Cardiovascular Pathology
Author of two landmark textbooks on cardiovascular pathology, with extensive research on arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, sudden cardiac death, aortitis, and cardiac tumors.
During my time at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the University of Maryland, I developed deep expertise in cardiovascular pathology, resulting in two major textbooks and a large body of peer-reviewed work.
Books:
- Practical Cardiovascular Pathology — Burke & Távora, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012
- Atlas of Tumor Pathology: Tumors of the Heart and Great Vessels — Burke, Távora, Maleszewski & Frazier, AFIP, 2014
Research areas:
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) — desmosomal protein mutations and autopsy findings
- Sudden cardiac death — morphologic substrates, coronary artery disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac sarcoidosis
- Aortitis and aortic aneurysms
- Cardiac allograft pathology and transplant rejection
- Cardiac tumors — classification and WHO contributions
- Chagas disease cardiomyopathy
Selected publications:
- Maleszewski et al., J Thorac Oncol 2022
- Burke & Távora, J Thorac Oncol 2016
- Zhang et al., Am J Surg Pathol 2012
- Távora et al., Human Pathology 2012