Tamara Lotan, MD

Dr. Tamara Lotan is a Professor of Pathology, Oncology and Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is urologic pathology. Dr. Lotan received her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Chicago Hospitals and performed a fellowship in urologic pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a urologic pathologist and physician-scientist whose laboratory studies tissue-based predictive and prognostic biomarkers in prostate cancer. The group has a particular interest in the molecular contributors to prostate cancer health disparities. Her group also studies mTOR signaling and its role in tumorigenesis, with a focus on renal oncogenesis. Dr. Lotan is engaged in research training and is the co-PI of the OPTIC T32 in pathology, enabling pathology residents to engage in 2-3 years of laboratory research. She is currently the Deputy Director for Research Affairs in the Department of Pathology.