— College of Medicine — Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology — Faculty — Julia A. Bridge, MD

Julia A. Bridge, MD

Professor, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Director, FISH and Cytogenetics, ProPath, Dallas, TX

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Julia A. Bridge, MD, has served director of FISH and Cytogenetics at ProPath in Dallas, TX, since 2021 while she continues to serve as a professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.

Education & Training

BS: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1984
MD: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1984
Pathology Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 1984-88
Special Fellow in Cytogenetics: UNMC, University of Kansas Medical Center, 1988-89
Fellowship: Molecular biology, Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1989-90

Research

My research involves several aspects of genetics with special emphasis on cancer genetics of bone and soft tissue tumors. Over the years, we have identified a number of tumor specific chromosomal abnormalities, fusion transcripts, and/or genomic imbalances/mutations for both benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors as well as other solid tumors such as brain and kidney. These genetic abnormalities are important diagnostically and prognostically, as well as defining treatment strategies to include novel therapeutic targets. These data have also contributed significantly to our understanding of the histopathogenesis of many of these neoplasms.

Publications

Expertise/Area of Focus

Cytopathology, pathology of bone and soft tissue tumors, molecular pathology

Professional Memberships

President, International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Secretarial Appointee to the Department of Veterans Affairs Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee
World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone Working Group and Editor
U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology Nominating Committee & Foundation Committee
Childrens Oncology Group Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma Committees
College of American Pathologists/American College of Medical Genetics Cytogenetics Resource Committee
College of American Pathologists/International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/Association of Molecular Pathology Lung Biomarker Advisory Panel
College of American Pathologists Molecular Oncology Committee
College of American Pathologists Cancer Biomarker Reporting Committee, Melanoma
Editorial Board, Cancer Genetics
Editorial Board, Cancer Cytopathology
Editorial Board, Modern Pathology
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society