Carolyn Glass
Carolyn Glass

Carolyn Glass

Associate Professor of Pathology

Overview

Division Chief, Cardiovascular Pathology 

Co-Director, Division of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Pathology

Associate Director of Immune Oncology, BioRepository & Precision Pathology Center

Associate Director, Residency Program  

Dr. Glass initially trained as a vascular surgeon with a focus on endovascular/interventional procedures through the 0+5 Integrated Vascular Surgery Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center from 2007-2011. As a recipient of the NIH National Lung Blood Institute T32 Ruth Kirschstein National Service Research Award, she completed a Ph.D with a concentration in Genomics and Epigenetics from 2011-2014. Dr. Glass subsequently completed residency in Anatomic Pathology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School followed by fellowships in Cardiothoracic Pathology also at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Pulmonary/Cardiac Transplant Pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.  Dr. Glass serves as P.I./Core Director of multiple NIH/externally funded grants, including U54, NIH Recover and SBIR.

As a cardiothoracic surgical pathologist, Dr. Glass diagnoses complex heart transplant rejection, cardiovascular diseases and thoracic malignancies. She works closely with the Duke Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pratt School of Biomedical Engineering and the Duke Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, 

 

Dr. Glass is the recipient of the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology (SCVP) Young Investigator’s Award, the William von Liebig Vascular Biology Research Fellowship at the Harvard Institutes of Medicine, the Duke Pathology Salvatore V. Pizzo Faculty Research Mentor Award, the Duke Department of Pathology Early Career Research Achievement Award and the 2025 Margaret Billingham Award. She is author of over 100 publications (including peer-reviewed digital publications, book chapters in the recent W.H.O. Classification Tumours of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus and Heart) and 50 national presentations in cardiovascular disease, thoracic malignancies, surgery and machine learning. 

In addition to her clinical and research activities, Dr. Glass has served as Vice Chair of the Products Working Group of the Inaugural College of American Pathology Artificial Intelligence Committee and currently serves on the Executive Leadership Committee for the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology and the Duke Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) MD/PhD Admissions Committee.

Positions

Associate Professor of Pathology in the School of Medicine

2022 School of Medicine

Assistant Professor in Surgery in the School of Medicine

2023 School of Medicine

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

2022 School of Medicine

Education

M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Medicine 2007

2007 University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Medicine

Resident Physician, Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY 2007 - 2011

2011 University of Rochester

Resident Physician, Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 2014 - 2016

2016 Brigham and Women's Hospital

Cardiothoracic Pathology Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 2016 - 2017

2017 Brigham and Women's Hospital

Thoracic Pathology Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School 2017 - 2018

2018 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School

Publications, Grants & Awards

DCI Centers, Cancer Types & Labs

Offices & Contact

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Durham,NC
27710