Jessica L. Davis, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Associate Residency Program Director

Clinical Services

Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology

Pediatric Pathology

Education

MD, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 2010

BA, Biology, Carroll College, Helena, Montana, 2005

Training

Pediatric Pathology Fellow, Seattle Children's Hospital, 2015-2016

Chief Resident Clinical Pathology, University of California San Francisco, 2014-2015

Surgical Pathology Fellow/Chief Resident Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Francisco, 2013-2014

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Resident, University of California San Francisco, 2010-2013

Board Certifications

Pediatric Pathology (ABP), 2016
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2015

Interests

Clinical interests: Bone and soft tissue (BST) pathology, pediatric pathology.

My research focus is in pediatric soft tissue tumors, with an emphasis in fusion driven tumors.

Publications

Horvai A, Karamzadeh ND, Rubin BP, Kilpatrick SE, Rudzinski E, Lopez-Terada D, Hubley MB, Davis JL, Fritchie K. "Genetic and molecular reappraisal of spindle cell adamantinoma of bone reveals a small subset of misclassified intraosseous synovial sarcoma." Modern Path. 2018 Epub. PMID: 30206416.

Davis JL, Lockwood CM, Stohr B, Boecking C, Al-Ibraheemi A, DuBois SG, Vargas SO, Black JO, Cox MC, Luquette M, Turpin B, Szabo S, Laetsch TW, Albert CM, Parham DM, Hawkins DS, Rudzinski ER. "Expanding the Spectrum of Pediatric NTRK-rearranged mesenchymal tumors." Am J Surg Pathol. 2018. Accepted.

Hanberg E, Habashi A, Alali A, Weiss, J Andeen NK, Davis JL. "Sevelamer crystals and bowel injury." CJASN. 2018. Accepted.

Albert CM*, Davis JL*, Federman N, Casanova M, Laetsch TW. "NTRK Fusion Cancers in Children: A Clinical Review and Recommendations for Screening." JCO. 2018. Accepted. *Authors contributed equally

DuBois SG, Laetsch TW, Federman N, Turpin B, Albert CM, Nagasubramanian R, Anderson ME, Davis JL, Qamoos H, Reynolds M, Cruickshank S, Cox MC, Hawkins DS, Mascarenhas L, Pappo AS. "The Use of Neoadjuvant Larotrectinib in the Management of Children with Locally Advanced TRK Fusion Sarcomas." Cancer. 2018;124(21):4241-4247. PMID: 30204247.

Rudzinski ER, Lockwood CM, Stohr BA, Cho SJ, Vargas SO, Sheridan R, Black JO, Laetsch T, Davis JL. "Pan-Trk immunohistochemistry identifies NTRK-rearrangement in pediatric mesenchymal tumors." Am J Surg Pathol. 2018;42(7):927-935. PMID: 29683818.

Cohen JN, Sabnis AJ, Grenert JP, Krings G, Horvai AE, Davis JL. "EWSR1-NFATC2 Gene Fusion in a Soft Tissue Tumor with Epithelioid Round Cell Morphology and Abundant Stroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature." Human Pathol. 2018 Apr 04. PMID: 29626598.

Laetsch TW*, DuBois SG*, Mascarenhas L, Turpin B, Federman N, Albert CM, Nagasubramanian R, Davis JL, Rudzinski E, Feraco AM, Tuch BB, Ebata KT, Reynolds M, Smith E, Cruickshank S, Cox MC, Pappo AS, Hawkins DS. "Larotrectnib for paediatric solid tumours harbouring NTRK gene fusions: a multicentre, open-label, phase 1 study." The Lancet Oncology. 2018;19(5):705-714. PMID: 29606586.

Dalle Ore CL, Lau D, Davis JL, Safaee, M, Ames CP. "Rare case of a recurrent juvenile ossifying fibroma of the lumbosacral spine." Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2017.

Davis JL, Lockwood C, Albert K, Tsuchiya K, Hawkins DS, Rudzinski ER. "Infantile NTRK-associated mesenchymal tumors." Ped Devel Pathol. 2018 Jan-Feb;21(1):68-78. doi: 10.1177/1093526617712639. Epub 2017 Jul 6. PMID 28683589

Engen R, Killien E, Davis JL, Hartmann S, Symons J. "First reported survival of children with disseminated Clostridium septicum complicating hemolytic uremic syndrome." Pediatrics. 2017;139(3): e20161362. PMID: 28183731

Riggle K, Davis J, Drugas G, and Riehle K. "Fatal Clostridial Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Term Infant with Gastroschisis." J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2016. 14-29-31.

Davis JL and Horvai AE. "SATB2 expression is sensitive but not specific for osteosarcoma compared to other high-grade primary bone sarcomas." Histopathology. 2016;69(1): 84-90. PMID 26644288

Davis JL, Mathes E, Berry A. "Pediatric soft tissue fine needle aspiration: A case of giant cell fibroblastoma." Diagn Cytopathol. 2015;43(4):325-328. PMID:25088682

Zygourakis CC, Davis J, Kaur G, Ames C, Gupta N, Auguste K, Parsa AT. "Contemporary Management of CNS Teratomas: Results from a Tertiary Referral Center Demonstrating The Extreme Diversity of Presentation and Tumor Location." J Clin Neurosci. 2015;22(1):98-104.

Thurman AC, Davis JL, Jan M, McCulloch CE, Buelow BD. "Development and Validation of an App-Based Cell Counter for Use in the Clinical Laboratory Setting." J Pathol Inform. 2015. 6:2. PMID 25722942

Davis JL, Grenert JP, Horvai AE. "Loss of Heterozygosity and Microsatellite Instability Are Rare in Sporadic Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma: A Study of 43 Well-Characterized Cases." Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2014;138 (6): 823-827. PMID: 24878023

Coffin CM, Davis JL, Borinstein SC. "Review: Syndrome-associated soft tissue tumors." Histopathology. 2014;64:68-87. PMID: 24236688

Ashouri JF, Davis JL, Farkas A, Durack JC, Ramachandran R, Dall'Era M. "A young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and extensive mesenteric vasculitis involving small and medium vessels." Arthritis Care &Research. 2012;64(12):1928-33. PMID 22933330

Davis JL, Matsumura L, Weeks DA, Troxell ML. "PAX2 expression in Wilms tumors and other childhood neoplasms." Am J Surg Pathol. 2011;35(8):1186-1194. PMID: 21730820

Davis J, Griffiths R, Larkin K, Rozansky D, Troxell M. "Glomerular basement membrane lipidosis in Alagille Syndrome. Brief Report." Pediatr Nephrol. 2010;25:1181-1184. PMID: 20091053