with MAPK/ERK pathway activation. Mod Pathol 32(1):16-26, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30323237.
- Garces S, Khoury JD, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Salem A, Wang SA, Ok CY, Hu S, Patel KP, Routbort MJ, Luthra R, Tang G, Schlette EJ, Bueso-Ramos CE, Medeiros LJ, Loghavi S. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia with proliferation centers in bone marrow is associated with younger age at initial presentation, complex karyotype, and TP53 disruption. Hum Pathol 82:215-231, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30086334.
- Garces S, Medeiros LJ, Patel KP, Li S, Pina-Oviedo S, Li J, Garces JC, Khoury JD, Yin CC. Mutually exclusive recurrent KRAS and MAP2K1 mutations in Rosai-Dorfman disease. Mod Pathol 30(10):1367-1377, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28664935.
- Cuglievan B, Menegaz BA, Garces S, Rytting ME. Acute myeloid leukaemia masquerading as a primary CNS tumour. BMJ Case Rep 2017, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28801332.
- Zaiac M, Daoud A, Lawrence K, Prado G, Miller N, Garces S, Recine M. Enhancing the antiseptic properties of nonsterile disposable gloves: A prospective randomized pilot study of a novel sterilization technique for dermatologic surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol 74(6):1262-4, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27185432.
- Delto JC, Garces S, Sidhu AS, Ghaffaripour T, Omarzai Y, Nieder AM. Giant Fungating Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Scrotum. Urology 91:e1-2, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26876464.
- Úraga E, Garcés S, Úraga MV, Reyes A, Garcés JC. Dermoscopic features of cutaneous gnathostomiasis. Int J Dermatol 54(8):986-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26095309.
- Delto JC, Wayne GF, Garces S, Medina AM, Nieder AM. An Adult Case of Paratesticular Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma. Urol Case Rep 2(4):126-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 26839788.
- Uraga E, Uraga MV, Garces S, Lubcov A, Garces JC. Tunga penetrans: Clinical, dermatoscopic and histopathological manifestations. Piel 29(4):234-237, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Guzman AL, Garces S, Ojeda IC. Sleep disorders: Understanding obstructive sleep apnea in non-neurologist physicians and their perioperative management | Trastornos del sueño: Conocimiento de apnea obstructiva del sueño en médicos no neurólogos y su manejo perioperatorio. Revista Ecuatoriana de Neurologia/Reportes de Casos Clínicos 21(1-3):49, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Guzman AL, Garces S, Ojeda IC. Knowledge of obstructive sleep apnea in general surgeons and traumatologists. Medicina 16:169-176, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
Review Articles
- He, J, Munir, F, Catueno, S, Connors, JS, Gibson, A, Robusto, L, McCall, DC, Nunez, CA, Roth, M, Tewari, P, Garces, S, Cuglievan, B, Garcia, MB. Biological Markers of High-Risk Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancers 16(5), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38473221.
- Cuglievan, B, Connors, JS, He, J, Khazal, SJ, Yedururi, S, Dai, J, Garces, S, Quesada, AE, Roth, M, Garcia, M, McCall, DC, Gibson, A, Ragoonanan, D, Petropoulos, D, Tewari, P, Nunez, CA, Mahadeo, KM, Tasian, SK, Lamble, AJ, Pawlowska, A, Hammond, DE, Maiti, A, Haddad, FG, Senapati, J, Daver, N, Gangat, N, Konopleva, M, Meshinchi, S, Pemmaraju, N. Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm. Leukemia 37(9):1767-1778, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37452102.
- Qiu L, Wang SA, Vega F, Khoury JD, Tang Z, Garces S, Medeiros LJ, Thakral B. From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center. Ann Diagn Pathol 58:151934, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35299081.
- Kim, DH, Li, S, Garces, S, Xu, J. Large B-cell lymphoma with IRF4 rearrangement and follicular Pattern. Human Pathology Reports 27, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Garces, S, Xu, J, Li, S. Primary testicular follicular lymphoma. Human Pathology Reports 27, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
Abstracts
- Garces S, Nelson, N, Christopher W, Priore S. FLT3 Variants Near Codon 835 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Institutional Experience Comparing Rapid Restriction Digest Testing with Massively Parallel Sequencing 21(6):933-1266, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Garces S, Huang WT, Li SY, Hu SM Wang W, Yin CC, Xu J, Medeiros LJ, Lin P. Clinicopathologic and Immunophenotypic Features of MYD88 L265P-positive Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma/Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM): A Study of 30 Cases. Modern Pathology-107th Annual Meeting of the United-States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology (USCAP) 31(Supplement 2):517-517, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Garces S, Medeiros LJ, Patel KP, LI SY, Pina-Oviedo S, LI JY, Khoury J, Yin CC. Recurrent KRAS and MAP2K1 Mutations Detected in Rosai-Dorfman Disease by Next-Generation Sequencing. Modern Pathology-106th Annual Meeting of the United-States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology (USCAP) 30(Supplement 2):349A, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Garces S, Medeiros LJ, Salem A, Wang S, Bueso-Ramkos CE, Khoury J, Loghavi S. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with Prominent Proliferation Centers in Bone Marrow Is Associated with High Tumor Burden and TP53 Deletion. Modern Pathology-106th Annual Meeting of the United-States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology (USCAP) 30(Supplement 2):349A-350A, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Zaiac M, Daoud A, Lawrence K, Prado G, Miller N, Garces S, Beach M. Microbial contamination of disposable nitrile gloves: A prospective, randomized pilot study of a novel sterilization technique for use in Mohs micrographic surgery. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology-74th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology 74(5):AB286, Supplement 1, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Imperatore K, Garcdes S, Vincentelli C, Williams R. Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor of the Lung With Sarcomatoid Features and Intrapulmonary Metastasis: Case Report and Literature Review. American Journal of Clinical Pathology-ASCP Annual Meeting 142(Supplement 1), 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Alghamdi SA, Krishnamurthy K, Garces Narvaez SA, Algashaamy KJ, Aoun J, Reis IM, Recine MA, Jorda M, Poppiti RJ, Gomez-Fernandez CR. Low Grade Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: How Strongly Do We Agree?. The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists Annual Meeting.
- Guzmán AL, Narváez SG, Ojeda IC. Trastornos del Sueño: Conocimiento de Apnea Obstructiva del Sueño en Médicos no Neurólogos y su Manejo Perioperatorio.
Letters to the Editor
- Jelloul FZ, Yang RK, Wang P, Garces S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok CY, Loghavi S, Routbort MJ, Zuo Z, Yin CC, Floyd K, Bassett RL, Wierda WG, Jain N, Thompson PA, Luthra R, Medeiros LJ, Patel KP. Non-coding NOTCH1 mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia negatively impact prognosis. Am J Hematol 97: E100-E102, 2022.
- El Hussein S, Hu S, Fang H, Garces S, Muzzafar T, Wang SA, Medeiros LJ, Bueso-Ramos C, Jelloul FZ. Well-differentiated systemic mastocytosis with associated myeloid sarcoma and myelodysplastic syndrome. Leuk Lymphoma 63: 235-238, 2022.
Web Publications
- Ok, CY, Tang, G, Loghavi, S, Hu, S, Wei, Q, Quesada, AE, Routbort, MJ, Kanagal Shamanna, R, Yin, CC, Sarami, I, Garces, S, Agarwal, N, Luthra, R, Fang, H, Jelloul, FZ, Bryan, J, Medeiros, LJ, Patel, KP, Toruner, GA. Comparative Analysis of Targeted RNA-Seq and Optical Genome Mapping for Detecting Gene Rearrangements in Acute Leukemia, 2025. PMCID: PMC12608001.
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