Research Interests:
Dr. Seethala's interests are in head and neck pathology, particularly salivary gland, bone and soft tissue, and parathyroid glands. Specific interests include biomarker validation in head and neck cancer and tissue banking.
Selected Publications:
Seethala RR, LiVolsi VA, Baloch ZW. A comparison of the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and frozen section (FS) in the diagnosis of lesions of the parotid gland, Head Neck. 2005 Mar; 27(3):217-23. {Advance Online Publication, 2005 Jan 25, doi:10.1002/hed.20142}
Seethala RR, LiVolsi VA, Pasha TL, Zhang PJ, Baloch ZW. A comparison of p63 and p73 expression in benign and malignant salivary gland lesions. Head Neck. 2005 Jul 14;27(8):696-702. {Advance Online Publication, 2005 Mar 7, doi:10.1002/hed.20227}
Seethala RR, Barnes EL, Hunt JL. Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma: a review of the clinicopathologic spectrum and immunophenotypic characteristics in 61 tumors of the salivary glands and upper aerodigestive tract. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Jan;31(1):44-57
Seethala RR, Hunt JL, Baloch ZW, LiVolsi VA, Barnes EL. Adenoid cystic carcinoma with high-grade transformation: a report of 11 cases and a review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Nov;31(11):1683-1694
