February 10, 2015
Dr. Stephen Master graduated from the University of Pennsylvania combined M.D./Ph.D. program in 2002. Subsequently, he completed residency training in Clinical Pathology, including serving as Chief Resident in Clinical Pathology, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. He served as a Research Associate in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004-2005. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at that institution in 2005 and has served in that capacity since then.
January 23, 2015
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of Classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are altered in individual patients. The findings could pave the way to delivering personalized treatments and more effective options, since current treatments can be toxic and don’t work for close to 20 percent of patients diagnosed with the disease.
Ethel Cesarman, MD, PhDProfessor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
January 23, 2015
The Cancer Gene Mutation Panel- 50 (CGMP-50) test is a Targeted Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) assay that is used to interrogate the variant status of 50 cancer-related genes in solid tumors including but not limited to Colorectal, Lung, Brain, Ovarian, Thyroid, Breast cancers and Melanomas. The assay is performed on the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) platform.
November 6, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Giorgio Inghirami, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, to the newly created role of Director of the Institutional Biobank!
October 22, 2014
"Organoid Cultures Derived from Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer," co-first authored by Dr. Andrea Sboner, has been featured on the Weill Cornell Medical College website. Read the full article here.
October 21, 2014
The British Medical Association awarded Dr. Knowles’ book, Knowles’ Neoplastic Hematopathology Third Ed., first prize for the best Pathology book of the year.
October 16, 2014
Please join the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in welcoming Dr. Rand to this senior leadership role.
May 15, 2014
Dr. Hla has been awarded the Leducq Transatlantic Network Award. An international consortium headed by Weill Cornell researchers wins $ 6 million grant to combat vascular diseases of the brain.
May 15, 2014
Dr. Mark Rubin is the recipient of the first Prostate Cancer Foundation Mentor of Excellence award. This award was presented at the Annual PCF Scientific Retreat in National Harbor, MD in October, 2013. Congratulations!
May 15, 2014
Knowles' Neoplastic Hematopathology, third edition is hot off the press.