Dr. Francesca M Ruggiero MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Francesca Ruggiero is a pathologist practicing in Hershey, PA. Dr. Ruggiero is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Ruggiero can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Ruggiero may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ct Sch Of Med- Farmington Ct 1980
Univ Of Ct Sch Of Med 1980
University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of aging and acetyl-L-carnitine on the pyruvate transport and oxidation in rat heart mitochondria.
- Lipid peroxidation and alterations to oxidative metabolism in mitochondria isolated from rat heart subjected to ischemia and reperfusion.
- The effect of reactive oxygen species generated from the mitochondrial electron transport chain on the cytochrome c oxidase activity and on the cardiolipin content in bovine heart submitochondrial particles.
- Variance in the interpretation of cervical biopsy specimens obtained for atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance.
- Comparative assessment of CT and sonographic techniques for appendiceal imaging.
- Reactive oxygen species generated from the mitochondrial electron transport chain induce cytochrome c dissociation from beef-heart submitochondrial particles via cardiolipin peroxidation. Possible role in the apoptosis.
- Decreased complex III activity in mitochondria isolated from rat heart subjected to ischemia and reperfusion: role of reactive oxygen species and cardiolipin.
- Role of reactive oxygen species and cardiolipin in the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria.
- Helicobacter (Campylobacter) pylori in gastric brushing cytology.
- Age-dependent changes in the activity of anion carriers and in the lipid composition in rat heart mitochondria.
- Age-dependent decrease in the cytochrome c oxidase activity and changes in phospholipids in rat-heart mitochondria.
- In vivo effect of acetyl-L-carnitine on succinate oxidation, adenine nucleotide pool and lipid composition of synaptic and non-synaptic mitochondria from cerebral hemispheres of senescent rats.
- The effect of aging and acetyl-L-carnitine on the activity of the phosphate carrier and on the phospholipid composition in rat heart mitochondria.
- Ca2+-induced reactive oxygen species production promotes cytochrome c release from rat liver mitochondria via mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT)-dependent and MPT-independent mechanisms: role of cardiolipin.
- Decreased activity of the phosphate carrier and modification of lipids in cardiac mitochondria from senescent rats.
Fellowships
- Surgical Pathology, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center-Jacobi Hospital 1988
- Gastrointestinal Pathology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 1987
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