Kimmo Hatanpaa, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Pathology

Contact Information

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

Office Phone: 214-648-2148
Office Fax: 214-648-2077

kimmo.hatanpaa@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (2002)
ResidencyYale-New Haven Hospital (2000)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Tampere (1999)
FellowshipNational Institute on Aging (1998)

Research Interests

Brain tumors
Neurodegenerative diseases

Publications

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Abnormal neurites containing C-terminally truncated alpha-synuclein are present in Alzheimer’s disease without conventional Lewy body pathology

Lewis KA, Su Y, Jou O, Ritchie C, Foong C, Hynan LS, White CL 3rd, Thomas PJ, and Hatanpaa KJ , Am J Pathol , 2010; (177(6):):3037-3050

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in glioma: signal transduction, neuropathology, imaging and radioresistance

Hatanpaa KJ, Burma S, Zhao D, and Habib AA , Neoplasia , 2010; (12(9)):675-84

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RIP1 links inflammatory and tumor suppressor signaling pathways by inhibiting p53 induction through NF-kB activation and confers a worse prognosis in glioblastoma

Park S, Hatanpaa KJ (co-first author), Xie Y, Mickey BE, Madden CJ, Raisanen JM, Ramnarain DB, Xiao G, Saha D, Boothman DA, Bachoo RM, Pieper RO, and Habib AA , Cancer Res , 2009; (69(7)):2809-16.

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TAR DNA-binding protein 43 immunohistochemistry reveals extensive neuritic pathology in FTLD-U: a midwest-southwest consortium for FTLD study

Hatanpaa KJ, Bigio EH, Cairns NJ, Womack KB, Weintraub S, Morris JC, Foong C, Xiao G, Hladik C, Mantanona TY, White CL 3rd , J Neuropathol Exp Neurol , 2008; (67(4)):271-9

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Most cases of dementia with hippocampal sclerosis may represent frontotemporal dementia

Hatanpaa KJ, Blass DM, Pletnikova O, Crain BJ, Bigio EH, Hedreen JC, White CL 3rd, Troncoso JC , Neurology , 2004; (63):538?42

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Molecular diagnosis of oligodendroglioma in paraffin sections

Hatanpaa KJ, Burger PC, Eshleman JR, Berg KD , Lab Invest , 2003; (83(3)):419-428

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Loss of proteins regulating synaptic plasticity in normal aging of the human brain and in Alzheimer’s disease

Hatanpaa KJ, Isaacs KR, Shirao T, Brady DR, and Rapoport SI , J Neuropathol Exp Neurol , 1999; (58(6)):637-43.

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No association between Alzheimer plaques and decreased levels of cytochrome oxidase subunit mRNA, a marker of energy metabolism

Hatanpaa KJ, Chandrasekaran K, Brady DR, Rapoport SI , Molecular Brain Research , 1998; (59):13-21

Neuropathologic diagnostic and nosologic criteria for frontotemporal lobar degeneration: consensus of the Consortium for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Cairns NJ, Bigio EH, Mackenzie IRA, Hatanpaa KJ, White III CL, Schneider JA, Tenenholz Grinberg L, Halliday G, Duyckaerts C, Lowe JS, Holm IE, Tolnay M, Okamoto K, Yokoo H, Murayama S, Woulfe J, Dickson DW, Trojanowski JQ, and Mann DM , Acta Neuropathol , 2007; (114(1)):5-22

Dementia in hippocampal sclerosis resembles frontotemporal dementia more than Alzheimer disease

Blass DM, Hatanpaa KJ, Brandt J, Rao V, Steinberg M, Troncoso JC, Rabins PV , Neurology , 2004; (63):492-97

Honors/Awards

American Association of Neuropathologists

Moore Award for the Best Paper on Clinico-Pathological Correlation, honorable mention (2010)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association of Neuropathologists

Association for Molecular Pathology