Penn Medicine Provider
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cindy McGrath, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. McGrath is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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