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Roy H. Rhodes, M.D., Ph.D.

Position: Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,

Administrative Chief: Neuropathology, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-UMDNJ, New Brunswick

Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Phone Number:   (732) 253-3137

Fax Number:  (732) 418-8348

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Clinical and Research Interests
 

 

 

Training

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University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1963‑6; B.A., Psychology, 1966

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University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California; M.S., Anatomy, 1968; Ph.D., Anatomy, 1973

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University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California; M.D., 1973

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Los Angeles County USC Medical Center; Rotating (Ophthalmology), 1973 1974

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Los Angeles County USC Medical Center; Anatomic Pathology, 1974 1975

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Fellowship Cajal Laboratory of Neuropathology, LAC‑USC; Neuropathology,  1975 ‑ 1978

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Western Reserve Care System, Youngstown; Clinical Pathology, 1996 1999

 

Honors and Awards

1977       Second Place Award, 10th Annual Residents' Symposium, Los Angeles Society of Pathologists
1987       AIDS Research International Award, presented by the World Federation of Contraception and Health & the World Academy of Population and Health Sciences

1997     
van der Hoeven Award, presented by the Ohio Association of Blood Banks, for Resident platform presentation, 10 April, 1997


 
 
 
Certifications Licensure

The American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Neuropathology, 1978

 Board Qualification:  The American Board of Pathology, Clinical Pathology, 1999

 

  New Jersey,           2004 – present
California,              1974–1996
Tennessee,            1979-1982
Ohio,                    1990–2006
Manitoba, Canada,  1999–2004
 
Office Address   Mailing Address
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Medical Education Building Room 212
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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Selected Publications

1. Rhodes, R.H., Davis, R.L., Berne, T.V. and Tatter, D. Disseminated toxoplasmosis with brain involvement in a renal allograft recipient. Bull. Los Angeles Neurol. Soc. 42:16 22, 1977.

2. Rhodes, R.H., and Wittmann, A. L. Malacoplakia of the prostate following chronic urinary tract infection. J. Urol. 117:808 810, 1977.

3. Rhodes, R.H., Davis, R.L., Kassel, S.H. and Clague, B.H. Primary cerebral neuroblastoma: a light and electron microscopic study. Acta Neuropathol. (Berl.) 41:119 124, 1978.

4. Rhodes, R.H., Frankel, K.A., Davis, R.L. and Tatter, D. Metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes: a report of two cases presenting with neurological symptoms.
Cancer 41:1179 1187, 1978.

5. Rhodes, R.H., Marchildon, M.B., Leubke, D.C., Edmondson, H.A. and Mikity, V.G. A mixed hamartoma of the liver: light and electron microscopy. Hum. Pathol. 9:211 221, 1978.

6. Rhodes, R.H. and Davis, R.L. An unusual fibro osseous component in intracranial lesions. Hum. Pathol. 9:309 319, 1978.

7. Rhodes, R.H. Development of the human optic disc: light microscopy. Am. J. Anat. 153:601 615, 1978.

8. Rhodes, R.H. A light microscopic study of the developing human neural retina. Am. J. Anat. 154:195 209, 1979.

9. Rhodes, R.H., Davis, R.L., Beamer, Y.B. and Marantz, C. A suprasellar epidermoid cyst with symptoms of hypothalamic involvement: case report and a review of pathogenetic mechanisms. Bull. Los Angeles Neurol. Soc. 46:26 32, 1981.

10. Rhodes, R.H., Dusseau, J.J., Boyd, A.S., Jr. and Knigge, K.M. Intrasellar neural adenohypophyseal choristoma: a morphological and immunocytochemical study.
J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 41:267 280, 1982.

11. Rhodes, R.H. An ultrastructural study of the complex carbohydrates of the mouse posterior vitreoretinal juncture.
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 22:460 477, 1982.

12. Rhodes, R.H., Mandelbaum, S.H., Minckler, D.S. and Cleary, P.E. Tritiated fucose incorporation in the vitreous body, lens and zonules of the pigmented rabbit.
Exp. Eye Res. 34:921 931, 1982.

13. Rhodes, R.H. and Carbajal, U.M. Ocular malformation involving tissue of neural crest derivation. Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. 219:135 139, 1982.

14. Whitaker, J.N. and Rhodes, R.H. The distribution of cathepsin D in rat tissues determined by immunocytochemistry. Am. J. Anat. 166:417 428, 1983.

15. Rhodes, R.H. An ultrastructural study of histochemical staining of complex carbohydrates in the mouse posterior vitreous body. Histochemistry 78:125 143, 1983.

16. Rhodes, R.H. A comparative study of vitreous body and zonular glycoconjugates that bind to the lectin from Ulex europaeus. Histochemistry 78:349 360, 1983.

17. Rhodes, R.H. Ultrastructure of Müller cells in the developing human retina. Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. 221:171 178, 1984.

18. Rhodes, R.H., Novak, R., Beattie, J.F., West, H.M. and Whetsell, W.O., Jr. Immunoperoxidase demonstration of herpes simplex virus type 1 in the brain of a psychotic patient without history of encephalitis. Clin. Neuropathol. 3:59 67, 1984.

19. Foos, R.Y. and Rhodes, R.H. Respirator retina. Arch. Ophthalmol. 102:296 303, 1984.

20. Rhodes, R.H. An ultrastructural study of complex carbohydrates in the posterior chamber and vitreous base of the mouse. Histochem. J. 17:291 312, 1985.

21. Zee, C. S., Segall, H.D., Rogers, C., Ahmadi, J., Apuzzo, M. and Rhodes, R.H. MR imaging of cerebral toxoplasmosis: correlation of computed tomography and pathology. J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 9:797 799, 1985.

22. Rhodes, R.H., Noguchi, T.T., Ahmadi, J., Zee, C. S. and Ross, A.A. Follow up pathology of cranial computed tomography: pitfalls in clinical radiological evaluation.
Ann. Clin. Lab. Sci. 17:36 51, 1987.

23. Ward, J.M., O'Leary, T.J., Baskin, G.B., Benveniste, R., Harris, C.A., Nara, P.L. and Rhodes, R.H. Immunohistochemical localization of human and simian immunodeficiency viral antigens in fixed tissue sections. Am. J. Pathol. 127:199 205, 1987.

24. Rhodes, R.H. Histopathology of the central nervous system in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Hum. Pathol. 18:636 643, 1987.

25. Justice, D.L., Rhodes, R.H. and Tökés, Z.A. Immunohistochemical demonstration of proteinase inhibitor alpha 1 antichymotrypsin in the normal human central nervous system. J. Cell. Biochem. 34:227 238, 1987.

26. Rhodes, R.H. Ultrastructure of complex carbohydrates of rodent and monkey ependymal glycocalyx and meninges. Am. J. Anat. 179:369 384, 1987.

27. Marshall, V.G., Bradley, W.G., Jr, Marshall, C.E., Bhoopat, T. and Rhodes, R.H. Deep white matter infarction: correlation of MR imaging and histopathologic findings. Radiology 167:517 522, 1988.

28. Loureiro, C., Gill, P.S., Meyer, P.R., Rhodes, R.H., Rarick, M.U. and Levine, A.M. Autopsy findings in AIDS related lymphoma. Cancer 62:735 739, 1988.

29. Rhodes, R.H., Ward, J.M., Walker, D.L. and Ross, A.A. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and retroviral encephalitis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 112:1207 1213, 1988.

30. Rhodes, R.H., Ward, J.M., Cowan, R.P. and Moore, P.T. Immunohistochemical localization of human immunodeficiency viral antigens in formalin fixed spinal cord with AIDS myelopathy. Clin. Neuropathol. 8:22 27, 1989.

31. Cramer, S.C., Rhodes, R.H., Acton, E.M. and Tökés, Z.A. Neurotoxicity and dermatotoxicity of cyanomorpholinyl adriamycin. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 23:71 75, 1989.

32. Kupfer, M.C., Zee, C. S., Colletti, P.M., Boswell, W.D., Rhodes, R.H. MRI evaluation of AIDS related encephalopathy: toxoplasmosis vs. lymphoma. Magn. Reson. Imaging 8:51 57, 1990.

33. Rhodes, R.H. Evidence of serum protein leakage across the blood brain barrier in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 50:171 183, 1991.

34. Shapshak, P., Yoshioka, M., Sun, N.C.J., Nelson, S.J., Rhodes, R.H., Schiller, P., Resnick, L., Shah, S.M., Svenningsson, A. and Imagawa, D.T. HIV 1 in postmortem brain tissue from patients with AIDS: a comparison of different detection techniques. AIDS 6:915 923, 1992.

35. Fiala, M., Singer, E.J., Graves, M.C., Tourtellotte, W.W., Stewart, J.A., Schable, C.A., Rhodes, R.H.and Vinters, H.V. AIDS dementia complex complicated by cytomegalovirus encephalopathy. J. Neurol. 240:223 231, 1993.

36. Rhodes, R.H. Histopathologic features in the central nervous system of 400 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cases: implications of rates of occurrence.
Hum. Pathol. 24:1189 1198, 1993.

37. Yoshioka, M., Shapshak, P., Srivastava, A.K., Stewart, R.V., Nelson, S.J., Bradley, W.G., Berger, J.R., Rhodes, R.H., Sun, N.C.J., Nakamura, S. Expression of HIV 1 and interleukin 6 in lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia of patients with AIDS. Neurology 44:1120 1130, 1994.

38. Rhodes, R.H., Cole, M., Takaoka, Y., Roessmann, U., Cotes, E.E. and Simon, J. Intraventricular cerebral neuroblastoma: analysis of subtypes and comparison with hemispheric neuroblastoma. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 118:897 911, 1994.

39. Rhodes, R.H., Madelaire, N.C., Petrelli, M., Cole, M. and Karaman, B.A. Primary angiitis and angiopathy of the central nervous system and their relationship to systemic giant cell arteritis. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 119:334 349, 1995.

40. Finelli, D.A., Christopherson, L.A., Rhodes, R.H., Keifer, S.P., Takaoka, Y.
Leptomeningeal and calvarial sarcoidosis: CT and MR appearance.
J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 19:639 642, 1995.

41. Fiala, M., Rhodes, R.H., Shapshak, P., Nagano, I., Martinez Maza, O., Diagne, A., Baldwin, G., Graves, M.
Regulation of HIV 1 infection in astrocytes: expression of Nef, TNF  and IL 6 is enhanced in coculture of astrocytes with macrophages.
J. Neurovirol. 2:158 166, 1996.

42. Ormerod, L.D., Rhodes, R.H., Gross, S.A., Crane, L.R. and Houchin, K.W.
Ophthalmologic manifestations of acquired immune deficiency syndrome associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
Ophthalmology 103:899 906, 1996.

43. Rhodes, R.H. Biological evaluation of biopsies from adult cerebral astrocytomas: cell growth/cell suicide ratios and their relationship to patient survival.
J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 57:746 757, 1998.

44. Aumin, N., Finelli D.A., Rodgers, M.S. and Rhodes, R.H. Multifocal varicella zoster virus leukoencephalitis in a patient with AIDS: MR findings. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol. 19:1897 1899, 1998.

45. Rhodes, R.H. and Wightman, H.R. Nucleus of the tractus solitarius metastasis: relationship to respiratory arrest? Can. J. Neurol. Sci. 27:328-332, 2000.

46. Rhodes, R.H., Phillips, S., Booth, F.A. and Magnus, K.G. Dissecting hematoma of intracranial internal carotid artery in an 8-year-old girl. Can. J. Neurol. Sci. 28:357-364, 2001.

47. Myal, Y., Del Bigio, M.R. and Rhodes, R.H. Age-related differences in 1p and 19q deletions in oligodendrogliomas. BMC Clin. Pathol. 3:6-14, 2003 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472- 6890/3/6)

48. Attabib, N., West, M., Rhodes, R.H. Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the cavernous sinus: case report. Neurosurgery 58:992- 995, 2006.

Consensus Paper:

1. Budka, H., Wiley, C.A., Kleihues, P., Artigas, J., Asbury, A.K., Cho, E. S., Cornblath, D.R., Dal Canto, M.C., DeGirolami, U., Dickson, D., Epstein, L.G., Esiri, M.M., Giangaspero, F., Gosztonyi, G., Gray, F., Griffin, J.W., Hé nin, D., Iwasaki, Y., Janssen, R.S., Johnson, R.T., Lantos, P.L., Lyman, W.D., McArthur, J.C., Nagashima, K., Peress, N., Petito, C.K., Price, R.W., Rhodes, R.H., Rosenblum, M., Said, G., Scaravilli, F., Sharer, L.R. and Vinters, H.V. HIV associated disease of the nervous system: review of nomenclature and proposal for neuropathology based terminology. Brain Pathol. 1:143 152, 1991.

 

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Updated Date
08/11/2008

 

 

 

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