Fellowship, Hematopathology Fellow July 2004-June 2005, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (2005)
MD, Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy (2005)
Fellowship, Oncologic Pathology Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (2004)
Residency, Resident - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center/Beth Israel Medical Center New York, NY (2003)
BA, Baccalaureate, Mathematics-Physics, Fratii Buzesti College, Craiova, Romania (1987)
Employment:
Director of Surgical Pathology, Pathology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY (2021-present)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Dept. of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, SMBS SUNY at Buffalo (2006-present)
Professor of Oncology, Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (2022-present)
Awards and Honors:
Mentored Leon Barnes Awardee (Dr. Simpal Gill, UB Pathology resident) Best Head & Neck poster presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2013)
Merzianu M, Groman A, Hutson A, Cotta C, Brynes RK, Orazi A, Reddy V, Teruya-Feldstein J, Amre R, Balasubramanian M, Brandao G, Cherian S, Courville E, Czuchlewski D, Fan G, Grier D, Hoehn D, Inamdar KV, Juskevicius R, Kaur P, Lazarchick J, Lewis MR, Miles RR, Myers JB, Nasr MR, Qureishi HN, Olteanu H, Robu VG, Salaru G, Vajpayee N, Vos J, Zhang L, Zhang S, Aye L, Brega E, Coad JE, Grantham J, Ivelja S, McKenna R, Sultan K, Wilding G, Hutchison R, Peterson L, Cheney RT. (2018) Trends in Bone Marrow Sampling and Core Biopsy Specimen Adequacy in the United States and Canada: A Multicenter Study. American journal of clinical pathology (Oct), 150(5): 393-405. doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqy066
Dickson BC, Antonescu CR, Argyris PP, Bilodeau EA, Bullock MJ, Freedman PD, Gnepp DR, Jordan RC, Koutlas IG, Lee CH, Leong I, Merzianu M, Purgina BM, Thompson LDR, Wehrli B, Wright JM, Swanson D, Zhang L, Bishop JA. (2018) Ectomesenchymal Chondromyxoid Tumor: A Neoplasm Characterized by Recurrent RREB1-MKL2 Fusions. The American journal of surgical pathology (Oct), 42(10): 1297-1305. doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000001096
Alshagroud R, Alharbi H, Caplash J, Merzianu M, Aguirre A. (2018) Lip mass. J Am Dent Assoc (May).
Surendran S, Siddappa G, Mohan A, Hicks W, Jayaprakash V, Mimikos C, Mahri M, Almarzouki F, Morrell K, Ravi R, Govindan S, Sushma CN, Raghavan N, Birur P, Ilayaraja J, Merzianu M, Reid M, Suresh A, Kuriakose MA. (2017) Cancer stem cell and its niche in malignant progression of oral potentially malignant disorders. Oral oncology (Dec), 75: 140-147. doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.11.003
Wei L, Liu S, Conroy J, Wang J, Papanicolau-Sengos A, Glenn ST, Murakami M, Liu L, Hu Q, Conroy J, Miles KM, Nowak DE, Liu B, Qin M, Bshara W, Omilian AR, Head K, Bianchi M, Burgher B, Darlak C, Kane J, Merzianu M, Cheney R, Fabiano A, Salerno K, Talati C, Khushalani NI, Trump DL, Johnson CS, Morrison CD. (2015) Whole-genome sequencing of a malignant granular cell tumor with metabolic response to pazopanib. Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies (Oct), 1(1): a000380. doi:10.1101/mcs.a000380
Jayaprakash V, Reid M, Hatton E, Merzianu M, Rigual N, Marshall J, Gill S, Frustino J, Wilding G, Loree T, Popat S, Sullivan M. (2010) Human Papillomavirus Type 16/18 in Squamous Dysplasia of Oral Cavity and Oropharynx. A Meta-analysis (Jan), 2011(47): 1048-1054.
Nagrale V, Wong J, Balakrishna J, Merzianu M. (2024) Pseudoglandular histiocytic proliferation with myelofibrosis and bone marrow necrosis: a rare mimicker of two neoplasms in a benign disease. Poster presentation to EAHP/SH 2024 workshop, Dubrovnik, Croatia. EAHP/SH 2024 workshop, Dubrovnik, Croatia. (Sep) Poster
Dove E, R Merzianu M. (2024) Incidental, Clinically Silent Early Kaposi Sarcoma Involving an Isolated Lymph Node in an Immunocompetent Patient. Presentation at EAHP/SH 2024 workshop, Dubrovnik, Croatia. (Sep), (EAHP2024-LYWS 385)
Young A, Merzianu M. (2024) Solitary Extracutaneous Juvenile Xanthogranuloma of Submandibular Gland Associated with Pancytopenia: First Description of an Unusual Presentation with Molecular Characterization. Poster presentation at CAP annual meeting. (May) Poster
Guo L, Merzianu M. (2024) Fulminant EBV-associated infection with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Platform presentation at SH-EA4HP Workshop, Cincinnati, OH, 2025. (Jan) Oral
Professional Memberships:
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology
Western New York Society of Pathologists
Society for Hematopathology
Presentations:
"Lymphomas Under 26: What’s New?" Eighteenth Annual Hematology/Hematopathology Symposium. Waterloo, NY. May 2025 (2024)
"Acute Leukemia, Unclassifiable" 26th International Clinical Cytometry Society Meeting. Portland, OR 2011
"Oral carcinogenesis-the pathologist perspective" Invited presentation, Department of Pathology, Mayo clinic, Rochester, MN (virtual). 08/06/2021
"Oral Preneoplastic Lesions" Oral Cancer: Early Detection, Management and Rehabilitation. Partners in Practice Symposium Series (RPCI, Columbia University and Johns Hopkins). Buffalo, NY 2014
"Sentinel lymph node biopsy v neck dissection." Grand Rounds Presentation at the Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Pathology. Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India May 2017
"T/NK Lymphoma, Nasal Type" Seventh Annual Hematology/Hematopathology Symposium. Johnson City, NY 2012
Service Activities:
; Adhoc reviewer: Modern Pathology, Head and Neck Pathology, Laryngoscope, Endocrine Practice, Head and Neck, Human Pathology (2024–2025)