Karen Arispe Angulo, MD

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

Departments

Department of Pathology

Education

MD – Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Residency (Anatomic Pathology) – Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubiran", Mexico City, Mexico
Fellowship (Oncologic/Surgical Pathology) – Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico
Residency (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology) – Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
Fellowship (Molecular Genetic Pathology) – Cleveland Clinic Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship (Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology) – Cleveland Clinic Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland, OH

Research Interests

Classification of emerging bone and soft tissue neoplasms integrating current and innovative methods
Evaluation of pediatric solid tumors associated with cancer predisposition syndromes
Discovery of molecular biomarkers for treatment of sarcomas clinically recurrent/refractory to conventional therapies
Collaborative projects with St. Jude Global Programs

Contact Information

Karen Arispe Angulo, MD Department of Pathology MS 250 Department of Pathology 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Email: karen.arispeangulo@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-6304

Selected Publications

Highland B, Morrow WP, Arispe K, Beaty M, Maracaja D. Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Extensive Bone Marrow Metastasis and Peripheral Blood Involvement: A Case Report with Immunohistochemical and Mutational Studies. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2024 Sep 1;32(8):382-388. PMID: 38990715.

Arispe Angulo KR, Logan S, Bahrami A, John I, Billings SD, Agrawal S, Bena J, Mesko N, Folpe AL, Fritchie KJ. Myxofibrosarcoma in adolescents and young adults: a clinicopathologic study of 17 cases. Hum Pathol. 2023 Dec; 142:90-95. PMID: 37742946.

Patton A., McKenney J.K., Alruwaii F.I., Arispe Angulo K, Fuller LD, Calvaresi E, Billings SD, Goldblum JR, Fritchie KJ. Paratesticular Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma with Epithelioid Features: A Diagnostic Pitfall. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Aug;31(5):721-727. PMID: 36113458.

Arispe Angulo, K, Cheng, YW, Jakubowski, M, Azzato, E. Rare/Novel EGFR Variants in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Institutional Experience with Treatment and Outcome. USCAP 2022 Abstracts: Pulmonary, Mediastinal, Pleural, and Peritoneal Pathology (1187- 1248). Mod Pathol 35, 1404–1472 (2022).

Arispe Angulo, K, Rhoads, D, Ramsey, C, Plunkett, D, Ihle, S, Downard, N, Bosler, D, Procop, G. Challenges and Opportunities for Quality Management with Molecular Testing for SARS-COV 2. Association for Molecular Pathology 2021 Annual Meeting Abstracts. J Mol Diagn 2021, 23:1567 Abstract ID22.

Arispe Angulo KR, Farooq A, Samra H, Weldemichael W, Anderson J, Jorns JM. Data-Driven Development of an Institutional "Gross-Only" Policy for the Examination of Select Surgical Pathology Specimens. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 Sep 8; 154(4):486-493. PMID: 32561904.

Arispe Angulo KR, Jawa Z, Visotcky A, Majidi SS, Chitambar CR, Jorns JM. A high mitotic score in breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is predictive of outcome and associated with a distinct morphology. Histopathology. 2020 Apr; 76(5):661-670. PMID: 31849088.

Retzlaff AA, Arispe K, Cochran EJ, Zwagerman NT. Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia of the Pineal Region: A Case Report and Review of Literature. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jan; 133:308-313. PMID: 31525486.

Arispe K, Gannon V, Albright T, Kroft S, Cunningham A, Astle J, Harrington A. Analysis of Physician-Requested Manual Differentials in peripheral blood samples: An Institutional Study for Quality Improvement. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 2018, Vol 150, Issue suppl_1, 21, S121–S122.

Pérez Montiel D, Arispe Angulo K, Cantú-de León D, Bornstein Quevedo L, Chanona Vilchis J, Herrera Montalvo L. The value of SATB2 in the differential diagnosis of intestinal type mucinous tumors of the ovary: primary vs. metastatic. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 2015 Aug; 19(4):249-52. PMID: 26059401.

Gonzalez AD, Salinger M, Arispe KR, Garcia G, Gamboa A. Case of month: 47-year-old man with HIV infection and hemiplegia. Brain Pathology 2012; 22(4): 567-570. PubMed ID: 22697382.

Arista J, Dorantes R, Uribe N, Arispe KR, Llamas FJ. Prostatic diffuse adenosis of the peripheral zone. A case report. Revista Española de Patología. 2011; 44:127-31.

De Anda J, Ángeles A, Arispe KR. Norwegian scabies in an autopsy case-National Institute of Sciences and Nutrition "Salvador Zubiran". Journal of the Latin American Society of Pathology, Mexican Association of Pathologists, Mexican Board of Anatomic Pathology. Patologia 2010, Vol. 48, Num.1. January-March.

Arispe KR, Artunduaga I, Acosta A, Aramayo C, Angulo O. Side effects of polychemotherapy and monotherapy with radiotherapy, "Instituto Oncologico Nacional- Caja Petrolera de Salud" from 2001 to 2003. Scientific journal Ciencia y Medicina (2004, March 15).

Arispe KR, Aiza D, Aramayo C, Ortega R, Ugarte A, Angulo O. Cervical cancer, Treatment methods, response, and local recurrence. "Instituto Oncologico Nacional- Caja Petrolera de Salud" from 1999 to 2003. Scientific journal Ciencia y Medicina (2004, March 15).

Last update: June 2025