Bladder Pathology

About the Author

Liang Cheng, MD, MS, is Professor and Vice Chair of Pathology, Professor of Surgery/Urology, Director of Anatomic Pathology, Director of Molecular Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School and Brown University Health, Providence, Rhode Island. He also serves as the Associate Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University. Dr. Cheng has published over 1,200 peer-reviewed SCI articles (h-index: 133) in high-impact scientific journals. He has been honored with prestigious awards, including the Arthur Purdy Stout Annual Award from the Society of Surgical Pathologists for his outstanding contributions to surgical pathology and the Koss Medal Award from the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) for lifetime achievement in urological pathology. Dr. Cheng is the incoming President (2025-2027) of the International Society of Urological Pathology.

Antonio Lopez-Beltran, MD, PhD, is Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Morphological Sciences, Cordoba University Medical School, Cordoba, Spain. Antonio’s work is centered in genitourinary tumor pathology with emphasis on pathology of the urinary bladder. He is Past Chairman of the European Section of Uropathology of the European Association of Urology and Past Chairman of the Uropathology Working Group of the European Society of Pathology. He serves on the editorial boards of several international pathology journals.

Rodolfo Montironi, MD, IFCAP, is Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Molecular Medicine and Cell Therapy Foundation, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Italy. Rodolfo’s work is centered in genitourinary tumor pathology. He is a Past President of the International Society of Urological Pathology. He serves on the editorial boards of several international pathology and urology journals, including European Urology.