Dr. Droc

Claudia L. Droc, MD

Education

  • Facultatea de Medicina si Farmacie “Victor Babes” Romania : M.D.

Post-Graduate Training

  • Facultatea de Medicina si Farmacie “Victor Babes” Romania : Anatomic Pathology
  • University of S. Florida: Anatomical and Clinical Pathology
  • University of S. Florida: Cytopathology

Current Positions

  • Cytopathologist: Western Pathology Associates

Areas of Interest

  • Cytology
  • Oncology
  • Breast Pathology
  • GYN Pathology

Publications

  • Claudia Droc, MD, Jeremy Bowers, MD, Marilyn Bui MD, PhD, Santo V. Nicosia MD; “The Number of Mast Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes of Breast Cancer Patients Using Imprint Cytology” to be published.
  • Claudia Droc, MD, Jeffery Aufman MD, Barbara Centeno, MD: “Diagnostic Challenges in Fine Needle Aspiration of Liver Lesions” Pathology Case Reviews, vol. 14 (1), Jan/Feb. 2009.
  • Claudia Droc, MD; Jeremy Bowers, MD;  Shelbourn Kent, MD; Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD, Santo V. Nicosia, MD, Charles Cox, MD; "Intraoperative Evaluation of Sentinel Lymph Nodes by Cytokeratin Immunostaining In Breast Cancer Patients" to be published.
  • Claudia Droc, MD; Pawini Khanna, MD; Charles Paidas, MD; Enid Gilbert-Barness; "Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma Arising in Ureter"; Fetal and Pediatric Pathology, Volume 27, Issue 1, June 2008, pages 1-11.
  • Claudia Droc, MD, Hernani D. Cualing, MD, and Marshall E. Kadin, MD "Need for an Improved Molecular/Genetic Classification for CD30+ Lymphomas Involving the Skin": Cancer Control, Vol, 14, No. 2, April 2007.
    • Article used as a reference in: “WHO Classification of Tumors of Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues” fourth edition, 2008
  • Claudia Droc, MD; “Struma Ovarii – Clinical and Histopathological Correlations”, Arad Academic Days, 1999, Romania
  • Claudia Droc, MD, Corina Frandes MD; “ Shape and Size of Human Hyoid Bone – Proposal for an Alternative Classification”; Academic Days, 1998, Romania
  • Claudia Droc, MD, Corina Frandes, MD; “ A Method for Measuring the Articular Surface of the Bones - Distal Articular Surface of the Femur”; Academic Days, 1998, Romania