Karra Anne Jones | Scholars@Duke

Karra Anne Jones
Associate Professor of Pathology

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Clinical Science Departments 2022

Contact Information

Duke Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710
Rm 3093, Yellow Zone, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710
karra.jones@duke.edu (919) 684-3950
LinkedIn
Twitter: @BrainIsThePath

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Medical License No. 2021-03318, North Carolina, , 2021 - 2023
- Medical License No. 43717, Iowa, , 2016 - 2023
- Fellowship, Neuropathology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine 2012 - 2014
- Residency, Anatomic Pathology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine 2010 - 2012
- MD./PhD., University of Kansas School of Medicine 2010
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- -Section Head, Muscle & Nerve Pathology
  -Program Director, Neuropathology Fellowship
Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. 2020 - 2022
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. 2016 - 2020
- Clinical Instructor, University of California, San Diego. 2014 - 2016
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 27, 2022 Duke Pathology News
  
  Dr. Jones Gives 2 National Presentations
- MAY 18, 2022 Duke Pathology News
  
  Dr. Jones Assumes Muscle & Nerve Pathology Section Head Role
Awards & Honors
Research
External Relationships
- Astellas Gene Therapies (formerly Audentes Therapeutics, Inc)
- University of California Irvine
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Halvorson TS, Stauffer SL, Jones KA. An elderly man with bilateral cavitary lesions in the globus pallidus. Brain Pathol. 2022 Mar;32(2):e13025.
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  - Becker N, Moore SA, Jones KA. The inflammatory pathology of dysferlinopathy is distinct from calpainopathy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and inflammatory myopathies. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2022 Feb 8;10(1):17.
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  - Flor S, Oliva CR, Ali MY, Coleman KL, Greenlee JD, Jones KA, Monga V, Griguer CE. Catalase Overexpression Drives an Aggressive Phenotype in Glioblastoma. Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Dec 14;10(12).
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  - Evans LP, Gibson-Corley KN, Mullins RF, Tucker BA, Trent A, Stone EM, Jones KA. An Unusual Presentation of CLN3-Associated Batten Disease With Classic Histopathologic and Ultrastructural Findings. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2021 Nov 19;80(11):1081–1084.
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  - Bathla G, Abdel-Wahed L, Agarwal A, Cho TA, Gupta S, Jones KA, Priya S, Soni N, Wasserman BA. Vascular Involvement in Neurosarcoidosis: Early Experiences From Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2021 Nov;8(6).
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  - Kandemirli SG, Kocak B, Naganawa S, Ozturk K, Yip SSF, Chopra S, Rivetti L, Aldine AS, Jones K, Cayci Z, Moritani T, Sato TS. Machine Learning-Based Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiomics for Prediction of H3K27M Mutation in Midline Gliomas. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jul;151:e78–e85.
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  - Nakayama M, Naganawa S, Ouyang M, Jones KA, Kim J, Capizzano AA, Moritani T. A Review of Clinical and Imaging Findings in Tumefactive Demyelination. Ajr Am J Roentgenol. 2021 May 19;1–12.
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  - Krasowski MD, Blau JL, Chen SJ, Jones KA, Schmidt TJ, Bruch LA. Teaching Pathology in an Integrated Preclinical Medical School Curriculum and Adaptations to COVID-19 Restrictions. Acad Pathol. 2021 Jan;8:23742895211015336.
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  - Pei L, Jones KA, Shboul ZA, Chen JY, Iftekharuddin KM. Deep Neural Network Analysis of Pathology Images With Integrated Molecular Data for Enhanced Glioma Classification and Grading. Front Oncol. 2021;11:668694.
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  - Kandemirli SG, Chopra S, Priya S, Ward C, Locke T, Soni N, Srivastava S, Jones K, Bathla G. Presurgical detection of brain invasion status in meningiomas based on first-order histogram based texture analysis of contrast enhanced imaging. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Nov;198:106205.
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  - Schaumberg AJ, Juarez-Nicanor WC, Choudhury SJ, Pastrián LG, Pritt BS, Prieto Pozuelo M, Sotillo Sánchez R, Ho K, Zahra N, Sener BD, Yip S, Xu B, Annavarapu SR, Morini A, Jones KA, Rosado-Orozco K, Mukhopadhyay S, Miguel C, Yang H, Rosen Y, Ali RH, Folaranmi OO, Gardner JM, Rusu C, Stayerman C, Gross J, Suleiman DE, Sirintrapun SJ, Aly M, Fuchs TJ. Interpretable multimodal deep learning for real-time pan-tissue pan-disease pathology search on social media. Mod Pathol. 2020 Nov;33(11):2169–2185.
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  - Venable ER, Kerr SE, Lopes MBS, Jones KA, Bellizzi AM, Mounajjed T, Raghunathan A, Hamidi O, Halfdanarson TR, Ryder M, Graham RP. Liver metastases from pituitary carcinomas mimicking visceral well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors: a series of four cases. Diagn Pathol. 2020 Jul 4;15(1):81.
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  - Woodroffe RW, Zanaty M, Soni N, Mott SL, Helland LC, Pasha A, Maley J, Dhungana N, Jones KA, Monga V, Greenlee JDW. Survival after reoperation for recurrent glioblastoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Mar;73:118–124.
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  - Seaman S, Jones K, Abel T, Moritani T, Monga V. Adult Medulloblastoma Presenting with Extensive Supratentorial Metastasis with Radiographically Occult Infratentorial Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature. American Journal of Surgical Case Reports. Science Repository OU; 2020 Jan 30;1–6.
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  - Allen BG, Bodeker KL, Smith MC, Monga V, Sandhu S, Hohl R, Carlisle T, Brown H, Hollenbeck N, Vollstedt S, Greenlee JD, Howard MA, Mapuskar KA, Seyedin SN, Caster JM, Jones KA, Cullen JJ, Berg D, Wagner BA, Buettner GR, TenNapel MJ, Smith BJ, Spitz DR, Buatti JM. First-in-Human Phase I Clinical Trial of Pharmacologic Ascorbate Combined with Radiation and Temozolomide for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Nov 15;25(22):6590–6597.
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  - Jones KA, Bossler AD, Bellizzi AM, Snow AN. BCR-NTRK2 fusion in a low-grade glioma with distinctive morphology and unexpected aggressive behavior. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2019 Apr;5(2).
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  - Lee AJ, Jones KA, Butterfield RJ, Cox MO, Konersman CG, Grosmann C, Abdenur JE, Boyer M, Beson B, Wang C, Dowling JJ, Gibbons MA, Ballard A, Janas JS, Leshner RT, Donkervoort S, Bönnemann CG, Malicki DM, Weiss RB, Moore SA, Mathews KD. Clinical, genetic, and pathologic characterization of FKRP Mexican founder mutation c.1387A>G. Neurol Genet. 2019 Apr;5(2):e315.
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  - Reza SMS, Samad MD, Shboul ZA, Jones KA, Iftekharuddin KM. Glioma grading using structural magnetic resonance imaging and molecular data. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2019 Apr;6(2):024501.
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  - Christensen A, Di Loreto C, Smitaman E, Paravar T, Jones KA, Guma M. Granulomatous fasciitis followed by morphea profunda: Is granulomatous fasciitis part of a spectrum of deep morphea? A case report and review of the literature. Clin Case Rep. 2018 Aug;6(8):1412–1417.
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  - Decker MJ, Jones KA, Keating GL, Rye DB. Postnatal hypoxia evokes persistent changes within the male rat's dopaminergic system. Sleep Breath. 2018 May;22(2):547–554.
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  - Mendez AA, Bosco A, Abdel-Wahed L, Palmer K, Jones KA, Killoran A. A Fatal Case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis with Two False-Negative Polymerase Chain Reactions. Case Rep Neurol. 2018 May;10(2):217–222.
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  - Mirsadraei L, Hodkoff A, Jones K, Shabaik A, Kader AK, Saenz CC, Montironi R, Tacha DE, Fadare O, Hansel DE. Serous Carcinoma Mimicking Primary Urothelial Carcinoma on Clinical Evaluation and Pathology: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2018 Feb;142(2):168–177.
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  - Delfanti RL, Piccioni DE, Handwerker J, Bahrami N, Krishnan A, Karunamuni R, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, Seibert TM, Srikant A, Jones KA, Snyder VS, Dale AM, White NS, McDonald CR, Farid N. Erratum to: Imaging correlates for the 2016 update on WHO classification of grade II/III gliomas: implications for IDH, 1p/19q and ATRX status. J Neurooncol. 2017 Dec;135(3):611.
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  - Delfanti RL, Piccioni DE, Handwerker J, Bahrami N, Krishnan A, Karunamuni R, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, Seibert TM, Srikant A, Jones KA, Snyder VS, Dale AM, White NS, McDonald CR, Farid N. Imaging correlates for the 2016 update on WHO classification of grade II/III gliomas: implications for IDH, 1p/19q and ATRX status. J Neurooncol. 2017 Dec;135(3):601–609.
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  - Monga V, Jones K, Chang S. CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF MOLECULAR MARKERS IN GLIOMAS. Revista Médica Clínica Las Condes. Elsevier BV; 2017 May;28(3):343–351.
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  - Adams SR, Yang HC, Savariar EN, Aguilera J, Crisp JL, Jones KA, Whitney MA, Lippman SM, Cohen EEW, Tsien RY, Advani SJ. Anti-tubulin drugs conjugated to anti-ErbB antibodies selectively radiosensitize. Nat Commun. 2016 Oct 4;7:13019.
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  - Jones KA, Gilder AS, Lam MS, Du N, Banki MA, Merati A, Pizzo DP, VandenBerg SR, Gonias SL. Selective coexpression of VEGF receptor 2 in EGFRvIII-positive glioblastoma cells prevents cellular senescence and contributes to their aggressive nature. Neuro Oncol. 2016 May;18(5):667–678.
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  - van Vugt VA, Kesari A, Muller KA, Carter B, Vandenberg SR, Kesari S. A 22-Year Old Woman with Right Eyelid Swelling. Brain Pathol. 2016 May;26(3):425–426.
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  - Santiago-Dieppa DR, Zhou T, Jones KA, Gabel BC, Chen JY, Hansen L, U HS. Intracranial Rhabdomyoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus. 2016 Apr 29;8(4):e593.
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  - Decker MJ, Jones K, Keating GL, Damato EG, Darrah R. Maternal dietary supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids confers neuroprotection to the newborn against hypoxia-induced dopamine dysfunction. Sleep Sci. 2016 Apr;9(2):94–99.
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  - Kobalka PJ, Abboud J-P, Liao X, Jones K, Lee BW, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO, Lin JH. p16INK4A expression is frequently increased in periorbital and ocular squamous lesions. Diagn Pathol. 2015 Sep 24;10:175.
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  - Hu J, Muller KA, Furnari FB, Cavenee WK, VandenBerg SR, Gonias SL. Neutralizing the EGF receptor in glioblastoma cells stimulates cell migration by activating uPAR-initiated cell signaling. Oncogene. 2015 Jul 30;34(31):4078–4088.
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  - Gilder AS, Jones KA, Hu J, Wang L, Chen CC, Carter BS, Gonias SL. Soluble Urokinase Receptor Is Released Selectively by Glioblastoma Cells That Express Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III and Promotes Tumor Cell Migration and Invasion. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jun 12;290(24):14798–14809.
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  - Buckel L, Savariar EN, Crisp JL, Jones KA, Hicks AM, Scanderbeg DJ, Nguyen QT, Sicklick JK, Lowy AM, Tsien RY, Advani SJ. Tumor radiosensitization by monomethyl auristatin E: mechanism of action and targeted delivery. Cancer Res. 2015 Apr 1;75(7):1376–1387.
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  - Lai G, Muller KA, Carter BS, Chen CC. Arteriovenous malformation within an isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 mutated anaplastic oligodendroglioma. Surg Neurol Int. 2015;6(Suppl 9):S295–S299.
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  - Farid N, Almeida-Freitas DB, White NS, McDonald CR, Kuperman JM, Almutairi AA, Muller KA, VandenBerg SR, Kesari S, Dale AM. Combining diffusion and perfusion differentiates tumor from bevacizumab-related imaging abnormality (bria). J Neurooncol. 2014 Dec;120(3):539–546.
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  - Steinberg JA, Gonda DD, Muller K, Ciacci JD. Endometriosis of the conus medullaris causing cyclic radiculopathy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Nov;21(5):799–804.
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  - Muller K, Lin JH. Orbital granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener granulomatosis): clinical and pathologic findings. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2014 Aug;138(8):1110–1114.
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  - Gonda DD, Cheung VJ, Muller KA, Goyal A, Carter BS, Chen CC. The Cancer Genome Atlas expression profiles of low-grade gliomas. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Apr;36(4):E23.
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  - Hesselink JR, Barkovich MJ, Seibert TM, Farid N, Muller KA, Murphy KT, Kesari S. Bevacizumab: radiation combination produces restricted diffusion on brain MRI. Cns Oncol. 2014;3(5):329–335.
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  - Farid N, Almeida-Freitas DB, White NS, McDonald CR, Muller KA, Vandenberg SR, Kesari S, Dale AM. Restriction-Spectrum Imaging of Bevacizumab-Related Necrosis in a Patient with GBM. Front Oncol. 2013;3:258.
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  - Muller KA, Ryals JM, Feldman EL, Wright DE. Abnormal muscle spindle innervation and large-fiber neuropathy in diabetic mice. Diabetes. 2008 Jun;57(6):1693–1701.
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  - Levant B, Ozias MK, Jones KA, Carlson SE. Differential effects of modulation of docosahexaenoic acid content during development in specific regions of rat brain. Lipids. 2006 May;41(5):407–414.
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  - Decker MJ, Jones KA, Solomon IG, Keating GL, Rye DB. Reduced extracellular dopamine and increased responsiveness to novelty: neurochemical and behavioral sequelae of intermittent hypoxia. Sleep. 2005 Feb;28(2):169–176.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

Academic Positions Outside Duke

In the News

Awards & Honors

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Presentations & Appearances