Name: Liron Pantanowitz

 Home Address: 208 Gander Drive  Wexford, PA, 15090  

  Business Address: Department of Pathology       

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Jan 1987 - Dec 1991. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Bachelor of Science (BSc). Biological Sciences.

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Jan 1991 - Dec 1991. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Bachelor of Science Honors (BSc Hons). Zoology.

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Jan 1992 - Dec 1996. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBCh). Medical.

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Jan 1997- Dec 1997. Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa. Internship. Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology. Program Director: Kenneth R.L. Huddle, MBBCh.

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Jan 1998 - June 1998. Johannesburg & Baragwanath Hospitals, South Africa. Medical Officer. Otorhinolaryngology. Program Director: W.A. McIntosh, MBBCh.

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July 1998 - Dec 1998. Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa. Medical Officer. Infectious Diseases. Program Director: Alan Karstaedt, MBBCh.

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Jan 1999 - May 1999. School of Pathology, South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR) & University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Registrar. Anatomical Pathology.
Program Director: Kumarasen Cooper, MBBCh PhD.

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July 1999 - June 2003. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Anatomical & Clinical Pathology Residency. Program Directors: Donald A. Antonioli, MD & Laura C. Collins, MD.

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July 2003 - June 2004. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Hematopathology Fellowship. Program Director: German Pihan, MD.

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July 2004 - June 2005. Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University, Springfield, MA. Cytopathology Fellowship. Program Director: Robert A. Goulart, MD.

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Jan 1991 - Dec 1991. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Instructor in Zoology.

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July 2001 - June 2002. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Instructor in Hematologic Pathophysiology.

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July 2002 - June 2004. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Instructor in Immunology, Microbiology & Infectious Disease.

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July 2005 – June 2010. Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA. Assistant Professor of Pathology. 

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Sept 2006 – June 2010. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Assistant Professor of Biology.

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July 2010 - Present. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Associate Professor of Pathology.

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July 2010 - Present. University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioinformatics, Associate Professor of Bioinformatics.

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July 2005 – June 2010. Baystate Medical Center & Franklin Medical Center, MA. Staff Pathologist.

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July 2005 - June 2006. Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, Ware, MA. Pathology Laboratory Director.

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July 2005 – June 2010. Baystate Health, Springfield, MA. Director of Pathology Informatics.

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July 2010 - Present. Associate Director of the Division of Pathology Informatics, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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July 2010 - Present. Director of the FNA Clinic, UPMC-Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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July 2010 - Present. Assistant Director of Non-Gynecological Cytopathology, UPMC-Shadyside Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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July 2010 – Present. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, Magee Women’s Hospital. Staff Pathologist.

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July 2011 – Present. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Staff Pathologist.

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July 2011 - Present. Director of the Pathology Informatics Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. 

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Cytopathology. American Board of Pathology. 2005.

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Anatomical Pathologist. Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). 2006.

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Anatomic & Clinical Pathology. American Board of Pathology. 2004.

MEDICAL or OTHER PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE:

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Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. 2009.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. 1999.

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United Kingdom General Medical Council (GMC). 1997.

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South African Medical & Dental Council (SAMDC), South Africa. 1996. 

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International Academy of Digital Pathology (IADP) 2011-Present.

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American Telemedicine Association (ATA) 2011-Present.

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International Society Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology (ISBSTP) 2011-Present.

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Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease Pathologists 2010-Present.

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Cytopathology Foundation 2009-Present.·        

International Academy of Cytology (IAC) 2006-Present.

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Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (PSOC) 2006-Present.

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International AIDS Society (IAS) 2006-Present.

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Society for the Internet in Medicine (SIM) 2006-Present.

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American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) 2002-Present.

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Association for Pathology Informatics (API) 2001-Present.

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College of American Pathologists (CAP) 1999-Present.

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United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) 1999-Present.

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Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) 2009-2011.

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Massachusetts Society of Pathologists (MSP) 2001-2010.

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New England Society of Pathology (NESP) 2004-2010.

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National Geographic Society 2009-2010.

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Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2008-2009.

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American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) 2000-2005, 2008-2009.

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Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) 2000-2006.

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American Medical Association (AMA) 2000-2006.

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American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2004-2005.

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Society for Applied Immunohistochemistry (SAIH) 2004-2005.

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American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) 2001-2004.

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New England Pathology Residency Society (NEPRS) 1999-2001.

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Infectious Diseases Society of southern Africa (IDSSA) 1996-2004.

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American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) 2001-2003.

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South African Sexually Transmitted Diseases Society (SASTDS) 1999-2003.

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Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (ACTM) 1997-2001.

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South African Inherited Diseases Association (SAIDA) 1996-2003.

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New York Academy of Science (NYAS) 1999-2000.

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Biological Toxins Interest Group (BTIG) of South Africa 1997-2000.

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American Society of Cytopathology Gene Saccomanno New Frontiers in Cytology Award. 2011.

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Advancing Practice, Instruction & Innovation through Informatics (APIII) Awards for Best Electronic Poster – Pathology Informatics. 2008 & 2009.

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Instructor of the Year Award, Baystate Pathology. 2009.

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Baystate Medical Education & Research Foundation Academic Excellence Awards. 2005 & 2006.

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Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Research Award. 2005.

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College of American Pathologist’s Informatics Award. 2002.

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Intern of the Year Award at Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa. 1997.

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University of the Witwatersrand Undergraduate Medical Research Award. 1996.

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Federation of African Medical Students’ Association Award for Exceptional Undergraduate Medical Research in Africa. 1996.

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Council of Natal Jewry Scholarship. 1992-1996.

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National Chemical Products (NCP) Scholarship. 1995.

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Zoological Society of South Africa Research Award. 1991.

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 University of the Witwatersrand Award for Best Zoology Honors Student. 1991.

1. Michelow P,
        Dezube BJ, Pantanowitz L. Fine needle aspiration of salivary gland
        masses in HIV-infected patients. Diagnostic Cytopathology. In press.

2. Quiroga-Garza
        GM, Nasser D, Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Pantanowitz L. Vegetable cell
        contaminants in urinary bladder diversion cytology specimens. Acta
        Cytologica. In press.

3. Kuperman M,
        Florence R, Vinstainer P, Pantanowitz L, Cibas E, Otis CN.
        Distinguishing
   
        benign from malignant mesothelial cells in effusions by Glut-1, EMA and
        desmin expression: an evidence based approach. Diagnostic Cytopathology.
        In press.

4. Monaco
        SE, Benkovich V, Ozolek J, Khalbuss WE, Pantanowitz L, Nikiforov YE. Cytomorphologic and molecular
        genetic findings in pediatric thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsies.
        Cancer Cytopathology. 2012 In press.

5. Amin M,
        Sharma G, Parwani AV, Anderson R, Kolowitz BJ, Piccoli A, Shrestha RB,
        Romero Lauro G, Pantanowitz L. Integration of digital gross
        pathology images for enterprise-wide access. Journal of Pathology
        Informatics. 2012 In press.

6. Feller L, Khammissa
        RA, Wood NH, Meyerov R, Pantanowitz L, Lemmer J. Oral ulcers and
        necrotizing gingivitis in relation to HIV-associated neutropenia: a review
        and an illustrative case. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012;28(4):346-351.

7. Park SL,
        Parwani AV, Satyanarayanan M, Pantanowitz L. Handheld computing in
        pathology. Journal of Pathology Informatics. 2012; 3:15.

8. Purgina
        B, Jaffe R, Monaco SE, Khalbuss WE, Beasley HS, Dunn J, Pantanowitz L. Cytomorphology of
        Erdheim-Chester disease presenting as a retroperitoneal soft tissue
        lesion. Cytojournal 2011; 8:22.

9. Yildiz-Aktas
        IZ, Monaco SE, Khalbuss WE, Parwani AV, Jaffe TM, Pantanowitz L. Testicular touch
        preparation cytology in the evaluation of male infertility. Cytojouornal. 2011;8:24.

10. Khalbuss
         WE, Yang H, Lian Q, Elhosseiny A, Pantanowitz
         L, Monaco SE. The
         cytomorphologic spectrum of small cell carcinoma and large cell
         neuroendocrine carcinoma in body cavity effusions: a study of 68 cases.
         Cytojournal 2011; 8:11. Also published in Focus Papanicolaou Society of
         Cytopathology newsletter as a timely topic December 2011; volume 16(2).

11. Hipp J, Cheng
         J, Pantanowitz L, Hewitt S, Yagi Y, Monaco J, Madabhushi A,
         Rodriguez-Canales J, Hanson J, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Filie AC, Feldman MD,
         Tomaszewski JE, Shih NC, Brodsky V, Giaccone G, Emmert-Buck MR, Balis UJ.
         Image microarrays (IMA): digital pathology’s missing tool. Journal of
         Pathology Informatics; 2011; 2:47.

12. Kamat S,
         Parwani AV, Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Kelly SM, Wiehagen LT, Piccoli AL,
         Lassige KM, Pantanowitz L. Use of a laboratory information system driven
         tool for pre-signout quality assurance of random cytopathology reports. Journal
         Pathology Informatics. 2011; 2:42.

13. Pantanowitz L, Crisi GM,
         Garb J, Sen S, Skiest D. Spectrum of breast disease encountered in HIV
         positive patients at a community teaching hospital. The Breast. 2011; 20:303-308.

14. Arya P,
         Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Pantanowitz L. Salivary duct carcinoma with
         striking neutrophil-tumor cell cannibalism. Cytojournal 2011; 8:15.

15. Singh R,
         Chubb L, Pantanowitz L, Parwani A. Standardization in digital
         pathology: supplement 145 of the DICOM standards. Journal of Pathology
         Informatics. 2011; 2:23.

16. Alreja G,
         Setia N, Nichols J, Pantanowitz L. Reducing patient identification
         errors related to glucose point-of-care testing. Journal of Pathology
         Informatics. 2011; 2:22.

17. Purgina B,
         Rao UN, Miettinen M, Pantanowitz L. AIDS-related EBV-associated
         smooth muscle tumors:  A review of 64 published cases. Pathology
         Research International. 2011; 561548.

18. Richards C, Pantanowitz
         L, Dezube BJ. Antimicrobial and non-antimicrobial tetracyclines in
         human cancer trials. Pharmacological Research. 2011; 63:151-156.

19. Castillo J,
         Gararte BB, Bibas M, Bower M, Collins JA, Cwynarski K, Hernandez F, Pantanowitz
         L, Ribera S, Monoto S, Vose J, Lopez B. Prognostic factors in patients
         with HIV-associated peripheral T-cell lymphoma: a multicenter study.
         American Journal of Hematology. 2011; 86:256-261.

20. Lang T,
         Khalbuss WE, Monaco SE, Pantanowitz L. Solitary tracheobronchial
         papilloma: cytomorphology and ancillary studies with histologic
         correlation. Cytojournal 2011; 8:6.

21. Setia N,
         Goulart RA, Leiman G, Otis CN, Modem R, Pantanowitz L.
         Cytomorphology of cervicovaginal melanoma: ThinPrep versus conventional
         Papanicolaou tests. Cytojournal 2010; 7:25.

22. Sharma G,
         Parwani AV, Raval JS, Triulzi DJ, Benjamin RJ, Pantanowitz L.
         Contemporary issues in transfusion medicine informatics. Journal of
         Pathology Informatics. 2011;2:3.

23. Michelow P,
         Dezube BJ, Pantanowitz L. Fine needle aspiration of breast masses
         in HIV-infected patients: results from a large series. Cancer
         Cytopathology. 2010; 118:218-24.

24. Setia N,
         Ghobrial P, Pantanowitz L. Eosinophilic ascites due to severe
         eosinophilic ileitis. Cytojournal. 2010; 7:1.

25. Habib C, Gang
         DL, Ghaoui R, Pantanowitz L. Russell body gastritis.
         Am J Hematol. 2010; 85:951-2.

26. D’Jean G, Pantanowitz
         L, Bower M, Buskin S, Neil N, Greco EM, Cooley TP, Henry D, Stem J, Dezube
         BJ, Stebbing J, Aboulafia DM. Human immunodeficiency virus-associated
         primary lung cancer in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy
         (HAART): a multi-institutional collaboration. Clinical Lung Cancer. 2010;
         11:396-404.

27. Sullivan R, Pantanowitz
         L. New drug targets in Kaposi sarcoma. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic
         Targets. 2010; 14:1355-1366.

28. Douglas JL,
         Gustin JK, Moses AV, Dezube BJ, Pantanowitz L. Kaposi sarcoma
         pathogenesis: A triad of viral infection, oncogenesis and chronic inflammation.
         Translational Biomedicine. 2010; 1:2.

29. Setia N,
         Crisi GM, Pantanowitz L. Mastocytosis of the female breast.
         International Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2010; 18:374-378.

30. Pantanowitz L. Digital
         images and the future of digital pathology. Journal of Pathology
         Informatics. 2010; 1:15.

31. Chiao EY,
         Dezube BJ, Krown SE, Wachsman W, Brock MV, Giordano TP, Mitsuyasu R, Pantanowitz
         L. Time for oncologists to opt-in for routine opt-out HIV testing?
         JAMA 2010; 304:334-9.

32. Levy R, Pantanowitz
         L, Cloutier D, Provencher J, McGirr J, Stebbins J, Cronin S, Wherry J,
         Fenton J, Donelan E, Johari V, Andrzejewski C. Development of electronic
         medical record charting for hospital-based transfusion and apheresis
         medicine services: Early adoption perspectives. J Pathol Inform 2010;1:8

33. Pantanowitz L, Kuperman M,
         Goulart RA. Clinical history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
         may be misleading in Cytopathology. Cytojournal 2010; 7:7.

34. Setia N,
         Connolly T, Levine W, Pantanowitz L. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
         cytoplasmic inclusions. American Journal of Hematology. 2010; 85:275-276.

35. Kudler N, Pantanowitz
         L. Overview of laboratory data tools available in a sin