• B.A. in Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 1982
• M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 1986
• Internship (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, 1986–1987
• Residency (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 1987–1991
   
• Certifications:
  • 1987 National Board of Medical Examiners
  • 1991 American Board of Pathology Certification in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
  • 1997 American Board of Pathology Certification in Cytopathology

• Lung pathology
• Lung cancer
• Immunologic lung diseases
• Cytopathology

• Lung pathology
• Lung cancer
• Immunologic lung diseases
• Cytopathology

Dr. Zander became Chair of our department in June, 2006.  Prior to this, she served as tenured Professor, Vice Chair, and Director of Anatomic Pathology at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School where she was named the endowed Harvey S. Rosenberg Chair in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and was a member of the faculty at the University of Florida College of Medicine where she held the position of Chief of Anatomic Pathology at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She has held numerous offices in national and international pathology and scientific professional organizations, including serving as an elected member of the Council of the American Society of Investigative Pathology, Chair of this Society’s Committee for Career Development, Women & Minorities, and has served as a member of the ASIP Program Committee. She is currently a member of ASIP’s Nominating Committee. She is also active in the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, the Association of Pathology Chairs, and the Association of Clinical Scientists. She is an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Pathology, and a member of the editorial boards of CHEST, Diagnostic Cytopathology, and Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science. She has been invited to serve on multiple peer review panels for National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense research programs.

Books:

1. Cagle P.T., Allen T., Barrios R., Bedrossian C., Haque A., Laga A., Ostrowski M., Zander D.S. (eds.): Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
2. Zander D.S., Popper H., Jagirdar J., Haque A., Cagle P.T., Barrios R. (eds.): Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 2008.
3. Zander D.S., Farver C. (eds.): Pulmonary Pathology. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2008.

Articles:

1. Zander D.S., Baz M.A., Scornik J.C., Visner G.A., Staples E.D., Donnelly W.H., Faro A.: Analysis of early deaths after isolated lung transplantation. CHEST 120:225-232, 2001.
2. Visner G.A., Lu F., Zhou H., Lathem C., Agarwal A., Zander D.S.: Graft protective effects of heme oxygenase 1 in mouse tracheal transplant-related obliterative bronchiolitis. Transplantation 76:650-656, 2003.
3. Visner G.A., Faro A., Zander D.S.: Role of transbronchial biopsies in pediatric lung diseases. CHEST 126:273-280, 2004.
4. Zhang H., Liu J., Cagle P.T., Allen T.C., Laga A.C., Zander D.S.: Distinction of pulmonary small cell carcinoma from poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma: An immunohistochemical approach. Mod. Pathol. 18:111-118, 2005.
5. Zander D.S., Baz M.A., Cogle C.R., Visner G.A., Theise N.D., Crawford J.M.: Bone marrow-derived stem cell repopulation contributes minimally to the type II pneumocyte pool in transplanted human lungs. Transplantation 80:206-212, 2005.
6. Zander D.S., Cogle C.R., Theise N.D., Crawford J.M.: Donor-derived type II pneumocytes are rare in the lungs of bone marrow transplant recipients. Ann. Clin. Lab. Sci., 36:47-52, 2006.
7. Andino L., Cagle P.T., Murer B., Lu L., Popper H.H., Galateau-Salle F., Sienko A., Barrios R., Zander D.S.: Pleuropulmonary desmoid tumors: Immunohistochemical comparison with solitary fibrous tumors and assessment of β-catenin and cyclin D1 expression. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 130:1503-1509, 2006.