Samaneh A Motanagh MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Magee-Women’s Hospital Pathology

Dr. Motanagh is a member of the Division of Breast and Gynecologic Pathology.

Clinical Expertise

  • Breast Pathology
  • Gynecologic Pathology
Education & Training
MD- Ankara University School of Medicine -2012
AP/CP Pathology Residency- Dartmouth health (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center)-2022
Clinical Instructorship - Breast and Gynecologic Pathology; Magee Women’s Hospital, University of Pittsburgh
Representative Publications

 

  1. Motanagh SA, Muller KE. Invasive lobular carcinoma with papillary features: A newly described variant that poses a difficult histologic differential diagnosis. Breast J. 2020 Jun;26(6):1231-1233. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13784. Epub 2020 Feb 18. Pages (1-3). PMID: 32068324.

 

 

  1. Matrai C, Motanagh S, Mirabelli S, Ma L, He B, Chapman-Davis E, Kurtis B,

Elemento O, Mosquera JM, Ellenson LH. Molecular Profiles of Mixed

Endometrial Carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2020 Aug;44(8):1104-1111. doi:

10.1097/PAS.0000000000001519. Pages (1-8).PMID: 32604171.

 

 

  1. Ginter PS, McIntire PJ, Kurtis B, Mirabelli S, Motanagh S, Hoda S, Elemento O, Shin SJ, Mosquera JM. Adenomyoepithelial tumors of the breast: molecular underpinnings of a rare entity. Mod Pathol. 2020 Sep;33(9):17641772. doi: 10.1038/s41379-020-0552-x. Epub 2020 Apr 30. Pages (1-9). PMID: 32355271.

 

  1. Vosoughi A, Zhang T, Shohdy KS, Vlachostergios PJ, Wilkes DC, Bhinder B,

Tagawa ST, Nanus DM, Molina AM, Beltran H, Sternberg CN, Motanagh S, Robinson BD, Xiang J, Fan X, Chung WK, Rubin MA, Elemento O, Sboner A, Mosquera JM, Faltas BM. Common germline-somatic variant interactions in advanced urothelial cancer. Nat Commun. 2020 Dec 3;11(1):6195. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19971-8. Pages (1-13). PMID: 33273457; PMCID: PMC7713129.

 

  1. Motanagh S, Bridge JA, Linos K. Acral fibromyxoma with loss of Rb1 by immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization: A diagnostically exploitable marker. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Feb;48(2):295-301. doi: 10.1111/cup.13773. Epub 2020 Jul 6. Pages (1-7). PMID: 32524651.

 

  1. Glass RE, Levy JJ, Motanagh SA, Vaickus LJ, Liu X. Atypia of undetermined significance in thyroid cytology: Nuclear atypia and architectural atypia are associated with different molecular alterations and risks of malignancy. Cancer Cytopathol. 2021 Dec;129(12):966-972. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22495. Epub 2021 Aug 16. Pages (1-7). PMID: 34399035.

 

  1. Poore B, Hamilton R, Kelliher MT, Mahmood S, Mindiola-Romero AE, Richards R, Motanagh S, Cervinski MA, Nerenz RD. Retrospective Evaluation of the Antibody Prevalence in Epilepsy and Encephalopathy (APE2) Score. J Appl Lab Med. 2022 Jan 5;7(1):36-45. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfab106. Pages (110). PMID: 34996088.

 

  1. Glass RE, Marotti JD, Kerr DA, Levy JJ, Vaickus LJ, Gutmann EJ, Tafe LJ, Motanagh SA, Sorensen MJ, Davies L, Liu X. Using molecular testing to improve the management of thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology: an institutional experience with review of molecular alterations. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2022 Mar-Apr;11(2):79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2021.08.004. Epub 2021 Aug 21. Pages (1-8). PMID: 34627720.

 

 

  1. Matrai CE, Ohara K, Eng KW, Glynn SM, Chandra P, Chatterjee-Paer S, Motanagh S, Mirabelli S, Kurtis B, He B, Sigaras A, Gupta D, Chapman-Davis E, Holcomb K, Sboner A, Elemento O, Ellenson LH, Mosquera JM. Molecular Evaluation of Low-grade Low-stage Endometrial Cancer With and Without Recurrence. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2022 May 1;41(3):207-219. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000798. Epub 2021 Sep 6. Pages (1-13). PMID: 34483300; PMCID: PMC9018213.

 

  1. Cyrta J, Rosiene J, Bareja R, Kudman S, Al Zoughbi W, Motanagh S, Wilkes DC, Eng K, Zhang T, Sticca E, Mathew S, Rubin MA, Sboner A, Elemento O, Rubin BP, Imielinski M, Mosquera JM. Whole-genome characterization of myoepithelial carcinomas of the soft tissue. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2022 Dec 28;8(7):a006227. doi: 10.1101/mcs.a006227. PMID: 36577525; PMCID: PMC9808553.