Erica Rushing, MD, MPH | Dept. of Bio-Medical Sciences | PCOM Georgia
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ERICA RUSHING, MD, MPH
Associate Dean of Pre-Clinical Curriculum
Professor of Pathology

Dr. Rushing is a U.S. trained physician and diplomate of the American Board of Pathology in both Anatomic Pathology and Dermatopathology. After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, she obtained her Masters of Public Health degree at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she did melanoma research at The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center. She then completed her Anatomic pathology residency at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Dermatopathology fellowship at The University of Arkansas. She practiced in private practice dermatopathology for seven years before deciding to dedicate herself to teaching full-time. Since then, Dr. Rushing has taught medical school pathology to over 1000 medical students and mentored many of them through their medical school journey and boards preparation. Dr. Rushing has created her own online comprehensive boards review course () and has been published in several journals including Human Pathology, The Journal of Cutaneous Pathology and Modern Pathology. At PCOM, Dr. Rushing teaches pathology and the Comprehensive Basic Science Review and Synthesis course for boards preparation in second year. As Associate Dean of Pre-Clinical Curriculum, Dr. Rushing is also involved in curriculum oversight, academic planning and course evaluations.

Education

  • The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine - MD
  • The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - MPH

Courses

  • Pathology
  • Comprehensive Basic Science Review and Synthesis

Awards

  • Teacher of the Year, 2024-2025 (Belmont University Frist College of Medicine)
  • Teacher of the Year (M2), 2023-2024 (The 色中色)
  • Teacher of the Year (M1/M2), 2022-2023 (The 色中色)
  • Professor of the Semester, January-May 2022 (American University of the Caribbean)
  • Professor of the Semester, May-August 2020 (American University of the Caribbean)
  • Professor of the Semester, January-May 2020 (American University of the Caribbean)

Publications

Rushing Review - Online Pathology Board Review Course (45 hours)
Online intensive pathology review course of 3000 questions for students studying for Step 1 and COMLEX 1 - May 8-12, 2023, July 1-5, 2023, August 28-Sept 1, 2023, December 26-30, 2023, May 13-17th 2024, December 26-30th 2024 (ongoing).

EC Rushing, A. Hoschar, JK McDonnell, SD Billings. 鈥淚atrogenic Oral Hairy Leukoplakia: A Report of Two Cases鈥. The Journal of Cutaneous Pathology . 2011; 38: 275-279.

EC Rushing, Megan J. Stine, Sarah J. Hahn, Sofia Shea, Mark S Eller, Alaa Naif, Sarika Khanna, William H. Westra, Achim A. Jungbluth, Klaus J. Busam, Meera Mahalingham, MD and Rhoda M. Alani, MD. 鈥淣europilin-2: A novel biomarker for malignant melanoma?鈥 Human Pathology. 2011. August.

EC Rushing, MJ Keefe, S Khanna, AA Jungbluth, KJ Busam, RM Alani. 鈥淣europilin-2 Expression in Normal Tissues, Various Tumors, and Primary Metatstatic Melanomas.鈥 Modern Pathology. 2009; 22: 109A. Poster presented at The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting Boston, March 11, 2009.

BA Williams, TA Jennings, EC Rushing, M Wirgis, and BE Russell. 鈥淪porotricosis on the face of a 7-year-old boy following a bicycle accident.鈥 Pediatric Dermatology. 2013 Nov-Dec; 30(6): e246-7.

EC Rushing, V Krishnamurthi, C Farver and R Tuthill. 鈥淭ransplant Melanoma: An Emerging Recipient Risk鈥. Presented at The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 2011. Presented at the American Society of Dermatopathology meeting, October 2011, Seattle, WA.

EC Rushing, R Tuthill. 鈥淢elanoma of Unknown Primary Origin: Decreased Survival for Stage 4 Patients鈥 Presented at The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 2011. Presented at the American Society of Dermatopathology meeting, October 2011, Seattle, WA.

EC Rushing, L Clark, M King, WL Cheung, and KM. Hiatt. 鈥淎n Interesting Case of Asymptomatic Congenital Familial Mucinosis鈥hat Is Your Diagnosis?鈥 Presented at the American Society of Dermatopathology meeting, October 2011, Seattle, WA.

EC Rushing, K James, T Manning, WL Cheung, KM Hiatt. 鈥淯mbilical polyp masquerading as a pyogenic granuloma鈥. Presented at the American Society of Dermatopathology meeting, October 2011, Seattle, WA.

EC Rushing, BE Bowman, RJ Adams, KM Hiatt. 鈥淯ltra-late recurrence of metastatic cutaneous melanoma to the stomach and duodenum鈥. Presented at the American Society of Dermatopathology meeting, October 2011, Seattle, WA.

EC Rushing, WJ McCreary, KB Conner, GE Brown ,WL Cheung, KM Hiatt, ML Wirges. 鈥淪evere widespread desquamation from Humira庐鈥. Presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2012.

G Duncan, D Walz, A Singh, S Nasr, EC Rushing. 鈥淛ourney of a Bullet Embolization: Hepatic Vein to Right Ventricle鈥. Presented at the American University of the Caribbean Research Symposium, March 2021, Sint Maarten.

E O鈥橤rady, R Pointer Tedder, H Alemneh, EC Rushing. 鈥淲heals, Flares and a Childhood Scare: A Case of Pediatric Chronic Urticaria鈥. Presented at the American University of the Caribbean Research Symposium, March 2021, Sint Maarten.

J Selph, B Davis, B Barnard, EC Rushing. 鈥淎n Overdose and More鈥. Presented at the American University of the Caribbean Research Symposium, July 2021, Sint Maarten.

Arielle Preston, Hawraa Beydoun, Ilana Nathan, Jamesetta Polahn, Jesse Lamb, Mirelle Alktaish, Neha Dayalani-Vaswani, EC Rushing. 鈥淭he heart of the matter: Fever of unknown origin鈥. Presented at the American University of the Caribbean Research Symposium, November 2021, Sint Maarten.

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