Cindy McGrath, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Student Fellowship, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Director, Cytopathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
My areas of clinical expertise:
Cytopathology
Gynecologic Cytopathology and Pathology
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing
Fine Needle Aspiration, Performance and Interpretation
Cytopathology Quality Assurance and Improvement
Cytopathology in Personalized Diagnostics / Precision Medicine
Molecular Testing and Cytopathology
Lung Cancer Program
Personalized Diagnostics
Personalized Medicine and Cytopathology
Clinical Operations and Quality Assurance
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Cytopathology
- Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1998
- Pathology - Clinical
- American Society of Clinical Pathology, National
- American Society of Cytopathology, National
- College of American Pathologists, National
- Papanicolaou Society, National
- Pathology Society of Philadelphia, Local
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Shuanzheng Wei, MD, PhD; David Lieberman, MS, CGC; Jennifer J.D. Morrissette, PhD; Zubair W. Baloch, MD, PhD; David B. Roth, MD, PhD; Cindy McGrath, MD Using “Residual” Fine Needle Aspiration Rinse and Body Fluid Specimens for Next-Generation Sequencing: An Institutional Experience , Cancer Cytopathology, 124(5): 2016,324-329
Cindy McGrath, M.D., Annemarie Pondo, CT(ASCP), Prabodh Gupta, M.D. Performance of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) High Risk (HR) DNA Testing in Daily Clinical Practice , Cancer Cytopathology, 105(S5): 2005,371
Ramolgola-Masire D, McGrath CM, Barnhart KT, Friedman HM, Zetola NM Subtype distribution of human papillomavirus in HIV-infected women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasis stages 2 and 3 in Botswana. , Int J Gynecol Pathol, 30(6): 2011,591-6
McGrath CM (Gyn), Mies C, McGrath CM (Breast) Reproduction Block Pathology Lab/Small Group Sessions: Gynecologic and Breast Pathology Labs , Digital Slidebox--Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Module 2 Organ Pathology; conversion of small group sessions into digital slidebox interactive program with annotations and virtual slides: 2011
Cindy McGrath, M.D., Seth Fleisher, CT(ASCP), Terri Pasha, B.S., Prabodh Gupta, M.D. Detection of High Risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA: Comparison of Hybrid Capture 2 and INFORM™ In Situ Hybridization , Cancer Cytopathology, 105(S5): 2005,371
Chou D, Ma Y, Zhang J, McGrath C, Parry S Cytomegalovirus infection of trophoblast cells elicits an inflammatory reponse: A possible mechanism of placental dysfunction , Am J Obstet Gynecol, 194(2): 2006,535-541
Jeronis S, Vichnin M, Chu CS, McGrath C Persistence of cervical human papillomavirus and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1 in an inner city population , J Lower Genital Tract Infection, 10(3): 2006,182
Arechavaleta-Velasco F, Ma Y, Zhang J, McGrath CM, Parry S Adeno-Associated Virus-2 (AAV-2) causes trophoblast dysfunction, and placental AAV-2 infection is associated with preeclampsia , American Journal Of Pathology, 168(6): 2006,1951-1959
Saqi A, Pasha TL, McGrath CM, Yu GH, Zhang, P, Gupta P. Overexpression of p16INK4A in liquid-based specimens (SurePathÔ) as marker of cervical dysplasia and neoplasia , Diagn Cytopathol, 27(6): 2002,365-370
Dinan D, Yu GH, Zhang PJ, Nachamkin I, McGrath CM Comparison of efficacy of diagnostic modalities in detecting Aspergillosis in non-HIV immunocompromised patients , Modern Pathology, 16(1): 2003,262-263A