Rita Gander, PhD

Professor
Pathology
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Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-3120
Office Fax: 214-648-8037

rita.gander@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Rita Gander, Ph.D., ABMM has worked for more than 25 years in the field of clinical microbiology.  She serves as a director and clinical consultant of the clinical microbiology laboratories at St. Paul University Hospital and Parkland Health and Hospital System.  Dr. Gander is a microbiology lecturer to medical students, pathology residents, clinical microbiology fellows and infectious diseases fellows.

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Texas Health Science San Antonio (1985)
UndergraduateUniversity of Texas at Austin (1973)

Research Interests

Development and/or evaluation of diagnostic methods in clinical microbiology, particularly molecular assays.

Publications

Featured
Cutaneous fusariosis developing in a post-irradiation site

Chan, J.L., W. Dai, J.W. Dharamsi, S. Soliman, C. Ricotti, R. M. Gander, P.R. Bergstresser, Dermatology Online Journal, 2011; 17 (5):5

Featured
Q fever over 75 years: What have we achieved?

Alatoom, A., J.N. Ricaldi, R. Sumpter R. Gander, American Society of Clinical Pathology Check Sample, 2010; MB10 (7):73-86

Featured
Impact of phlebotomy-drawn blood cultures on contamination rates and health care costs in a hospital emergency department.

Gander, R.M., L. Byrd, M. DeCrescenzo, S. Hirany, M. Bowen, J. Baughman, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2009; 47 (4):1021-1024

Featured
Fasciola hepatica infection in the United States.

Alatoom A., D. Cavuoti, P. Southern, R. Gander, Lab Medicine, 2008; 39 (7):425-428

Featured
Fascioliasis in pregnancy.

Alatoom A., J. Sheffield, R. Gander, P. Southern, J. Shaw, D. Cavuoti, Obstetrics and Gynecology , 2008; 112 (2):483-485

Featured
Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana

Hussey S., R. Gander, Southern P, Hoang MP, Archives of Pathology & Lab Medicine, 2005; 129 (6):794-797

Featured
Stability of Preservcyt® for Hybrid Capture® (HCII) HPV Test

Sailors, J., R. Gander, M.H. Saboorian, P. Berkley, B. Foster, R. Ashfaq, Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2005; 32 (5):260-263

Featured
Ophthalmomyiasis Externa in Dallas County: A Case Report

Siguauke, E., P.M. Southern, R.M. Gander, D. Cavuoti, W. Beebe , Am. J. Trop. Med. Hygiene , 2003; (68):46-47

Featured
Reflex HPV DNA testing on residual liquid-based (TPPTTM) cervical samples; focus on age-stratified clinical performance

Sarode, V.R., C. Werner, R. Gander, B. Foster, A. Fulmer, M. H. Saboorian, R. Ashfaq , Cancer Cytopathology, 2003; 99 (3):149-155

Featured
Splenic abscess with Vibrio cholerae

Cavuoti, D., M. Fogli, R. Quinton, R.M. Gander, P.M. Southern, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2002; 43:311-313

Books

Handbook of Clinical Pathology (Molecular Testing for Infectious Disease.)

Rogers, B.B., R.M. Gander, R.W. McKenna and J.H. Keffer, ASCP Press, American Society of Clinical Pathologists (Chicago, Illinois) 2000

Honors/Awards

Dean's List at University of Texas

(1973)

Dean's List at University of Houston

(1972)

Distinguished Service Award, 2000, Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology

S.E. Sulkin Award for Outstanding Student Paper, 1985, Texas Branch of American Society for Microbiology (Fall), San Antonio, Texas

Professional Associations/Affiliations

North Texas Society for Pathology

(2005)

Texas Society of Infectious Diseases

(1994)

Infectious Diseases Society of America

(1992)

American Board of Medical Microbiology

(1990)

Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology

(1989)

Texas Society for Clinical Microbiology

(1988)

American Society for Microbiology

(1981)

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

(1975)