Alexander Truskinovsky, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Educational Background

• University of Minnestoa (1992), B.A. (Physiology)
• University of Minnesota (1997), M.D.

Publications

• Spector E, Franklin MJ, Truskinovsky AM, Dudek AZ. Sorafenib induces partial response in metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma. Acta Oncol. 2009 Aug 26:1-3.
• Murthaiah P, Truskinovsky AM, Shah S, Dudek AZ. Collision tumor versus multiphenotypic differentiation: a case of carcinoma with features of colonic and lung primary tumors. Anticancer Res. 2009 May;29(5):1495-7.
• Dudek AZ, Murthaiah PK, Franklin M, Truskinovsky AM. Metastatic adamantinoma responds to treatment with receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Acta Oncol. 2009 May 1:1-4.
• Mulamalla K, Truskinovsky AM, Dudek AZ. Rare case of hemangiopericytoma responds to sunitinib. Transl Res. 2008 Mar;151(3):129-33.
• Dham A, Truskinovsky AM, Dudek AZ. Thymic carcinoid responds to neoadjuvant therapy with sunitinib and octreotide: a case report. J Thorac Oncol. 2008 Jan;3(1):94-7.
• Truskinovsky AM, Gerscovich EO, Duffield CR, Vogt PJ. Endometrial microcalcifications detected by ultrasonography: clinical associations, histopathology, and potential etiology. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2008 Jan;27(1):61-7.
• Mulamalla K, Truskinovsky AM, Dudek AZ. Pulmonary blastoma with renal metastasis responds to sorafenib. J Thorac Oncol. 2007 Apr;2(4):344-7.
• Chura JC, Truskinovsky AM, Judson PL, Johnson L, Geller MA, Downs LS Jr. Positron emission tomography and leiomyomas: clinicopathologic analysis of 3 cases of PET scan-positive leiomyomas and literature review. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Jan;104(1):247-52.
• Subramanian IV, Bui Nguyen TM, Truskinovsky AM, Tolar J, Blazar BR, Ramakrishnan S. Adeno-associated virus-mediated delivery of a mutant endostatin in combination with carboplatin treatment inhibits orthotopic growth of ovarian cancer and improves long-term survival. Cancer Res. 2006 Apr 15;66(8):4319-28.
• Truskinovsky AM, Partin AW, Kroll MH. Kinetics of tumor growth of prostate carcinoma estimated using prostate-specific antigen. Urology. 2005 Sep;66(3):577-81.

For a complete list of Dr. Truskinovsky's publications, please refer to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Search.

Invited Lectures

• 09/21/05 Northern Gynecology Conference, The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriyya, Israel
• 01/17/06 Twin Cities Society of Pathologists Quarterly Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• 10/12/06 John L. McKelvey Lecturer in Gynecologic Oncology, 37th Annual Autumn Seminar, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• 11/03/06 Course director and lecturer, 31st E.T. Bell Fall Pathology Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• 09/03/07 Lecturer, N. Kipshidze Central University Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia

Presentations

• Truskinovsky A, Sanderson H, Epstein, JI. Characterization of minute adenocarcinomas of the prostate at radical prostatectomy (RP). Modern Pathology 2003; 16(1): 174A. (Platform presentation at the 2003 USCAP Annual Meeting.)
• Truskinovsky AM, Gerscovich EO, Duffield CR. Endometrial calcifications: histopathologic and clinical background. Modern Pathology 2005; 18(Supplement 1): 206A. (Poster presentation at the 2005 USCAP Annual Meeting.)
• Roychowdhury M, Truskinovsky AM. Lichen Sclerosus and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva. (Poster presentation at the 2007 USCAP Annual Meeting.)