Erin R. Rudzinski, MD

Bio

Dr. Erin Rudzinski completed her undergraduate degree at Berry College (Rome, GA) and medical school at the Medical College of Georgia (Augusta, GA). She completed residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, followed by a fifth-year anatomic pathology fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN). Dr. Rudzinski then moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she completed her Pediatric Pathology subspecialty training at Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington Medical Center.

Dr. Rudzinski practices general pediatric pathology with an emphasis on pediatric solid tumors, and she is a consultant both nationally for pediatric soft tissue tumors, particularly rhabdomyosarcoma. She is an active member in the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), where she started in 2009 as a young investigator under the mentorship of Dr. David Parham. She now serves as Vice Chair for the Pathology Discipline Committee, as well as Vice Chair for Professional Development for the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee in COG. She is the lead pathologist for the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee and is the primary central review pathologist for rhabdomyosarcoma clinical trials and for the Molecular Characterizaton Initiative protocol. She also represents COG as part of a new international soft tissue sarcoma consortium (INSTRuCT).

Dr. Rudzinski is an author of 90+ manuscripts on pediatric pathology, multiple book chapters on rhabdomyosarcoma and pediatric solid tumors, with over 6000 citations. She serves on the Editorial Board for Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, and she has spoken nationally and internationally on pediatric soft tissue pathology.