Rebecca L King, MD
Rebecca L King, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
34th and Civic Center Blvd
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5 Main, Room 5140
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5 Main, Room 5140
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 240-535-2768
Email:
kingr2@email.chop.edu
kingr2@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.S. (Biology, Minor: Chemistry)
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 2002.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
Permanent linkB.S. (Biology, Minor: Chemistry)
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 2002.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Diagnostic hematopathology, flow cytometry, molecular hematopathology.Description of Research Expertise
Cytogenetic and molecular studies in hematopathology.Appropriate use of ancillary studies in hematopathology.
Selected Publications
JL Neff, X Fan, R Ohgami, Y Wu, SM Choi, RL King, DJ Tagliente, A Bagg, A Orazi, DA Arber, SA Wang, WG Morice II. : The Pathologist’s Approach to T-Cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia Diagnosis: A Multicenter Comparative Study by the Bone Marrow Pathology Group. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2013.King RL, Paessler MP, Wertheim GW. : Incidental EBV-Positivity in Pediatric Post-Transplant Patients and Tonsillectomy Specimens Demonstrates the Need for Stringent Criteria for Diagnosing PTLD. Society for Pediatric Pathology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2013. (Presenting author) 2013.
Rebecca L. King MD, Matthew T. Howard MD, Janice M. Hodnefield MS MT, William G. Morice MD PhD: IgM Multiple Myeloma: Pathologic Evaluation of a Rare Entity. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 2013 Notes: (Accepted for Publication).
Tagliente DJ, King RL, Neff J, Nowakowski GS, Howard MT, Morice WG. : Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorder of Natural Killer Cells (CLPD-NK): A Singular Entity Resembling T-Cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia (T-LGL) or a Heterogeneous Group of Conditions? United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2013.
King RL, Howard MT, Hodnefield JM, Morice WG.: IgM Multiple Myeloma Has Unique Attributes Distinguishing It from Other Plasma Cell Neoplasms and Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma. Presented at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting (Poster Presentation). March 2012.
King RL, Hanson CA, Ketterling RP, Van Dyke DL, Kurtin PJ.: Bone Marrow Cytogenetics Is Ineffective for Staging Lymphoma and Can Be Reduced by Test Utilization Guideline Implementation. Presented at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting (Poster Presentation). March 2012.
King RL, Yan AC, Sekiguchi DR, Choi JK. : Atypical cutaneous γδ T cell proliferation with morphologic features of lymphoma but with clinical features and course of PLEVA or lymphomatoid papulosis. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. In press. 2012.
King RL, Frank DM.: Extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma presenting in the skin. Presented at the Society for Hematopathology Workshop, Los Angeles, CA (Oral Presentation). October 2011.
King RL, Naghashpour M, Watt CD, Morrissette JD, Bagg A.: A comparative analysis of molecular genetic and conventional cytogenetic detection of diagnostically important translocations in over 400 cases of acute leukemia, highlighting the frequency of false negative conventional cytogenetics. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 135(6): 921-8, June 2011.
King RL, Yan A, Sekiguchi D, Choi J.: Case presentation: Atypical PLEVA mimicking primary cutaneous gamma-delta T cell lymphoma. Presented at the Society for Hematopathology Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, October 2011, and the Atlantic Regional Hematopathology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Oral Presentation). May 2011.