Valentina Robila, MD, PhD
Surgical Pathology Director of Education
Associate Professor;
Director of Breast and Cardiothoracic Pathology;
Director of Surgical Pathology Fellowship;
Associate Director Pathology Residency Program AP
Department: Pathology
Phone: (804) 628-2999
Email: Valentina.Robila@vcuhealth.org
Valentina Robila, MD, PhD, is an Associate professor of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the Program Director of the Surgical Pathology Fellowship and the Associate Program Director for the residency program.
Dr. Robila graduated from the Medical University of Iasi, Romania, and earned a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from University of Virginia. She completed her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency and Fellowship training in Cytopathology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System.
Her clinical expertise and research interests include Breast and Cardiothoracic pathology, along with Cytopathology.
Clinical Specialties: Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology
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Dr. Valentina Robila abbreviated CV
Education
1998 MD: University of Iasi, Grigore T. Popa School of Medicine, Iasi, Romania
2006 PhD: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2014 Fellowship: Cytopathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
2013 Residency: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Licenses & Certifications
American Board of Pathology, Cytopathology
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Selected Honors & Awards
2021 Saul Kay faculty Teaching Award, Department of Pathology, VCUH
2018, 20, 21 Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Medicine, VCUH
Recent Grants and Funding
Co-PI on multiple grants
Professional Service (outside)
Vice-Chair SOM Professional Committee, VCU
GMEC Clinical Environment Committee, VCU
Clinical Practice Committee, American Society of Cytopathology
Safety Initiative Committee, Dept. of Pathology
CCC and PEC Committees for Pathology Residency and Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology fellowships, Dept. of Pathology
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Papers
Yang L, Bhattacharya A, Peterson D, Li Y, Liu X, Marangoni E, Robila V, Zhang Y. “Targeted dual degradation of HER2 and EGFR obliterates oncogenomic signaling, overcomes therapy resistance, an inhibits metastatic lesions in HER2-positive breast cancer models”; Drug Resistance Update, May 2024.
Pilai A, Robila V, Kasirajan V, Ellenbogen KA, Koneru JN. “Ex-vivo Histopathologic Examinations of Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Utilizing Half-Normal Saline of the Human Heart”, J. Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, April 2023.
Bassiouni R, Idowu M, Gibbs LD, Robila V, Grizzard P, Webb M, Song J, Noriega A, Craig D, Carpten J. “Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of a Diverse Patient Cohort Reveals a Conserved Architecture in Triple Negative Breast Cancer”, Cancer Research, January 2023.
Trabzonlou L, Jager L, Tabibi S, Compton ML, Weiss WL, Kanber Y, Robila V, Antic T, Maleki Z, Morency EG, Barkan GA. “Adrenal Gland Cytology Reporting: A Multi-Institutional Proposal for a Standardized System”, Cancer Cytopathology, March 4, 2022.
Pillappa R, Wiles A, Sayeed S, Robila V. “Usefulness of Cyclin D1/ Podoplanin Dual Immunohistochemical Stain to Differentiate Malignant Mesothelioma from Reactive Mesothelial Proliferations”, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, March 14, 2022.
Neal D, Robila V, Chesney A, Sayeed, S; “Fine needle aspiration and core needle biopsy of the spleen: A case series illustrating current practices and challenges”. Diagnostic Cytopathology, September 2021.
Colon-Cartagena L, McGuire K, Zot P, Pillappa R, Idowu MO, Robila V; “Breast-conserving surgery with and without cavity shave margins have different re-excision rates and associated overall cost: Institutional and patient-driven decisions for its utilization". Clinical Breast Cancer. Vol 21, March 2021.
Martinez LM, Robila V, Clark NM, Du W, Idowu M, Bos PD. “Regulatory T cells control the switch from in situ to invasive breast cancer.” Frontier Immunology, 2019 August 29;10:1942
Robila V, Kraft AO, Smith SC; “New entities, new technologies, new findings: A review of the cytologic features of recently established subtypes of renal cell carcinoma”, Cancer Cytopathology, Vol. 127(2):79-97, 2019.
Book Chapters and Monographs
“Diagnosis and Management of Breast Tumors; A Practical Handbook and Multidisciplinary Approach”, Springer 2017, Chapters 6-10.
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