Rashmi Tondon, M.D., P.D.C.C.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pathologist in-charge, GI Oncology Multidisciplinary Case Conference and Tumor Board, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, GI Pathology , Penn Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Founders#6.077
3400 Spruce Street
Perelman School of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Founders#6.077
3400 Spruce Street
Perelman School of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-615-3642
Education:
MBBS (Medical School and Internship)
GSVM Medical College/UHM Hospital, Kanpur, 2001.
MD (Pathology)
MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India, 2004.
PDCC (Transfusion Medicine)
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, 2005.
Permanent linkMBBS (Medical School and Internship)
GSVM Medical College/UHM Hospital, Kanpur, 2001.
MD (Pathology)
MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India, 2004.
PDCC (Transfusion Medicine)
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, 2005.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Luminal Gastrointestinal tract, Pancreas and Liver Pathology with focus on Stomach and Medical Liver Pathology.Description of Research Expertise
Selected Publications
Reiss KA, Xia M, Akamandisa M, D'Andrea K, Wubbenhorst B, Lord CJ, Pettitt SJ, Tutt ANJ, Brown TJ, O'Hara MH, Schneider C, Teitelbaum U, Hannan Z, Hood R, Tondon R, Vonderheide RH, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL.: Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With BRCA+ or PALB2+ Pancreatic Cancer Treated With Maintenance Rucaparib: A Secondary Analysis of a Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. Apr 2026.McVey JC, Wattenberg MM, Coho H, Infante K, Markowitz K, Delman D, Clendenin C, Furth EE, Tondon R, Stanger BZ, Vonderheide RH, Reiss KA, Beatty GL. : Sequential platinum and PARP Inhibition enhances PD1 immunotherapy efficacy in murine BRCA2 mutated pancreatic cancer. Sci Rep. Jan 2026.
Koga S, Guda A, Wang Y, Sahni A, Wu J, Rosen A, Nield J, Nandish N, Patel K, Goldman H, Rajapakse CS, Walle S, Stashek K, Tondon R, Alipour Z.: Accuracy of Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models for Hepatic Macrovesicular Steatosis Quantification in Frozen Sections. Arch Pathol Lab Med. Dec 2025.
Ozcelik Y, Wang L, Koga S, Madabhushi S, Stashek K, Furth EE, Tondon R. : Distinguishing Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis from Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplant Patients: Analysis of Key Histologic Features. ASCP 2025; AJCP 2025.
Guda A, Wang Y, Sahni A, Goldman H, Rajapakse C, Koga S, Stashek K, Tondon R, Alipour Z. : Evaluation of Foundational Pathology Models for Quantification of Hepatic Macrovesicular Steatosis in Frozen Sections. Abstract presentation at CAP 2025 2025.
Jain S, Toto E, Tondon R. : Incidental Mixed Adenoma-Neuroendocrine Neoplasm (MiNEN) of Duodenum and Whipple Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. Jun 2024.
Harris JC, Zhang Q, Tondon R, Alipour Z, Stashek K.: Characterization of Amyloidosis in the Gastrointestinal Tract With an Emphasis on Histologically Distinct Interstitial Patterns of Deposition and Misinterpretations. Am J Surg Pathol. Mar 2024.
Abdellatif I,..Tondon R, Reddy R,... Singhal AK. (multiple authors): Ahead, a novel validated machine learning model for clinical diagnosis of alcohol-associated hepatitis. Oral presentation/AASLD 2024.
Alipour Z, Haye K, Yang Z, Tondon R, Stashek K.: Reassessing Inflammatory Bowel Disease Biopsies Diagnosed as Indefinite for Dysplasia in the Era of Non-Conventional Dysplasia. Abstract/Modern Pathology 2024.
J Swachi, Stashek K, Alipour J, Tondon R.: Definite characterization of well-differentiated hepatocellular lesions on biopsy: a 20-year retrospective institutional analysis in the United States of diagnostic challenging cases with long term follow-up. Abstract/EASL Congress 2024, Milan, Italy. 2024.