Miroslav Djokic, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology

Dr. Djokic is a member of the Division of Hematopathology and the Medical Director of the Bone Marrow and Hematology Laboratories at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Research Interests

Dr. Miroslav Djokic's research focuses on the study of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the use of multiparameter flow cytometry, interphase FISH and molecular assays in diagnosis of myeloid and lymphoproliferative disorders.

Representative Publications

View Dr. Djokic's publications on PubMed

  • Jain J, Enzerra M, Rohtesh SM, Smith R, Djokic M. Bone Marrow Biopsies Performed by Both the Powered OnControl Drill Device and the Jamshidi needle Produce Adequate Specimens. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2017 June;70(6):541-543. PMID: 28062659
  • O'Halloran K, Ritchey AK, Djokic M, Friehling E. Transient Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) in the setting of PTPN11 mutation and Noonan syndrome with secondary development of monosomy 7. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 Jul;64(7). PMID: 28084675
  • Raval JS, Berg AN, Djokic M, Roth CG, Rollins-Raval MA. Factor XIII Subunit A Immunohistochemical Expression is Associated With Inferior Outcomes in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2018 Mar;26(3):202-205. PMID: 27299191.
  • Ganapathi SS, Raikar SS, Yatsenko SA, Djokic M, Bukowinski A. Mixed phenotype acute leukemia in a child associated with a NUP98-NSD1 fusion and NRAS p.Gly61Arg mutation. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2021 Mar 30:e1372. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1372. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33784031.