Ross Klinsberg, Luisa Florez, Robert McLay, Meena Bhattacharjee, Carlos García, Curtis Sutton, Byron Crawford. 2001. Neuropathology and Neurology. Images, Cases and Questions for Study. Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine.

www.tmc.tulane.edu/classware/pathology/medical_pathology/neuropathology/start_here.htm

Weissbecker K, Lemelle T, Deeney T, Florez L, Lacassie Y. Clinical Variability of Neurofibromatosis type I. Pediatric Review XV (10):1-3, 2001.

ABSTRACTS

60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 18-23, 2008, Washington D.C. Florez L, Haden-Pinneri K, Hines M, Wilson S, Sanchez L, Derrick S, Doyle S. Cars gone wild: Auto-pedestrian homicides in Harris County. Oral presentation.

84th Annual Meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists. April 27-30, 2007, Washington D.C. Malhotra R, Florez L, Wang M, Bhattacharjee M. Vein of Galen Malformation.

83rd Annual Meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists. April 27-30, 2007, Washington D.C. Takei, H, Florez L, Bhattacharjee M. Cytologic Features of Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma: A Review of 7 Cases.

AAFS 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, February 19-24, 2007, San Antonio, TX. Primary Breast Lymphoma with Sudden Death. Florez L, Anzalone M, Cervantes M, Buja, Haden-Pinneri K, Gutierrez C. Oral presentation.

XVI International Congress of Neuropathology, San Francisco, September 10-15, 2006. Cloudy CSF is not always pyogenic - Chemical meningitis and peritonitis following rupture of an intracranial dermoid cyst associated with Arnold Chiari malformation and lumbosacral meningomyelocele. Florez L, Eldin K, Guillory C, Kearney D L, Horst D, Dauser R, Adesina AM.

XVI International Congress of Neuropathology, San Francisco, September 10-15, 2006. Optic Nerve Medulloepithelioma: Report of two cases. Takei H, Florez L, Bhattacharjee M.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, April 22-27, 2006, San Francisco, CA. Post-operative cranial fasciitis: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature. Summers L, Florez L, Berberian J, Bhattacharjee M, Walsh J.

2005 17th Annual Tulane Health Sciences Center Research Days, March 9-10, 2005. Coffelt SB, Zwezdaryk KJ, DeSalvo J, Florez L, LaMarca HL, Scandurro AB. The pro-inflammatory peptide LL-37 is expressed in several human tumors and induces differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells towards a pro-angiogenic phenotype. Interdisciplinary Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology and Dept. of Pathology, Tulane University.

2005 Keystone Symposium on Structural Biology: Frontiers of NMR in Molecular Biology IX, 29 January - 4 February 2005, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Coffelt SB, Zwezdaryk KJ, DeSalvo J, Florez L, LaMarcal HL, Scandurro AB. LL-37 induces differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells towards a pro-angiogenic phenotype. Interdisciplinary Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology and Dept. of Pathology, Tulane University.

2004 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics. Research Day, May, 2004. Florez L, Rojas P, Moscatello D, Aracena M., Astete C.P., Y. Lacassie. Unusual Phenotypes Associated with Microdeletion 22q11.2.

2004 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting ACMG/35th Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference, Kissimmee, March 4-7. Lacassie Y and Florez L. The LSU/Children’s Hospital Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) notice of privacy practices. Genet Med 2004:

2004 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting ACMG/35th Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference, Kissimmee, March 4-7. Florez L, Rojas P, Moscatello D, Lacassie Y. Unusual Phenotypes Associated with Microdeletion 22q11.2. Genet Med.

2004 Southern Society for Pediatrics Research. New Orleans, February 12-14. Florez L, Rojas P, Moscatello D, Lacassie Y. Unusual Phenotypes Associated with Microdeletion 22q11.2. J Invest Med 52(1):S204.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics. Research Day, Friday May 30, 2003. Florez L and Lacassie Y. A New Autosomal Recessive Syndrome Involving Pierre-Robin Sequence.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics. Research Day, Friday May 30, 2003. Kylat R, Lacassie Y, Florez L, Moscatello D and Talarski A. Determining Appropriate Cytogenetic Testing: A FISHing Expedition.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics. Research Day, Friday May 30, 2003. Lacassie Y and Florez L. Art and Dsymorphology: Delineation of Botero Syndrome. A Recognizable Phenotype.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics. Research Day, Friday May 30, 2003. LaMotta I, Lacassie Y and Florez L. Provisionally Unique Autosomal Dominant Syndrome of Microcephaly, Mental Retardation, Peculiar Facies and Long Neck: 10 Years Later.

2003 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting ACMG/34th Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference, San Diego, Ca, March 13-16. Lacassie Y and Florez L. Art and Dysmorphology: Delineation of Botero Syndrome. A Recognizable Phenotype. Genet Med 5(3):219, (A74), 2003.

2003 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting ACMG/34th Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference, San Diego, Ca, March 13-16. Florez L and Lacassie Y. A New Autosomal Recessive Syndrome Involving Pierre-Robin Sequence. Genet Med 5(3):216, (A63), 2003.

2003 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting ACMG/34th Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference, San Diego, Ca, March 13-16. Lacassie Y and Florez L. Provisionally Unique Autosomal Dominant Syndrome of Microcephaly, Mental Retardation, Peculiar Facies and Long Neck: 10 Years Later. Genet Med 5(3):219, (A75), 2003.

2003 Southern Society for Pediatrics Research. New Orleans, February 20-22. Florez L, Anderson M, Lacassie Y. Prader-Willi-Like phenotype: Learning from One Case.

2002 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting ACMG/33rd Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference, New Orleans, La, March 14-17. Lacassie Y, Marble M, Faucheux J, Florez L. Coincidence of two or more disorders: An uncommon but expected diagnostic problem.

2002 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics. Research Day, Friday May 30, 2002. Lacassie Y, Marble M, Faucheux J, Florez L. Coincidence of two or more disorders: An uncommon but expected diagnostic problem.

10th International Congress of Human Genetics, Vienna, Austria, May 15-19, 2001. Lacassie Y, LaMotta I, Florez L. Nosology of Genetic Disorders. Eur J Hum Genet (Suppl 1) 9:302(A).

Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting (ACMG/32nd Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference), Miami, FL, March 1-4, 2001. Lacassie Y, LaMotta I, Florez L. Classification and Distribution of Genetic Disorders: The LSU New Orleans/Children’s Hospital Experience (1986-2000).

RESEARCH

Induction of differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells towards a pro-angiogenic phenotype through a pro-inflammatory peptide, LL-37. Coffelt SB, Zwezdaryk KJ, DeSalvo J, Florez L, LaMarca HL, Scandurro AB.

Evaluation of Uniparental Disomy (UPD) as a possible etiology of Velo-Cardio-Facial phenotype. IRB approval 4978. Investigators: Yves Lacassie, Michael Marble, Eva Morava, Fern Tsien, Luisa Florez, Julie Faucheux, Aimee Talarski.

Genetic/DNA/molecular testing for the diagnosis of rare genetic disorders. IRB approval 5818. Investigators: Yves Lacassie, Tal Thomas, Michael Marble, Luisa Florez, Julie Faucheux.

Naidech A, Florez L, Bhattacharjee M, García C. Rhabdomyolysis calcificans. American Association of Neuropathology Annual Meeting, June 2000, Chicago.

Florez L, Walsh JW, Steiner RB, Sutton C, Bhattacharjee M. Multifocal Cranial and Extracranial Fasciitis in a Young Girl with Medulloblastoma. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, January 2000, Atlanta.

ASSOCIATIONS

National Association of Medical Examiner’s - NAME.

Texas Medical Association -TMA.

American Society Clinical Pathology - ASCP.

College of American Pathologists – CAP.

Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society.

Lubbock County Medical Alliance.

-Co-President 2020-2022.

-Community Relations/Public Health Committee.

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