Dr. Dita Gratzinger

Biography

Dita Gratzinger is a hematopathologist dedicated to excellent patient care and to educating future hematopathologists. Her research focuses on the architectural support of microenvironments in the diagnosis of lymphoma from small volume specimens. She has a particular interest in understanding how patient-specific factors influence the manifestation of hematolymphoid diseases and lymphoid proliferations related to immunodeficiency. Gratzinger is the founding chair of the Cyto-Heme Interinstitutional Collaborative, a multi-institutional consortium that integrates the expertise of hematopathologists, cytopathologists, and oncologists to enhance the diagnostic benefits for patients undergoing small volume biopsies for lymphoma. She currently heads the hematopathology service at Stanford and has held various directorial positions within the department, contributing significantly to the training and development of upcoming specialists in her field. Gratzinger earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and both her MD and PhD from Yale University. She completed several fellowships at Stanford, including in hematopathology, anatomic pathology, and surgical pathology, and has achieved board certifications in hematopathology as well as anatomic pathology. Her clinical focus encompasses various aspects of hematopathology and anatomic clinical pathology.

Research Interests

Experience

Courses