Dr. Christopher VandenBussche, MD – Baltimore, MD

Chris VandenBussche was born in Rochester, Michigan and grew up in Traverse City, Michigan. He majored in chemistry at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and then completed a combined M.D.-Ph.D. degree at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and Lombard Comprehensive Cancer Center. After residency and fellowship (cytopathology) training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he joined the faculty and is currently an Associate Professor of Pathology and Oncology, Director of the Pathology Residency Training Program, Associate Director of Cytopathology, and Director of the Cytopathology Fellowship.

Dr. VandenBussche is a member of the College of American Pathologist's Cytopathology Committee, led the Pelvic Washings chapter of The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology, and leads two chapters for forthcoming updated version of The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology (“TPS 2.0”). He served on the American Society of Cytopathology’s Scientific Program Committee for four years and is currently chair of the Clinical Practice Committee.

Dr. VandenBussche predominantly focuses on the study of genitourinary cytopathology and has published 8 books and over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers in the field of cytopathology. He serves on numerous editorial boards and is an Associate Editor for Diagnostic Cytopathology, an Assistant Editor for the American Journal Clinical Pathology, and a Section Editor for the Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. He is frequently invited as a national and international speaker on cytopathology topics.