Ärztlicher / Beruflicher Werdegang
Head, Divison of Gynecologic Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Senior Consultant in Surgical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Consultant in Surgical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Board Certification in Surgical Pathology
Clinical Residency, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
MD thesis (Dr. med., summa cum laude), University of Tübingen, Germany
License to Practice medicine
Business Economist (IWW), Institut für WiWi Forschung und Weiterbildung, Fernuniversität-Hagen, Germany
Medical School, University of Freiburg, Germany
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC) and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada (Dr. David Huntsman & Dr. Blake Gilks)
Auszeichnungen
Virchows Archiv Best Paper Award for Young Investigators, European Society of Pathology (ESP)
Young Member Award, International Society for Gynecologic Pathology (ISGyP)
Walter Benjamin Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Poster Award, International Society for Gynecologic Pathology (ISGyP), USCAP Annual Meeting Los Angeles, USA
Dissertation Award, University of Tübingen, Germany
Physician Scientist Fellowship, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
Poster awards, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe e.V.,
DGGG Kongresse Berlin und München
Poster awards, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe e.V.,
DGGG Kongresse Berlin und München
Selected Publications
Sowamber R, Mei AJ, Kaur P, McLeod J, McKay E, Lukey A, Bakkum-Gamez J, Buza N, Cohen PA, Devins K, Farrell R, Garcia C, Gilks B, Goode E, Hodgson A, Howitt B, Hui P, Huvila J, Karnezis A, Keyhanian K, Kinloch M, Köbel M, Kommoss FK, Kushi L, Kwon JS, Long-Roche K, Malpica A, McAlpine JN, Miller D, Oliva E, Palicelli A, Paliga A, Parra-Herran C, Pearce CL, Perera S, Piek JM, Qiu H, Rabban J, Rome R, Steenbeek M, Stone R, Talhouk A, Tischer KM, Trabert B, Webb PM, Zalcberg JR, Huntsman DG, Hanley GE. Serous Ovarian Cancer Following Opportunistic Bilateral Salpingectomy. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Feb 2;9(2):e2557267.
Lee CH, Lee YS, Bennett JA, Kolin DL, Lee JC, Huang HY, Köbel M, Sementsov M, Dickson BC, Koelsche C, Kommoss F, von Deimling A, Kommoss FK. GREB1-rearranged uterine tumour shares a common DNA methylation signature with ESR1-rearranged UTROSCT. Histopathology. 2025 Dec 22.
Ngeow J, Chiang J, Astiazaran-Symonds E, Balmaña J, Cass I, Kommoss FK, Foulkes WD, James PA, Katcher A, Klugman S, Livinski AA, Mak JS, Voian N, Wick MJ, Tischkowitz M, Pal T, Stewart DR, Hanson H; ACMG Professional Practice and Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: documents@acmg.net. Management of individuals with heterozygous germline pathogenic variants in RAD51C, RAD51D, and BRIP1: A clinical practice resource of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Genet Med. 2025 Nov;27(11):101557.
Kommoss FK, Chong AS, Chong AL, Pfaff E, Jones DTW, Hiemcke-Jiwa LS, Kester LA, Flucke U, Gessler M, Schrimpf D, Sahm F, Clarke BA, Stewart CJR, Wang Y, Gilks CB, Kommoss F, Huntsman DG, Schüller U, Koelsche C, McCluggage WG, von Deimling A, Foulkes WD. Genomic characterization of DICER1-associated neoplasms uncovers molecular classes. Nat Commun. 2023 Mar 25;14(1):1677.
Kommoss FK, Mar LM, Howitt BE, Hanley K, Turashvilli G, Buslei R, Irving JA, Dickson BC, Koelsche C, Sinn HP, Schirmacher P, von Deimling A, Chiang S, McCluggage WG, Croce S, Stewart CJR, Lee CH. High-Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcomas With YWHAE::NUTM2 Gene Fusion Exhibit Recurrent CDKN2A Alterations and Absence of p16 Staining is a Poor Prognostic Marker. Mod Pathol. 2023 Mar;36(3):100044.
Bolkestein M, Wong JKL, Thewes V, Körber V, Hlevnjak M, Elgaafary S, Schulze M, Kommoss FK, Sinn HP, Anzeneder T, Hirsch S, Devens F, Schröter P, Höfer T, Schneeweiss A, Lichter P, Zapatka M, Ernst A. Chromothripsis in Human Breast Cancer. Cancer Res. 2020 Nov 15;80(22):4918-4931.
Kommoss FK, Chang KT, Stichel D, Banito A, Jones DT, Heilig CE, Fröhling S, Sahm F, Stenzinger A, Hartmann W, Mechtersheimer G, Sinn HP, Schmidt D, Kommoss F, von Deimling A, Koelsche C. Endometrial stromal sarcomas with BCOR-rearrangement harbor MDM2 amplifications. J Pathol Clin Res. 2020 Jul;6(3):178-184.
Kommoss FK, Karnezis AN, Kommoss F, Talhouk A, Taran FA, Staebler A, Gilks CB, Huntsman DG, Krämer B, Brucker SY, McAlpine JN, Kommoss S. L1CAM further stratifies endometrial carcinoma patients with no specific molecular risk profile. Br J Cancer. 2018 Aug;119(4):480-486.