Emily A Sloan, MD| Pathology | MedStar Health
About me
Emily A. Sloan, MD, PhD, is Associate Director of Neuropathology at the MedStar Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center and Department of Pathology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. As a diagnostic neuropathologist, her clinical focus is on diseases of the central nervous system, with an emphasis on neoplastic disease and the grading and classification of CNS tumors. She also has expertise in neuromuscular pathology and autopsy pathology. She is triple board certified in Neuropathology, Anatomic Pathology, and Clinical Pathology.
Dr. Sloan is a member of multiple societies including the American Association of Neuropathologists, College of American Pathologists, and United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. She has published more than 25 basic science and translational research studies in peer-reviewed journals. With this knowledge, she integrates histopathologic classification and molecular informatics to ensure her patients receive the best possible diagnostic care.
Dr. Sloan also actively participates in education of residents, fellows, and medical students, receiving a teaching award for Resident Education. She earned her Ph.D in Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology investigating the molecular genetics of HIV infection, and maintains a strong interest in infectious diseases and health equity.
Dr. Sloan’s main areas of clinical expertise include:
- Expert diagnostic services in neuro-oncology, inflammatory/autoimmune disease, infectious processes, muscle and nerve disorders, and neurodegenerative disease
- Rapid intraoperative consultations
- Post-mortem neuropathologic brain examinations, including evaluation of neurodegenerative diseases, as well as general autopsy services
- Ancillary techniques including histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, ultrastructural evaluation, and molecular genetics for integrated tumor classification
Clinical areas of focus
- Anatomic And Clinical Pathology
- Clinical Pathology
- Histopathology
- Immunohistochemistry Staining
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Molecular Genetic Pathology
- Parotid Biopsy
- Surgical Pathology Examination
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Nephritic Syndrome
- Adrenal Gland Disorder
- Adrenal Tumor
- Anemia
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Benign Skin Lesions
- Bladder Cancer
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bone Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Disorders
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Bladder
- Cervical Cancer
- Choroidal Nevi
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Clotting Disorders
- Coagulopathy
- Cushing Syndrome
- Cutaneous Melanoma
- Endometrial Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
- Grave's Disease
- Hematologic Malignancies
- Hepatitis
- Hyperpituitarism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Intestinal Infections
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukopenia
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Lung Cancer
- Malignant Skin Cancer
- Melanoma
- Meningitis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Disorders
- Pancreatic Diseases
- Pancreatitis
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Pituitary Disorders
- Plasma Cell Disorders
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Diseases
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Salivary Gland Tumors
- Sepsis
- Skin Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Stomach Cancer
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Testicular Cancer
- Testicular Disorders
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Disorders
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Uterine Cancer
- Vascular Tumors
Procedures I perform
- A1c Testing
- Adrenal Hormone Level Testing
- Anatomic And Clinical Pathology
- Biopsy Of The Biliary Tract
- Blood Banking
- Blood Cell Count
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Blood Type Testing
- Bone Density Scan
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Cancer Cytogenetics
- Cell Block Preparation
- Cervical Biopsy
- Cholecystectomy
- Clinical Pathology
- Coagulation Tests
- Computed Tomography
- Diagnostic Pathology
- Digital Therapeutics
- Dna Sequencing
- Echocardiography
- Electron Microscopy
- Endocrine And Thyroid Pathology
- Endometrial Biopsy
- Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis
- Fine Needle Aspiration
- Flow Immunophenotyping
- Fluid Cytology
- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
- Gene Methylation Analysis
- Genetic Mutation Testing
- Gross Examination
- Gynecological Cancer Screening
- Histopathology
- HPV Testing
- Immunohistochemistry Staining
- Intraoperative Frozen Section
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Methylation Profiling
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Molecular Genetic Pathology
- Molecular Hematopathology
- Parotid Biopsy
- Pathology Consultation
- Perinatal Pathology
- Ploidy Analysis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein Electrophoresis
- Renal Biopsy
- Serum Protein Electrophoresis
- Sickle Cell Testing
- Skin Biopsy
- Spectral Karyotyping
- Surgical Pathology Examination
- Tissue Array
- Tissue Biopsy
- Tuberculosis Testing
- Tumor Immunohistochemistry
- Tumor Marker Testing
- Ultrasonography
- Urethral Smear
- Urinary Protein Test
- Urologic Pathology
- Western Blotting
- Whole-Exome Sequencing
- Wound Swab
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- First Health PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst EPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UHC Passport
- Sentara Health
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare FFS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- POS OA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Student Resources
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HighMark
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Navigate
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Network OA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- First Health PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pathology, Pathology
Fellowship: UCSF Medical Center (2020)
Residency: University of Virginia School of Medicine (2018)
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine (2014)
Awards
- Resident Teaching Award, MedStar Georgetown Department of Pathology (2022)
- Moore Award for best clinico-pathologic paper in neuropathology, American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) (2020)
- O.T. Bailey-Helena Riggs Award, AANP Diagnostic Slide Session (2019)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Sloan EA, Gupta R, Koelsche C, Chiang J, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Alexandrescu S, Eschbacher JM, Wang W, Mafra M, Ud Din N, Carr-Boyd E, Watson M, Punsoni M, Oviedo A, Gilani A, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Coss DJ, Lopes MB, Reddy A, Mueller S, Cho SJ, Horvai AE, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Rodriguez FJ, Ellison DW, Perry A, von Deimling A, Chang SM, Berger MS, Solomon DA. Intracranial mesenchymal tumors with FET-CREB fusion are composed of at least two epigenetic subgroups distinct from meningioma and extracranial sarcomas. Brain Pathol. 2022 Jul;32(4):e13037. doi: 10.1111/bpa.13037. Epub 2021 Nov 25. PMID: 34821426; PMCID: PMC9245938.
- Sloan EA, Chiang J, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Alexandrescu S, Eschbacher JM, Wang W, Mafra M, Ud Din N, Carr-Boyd E, Watson M, Punsoni M, Oviedo A, Gilani A, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Coss DJ, Lopes MB, Raffel C, Berger MS, Chang SM, Reddy A, Ramani B, Ferris SP, Lee JC, Hofmann JW, Cho SJ, Horvai AE, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Rodriguez FJ, Ellison DW, Perry A, Solomon DA. Intracranial mesenchymal tumor with FET-CREB fusion-A unifying diagnosis for the spectrum of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors and angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma-like neoplasms. Brain Pathol. 2021 Jul;31(4):e12918. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12918. Epub 2021 Jan 28. PMID: 33141488; PMCID: PMC8089120.
- Lucas CG, Sloan EA, Gupta R, Wu J, Pratt D, Vasudevan HN, Ravindranathan A, Barreto J, Williams EA, Shai A, Whipple NS, Bruggers CS, Maher O, Nabors B, Rodriguez M, Samuel D, Brown M, Carmichael J, Lu R, Mirchia K, Sullivan DV, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Perry A, Banerjee A, Mueller S, Gupta N, Hervey-Jumper SL, Oberheim Bush NA, Daras M, Taylor JW, Butowski NA, de Groot J, Clarke JL, Raleigh DR, Costello JF, Phillips JJ, Reddy AT, Chang SM, Berger MS, Solomon DA. Multiplatform molecular analyses refine classification of gliomas arising in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. Acta Neuropathol. 2022 Oct;144(4):747-765. doi: 10.1007/s00401-022-02478-5. Epub 2022 Aug 9. PMID: 35945463; PMCID: PMC9468105.
- Yeh J, Marks JA, Alzeer AH, Sloan EA, Varghese R, Paudel N, Reuss JE, Bergquist PJ, Liu SV, Kim C. Remarkable Intracranial Response to Sotorasib in a Patient With KRASG12C-Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma and Untreated Brain Metastases: A Case Report. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2022 Nov 6;3(12):100428. doi: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2022.100428. PMID: 36471683; PMCID: PMC9719091.
- Alonzo CJ, Burnsed JC, Sloan EA, Zanelli SA. A Term Infant with Encephalopathy and Severe Leukocytosis. Neoreviews. 2022 Aug 1;23(8):e579-e581. doi: 10.1542/neo.23-8-e579. PMID: 35909106.
- Mehta A, Khan F, Wagner C, Hashemzadeh T, Stemer A, Sloan EA, Mayson D, Amjad F. A Case of Neurosarcoid Presenting as Multiple Intraparenchymal Hemorrhages. Neurohospitalist. 2022 Jan;12(1):162-166. doi: 10.1177/19418744211029495. Epub 2021 Jun 30. PMID: 34950407; PMCID: PMC8689526.
- Pekmezci M, Morshed RA, Chunduru P, Pandian B, Young J, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Tihan T, Sloan EA, Aghi MK, Molinaro AM, Berger MS, Hervey-Jumper SL. Detection of glioma infiltration at the tumor margin using quantitative stimulated Raman scattering histology. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 9;11(1):12162. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91648-8. PMID: 34108566; PMCID: PMC8190264.
- Ramani B, Gupta R, Wu J, Barreto J, Bollen AW, Tihan T, Mummaneni PV, Ames C, Clark A, Oberheim Bush NA, Butowski N, Phillips D, King BE, Bator SM, Treynor EC, Zherebitskiy V, Quinn PS, Walker JB, Pekmezci M, Sullivan DV, Hofmann JW, Sloan EA, M Chang S, Berger MS, Solomon DA, Perry A. The immunohistochemical, DNA methylation, and chromosomal copy number profile of cauda equina paraganglioma is distinct from extra-spinal paraganglioma. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 Dec;140(6):907-917. doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02221-y. Epub 2020 Sep 6. PMID: 32892244; PMCID: PMC7682537.
- Ramani B, Gupta R, Wu J, Barreto J, Bollen AW, Tihan T, Mummaneni PV, Ames C, Clark A, Oberheim Bush NA, Butowski N, Phillips D, King BE, Bator SM, Treynor EC, Zherebitskiy V, Quinn PS, Walker JB, Pekmezci M, Sullivan DV, Hofmann JW, Sloan EA, M Chang S, Berger MS, Solomon DA, Perry A. The immunohistochemical, DNA methylation, and chromosomal copy number profile of cauda equina paraganglioma is distinct from extra-spinal paraganglioma. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 Dec;140(6):907-917. doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02221-y. Epub 2020 Sep 6. PMID: 32892244; PMCID: PMC7682537.
- Sloan EA, Sampognaro PJ, Junn JC, Chin C, Jacques L, Ramachandran PS, DeRisi JL, Wilson MR, Kriegstein AR, Bollen AW, Solomon DA, Margeta M, Engstrom JW. Neuroglial stem cell-derived inflammatory pseudotumor (n-SCIPT): clinicopathologic characterization of a novel lesion of the lumbosacral spinal cord and nerve roots following intrathecal allogeneic stem cell intervention. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 Dec;138(6):1103-1106. doi: 10.1007/s00401-019-02089-7. Epub 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31659431; PMCID: PMC6858593.
- Sloan EA, Cooney T, Oberheim Bush NA, Buerki R, Taylor J, Clarke JL, Torkildson J, Kline C, Reddy A, Mueller S, Banerjee A, Butowski N, Chang S, Mummaneni PV, Chou D, Tan L, Theodosopoulos P, McDermott M, Berger M, Raffel C, Gupta N, Sun PP, Li Y, Shah V, Cha S, Braunstein S, Raleigh DR, Samuel D, Scharnhorst D, Fata C, Guo H, Moes G, Kim JYH, Koschmann C, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Devine P, Grenert JP, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Phillips JJ, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Perry A, Solomon DA. Recurrent non-canonical histone H3 mutations in spinal cord diffuse gliomas. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 Nov;138(5):877-881. doi: 10.1007/s00401-019-02072-2. Epub 2019 Sep 12. PMID: 31515627; PMCID: PMC6818961.
- Sloan EA, Hilz S, Gupta R, Cadwell C, Ramani B, Hofmann J, Kline CN, Banerjee A, Reddy A, Oberheim Bush NA, Chang S, Braunstein S, Chang EF, Raffel C, Gupta N, Sun PP, Kim JYH, Moes G, Alva E, Li R, Bruggers CS, Alashari M, Wetmore C, Garg S, Dishop M, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Devine P, Grenert JP, Lee JC, Phillips JJ, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Berger MS, Costello JF, Perry A, Solomon DA. Gliomas arising in the setting of Li-Fraumeni syndrome stratify into two molecular subgroups with divergent clinicopathologic features. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 May;139(5):953-957. doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02144-8. Epub 2020 Mar 10. PMID: 32157385; PMCID: PMC7183424.