Francisco La Rosa, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor

Recognitions

• Excellence in Teaching Award, Dental School (2009)
  
• Excellence in Teaching Awards, Medical School (2008)
  
• Honorary Professor, National University “Federico Villarreal”, Lima, Peru (2004)
  
• Fellowship Award, National Cancer Institute (1996)
  

Research Interests

Publications

• Barqawi AB, Turcanu R, Lucia MS, O’Donnell CI, Crawford DE, La Rosa FG. The value of second opinion pathology diagnoses on prostate biopsies from patients referred for management of prostatic cancer. International Journal for Clinical and Experimental Pathology 2011;4(5):468-475
• David Howard, Francisco G. La Rosa, Stephen Huang, Domenico Salvatore,Michelle Mulcahey, Jennifer Sang-Lee, Michael Wachs, and Joshua P. Klopper. Consumptive Hypothyroidism Resulting from Hepatic Vascular Tumors in an Athyreotic Adult. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, July 2011, 96(7):1966–70
• Iczkowski, K.A., Torkko, K.C., Kotnis, G.R., Wilson, R.S., Huang, W., Wheeler, T.M., Abeyta, A.M., La Rosa, F.G., Cook, S., Werahera, P.N., Lucia, M.S. Digital quantification of five high-grade prostate cancer patterns, including the cribriform pattern, and their association with adverse outcome. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2011 Jul;136(1):98-107
• Priya N. Werahera, L. Michael Glode, Francisco G. La Rosa, M. Scott Lucia, E. David Crawfordb, Kenneth Easterday, Holly T. Sullivan, Rameshwar S. Sidhu, Elizabeth Genova, Tammy Hedlund. Proliferative tumor doubling times of prostatic carcinoma. Prostate Cancer 2011, Article ID 301850 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/pc/2011/301850
• Elaine T. Lam, Francisco G. La Rosa, Thomas Suby-Long, L. Michael Glodé, Shandra Wilson, Kimi L. Kondo, Thomas W. Flaig, A Rare Case of Metastatic Renal Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma. Oncology 2011 Aug;25(9):832-8
• Werahera PN, Sullivan K, La Rosa FG, Kim FJ, Lucia MS, O’Donnell C, Sidhu RS, Sullivan HT, Schulte B, Crawford ED. Optimization of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis by Increasing the Number of Core Biopsies Based on Gland Volume. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2012; 5(9):892-9.
• Werahera PN, Sullivan K, La Rosa FG, Kim FJ, Lucia MS, O’Donnell C, Sidhu RS, Sullivan HT, Schulte B, Crawford ED. Optimization of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis by Increasing the Number of Core Biopsies Based on Gland Volume. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2012; 5(9):892-9.
• E. David Crawford, Kyle O. Rove, Al B. Barqawi, Paul D. Maroni, Priya N. Werahera, Craig A. Baer, Hari K. Koul, Cory A. Rove, M. Scott Lucia, Francisco G. La Rosa. Clinical-Pathologic Correlation between Transperineal Mapping Biopsies of the Prostate and 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Prostatectomy Specimens. The Prostate 2012, 1-7.
• Xiaoping Yang, Lih-Jen Su, Andrew Thorburn, Arthur E. Frankel, Yuan Li, Francisco G. La Rosa, Elizabeth Kessler, Jingping Shen, Chuan-Yuan Li, Marileila Varella-Garcia1, L. Michael Glodé1, Thomas W. Flaig. Diphtheria Toxin-Epidermal Growth Factor Fusion Protein DAB389EGF for the treatment of urinary bladder cancer. Clinical Cancer Research Nov 21 2012.
• Phillips JM, Catarinicchia S, La Rosa FG, Maroni P. Technical Learning Points for Robotic Prostatectomy: Video Assessment of Positive Margins at the Prostate Base in Two Cases. Journal of Endourology Part B, Videourology. November 2012, 26:6 http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/vid.2012.0025?type=media&id=abstract.pdf&journalCode=vid
• Kathryn Breaker, Mary Naam, Francisco G. La Rosa, Insley Puma Flaig, Thomas W. Flaig. Skin Cancer Associated with the use of Sorafenib and Sunitinib for Renal Cell Carcinoma. Dermatologic Surgery (Dermatology Surgery, 2013 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/dsu.12184, in press 2013)
• Samantha E. Hohensee, Francisco G. La Rosa, Thomas Suby-Long, Shandra Wilson, M. Scott Lucia, Kenneth A. Iczkowski. Renal Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma with Negative Pre-melanosomal Marker Immunoprofile: First Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports (in press in Journal of Case Reports)
• Olatunji Boladale Alese, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Gabriel Sica, Guojing Zhang, Michael R. Rossi, Volkan Adsay, Dianne Alexis, Francisco G. La Rosa, Marileila Varella-Garcia, Zhengjia Chen, John S. Kauh, Suresh S. Ramalingam, Fadlo Raja Khuri. Multiplatform assessment of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangement in signet ring cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Chicago Illinois, May 31-June 4, 2013. Abstract #115741.
• Ramon Whitson, Julie Kelly, Erin Genova, Francisco La Rosa, Storey Wilson, Kathleen Torkko, M. Scott Lucia and James R. Lambert. Prostate derived factor: A modulator of prostatic inflammation and tumorigenesis? [abstract]. American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference, Advances in Prostate Cancer Research, Orlando, FL, February 6-9, 2012.
• Priya N. Werahera, Edward A. Jasion, Young Liu, John W. Daily, Russell Nash, Elliot Batte, Paul Arangua, Francisco G. La Rosa, Paul D. Maroni, M. Scott Lucia, Adrie van Bokhoven, Holly T. Sullivan, Clifford Jones, Kathy Lux, E. David Crawford. Fluorescence spectroscopy adjutant optical biopsy needle for prostate cancer diagnosis: first-in-human study results. Abstract. 23rd International Prostate Cancer Update Meeting, Vail, CO Jan 23-26, 2013
• Fernando Kim, Priya Werahera, Edward Jasion, Francisco La Rosa, Scott Lucia, David Crawford, Paul Maronia, Adrie van Bokhoven, David Port, Holly Sullivan, Colin O'Donnell, John Daily. Minimally invasive 16G optical biopsy needle for prostate cancer diagnosis. Abstract. South Central Section of the AUA, 91st Annual Meeting, October 25, 2012
• Lam ET, Kessler ER, Flaig TW, La Rosa FG. Collision renal cell papillary and medullary carcinoma in a 66-year-old man. Oncology (Williston Park). 2013 Sep;27(9):893, 896, 898. PubMed PMID: 24282987
• Werahera PN, Crawford ED, La Rosa FG, Torkko KC, Schulte B, Sullivan HT, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Kim FJ. Anterior tumors of the prostate: diagnosis and significance. Can J Urol. 2013 Oct;20(5):6897-906. PubMed PMID: 24128826
• Yang X, La Rosa FG, Genova EE, Huber K, Schaack J, Degregori J, Serkova NJ, Li Y, Su LJ, Kessler E, Flaig TW. Simultaneous activation of Kras and inactivation of p53 induces soft tissue sarcoma and bladder urothelial hyperplasia. PLoS One. 2013;8(9):e74809. PubMed PMID: 24058630
• Hohensee SE, La Rosa FG, Homer P, Suby-Long T, Wilson S, Lucia SM, Iczkowski KA. Renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma with a negative premelanosome marker immunoprofile: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2013 Apr 29;7(1):118. PubMed PMID: 23628229
• Breaker K, Naam M, La Rosa FG, Flaig IP, Flaig TW. Skin cancer associated with the use of sorafenib and sunitinib for renal cell carcinoma. Dermatol Surg. 2013 Jul;39(7):981-7. PubMed PMID: 23464361
• Yang X, Kessler E, Su LJ, Thorburn A, Frankel AE, Li Y, La Rosa FG, Shen J, Li CY, Varella-Garcia M, Glodé LM, Flaig TW. Diphtheria toxin-epidermal growth factor fusion protein DAB389EGF for the treatment of bladder cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Jan 1;19(1):148-57. PubMed PMID: 23172881
• Crawford ED, Rove KO, Barqawi AB, Maroni PD, Werahera PN, Baer CA, Koul HK, Rove CA, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG. Clinical-pathologic correlation between transperineal mapping biopsies of the prostate and three-dimensional reconstruction of prostatectomy specimens. Prostate. 2013 May;73(7):778-87. PubMed PMID: 23169245
• La Rosa FG, Jones C, Arangua P, Crawford ED, Van Neste L. Finding Occult Prostatic Cancer: The Value of Transperineal Mapping Biopsies and Epigenetic Assays. The Journal of Oncopathology, 2:1 pp. 27-32(6), March 2014.
• Phillips JM, Catarinicchia S, La Rosa FG, Maroni P. Technical Learning Points for Robotic Prostatectomy: Video Assessment of Positive Margins at the Prostate Base in Two Cases. Journal of Endourology Part B, Videourology. November 2012, 26:6
• Priya N. Werahera, Edward A. Jasion, Young Liu, John W. Daily, Russell Nash, Elliot Batte, Paul Arangua, Francisco G. La Rosa, Paul D. Maroni, M. Scott Lucia, Adrie van Bokhoven, Holly T. Sullivan, Clifford Jones, Kathy Lux, E. David Crawford. Fluorescence spectroscopy adjutant optical biopsy needle for prostate cancer diagnosis: first-in-human study results. Abstract. 23rd International Prostate Cancer Update Meeting, Vail, CO Jan 23-26, 2013.
• Olatunji Boladale Alese, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Gabriel Sica, Guojing Zhang, Michael R. Rossi, Volkan Adsay, Dianne Alexis, Francisco G. La Rosa, Marileila Varella-Garcia, Zhengjia Chen, John S. Kauh, Suresh S. Ramalingam, Fadlo Raja Khuri. Multiplatform assessment of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangement in signet ring cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Chicago Illinois, May 31-June 4, 2013. Abstract #115741.
• Rezaeilouyeh H, Mahoor MH, La Rosa F, Zhang JJ. Prostate cancer detection and Gleason grading of histological images using shearlet transform. 47th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers. November 3-6, 2013, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
• X. Yang, L.-J. Su, Francisco G. La Rosa, Elizabeth Erin Genova, S. K. Cho, B Kavanagh, W. Park and T. W. Flaig. Thermal ablative therapy with novel gold nanorods in an orthotopic model of urinary bladder cancer. AACR Annual Meeting April 5-9, 2014
• Francisco G. La Rosa, Cliff Jones, Paul Arangua, E. David Crawford, Leander Van Neste. Finding Occult Prostatic Cancer: The Value of Transperineal Mapping Biopsies and Epigenetic Assays. 24th Annual International Prostate Cancer Update, February 19-22, 2014 in Vail, Colorado.
• Rezaeilouyeh H, Mahoor MH, Zhang JJ, La Rosa FG, Chang S, Werahera PN. Diagnosis of prostatic Carcinoma on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging using shearlet transform. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014 Aug;2014:6442-5. PubMed PMID: 25571471
• Werahera PN, Jasion EA, Crawford ED, La Rosa FG, Lucia MS, van Bokhoven A, Sullivan HT, Port JD, Maroni PD, Daily JW. Systematic diagnosis of prostate cancer using an optical biopsy needle adjunct with fluorescence spectroscopy. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014 Aug;2014:2165-8. PubMed PMID: 25570414
• Lambert JR, Whitson RJ, Iczkowski KA, La Rosa FG, Smith ML, Wilson RS, Smith EE, Torkko KC, Gari HH, Lucia MS. Reduced expression of GDF-15 is associated with atrophic inflammatory lesions of the prostate. Prostate. 2015 Feb;75(3):255-65. PubMed PMID: 25327758
• Kessler ER, Amini A, Wilson SS, Anp-C KB, Raben D, La Rosa FG, Crawford ED. Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder. Oncology (Williston Park). 2015 Jun;29(6):462, C3. PubMed PMID: 26089221
• Alese OB, El-Rayes BF, Sica G, Zhang G, Alexis D, La Rosa FG, Varella-Garcia M, Chen Z, Rossi MR, Adsay NV, Khuri FR, Owonikoko TK. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene alteration in signet ring cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2015 Mar;7(2):56-62. PubMed PMID: 25755678
• Rezaeilouyeh H, Mahoor MH, Zhang JJ, La Rosa FG, Chang S, Werahera PN. Diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging using shearlet transform. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014;2014:6442-5. PubMed PMID: 25571471
• Werahera PN, Jasion EA, Crawford ED, La Rosa FG, Lucia MS, van Bokhoven A, Sullivan HT, Port JD, Maroni PD, Daily JW. Systematic diagnosis of prostate cancer using an optical biopsy needle adjunct with fluorescence spectroscopy. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014;2014:2165-8. PubMed PMID: 25570414
• Iczkowski KA, Egevad L, Ma J, Harding-Jackson N, Algaba F, Billis A, Camparo P, Cheng L, Clouston D, Comperat EM, Datta MW, Evans AG, Griffiths DF, Guo CC, Hailemariam S, Huang W, Humphrey PA, Jiang Z, Kahane H, Kristiansen G, La Rosa FG, Lopez-Beltran A, MacLennan GT, Magi-Galluzzi C, Merrimen J, Montironi R, Osunkoya AO, Picken MM, Rao N, Shah RB, Shanks JH, Shen SS, Tawfik OW, True LD, Van der Kwast T, Varma M, Wheeler TM, Zynger DL, Sahr N, Bostwick DG. Intraductal carcinoma of the prostate: interobserver reproducibility survey of 39 urologic pathologists. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2014 Dec;18(6):333-42. PubMed PMID: 25263387
• Knez VM, Barrow W, Lucia MS, Wilson S, La Rosa FG. Clear cell urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2014 Aug 14;8:275. PubMed PMID: 25124389
• Pokharel SS, Patel NU, Garg K, La Rosa FG, Arangua P, Jones C, Crawford ED. Multi-parametric MRI findings of transitional zone prostate cancers: correlation with 3-dimensional transperineal mapping biopsy. Abdom Imaging. 2015 Jan;40(1):143-50. PubMed PMID: 25038718
• Lambert JR, Whitson RJ, Iczkowski KA, La Rosa FG, Smith ML, Wilson RS, Smith EE, Torkko KC, Gari HH, Lucia MS. Reduced expression of GDF-15 is associated with atrophic inflammatory lesions of the prostate. Prostate. 2015 Feb 15;75(3):255-65. PubMed PMID: 25327758
• Iczkowski KA, Egevad L, Ma J, Harding-Jackson N, Algaba F, Billis A, Camparo P, Cheng L, Clouston D, Comperat EM, Datta MW, Evans AG, Griffiths DF, Guo CC, Hailemariam S, Huang W, Humphrey PA, Jiang Z, Kahane H, Kristiansen G, La Rosa FG, Lopez-Beltran A, MacLennan GT, Magi-Galluzzi C, Merrimen J, Montironi R, Osunkoya AO, Picken MM, Rao N, Shah RB, Shanks JH, Shen SS, Tawfik OW, True LD, Van der Kwast T, Varma M, Wheeler TM, Zynger DL, Sahr N, Bostwick DG. Intraductal carcinoma of the prostate: interobserver reproducibility survey of 39 urologic pathologists. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2014 Dec;18(6):333-42. PubMed PMID: 25263387
• Knez VM, Barrow W, Lucia MS, Wilson S, La Rosa FG. Clear cell urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2014 Aug 14;8:275. PubMed PMID: 25124389
• Pokharel SS, Patel NU, Garg K, La Rosa FG, Arangua P, Jones C, Crawford ED. Multi-parametric MRI findings of transitional zone prostate cancers: correlation with 3-dimensional transperineal mapping biopsy. Abdom Imaging. 2015 Jan;40(1):143-50. PubMed PMID: 25038718
• Da Silva RD, Molina WR, Gustafson D, Nogueira L, Tayal S, La Rosa FG, Kim FJ. Large renal mass: a challenge for the urologist. Oncology (Williston Park). 2014 Apr;28(4):320, 324. PubMed PMID: 24839805
• Da Silva RD, Molina WR, Gustafson D, Nogueira L, Tayal S, La Rosa FG, Kim FJ. Large renal mass: a challenge for the urologist. Oncology (Williston Park). 2014 Apr;28(4):320, 324. PubMed PMID: 24839805
• Iczkowski KA, La Rosa FG. Gleason 6 cancer is still cancer. Oncology (Williston Park). 2014 Jan;28(1):22, 24, 29. PubMed PMID: 24683715
• Iczkowski KA, La Rosa FG. Gleason 6 cancer is still cancer. Oncology (Williston Park). 2014 Jan;28(1):22, 24, 29. PubMed PMID: 24683715
• E. David Crawford, Kyle O. Rove, Nelson N. Stone, Scott Lucia, Al B. Barqawi and Francisco G. La Rosa. Moving Forward the State of the Art in Prostate Cancer Treatment: Targeted Focal Therapy. Urology Practice, 1:3, 156 - 164
• La Rosa FG, Jones C, Arangua P, Crawford ED, Van Neste L. Finding Occult Prostatic Cancer: The Value of Transperineal Mapping Biopsies and Epigenetic Assays. The Journal of Oncopathology, 2:1, 27-32(6), March 2014.
• Abby M. Richmond, Francisco G. La Rosa, Sherif Said. Granular cell tumor presenting in the scrotum of a pediatric patient: A case report and review of literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports (accepted for publication)
• Xiaoping Yang, Lih-Jen Su, Francisco G. La Rosa, Elizabeth Erin Smith, Suehyun Katherine Cho, Brian Kavanagh, Won Park, Thomas W. Flaig. Thermal ablative therapy with novel gold nanorods in an orthotopic model of urinary bladder cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 2728. doi:10.1158/1538-7445. AM2014-2728 http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/74/19_Supplement/2728
• E. David Crawford, Paul Arangua, Clifford Jones, Wendy Poage, Nelson Stone, Francisco G. La Rosa, Stacy Loeb, Priya N. Werahera. Prostate health index is an effective marker for risk stratification of prostate cancer patients. Abstract MP60-08, J Urology 193:4S, Supplement, May 18, 2015, e741 http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(15)02521-5/pdf
• E. David Crawford, Paul Arangua, Clifford Jones, Wendy Poage, Nelson Stone, Francisco G. La Rosa, Stacy Loeb, Priya N. Werahera. Prostate health index predicts upgrading of men on 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. Abstract MP6-06, J Urology 193:4S, Supplement, May 15, 2015, e56 http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(15)00564-9/pdf
• Priya N. Werahera, PhD, Edward A. Jasion, MS, E. David Crawford, M. Scott Lucia, MD, Adrie van Bokhoven, PhD, John W. Daily, PhD, Fernando J. Kim, MD, and Francisco G. La Rosa, MD. Diagnostic Accuracy of TRUS Biopsies Can Be Improved by Optical Characterization of Prostate Tissue. American Urological Association's 2016 Annual Meeting, May 6 - 10, 2016 in San Diego, CA
• Bradford Siegele MD and Francisco G. La Rosa MD. Carcinosarcoma of the Prostate in a Patient with Previous Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, Status Post Brachytherapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. (Submitted)
• Andrea P.Z. Ho M.D, Lian Zhang, M.D., PhD, Shandra Wilson M, Bethany E. Ho, Francisco G. La Rosa M.D. A Case Report of High Grade Invasive Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder in a Thirteen Year Old Boy: A Review of the Literature (Submitted)
• Richmond AM, La Rosa FG, Said S. Granular cell tumor presenting in the scrotum of a pediatric patient: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2016 Jun 4;10(1):161. PubMed PMID: 27259474
• Kessler ER, Amini A, Wilson SS, Breaker K, Raben D, La Rosa FG. Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder. Oncology (Williston Park). 2015 Jun;29(6):462, C3. PubMed PMID: 26089221
• Bradford J. Siegele, Kenneth A. Iczkowski, Francisco G. La Rosa. Carcinosarcoma of the Prostate in a Patient with Previous Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, status post Brachytherapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology 2016; 9(7):7724-7732.
• 1. E. David Crawford MD, Joshua K. Romero, Paul Arangua, John Hoenemeyer MD, Francisco G. La Rosa MD, Adrie van Bokhoven PhD, M. Scott Lucia MD, Wendy Poage, Jack Groskopf PhD, Wim van Criekinge PhD, Jack A. Schalken PhD, Priya N. Werahera PhD. Selectmdx™ Urine Test Accurately Predicts Gleason Score = 4+3 Prostate Cancer At Biopsy. 96th Annual Meeting of the South Central Section of the AUA, 10/4/2017 - 10/7/2017, Naples, FL, Abstract #34
• E. David Crawford MD, Salvatore Catarinicchia MD, Joshua K. Romero, Paul Arangua, John Hoenemeyer MD, Francisco G. La Rosa MD, Adrie van Bokhoven PhD, M. Scott Lucia MD, Wendy Poage PhD, Jack Groskopf PhD, Wim van Criekinge PhD, Jack A. Schalken PhD, Priya N. Werahera PhD. Comparison Of Selectmdx™ And Progensa®Pca3 Assays For Predicting High Grade Prostate Cancer At Biopsy. 96th Annual Meeting of the South Central Section of the AUA, 10/4/2017 - 10/7/2017, Naples, FL, Poster #54
• Priya N. Werahera PhD, E. David Crawford MD, Kavita Garg MD, Kimberly E. Lind MPH, Emma Murugaverl, Paul Arangua, John Hoenemeyer MD, Francisco G. La Rosa MD, Nelson D. Stone MD, Nayana U. Patel MD, Sajal S. Pokharel MD. Normal Multiparametric Mri Does Not Guarantee Absence Of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer. 96th Annual Meeting of the South Central Section of the AUA, 10/4/2017 - 10/7/2017, Naples, FL, Poster #55
• E. David Crawford, Joshua K. Romero, Paul Arangua, John Hoenemeyer, Francisco G. La Rosa, Adrie van Bokhoven, M. Scott Lucia, Wendy Poage, Nelson D. Stone, Jack Groskopf, Wim Van Criekinge, Jack A. Schalken, Priya N. Werahera. “SelectMDx™ "Urine Test Improves Likelihood of Diagnosing High Grade Prostate Cancer At Biopsy.” Western Section AUA in Vancouver, BC August 6-10, 2017.
• E. David Crawford, Salvatore Catarinicchia, Joshua K. Romero, Paul Arangua, John Hoenemeyer, Francisco G. La Rosa, Adrie van Bokhoven, M. Scott Lucia, Wendy Poage, Nelson D. Stone, Jack A. Schalken, Priya N. Werahera. “SelectMDx™ Test Accurately Predicts High Grade Prostate Cancer At Biopsy Than Progensa® PCA3 Test.” Western Section AUA in Vancouver, BC August 6-10, 2017.
• Joshua K. Romero, E. David Crawford, Paul Arangua, John Hoenemeyer, Francisco G. La Rosa, Adrie van Bokhoven, M. Scott Lucia, Wendy Poage, Jack A. Schalken, Nelson D. Stone, Priya N. Werahera. Urinary Biomarker-Based SelectMDx™ Test Predicts Likelihood of Diagnosing High Grade Prostate Cancer At Biopsy. Poster at the 27th International Prostate Cancer Update Meeting, January 24, 2017.
• Lian Zhang1, Kaleigh Lindholm, Magdalena Esteban and Francisco G. La Rosa. Embryoid Bodies in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors. 4th Annual Pathology Poster Session, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical CAmpus. March 24, 2017
• Alexandra N. Colvin, Tamara P. Lhungay, Lian Zhang, Shandra Wilson and Francisco G. La Rosa. A Rare Case of Condylomata Acuminata of the Urinary Bladder and Review of the Literature. 4th Annual Pathology Poster Session, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical CAmpus. March 24, 2017
• Francisco G. La Rosa. "¿Por qué Telesalud y Telemedicina? (Why Telehealth and Telemedicine?) Oral presentation during the III Congreso Iberoamericano de Telesalud y Telemedicina, Bogota, Colombia, October 4 - 6, 2017. http://bogota2017.teleiberoamerica.com/III-Congreso-Telesalud-Telemedicina/#speakers
• Francisco G. La Rosa. Q&A Ask the Expert | Re-Evaluating Patients with Gleason 8. Grand Rounds in Urology, Nov 2017 https://grandroundsinurology.com/qa-ask-expert-patients-gleason-8/
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• Lhungay TP, Colvin A, Warncke J, Somerset H, Wilson SS, La Rosa FG. Seventy-Year-Old Man With Large Bladder Mass: Diagnostic and Clinical Challenges of an Uncommon Neoplasm. Oncology (Williston Park). 2017 Mar 15;31(3):210-2, 218-20. PubMed PMID: 28299758
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• Flaig TW, Salzmann-Sullivan M, Su LJ, Zhang Z, Joshi M, Gijón MA, Kim J, Arcaroli JJ, Van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Schlaepfer IR. Lipid catabolism inhibition sensitizes prostate cancer cells to antiandrogen blockade. Oncotarget. 2017 Aug 22;8(34):56051-56065. PubMed PMID: 28915573
• Yang X, Su LJ, La Rosa FG, Smith EE, Schlaepfer IR, Cho SK, Kavanagh B, Park W, Flaig TW. The Antineoplastic Activity of Photothermal Ablative Therapy with Targeted Gold Nanorods in an Orthotopic Urinary Bladder Cancer Model. Bladder Cancer. 2017 Jul 27;3(3):201-210. PubMed PMID: 28824948
• Robin TP, Maroni PD, Chin BB, La Rosa FG, Bernard B, Pugh TJ. Post-Prostatectomy Radiation Therapy: Patient Selection, Timing, Imaging, and Therapy Intensification. Oncology (Williston Park). 2018 Jul 15;32(7):360-3, 369, CV3. PubMed PMID: 30080921
• Orlicky DJ, Libby AE, Bales ES, McMahan RH, Monks J, La Rosa FG, McManaman JL. Perilipin-2 promotes obesity and progressive fatty liver disease in mice through mechanistically distinct hepatocyte and extra-hepatocyte actions. J Physiol. 2018 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30536914
• Flaig TW, Salzmann-Sullivan M, Su LJ, Zhang Z, Joshi M, Gijón MA, Kim J, Arcaroli JJ, Van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Schlaepfer IR. Lipid catabolism inhibition sensitizes prostate cancer cells to antiandrogen blockade. Oncotarget. 2017 Aug 22;8(34):56051-56065. PubMed PMID: 28915573
• 95. Seth P. Lerner, Melissa Plets, Robert S. Svatek, Theresa M. Koppie, Ajjai Shivaram Alva, Francisco G. La Rosa, … (13 more authors) and Ian Murchie Thompson Jr.. SWOG S1011: A Phase Ill Surgical Trial to Evaluate the Benefit of a Standard vs an Extended Lymphadenectomy Performed at Time of Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Urothelial Cancer. 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting (June 1-5, 2018), Chicago, IL
• Victoria C. Vaughan, Lian Zhang, Zenggang Pan, Francisco G. La Rosa. Rosai-Dorfman Disease, a Rare Mimicker of Testicular Malignancy, Associated With Marginal Zone Lymphoma. Abstracts and Case Studies from the College of American Pathologists 2018 Annual Meeting (CAP18). Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: September 2018, Vol. 142, No. 9, pp. e2-e202 (Poster No. 132)
• Cassie Xu, Sammie J. Roberts, Eric P. Wartchow, Gary Mierau, Kevin D. Muelken, Francisco G. La Rosa. A Case of C4 Glomerulopathy Evolving from Membranous Glomerulonephritis to Dense-Deposit Disease. Abstracts and Case Studies from the College of American Pathologists 2018 Annual Meeting (CAP18). Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: September 2018, Vol. 142, No. 9, pp. e2-e202. (Poster No. 135)
• Paul Arangua, E. David Crawford, Nelson N. Stone, Vassilios Skouteris, Marios Metsinis, M. Scott Lucia, Francisco G. La Rosa, Priya Werahera. The Ratio of the Number of Biopsy Specimens to Prostate Volume (Biopsy Density) > 1.5 Improves the Detection of Clinically Significant Cancers in men Undergoing Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate. 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-002
• Priya N. Werahera, Paul B. Arangua, Francisco G. La Rosa, Gretchen P. Hoyer, Whitney N. Stanton, Adrie van Bokhoven, M. Scott Lucia, Wendy L. Poage, Samuel Chang, Nelson N. Stone, E. David Crawford. Men with PIRADS Score = 3 and SelectMDx Score = 30% can be Spared from Prostate Biopsy. 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-011
• E. David Crawford, Paul Arangua, Francisco G. La Rosa, Gretchen P. Hoyer, Whitney N. Stanton, Adrie van Bokhoven, M. Scott Lucia, Wendy L. Poage, Samuel Chang, Nelson N. Stone, Priya N. Werahera. Comparison of SelectMDx, Prostate Health Index, and MRI for Diagnosis of High-Grade Prostate Cancer.29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-012
• Gretchen P. Hoyer, E. David Crawford, Paul Arangua, Whitney N. Stanton, Francisco G. La Rosa, Wendy Poage1, M. Scott Lucia, Adrian van Bokhoven, Priya N. Werahera. Clinical Utility of SelectMDx and Prostate Health Index Tests for Diagnosis of High-Grade Prostate Cancer. 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-013
• Francisco G. La Rosa. Second Opinion Diagnosis in Prostate Pathology. 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Oral presentation (12 minutes). https://grandroundsinurology.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2ndOpinionDiagnosisProstatePath-La-Rosa-01-24-2019.pdf
• Rodolfo Esteban Avila, María Elena Samar, Ricardo Ferraris, Francisco G. La Rosa. Oncocytic mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the submandibular salivary gland: challenging differential diagnosis of a very rare tumor.
• "Heart Pathology" http://heartpathology.com
• Skin Pathology: http://skin.hd-pathology.com/
• “Medical Missions to Peru” http://medicalmissions.clmusa.org (Medical Missions to Peru)
• “Revista de la AITT” (editor) http://revista.teleiberoamerica.com (Journal of the AITT Association)
• Gigli M, Merlo M, Graw SL, Barbati G, Rowland TJ, Slavov DB, Stolfo D, Haywood ME, Dal Ferro M, Altinier A, Ramani F, Brun F, Cocciolo A, Puggia I, Morea G, McKenna WJ, La Rosa FG, Taylor MRG, Sinagra G, Mestroni L. Genetic Risk of Arrhythmic Phenotypes in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Sep 17;74(11):1480-1490. PubMed PMID: 31514951
• Stone NN, Crawford ED, Skouteris VM, Arangua P, Metsinis PM, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Werahera PN. Reply by Authors. J Urol. 2019 Aug;202(2):271. PubMed PMID: 31075068
• Gigli M, Merlo M, Graw SL, Barbati G, Rowland TJ, Slavov DB, Stolfo D, Haywood ME, Dal Ferro M, Altinier A, Ramani F, Brun F, Cocciolo A, Puggia I, Morea G, McKenna WJ, La Rosa FG, Taylor MRG, Sinagra G, Mestroni L. Genetic Risk of Arrhythmic Phenotypes in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Sep 17;74(11):1480-1490. PubMed PMID: 31514951
• Stone NN, Crawford ED, Skouteris VM, Arangua P, Metsinis PM, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Werahera PN. Reply by Authors. J Urol. 2019 Aug;202(2):271. PubMed PMID: 31075068
• Stone NN, Crawford ED, Skouteris VM, Arangua P, Metsinis PM, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Werahera PN. The Ratio of the Number of Biopsy Specimens to Prostate Volume (Biopsy Density) Greater Than 1.5 Improves the Prostate Cancer Detection Rate in Men Undergoing Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate. J Urol. 2019 Aug;202(2):264-271. PubMed PMID: 30835628
• Stanton WN, Crawford ED, Arangua PB, La Rosa FG, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Poage WL, Partin A, Maroni P, Werahera PN. Assessment of high-grade prostate cancer risk using prostate cancer biomarkers. Can J Urol. 2020 Feb;27(1):10080-10085. PubMed PMID: 32065862
• Orlicky DJ, Libby AE, Bales ES, McMahan RH, Monks J, La Rosa FG, McManaman JL. Perilipin-2 promotes obesity and progressive fatty liver disease in mice through mechanistically distinct hepatocyte and extra-hepatocyte actions. J Physiol. 2019 Mar;597(6):1565-1584. PubMed PMID: 30536914
• Stone NN, Crawford ED, Skouteris VM, Arangua P, Metsinis PM, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Werahera PN. The Ratio of the Number of Biopsy Specimens to Prostate Volume (Biopsy Density) Greater Than 1.5 Improves the Prostate Cancer Detection Rate in Men Undergoing Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate. J Urol. 2019 Aug;202(2):264-271. PubMed PMID: 30835628
• Orlicky DJ, Libby AE, Bales ES, McMahan RH, Monks J, La Rosa FG, McManaman JL. Perilipin-2 promotes obesity and progressive fatty liver disease in mice through mechanistically distinct hepatocyte and extra-hepatocyte actions. J Physiol. 2019 Mar;597(6):1565-1584. PubMed PMID: 30536914
• WN Stanton, ED Crawford, PB Arangua, FG La Rosa, A van Bokhoven, MS Lucia, WL Poage, A Partin, P Maroni, PN Werahera. Assessment of High-Grade Prostate Cancer Risk Using Prostate Cancer Biomarkers. The Canadian Journal of Urology; 27(1) 10080-85; February 2020.
• Gandara E, Reiter D, La Rosa FG, Zhang L. Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Urinary Bladder: Solving a Diagnostic Puzzle. College of American Pathologists 2020 Annual Meeting (CAP20 Virtual). Arch Pathol Lab Med 144 (9s1): Poster No. 131. September 2020.
• Crawford ED, Stone NN, Skouteris V, Arangua PB, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Bates S, Maroni PD, Werahera PN. Does Prostate Specific Antigen Density Improve Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer in Men Undergoing Transperineal Mapping Biopsy? Abstract, J of Urology 203(4S): e117, 2020
• Robin TP, Maroni PD, Chin BB, La Rosa FG, Bernard B, Pugh TJ. Post-Prostatectomy Radiation Therapy: Patient Selection, Timing, Imaging, and Therapy Intensification. Oncology (Williston Park). 2018 Jul 15;32(7):360-3, 369, CV3. PubMed PMID: 30080921
• Stone NN, Skouteris V, Crawford ED, Arangua PB, Lucia MS, La Rosa FG, Maroni PD, Patel N, Chang S, van Bokhoven A, Werahera PN. Accuracy of mpMRI in identifying clinically significant prostate cancer by quadrant when compared to transperineal mapping biopsy, Abstract, J of Urology 203(4S):e307, 2020
• Stanton WN, Crawford ED, Arangua PB, Romero JK, La Rosa FG, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Maroni PD, Pessoa RR, Poage W, Schalken JA, Kim FJ, Groskopf J, Stone NN, Werahera PN. SelectMDx Urine Test Accurately Predicts High-Grade Prostate Cancer In Men Undergoing Transperineal Mapping Biopsy, Abstract/poster, 12th Intern.Symp. Focal Therapy and Imaging in Prostate and Kidney Cancer, Washington, DC, USA, February 9-11, 2020
• Crawford ED, Stanton WN, Arangua P, La Rosa FG, Lucia MS, van Bokhoven A, Kim FJ, Stone NN, Werahera PN. Accuracy of Micro-Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer in Patients Evaluated with Mapping Biopsies, Abstract/poster, 12th International Symposium on Focal Therapy and Imaging in Prostate and Kidney Cancer, Washington, DC, USA, February 9-11, 2020
• Stanton WN, Crawford ED, Arangua PB, Romero JK, La Rosa FG, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Maroni PD, Pessoa RR, Poage W, Schalken JA, Kim FJ, Groskopf J, Stone NN, Werahera PN. SelectMDx Urine Test Accurately Predicts High-Grade Prostate Cancer In Men Undergoing Transperineal Mapping Biopsy, Abstract/poster, 29th International Prostate Cancer Update meeting, Beaver Creek, CO, January 22-25, 2020.
• Crawford ED, Stanton WN, Arangua P, La Rosa FG, Lucia MS, van Bokhoven A, Kim FJ, Stone NN, Werahera PN. Accuracy of Micro-Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer in Patients Evaluated with Mapping Biopsies, Abstract/poster, 30th International Prostate Cancer Update meeting, Beaver Creek, CO, January 22-25, 2020.
• Francisco G. La Rosa. Visiting Lecturer: Invited speaker to the International Oncology course on “Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer” in Cartagena, Colombia 03/07/2020. Conference “Prostate Cancer: A Pathologist Perspective.”
• Heart Pathology: http://heartpathology.com
• "1st Online Poster Session - 2020" April 22nd to 24th, 2020 The Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Sponsored by the University of Colorado School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education* https://telepathology.com/posters/ Login: onlineposters PW: Posters2020
• "1º Congreso Virtual de Telesalud y Telemedicina de la AITT" (1st Virtual Congress of Telehealth and Telemedicine of the AITT) Web site: https://1-congreso-virtual.teleiberoamerica.com - Program: https://1-congreso-virtual.teleiberoamerica.com/Programa1erCongresoVirtual-AITT.pdf - Videos: - Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/embed/1_Mb_7iYmGc?rel=0 - -Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vzde26Dgc_k?rel=0
• Heart Pathology http://heartpathology.com/ ISSN: 2639-684X
• Holers VM, La Rosa FG, Banda NK. A Potential New Mouse Model of Axial Spondyloarthritis Involving the Complement System. Immune Netw. 2021 Dec;21(6):e45. PubMed PMID: 35036032
• Green DB, La Rosa FG, Craig PG, Khani F, Lam ET. Metastatic Mature Teratoma and Growing Teratoma Syndrome in Patients with Testicular Non-Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumors. Korean J Radiol. 2021 Oct;22(10):1650-1657. PubMed PMID: 34402242
• 95. WN Stanton, ED Crawford, PB Arangua, FG La Rosa, A van Bokhoven, MS Lucia, WL Poage, A Partin, P Maroni, PN Werahera. Assessment of High-Grade Prostate Cancer Risk Using Prostate Cancer Biomarkers. Urology 2019 (in press)
• Duarte C, Gilbert DM, Sheridan AD, La Rosa FG, McCarter M, Cost NG, Emmons S, Lam ET. Spontaneous regression of an extragonadal seminomatous germ cell tumor. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2021;28:100383. PubMed PMID: 33992855
• Hall K, Moore BE, Higuchi TT, Rosa FG. Plexiform neurofibromas with diffuse ganglioneuromatosis of the urinary bladder, Human Pathology: Case Reports, Volume 24, June 2021
• Paul Arangua, E. David Crawford, Nelson N. Stone, Vassilios Skouteris, Marios Metsinis, M. Scott Lucia, Francisco G. La Rosa, Priya Werahera. The Ratio of the Number of Biopsy Specimens to Prostate Volume (Biopsy Density) > 1.5 Improves the Detection of Clinically Significant Cancers in men Undergoing Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate. 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-002
• Priya N. Werahera, Paul B. Arangua, Francisco G. La Rosa, Gretchen P. Hoyer, Whitney N. Stanton, Adrie van Bokhoven, M. Scott Lucia, Wendy L. Poage, Samuel Chang, Nelson N. Stone, E. David Crawford. Men with PIRADS Score = 3 and SelectMDx Score = 30% can be Spared from Prostate Biopsy. 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-011
• E. David Crawford, Paul Arangua, Francisco G. La Rosa, Gretchen P. Hoyer, Whitney N. Stanton, Adrie van Bokhoven, M. Scott Lucia, Wendy L. Poage, Samuel Chang, Nelson N. Stone, Priya N. Werahera. Comparison of SelectMDx, Prostate Health Index, and MRI for Diagnosis of High-Grade Prostate Cancer.29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-012
• Gretchen P. Hoyer, E. David Crawford, Paul Arangua, Whitney N. Stanton, Francisco G. La Rosa, Wendy Poage1, M. Scott Lucia, Adrian van Bokhoven, Priya N. Werahera. Clinical Utility of SelectMDx and Prostate Health Index Tests for Diagnosis of High-Grade Prostate Cancer. 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. Abstract 19-013
• Francisco G. La Rosa. Second Opinion Diagnosis in Prostate Pathology (Oral presentation, 12 mins.). 29th International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 29) Beaver Creek, Colorado January 24-27, 2019. PDF: https://grandroundsinurology.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2ndOpinionDiagnosisProstatePath-La-Rosa-01-24-2019.pdf ++++++++++ VIDEO: https://grandroundsinurology.com/second-opinion-diagnosis-in-prostate-pathology/
• Isabel R. Schlaepfer, Elizabeth R Kessler, Jennifer J Kwak, Lauren Liebman, Paul Maroni, Ramesh Karki, Dan Lopez Paniagua, Phillip Koo, Francisco G. La Rosa, Dexiang Gao, L. Michael Glode, Thomas W. Flaig, and Elaine Tat Lam. Pilot study to enhance FDG-PET imaging of prostate cancers with the metabolic inhibitor ranolazine. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019 37:15_suppl (Abstract)
• Francisco G. La Rosa. "Patología del Cáncer de Próstata" (Keynote, 45 mins.). Academic Day in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer. Cartagena, Colombia,. July 13, 2019.
• La Rosa, FG. The Third Dimension in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis."31st International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 31); July 14-18, 2021, Snowbird, Utah.
• La Rosa, FG. Can We Trust the TRUS Biopsies? Case Presentations and Discussion. "31st International Prostate Cancer Update (IPCU 31); July 14-18, 2021, Snowbird, Utah.
• Crawford ED, Martin M, Phillips CD, Stanton WN, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Arangua P, La Rosa FG, Grasmick z, Hoyer G, Mouraviev V, Stone NN, Terlecki R, Werahera PN. Microbiomes In Post-DRE Urine Samples Are Linked To Prostate Cancer Risk, J of Urology 206(3S):e1007, 2021. Podium presentation at the AUA 2021, Las Vegas, September 10-13, 2021.
• Gandara E, Reiter D, La Rosa FG, Zhang L. Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Urinary Bladder: Solving a Diagnostic Puzzle. College of American Pathologists 2020 Annual Meeting (CAP20 Virtual). Arch Pathol Lab Med 144 (9s1): Poster No. 131. September 2020.
• Linh Ho, Julene Moore, Lian Zhang, Ann Thor, Francisco G. La Rosa. Metastatic Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: A Diagnostic Quandary. Abstracts and Case Studies from the College of American Pathologists 2019 Annual Meeting (CAP19); Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2019 143:9, e2-e226. Control/Tracking Number: 2019-C-1044-CAP. Orlando, FL Sept 21-25, 2019 (accepted for presentation) Poster 134 (https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.5858/arpa.2019-0901-AB)
• Crawford ED, Martin M, Phillips CD, Stanton WN, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Arangua P, La Rosa FG, Grasmick z, Hoyer G, Mouraviev V, Stone NN, Terlecki R, Werahera PN. Microbiomes in Post-DRE Urine Samples Are Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk. in press
• Iczkowski KA, Molina M, Egevad L, Bostwick DG, van Leenders GJLH, La Rosa FG, van der Kwast T, Berney DM, Evans AJ, Wheeler TM, Leite KRM, Samaratunga H, Srigley J, Varma M, Tsuzuki T, Lucia MS, Crawford ED, Harris RG, Stricker P, Lawrentschuk N, Woo HH, Fleshner NE, Shore ND, Yaxley J, Bratt O, Wiklund P, Roberts M, Cheng L, Delahunt B. Low-grade prostate cancer should still be labelled cancer. BJU Int. 2022 Dec;130(6):741-743. PubMed PMID: 36083240
• Katie Hall, Brian Moore, Francisco G. La Rosa. Urinary Bladder Involvement in Neurofibromatosis Type I. Abstracts and Case Studies from the College of American Pathologists 2019 Annual Meeting (CAP19); Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2019 143:9, e2-e226. Control/Tracking Number: 2019-C-606-CAP. Orlando, FL Sept 21-25, 2019 (accepted for presentation) Poster 157 (https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.5858/arpa.2019-0901-AB)
• Stanton WN, Crawford ED, Arangua PB, Romero JK, La Rosa FG, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Maroni PD, Poage W, Schalken JA, Kim FJ, Groskopf J, Werahera PN. MP45-04 SelectMDx Urine Test Diagnose Men With High-Grade Prostate Cancer, J of Urology 207(5S):e763, Presented at the 2022 AUA Meeting, May 13-16, New Orleans, LA.
• Hong E, Martin AHH, La Rosa FG. Large-cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Kidney: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. College of American Pathologists 2022 Annual Meeting (CAP22), New Orleans, LA. Arch Pathol Lab Med (2022) 146 (9): e2–e186. Poster No. 71. October 2022.
• La Rosa FG, Organizer. “2da Exhibición de Pósters de la AITT” (2nd AITT Poster Exhibit) Nov. 25-26, 2022 https://www.posters.teleiberoamerica.com/2022/
• "Telepathology: The Rise of a Paradigm" by Francisco G. La Rosa, M.D. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACG3wDmjIbM?rel=0
• "The Third Dimension in Pathology of Prostate Cancer" by Dr. Francisco G. La Rosa (April 1, 2022) https://www.youtube.com/embed/6WSX59hoMlE?rel=0
• YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@denver-pathology
• Día 1: "2da. Exhibición de Pósters de la AITT - 2022" 25 de noviembre, 2022 Moderador: Dr. Francisco G. La Rosa Administrador de la AITT Profesor Asocaido de Patología University of Colorado, Denver, CO - USA https://www.youtube.com/embed/lXlJrvzktYw?rel=0
• Día 2: "2da. Exhibición de Pósters de la AITT - 2022" 26 de noviembre, 2022 Moderador: Dr. Francisco G. La Rosa Administrador de la AITT Profesor Asocaido de Patología University of Colorado, Denver, CO - USA https://www.youtube.com/embed/ueKCHdrLg_8?rel=0
• Valdivieso Rodríguez M, Alzamora Barrios B, Baracco Maggi R, Bravo-Jaimes K, Espinoza LA, Ferrari Gabilondo N, Gonzales-Zamora JA, Huerta-Saenz L, Huaynate-Cuadrado P, La Rosa FG, Ponce-Rosas L, Rios Perez J, Rozas Olivera V, Sjogren MH. El impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la educación médica: adaptabilidad y experiencia con enseñanza a distancia de la Sociedad Médica Peruano Americana. March 27, 2023; 84(1):117-22.
• Crawford ED, Martin R, Phillips CD, Stanton WN, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Arangua PB, La Rosa FG, Grasmick Z, Terlecki R, Meagher MF, Hirano D, Nickel JC, Werahera PN. Microbiomes in Post–Digital Rectal Exam Urine Samples are Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk. JU Open Plus 1(12):e00075, December 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/ JU9.0000000000000082.
• La Rosa FG. Uniendo Fronteras y Promoviendo la Salud: La Trayectoria de la AITT (Editorial) (Bridging Borders and Promoting Health: The Trajectory of the AITT. Revista de la AITT, n. 9, pp. 1, dic 11. 2022. ISSN 2411-3840. (in press in Jan 2023)
• La Rosa FG, Portella J. Telesalud y Telemedicina en Iberoamérica y en el Perú (Editorial) (Telehealth and Telemedicine in Latin America and Peru). Revista de la AITT, n. 10, pp. 1-2, dic 18. 2023. ISSN 2411-3840.
• Lerner SP, Tangen C, Svatek RS, Daneshmand S, Pohar K, Skinner E, Schuckman A, Sagalowsky AI, Smith ND, Kamat A, Kassouf W, Plets M, Bangs R, Koppie TM, Alva A, La Rosa FG, Pal SK, Kibel AS, Canter DJ, Thompson IM. SWOG S1011: A phase III surgical trial to evaluate the benefit of a standard versus an extended lymphadenectomy performed at time of radical cystectomy for muscle invasive urothelial cancer. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Chicago, IL, June 2-6, 2023. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023 41:16_suppl, 4508-4508
• https://heartpathology.com

Professional Memberships

• The American Urological Association, Affiliated Member
• American Telemedicine Association, Latin-American and Caribbean Chapter (ATALACC), Pas Vice-Chair
• Colorado Society of Clinical Pathologists, Member
• American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Fellow
• College of American Pathologists, Fellow and Inspector Leader
• Asociación Iberoamericana de Telesalud y Telemedicine (AITT), Past-President
• (Journal) "Revista AITT" revista.teleiberoamerica.com, Chief Editor

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

• University of Colorado Cancer Center

Specialty Information

• Pathology, Board Certification
• Anatomic and Clinical, Board Certification (1996)

• Cancers - Urologic Cancer
• Cancers - Testicular Cancer
• Cancers - Kidney Cancer
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Nephrotic Syndrome
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Kidney Infection
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Kidney Failure
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Kidney Disease
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Bladder Disease
• Kidneys and Urinary System
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Prostate Disease
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Nephropathy (Nephrosis)
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Kidney Stones
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Interstitial Nephritis
• Cancers - Bladder Cancer
• Cancers - Cancer Pathology
• Cancers - Prostate Cancer
• Infections
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Proteinuria
• Heart and Circulation - Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Heart and Circulation
• Cancers