Dr. Quiroga-Garza is a member of the Division of Anatomic Pathology.
Clinical Expertise
- Genitourinary Pathology
- Cytopathology
Education & Training
MD - Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico (UANL)
Pathology Residency - Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston TX
Cytopathology Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Selective/Genitourinary Pathology - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Research Interests
Dr. Quiroga-Garza currently serves as Assistant Professor of Pathology at the GU Center of Excellence at Shadyside Hospital, UPMC. Her areas of interest include genitourinary pathology, in particular renal cell carcinomas and urothelial carcinoma. Dr. Quiroga-Garza is also trained and Board certified in pathology by the Mexican Pathology Boards.
Representative Publications
- Patwardhan, P. P., & Quiroga-Garza, G. M. (2023). Extramammary paget disease of the penoscrotal region. Pathology, research and practice, 241, 154283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prp.2022.154283
- Almutairi, F., Geisler, D., Rammal, R., Korentzelos, D., Bastacky, S., Dhir, R., Bhattu, A., & Quiroga-Garza, G. M. (2023). Malignant germ cell tumors in men aged 50 years and over are associated with adverse pathologic features and higher stage at presentation. Annals of diagnostic pathology, 62, 152070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2022.152070
- Geisler, D., Almutairi, F., John, I., Quiroga-Garza, G., Yu, M., Seethala, R., & Bastacky, S. (2022). Malignant juxtaglomerular cell tumor. Urology case reports, 45, 102176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102176
- Acosta, A. M., Sangoi, A. R., Maclean, F., Trpkov, K., Osunkoya, A. O., Collins, K., Miyamoto, H., Hirsch, M. S., Chan, E., Tretiakova, M., Mohanty, S. K., Kaushal, S., Cornejo, K. M., Aron, M., Quiroga-Garza, G., Arora, K., Nguyen, J. K., Williamson, S. R., Epstein, J. I., & Matoso, A. (2022). Prostatic malakoplakia: clinicopathological assessment of a multi-institutional series of 49 patients. Histopathology, 81(4), 520–528. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14729
- Quiroga-Garza, G. M., Lajara, S., Burgess, M. A., & John, I. (2021). Distant metastatic potential in primary renal sarcoma with MEIS1-NCOA2 gene fusion. Histopathology, 79(1), 117–118. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14345