Medical Director of Anatomic Pathology
Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington
Dr. Rudzinski completed her undergraduate degree at Berry College (Rome, GA) and medical school at the Medical College of Georgia (Augusta, GA). She completed residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, followed by a fifth-year anatomic pathology fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN). Dr. Rudzinski then moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she completed her Pediatric Pathology subspecialty training at Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington Medical Center.
Dr. Rudzinski practices general pediatric pathology with an emphasis on pediatric solid tumors, particularly soft tissue sarcomas. She has been an active member in the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) since 2009, where she was a young investigator under the mentorship of Dr. David Parham. She now provides central pathology review for rhabdomyosarcoma clinical studies, serves on the COG Soft Tissue Sarcoma steering committee, and is Vice-chair of the COG Pathology Discipline committee. She represents COG pathology as part of a new international soft tissue sarcoma consortium (INSTRuCT). Dr. Rudzinski is an author of 90+ manuscripts on pediatric pathology, several book chapters on rhabdomyosarcoma and pediatric solid tumors, and has spoken nationally and internationally on pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.
