Rohit Bhargava, MD

Division Director, Pathology at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Professor of Pathology

Dr. Bhargava is a Professor of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Chief of Pathology at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. Dr. Bhargava is an experienced breast pathologist and the sole author of the book titled "Simplified and Illustrated Breast Pathology: A Book for All Breast Care Providers". Dr. Bhargava and his colleagues at Magee-Womens Hospital are credited to the development of Magee Equations.

Clinical Expertise

  • Breast Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology
  • Immunohistochemistry and ancillary testing in breast and gynecologic tumors and other tumors in general

Certifications

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology from American Board of Pathology

Specialties

Breast and Gynecologic Pathology

Education & Training
Medical School - Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur (Raj), India, 1989-1996
Residency (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology) - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 1998-2002
Fellowship (Oncologic Pathology) - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2002-2003
Fellowship (Diagnostic Molecular Pathology) - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2003-2004
Awards
Outstanding Faculty Research Mentor (Resident Teaching Award)-University of Pittsburgh, 2018
Outstanding Teaching in Anatomic Pathology (Resident Teaching Award)- University of Pittsburgh, 2012
F. Stephen Vogel Award from the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2006
Outstanding Resident of the Year-Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 2002
Research Interests

Dr. Bhargava's research interests include identifying novel diagnostic and prognostic markers for breast cancer, study of predictive biomarkers in breast carcinoma and their correlation to clinical outcome, and validation of new and informative diagnostic assays in breast and gynecologic pathology and general oncology.

Representative Publications

View Dr. Bhargava's publications on PubMed

A Complete List of Dr. Bhargava's Publications

Book

Book Chapters

  • Approach to histopathologic diagnosis. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. and Wendie Berg, M.D. Diagnostic Imaging: Breast, 3rd Edition (Berg W, Leung JWT Ed), Elsevier, USA.
  • Immunohistology of the Breast. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. (first author), and David J Dabbs, M.D. Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, 5th edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2018.
  • Immunohistology of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. (first author) and David J Dabbs, M.D. Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, 5th edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2018.
  • Apocrine Carcinoma. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology, 2nd edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. November 4, 2016.
  • Molecular classification of breast carcinomas. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology, 2nd edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. November 4, 2016.
  • Immunohistology of the Breast. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. and David J Dabbs, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology, 2nd edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. November 4, 2016.
  • Pathology of neoadjuvant therapeutic response of breast carcinoma. Sunati Sahoo, M.D., David J Dabbs, M.D., and Rohit Bhargava, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology, 2nd edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. November 4, 2016.
  • Predictive and prognostic marker testing in breast pathology: immunophenotypic subclasses of disease. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. and David J Dabbs, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology, 2nd edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. November 4, 2016.
  • Immunohistology of the Breast. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. (first author), and David J Dabbs, M.D. Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, 4th edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. December 2013.
  • Immunohistology of Metastatic Carcinomas of Unknown Primary. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. (first author) and David J Dabbs, M.D. Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, 4th edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. December 2013.
  • Approach to histopathologic diagnosis. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. and Wendie Berg, M.D. Diagnostic Imaging: Breast, 2nd Edition (Berg W, Yang W Ed), Amirsys, USA. November 2013
  • Apocrine Carcinoma. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2012.
  • Molecular classification of breast carcinomas. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2012.
  • Immunohistology of the Breast. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. and David J Dabbs, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2012.
  • Pathology of neoadjuvant therapeutic response of breast carcinoma. Sunati Sahoo, M.D., Rohit Bhargava, M.D. and David J Dabbs, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2012.
  • Predictive and prognostic marker testing in breast pathology: immunophenotypic subclasses of disease. D Craig Allred, M.D., Rohit Bhargava, M.D. and David J Dabbs, M.D. Textbook of Breast Pathology (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2012.
  • Immunohistology of the Breast. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. (first author), Nicole N Esposito, M.D., David J Dabbs, M.D. Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, 3rd edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2010.
  • Immunohistology of Metastatic Carcinomas of Unknown Primary. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. (first author) and David J Dabbs, M.D. Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, 3rd edition (Dabbs DJ, Ed), Elsevier, USA. February 2010.
  • Pathologic Evaluation of Metastases: Immunohistology. Rohit Bhargava, M.D. (first author), Mark R Wick, M.D., David J Dabbs, M.D. Metastatic Carcinomas of Unknown Origin (Wick MR, Ed), Demos Medical Publishing, New York, 2008.