Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Shweta Gera
Susan A. Fineberg
Dr Fineberg's clinical focus is on the study of breast disease both neoplastic and benign.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Dr. Fineberg's research focus is on the development of new predictive and prognostic biomarkers to be used in breast cancer patients to optimize clinical outcomes, investigation of the role of immunotherapy and standardization of pathologic practices amongst breast pathologists.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Lanjewar S, Patil P, <strong>Fineberg S. </strong>Pathologic reporting practices for breast cancer specimens after neoadjuvant chemotherapy- A survey of pathologists in academic institutions across the United States. Modern Pathol. 2019 .(33), 91-98. <a title="Read article" href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-019-0326-5" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-019-0326-5</a></p>
<p>Kimberly J. Van Zee, MS, MD, Emily C. Zabor, MS, Rosemarie Di Donato, MD3, Bryan Harmon, MD, Jana Fox, MD, Monica Morrow, MD, Hiram S. Cody III, MD, <strong>Susan A. Fineberg, MD. </strong>A Comparison of Local Recurrence Risk Estimates After Breast-Conserving Surgery for DCIS: DCIS Nomogram Vs Refined Oncotype DX Breast DCIS Score. Annals of Sugical Oncology . 2019 (26), 212-213. <a title="Read article" href="https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07537-4" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07537-4</a></p>
<p>Didonato R, Shapiro N, Koenigsberg, D’Alfonso, T, Jaffer S, <strong>Fineberg S</strong>. Invasive Mucinous Carcinoma of the breast and Response Patterns After Neodjuvant Chemotherapy. Histopathology 2018 May; 72(6):965-973</p>
<p>Hazan, R, Suyamaa, K, Yao J, Liang H, Bernard , Loudig O Amgalm D, Mckimplson W, Phillops G, Segall J, Wang Y, <strong>Fineberg S,</strong> Norton L, Kitsis R. A paradoxical role for an Akt3 splice variant lacking serine 472 phosphorylation site in promoting apoptosis leading to suppression of mammary tumorigenesis. Cancer Research. 2018:78(1).103-114</p>
<p>Pearlman A, Upadhyay K, Cole K, Loke J, Suan K, <strong>Fineberg S,</strong> Freedland S, Shao Y, Ostrer H. Robust genomic copy number predictor of pan cancer metastasis. Genes and Cancer. 2018 <a title="Read article" href="https://doi.org/10.18632/genesandcancer.165" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.18632/genesandcancer.165</a></p>
<p>Guo Tianhua, Shapiro Nella, Wang Yihong, <strong>Fineberg Susan</strong>. Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ diagnosed by breast core biopsy: Clinicopathologic features and correlation with subsequent excision.Clinical Breast Cancer 2018 (4) e449-454 DOI: /10.1016/j.clbc.2017.10.004</p>
<p>Mclemore L Janakiram M, Albanese J, Shapiro N, Lo Y, Zang X, <strong>Fineberg S.</strong> An immunoscore using PD-L1, CD68 and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) to predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in invasive breast cancer. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol.2018;26(9), 611-619. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000485</p>
<p>Maria-Vittoria Dieci, Nina Radosevic-Robin, <strong>Susan Fineberg</strong> et. al., on behalf of the International Immuno-Oncology Bio-marker Working Group* Update on Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) in Breast Cancer, including recommendations to assess TILs in Residual Disease and DCIS: a report of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working group on Breast Cancer*. Seminars in Cancer Biology 2107:52.16-25. <a title="Persistent link using digital object identifier" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.10.003" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.10.003</a></p>
<p>Mantilla JG, Koenigsberg T, Reig B, Shapiro N, Villaneuva-Siles E, <strong>Fineberg S.</strong> Core biopsy of vascular neoplasms of the breast; Pathologic features , imaging and clinical findings. Amer J of Surg Pathol .2016; 40:1424-1434</p>
<p>Polley M, Leung S, Gao D, Mastropasqua M, Zabaglo L, Bartlett J, McShane L, Enos R, Badve S, Bane A, Borgquist S, <strong>Fineberg S</strong>, Lin M, Grabau A, Gutierrez C, Hugh J, Moriya T, Ohi Y, Osborne K, Penault-Llorca F, Piper T, Porter P, Sakatani T, Salgado R, Starczynski J, Lænkholm A, Viale G, Dowsett M, Hayes D, Nielsen T, on behalf of the International Ki67 in Breast Cancer Working Group of the Breast International Group and North American Breast Cancer Group (BIG-NABCG). An international study to increase concordance in Ki67 scoring. Modern Pathology .2015; 28 (6) :778. PubMed [citation] PMID 25698062</p>
<p>Diaz J, Stead L, Shapiro N, Newell R, Loudig O, Lo Y, Sparano J, <strong>Fineberg S</strong>. Mitotic counts in breast cancer after neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy and development of metastatic disease. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2013; 138 :91-97. PubMed [citation] PMID 23417359</p>
<p>Giricz, O, Reynolds P, Rammuauth A, Liu C, Wang T, Stead L, Childs G, Rohan T, Shapiro, N <strong>, Fineberg S,</strong> Kenny P, Loudig O. Has-miR375 is differentially expressed during lobular neoplasia and promotes loss of mammary acinar polarity. Journal of Pathology. 2012; 226 (1): 108-119 .PubMed [citation] PMID 21953071</p>
<p>Auerbach J, Kim M, <strong>Fineberg S</strong>. Can results of routine pathologic evaluation of lymph node-negative estrogen receptor-positive stage I or II invasive breast cancer be used to predict the Oncotype DX Assay Recurrence Score result? Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2010; 134, (11): 1697-1701. PubMed [citation] PMID 21043825</p>
<p>Tazebay UH, Wapnir IL, Levy O, Dohan O, Zuckier LS, Zhao QH, deng HF, Ament PS, <strong>Fineberg S,</strong> Pestell RG, Carasco N. The mammary gland iodide transporter is expressed during lactation and in breast cancer. Nature Medicine .2000; 6 (8): 871-878. PubMed [citation] PMID: 10932223</p>
<p>Casey M, Zimmerman J, Rosenblatt R, <strong>Fineberg S.</strong> Mastectomy without malignancy following carcinoma diagnosed by large core stereotactic breast biopsy. Modern Pathology.1997; 10 (12): 1209-1213. PubMed [citation] PMID: 9436965</p>
<p><strong>Fineberg S</strong>, Rosen P. Cutaneous angiosarcoma and atypical vascular lesions of the skin and breast after radiation therapy for breast carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol. 1994; 102 (6): 757-762. PubMed [citation] PMID: 7801888</p>
<p>Susan Fineberg, MD, is an Attending Pathologist, Section Head Breast Pathology and Associate Professor, Pathology at Montefiore Einstein. An integral member of the multidisciplinary breast program leadership team, Dr. Fineberg’s clinical focus is the study of tissue to diagnose breast disease, both neoplastic and benign.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton in 1983, Dr. Fineberg pursued her medical degree at SUNY Stonybrook School of Medicine, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 1987. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency training at New York University Medical Center in 1992, followed by an oncologic surgical pathology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1993.</p><p>Dr. Fineberg's research focus includes biomarker development in invasive breast cancer, particularly in the neoadjuvant setting, prognostic and predictive markers for ductal carcinoma in situ progression and recurrence, the role of immune response in breast cancer progression, and standardization of practice among breast pathologists. She has over 60 peer-reviewed publications on breast disease, has authored book chapters on the subject and has presented her work at national meetings.</p><p>Dr. Fineberg is board certified and is an active member of many national and international pathology organizations including the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, the International Society of Breast Disease and the International TILs Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group for Breast Cancer.</p>
Yanan Fang
Perry R. Cohen
<p>General Surgical Pathology and Thoracic Pathology.</p>
Sun M. Chung
Gastrointestinal pathology including transplant liver pathology
Gastrointestinal pathology and liver pathology
<p>Sun M. Chung, MD, is Director, Pathology Medical Education and Assistant Professor, Pathology at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on gastrointestinal pathology, including transplant liver pathology.</p><p>After earning her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Chicago in 1999, Dr. Chung completed a surgical internship at Stanford University in 2000. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2004, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Following this, Dr. Chung completed a gastrointestinal pathology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2005.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Chung’s research is focused on gastrointestinal pathology and liver pathology. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.</p><p>Dr. Chung is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. In 2004, she won the Distinguished House Staff Award .</p>
Amarpreet Bhalla
Bijal D. Amin
Dr. Amin’s clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the skin.
Dr. Amin’s research focus follows her clinical interests in dermatopathology.
<p>Bijal Amin, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine, serves as the Director of the Dermatopathology and Program Director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Amin’s clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the skin.</p><p>Dr. Amin matriculated from the prestigious accelerated BA/MD program at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She started her postdoctoral training with an internship in internal medicine at University of Washington. She then went to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology from 2004 to 2008, acting as chief resident in pathology in her final year. In 2009, she completed a yearlong dermatopathology fellowship through a joint program with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. In 2020, she completed the Healthcare Information Technology certificate program at Columbia University. </p><p>Dr. Amin’s research focus follows her clinical interests in dermatopathology. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, abstracts and presentations.</p>
<p>Dr. Amin is board certified and is a member of several professional societies including the College of American Pathologists and American Society of Dermatopathology. In 2015, she was awarded Teacher of the Year by Einstein’s Division of Dermatology. In addition to her work in dermatopathology, Dr. Amin has an interest in clinical informatics.</p>