Last Updated: 9/29/2005

Clinical Interests
Molecular pathology; Autopsy pathology

Research Interests
1) Identification of molecular markers for early detection/diagnosis of solid tumors.

2) Pathogenesis of viral-associated malignancies.

Training
2002- 2003
Fellow in Molecular Genetic Pathology University of North Carolina Hospitals McLendon Clinical Labs
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2001-2002

Fellow in Anatomic Pathology
University of North Carolina Hospitals Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2000- 2001

Fellow in Forensic Pathology University of Louisville Hospitals Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Louisville, Kentucky

1995-2000

Resident in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina

1991-1995

M.D.
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina

1988-Dec 18,1990

Master in Health Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina

Publications
Peer- Reviewed Articles

Thorne LB, Ryan JL, Elmore SH, Glaser SL, Gulley ML. Real-Time PCR Measures Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Archival Breast Adenocarcinomas. Diagn Mol Pathol.14(1):29-33, 2005.

Hunsaker DM, Thome LB. Suicide by Blunt Force Trauma. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 23(5):355-9, December 2002.

Thome LB, Collins KA. Speedballing with Needle Embolization: Case study and review of the literature. Journal of Forensic Sciences.43(5):1074-1O76, September 1998.


Published Abstracts

Thorne LB, Civalier C, Fan H, Gulley ML. Validation of a Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay for CMV Viral Load. J Mol Diagn, 6(4): 423 (I8), 2004.

Scanga L, Chaing S, Powell C, Aylsworth A, Harrell LJ, Henshaw NG, Civalier C, Thorne L, Sailus J, Weck K, Booker J, Gulley M. Diagnosis of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection by PCR of Dried Blood Spots on Perinatal Cards. J Mol Diagn, 6(4): 423 (I6), 2004.

Thorne LB, Allen RW, Eisenberg AJ, Feldman D, Harrison CR, Polesky HF, Roby RK. A Review of Mixture Profiles in the CAP Forensic Identity Proficiency Testing Program Histocompatibility/Identity Testing Committee, College of American Pathologists. Proceedings from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting, Dallas, Texas, February 2004.

Ryan JL, Morgan D, Shen Y-J, Thorne LB, Elmore SH, Gulley ML.
Epstein-Barr Virus latently infects gastric cancer and gastritis lesions. FASEB J, 18: A571, 2004.

Thorne LB, Sindhi R, Lazarchick J, Smith T, Rogers RL. Liver Transplant Recipient with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Factor V Inhibitor Requiring Plasma Exchange. J Clin Apheresis. 14(2):102, 1999.

E-mail: lthorne@unch.unc.edu
Telephone: 919-966-8003
Address: CB#7525 UNC Dept of Pathology Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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