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Wendy L. Frankel, MD

Professor Emeritus

Wendy Frankel, MD

Office Phone:

614-366-3714

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Mailing Address:

212 Ackerman Rd
Columbus, OH 43221

Biosketch

Dr. Wendy Frankel graduated from medical school at the University of Michigan in 1988 and trained in surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from 1988-93. She then trained in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of California at San Diego and did her Surgical Pathology fellowship at UC San Francisco from 1993-97. She has been a faculty member of OSUWMC since 1997.

Dr. Frankel’s responsibilities at OSU include clinical service on the GI pathology division and teaching residents and fellows. Her primary area of research interest is colorectal carcinoma where she has worked since 1998 in the area of colon cancer genetics. She was part of the team that carried out the Columbus-area HNPCC study to determine the prevalence of Lynch syndrome among all newly diagnosed colorectal and endometrial cancer patients. The results of this study and subsequent publications appear to be changing the standard of care for colorectal cancer patients in the United States and world as many institutions and some entire countries have now adopted our recommendations to screen these patients for Lynch syndrome using immunohistochemistry staining for the four mismatch repair genes. She is currently part of the team of researchers involved in the Ohio Colorectal Cancer Prevention Initiative (OCCPI).

She is active in national and international organizations such as United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP). She has served in several leadership roles for USCAP including the Education Committee, Board of Directors, Executive Board, Treasurer and President. In addition, she is a past president of the Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society. She is the GI Pathology Cadre leader for Alliance for Clinical Trials and Oncology, formerly known as, CALGB. In addition, she has published 250 papers, multiple chapters, and given numerous national and international lectures focusing on GI pathology. She has been involved in multiple grants, won many teaching awards, received the USCAP President’s Award in 2020, and was chosen to present the Luminaries in Pathology talk at the USCAP Annual meeting in 2023. She is currently President of the OSU COM Mazzaferri-Ellison Society of Master Clinicians.

Board Certifications

Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology; Certification in Combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

2015-2024 Chair of Pathology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

2013-2024 Ralph W. and Helen Kurtz Endowed Chair in Pathology, OSUWMC, Columbus, Ohio

2011-Present Distinguished Professor, Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio

2008-Present Professor of Pathology, Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio

Education and Training

1996-1997 Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco

1993-1996 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego

1989-1993 Residency and Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

1988-1989 Internship, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

1984-1988 University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; M.D. "with distinction"

Selected Publications

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