
Carolyn Glass
Associate Professor of PathologyOverview
Cardiothoracic Pathologist and Physician-Scientist
Division Chief, Cardiovascular Pathology
Co-Director, Division of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Pathology
Associate Director, Residency Program
Director, Duke University Hospital Autopsy Service
Dr. Glass completed medical 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 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 in 2014. Dr. Glass serves as P.I. of multiple NIH grants, including U54 and SBIR.
As a thoracic surgical pathologist, Dr. Glass diagnoses complex heart transplant rejection and thoracic malignancies. She works closely with the Duke Thoracic Oncology Group, DCI Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Duke Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery and Pratt School of Biomedical Engineering.
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 is author of over 85 publications (including 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 serves on the Executive/National Committees for the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology, College of American Pathology Artificial Intelligence Committee and the Duke School of Medicine Executive 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
- Grants (11)
- Awards (11)
- Academics Articles (84)
- Conference Pages (61)
- Book Sections (10)
New York University
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
Ann Theodore Foundation
American Heart Association
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27710