Changcheng Zhu

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Changcheng

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Zhu

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Thoracic pathology, Head &amp; Neck Pathology, Gynecological Pathology and Lung Transplant Pathology<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Lung cancer<br />

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Staci E. Pollack

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Staci

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Pollack

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<p>Dr. Pollack treats patients with infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, adolescent/pediatric gynecology issues, menopause, premature ovarian failure and other reproductive endocrine issues at Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine & Health in Hartsdale, NY. At this state of the art IVF center, she performs all assisted reproductive technology treatments. . According to CDC data for 2012, 1.5 percent of babies born in the US are conceived by IVF, and this number is expected to increase. Women have a wide range of issues, including problems with ovulation, tubal infertility, endometriosis and congenital abnormalities of the reproductive tract.</p>

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Infertility, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI), in vitro Fertilization (IVF), Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT), Fertility Preservation, Third-Party Reproduction (including oocyte, sperm, and embryo donation), Reproductive Anomalies, Turner Syndrome, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Surgery to repair the uterus and fallopian tubes, Pediatric/Adolescent Gynecology<br />Research

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Dr. Pollack's research interests include medical education and fertility treatment outcome studies. Her most recent studies have used the annual Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) clinical summary report to assess various IVF treatments and results at a national level.

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<p>Staci E. Pollack, MD, MS, is the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecolgy &amp; Women&rsquo;s Health and an Associate Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. A large portion of her time is towards educating the next generation of doctors, as the OBGYN Clerkship Director, Acting Internship/Electives Director and Reproductive Systems and Human Sexuality Course Director. Dr. Pollack&rsquo;s clinical focus is on reproductive endocrinology, infertility, fertility preservation, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, reproductive anomalies, recurrent pregnancy loss, Turner syndrome, primary ovarian insufficiency and genetic conditions causing menstrual irregularities or infertility, including Kallmann syndrome.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Arts in biology and genetics at Cornell University College of Arts &amp; Sciences in 1987, Dr. Pollack attended State University of New York at Buffalo, earning her Master of Science in natural sciences and biology in 1988. She then pursued her Doctor of Medicine at State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn-Downstate, earning her degree in 1992. She started her postdoctoral training with a four-year internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Yale-New Haven Hospital, which she completed in 1996. Following this, she pursued a two-year fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, completing it in 1998.</p><p>Dr. Pollack&rsquo;s research is related to fertility treatments and medical education research. She has shared her work in several peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and abstracts, as well as through many invited presentations nationally. Dr. Pollack is also an ad hoc reviewer for several journals including Fertility and Sterility, the American Journal of Medical Genetics and Maturitas.</p><p>Dr. Pollack is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology &amp; Infertility. She is an active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, and the Association of Professors of Gynecology &amp; Obstetrics, serving on many national committees for these organizations. She has been recognized several times for her training and mentorship, including receiving the Leo M. Davidoff Society Award for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students in 2003 and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Service Award in 2017.</p>

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Kari M. Plewniak

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Kari

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Plewniak

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Dr. Plewniak&rsquo;s clinical focus is the gynecologic care of women. She primarily treats women with abnormal bleeding, fibroids, endometriosis and pelvic pain. Her clinical interests include laparoscopy, robotics, hysteroscopy in the office and surgical teaching.

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Dr. Plewniak&rsquo;s research has been focused on the patient experience leading up to and after surgery as well as approaches to optimizing patient outcomes and satisfaction.&nbsp;

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<p>Kari M. Plewniak, MD, is Attending Physician at Montefiore and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Plewniak&rsquo;s clinical focus is the gynecologic care of women. She primarily treats women with abnormal bleeding, fibroids, endometriosis and pelvic pain. Her clinical interests include laparoscopy, robotics, hysteroscopy in the office and surgical teaching.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester in 2008, Dr. Plewniak attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Medicine in 2013. For her postdoctoral training, she completed a four-year residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2017, followed by a two-year fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in 2019.</p><p>Dr. Plewniak&rsquo;s research has been focused on the patient experience leading up to and after surgery as well as approaches to optimizing patient outcomes and satisfaction. She has produced several book chapters, and her research findings have been published in reviewed publications.</p><p>Dr. Plewniak received the Louis Burke Award for Excellence in Colposcopy in 2017. In 2018 and 2019, she received the Leo Davidoff Society Award for excellence in medical student education. She is board certified and a member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.</p>

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Tiffany M. Hebert

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Tiffany

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Hebert

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #595959; background: white;">Dr. Tiffany M. H&eacute;bert, Associate Professor of Pathology, is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B., <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">summa cum laude</em>) and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (M.D.). She completed Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (AP/CP) residency, Cytopathology fellowship and Gynecologic Pathology fellowships, all at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She holds American Board of Pathology certification in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology. She has been involved in resident education at Montefiore since her days as Education Chief Resident within the Residency Program, when she created the Resident-Faculty Mentor Program. She served as Associate Program Director for 7 years and is currently the Program Director for the Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program at Montefiore Health System. Dr. H&eacute;bert is also dedicated to medical school education, having previously co-directed the second-year medical school Reproductive Systems course from 2012-2018. She currently contributes to the medical school as a co-chair of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Admissions Committee, member of the medical school Executive Committee, and representative on the faculty Senate Council.&nbsp; Dr. H&eacute;bert was elected by her peers to the Leo M. Davidoff Society of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine which honors excellence in teaching. She is a co-author of the College of American Pathologists' Patient Safety course, "Creating a Culture of Patient Safety" and has contributed nationally to residency education scholarship in presentations at the Association of Pathology Chairs Annual Meeting and the American Board of Pathology&rsquo;s Annual Summit. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #595959; background: white;">Dr. Hebert's primary clinical focus is gynecologic pathology. She is a member of the departmental gynecologic pathology team, reviewing challenging gynecologic pathology cases and participating in the multi-disciplinary gynecologic oncology tumor board. She is a core faculty member for the gyn/breast fellowship at Montefiore.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #595959; background: white;">Dr. Hebert's primary areas of research focus are cervical cancer and pathology education. She participates in collaborative research on gynecologic malignancies, both within Einstein and internationally. The main focus of her work is capacity-building mentorship, training, and cervical HPV/HIV related disease research as part of the NCI-funded project, "Developing Rwandan Research Capacity in Cervical Carcinoma and other AIDS malignancies." Dr. Hebert has an ongoing commitment to participation in capacity-building, collaborative research projects in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a member of the mentorship team for the Einstein/Rwanda/DRC Consortium for Research in HIV/HPV Malignancies.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #595959; background: white;"> Dr. Hebert's other primary research focus is in pathology education, particularly on curricular development in residency training.</span></span></p>
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<p>Dr. Hebert is a surgical pathologist whose clinical focus is gynecologic pathology, with specific interest in cervical cancer.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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Dr. Hebert participates in collaborative research on gynecologic malignancies. The main focus of her work is capacity-building mentorship, training, and cervical HPV/HIV-related disease research as part of the NCI-funded project, Developing Rwandan Research Capacity in Cervical Carcinoma and other AIDS malignancies. Dr. Hebert has an ongoing commitment to participation in capacity-building and collaborative research projects in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a member of the mentorship team for the Einstein/Rwanda/DRC Consortium for Research in HIV/HPV/Malignancies. Dr. Hebert's other primary research focus is in pathology education, focusing on curriculum development in residency training.

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">A significant portion of Dr. Hebert's scientific contributions relate to medical education, particularly in the field of pathology residency education. She has contributed to the national pathology scholarship on curricular innovation.</span></p>
<p><strong>H&eacute;bert TM</strong>, Szymanski J, Mantilla J, McLemore L, Walsh R, Vasovic L, Steinberg JJ, Prystowsky MB. Onboarding for Pathology Residency Programs-The Montefiore Experience. Acad Pathol. 2016 Jan-Dec;3:2374289516639979. PubMed PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725763/">28725763</a&gt;; PubMed Central PMCID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497907/">PMC5497907</a>.</…;
<p><strong>H&eacute;bert TM</strong>, Maleki S, Vasovic LV, Arnold JL, Steinberg JJ, Prystowsky MB. A team-based approach to autopsy education: integrating anatomic and clinical pathology at the rotation level. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2014 Mar;138(3):322-7. PubMed PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24576026/">24576026</a>.</p&gt;
<p>Prystowsky MB, Steinberg J, Cole A, <strong>H&eacute;bert TM</strong>. Answering the Call. Adapting Pathology Training to Meet the Needs of 21^st-Century Medicine. <em>The Pathologist.</em> 2019. https://thepathologist.com/outside-the-lab/answering-the-call. Accessed June 18, 2019.</p>
<p><strong>H&eacute;bert TM</strong>, Cole A, Panarelli N, Hu S, Jacob J, Ahlstedt J, Steinberg JJ, Prystowsky MB. Training the Next Generation of Pathologists: A Novel Residency Program Curriculum at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. <em>Academic Pathology.</em> 2019; May 30:6:2374289519848099. doi: 10.1177/2374289519848099. Accessed June 18, 2019.</p>
<p>Murenzi G, Dusingize J, Rurangwa T, Sinayobye J, Munyaneza A, Murangwa A, Zawadi T,&nbsp; <strong>Hebert T</strong>, Mugenzi P, Adedimeji A, Mutesa L, Anastos K, Castle P. Protocol for the Study of Cervical Cancer Screening Technologies in HIV-infected Women Living in Rwanda. <em>BMJ Open.</em> 2018; 8 (8):e020432; dio:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-20432. &nbsp;doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020432.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Complete List of Published Work:</span><br /></span></span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1fqekvnKlKEAv/bibliography/47871935… style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1fqekvnKlKEAv/bibliography/47871935…;

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<p>Tiffany Michele H&eacute;bert, MD, is Residency Program Director, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Anatomic Pathology Site Director and Associate Professor, Pathology at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. H&eacute;bert is a surgical pathologist whose clinical focus is gynecologic pathology, with specific interest in cervical cancer.</p><p>After earning her Doctor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 2002, Dr. H&eacute;bert completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Einstein in 2006. During this time, she was anatomic pathology chief resident for one year followed by pathology education chief resident for another two years. She was elected as a resident member of the Leo M. Davidoff society for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students in 2006. Dr. H&eacute;bert remained at Einstein to complete a one-year cytopathology fellowship in 2007, which preceded a one-year junior attending/gynecologic pathology subspecialty training.</p><p>Dr. H&eacute;bert participates in collaborative research on gynecologic malignancies. The main focus of her work is capacity-building mentorship, training, and cervical human papillomavirus/human immunodeficiency virus (HPV)/(HIV) related disease research as part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded project, Developing Rwandan Research Capacity in Cervical Carcinoma and other AIDS malignancies. Dr. Hebert has an ongoing commitment to participation in capacity-building and collaborative research projects in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a member of the mentorship team for the Einstein/Rwanda/DRC Consortium for Research in HIV/HPV/Malignancies. Dr. H&eacute;bert&rsquo;s other primary research focus is in pathology education, focusing on curriculum development in residency training. Her work has been published in numerous original communications, peer-reviewed journals and abstracts. She has given national and international invited presentations.</p><p>Dr. H&eacute;bert is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology by the American Board of Pathology. She is a fellow of the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the College of American Pathologists. She is also a member of the New York Pathology Society and the International Society of Gynecologic Pathologists. In 2013, Dr. H&eacute;bert was Elected Faculty Member of the Leo M. Davidoff Society for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students at Einstein. In 2016, she was admitted to the inaugural class of the Association of Pathology Chairs Leadership Academy.</p>

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Irida Balili

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