Manju Prasad

Manju Prasad, professor of pathology, is an oncologic surgical pathologist by training with a lifelong interest in cancers of the head and neck, including salivary glands, thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Pathology is the study of the underlying mechanism of diseases which helps guide treatment individualized to each patient. Dr. Prasad is deeply committed to teaching and extending her expertise to patients and physicians. She started the Endocrine, Head & Neck subspecialty pathology program in 2009, a program dedicated to the detection of cancer, prediction of its behavior and response to therapy, which can be harmful to the patients and sometimes to their families. The program now has a complement of five surgical pathologists and is an ACGME-accredited fellowship program and works closely with molecular and cyto-pathology. Dr. Prasad’s research includes head and neck melanomas arising in UV-light-protected sites, e.g., oral and nasal mucosa, HPV-associated cancers of the head and neck, and the molecular mechanism of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal tumors. She is also interested in public education.