Vance La Baron Smith
Sumeet Singh-Tan
Yang Shi
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<li>Jui Choudhuri, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong> (2019). Skin Nodules in a 40-year-old Caribbean Man: What Can We Learn about Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in the United States? <strong>American Society for Clinical Pathology Case Reports. </strong>April 2019.</li>
<li>Etan Marks, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>(2018). Duodenal-type Follicular Lymphoma: A Clinicopathologic Review. <strong>Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine </strong>142 (4): 542-547.</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Evan Kulbacki, Endi Wang (2018). Delayed diagnosis of Type B Niemann-Pick Disease in a 31-year-old Caucasian woman. <strong>Hematopathology.</strong>1-4</li>
<li>Evan Himchak, Etan Marks, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Yanhua Wang (2018). Did I miss it? Discovering Hidden Co-existing Hematological Neoplasms: A Single Institutional Review of 100 Collision Tumors. <strong>International Journal of Surgical Pathology.</strong> 26(4):296-305</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong> (2018). Chronic myeloid leukemia blast phase with erythroid differentiation in a twenty-year-old male patient presented with hematemesis. <strong>American Society for Clinical Pathology Case Reports. </strong>April 2018.</li>
<li>Etan Marks, Yanhua Wang, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Joseph Susa, Mark Jacobson, D. Yitzchak Goldstein (2018). Specific TCR Gene Rearrangements in Mycosis Fungoides: Does Advanced Clinical Stage Show A Preference? <strong>Journal of Clinical Pathology.</strong> 2018;71:1072-1077</li>
<li>Urvi Shah, Sengotuvel Viswanathan, Beamon Agarwal, Aditi Shastri, Ioannis Mantzaris, Murali Janakiram, Noah Kornblum, Ira Braunschweig, Amit K. Verma, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, John F. Reinus, Olga Derman (2018). Sinusoidal-Obstruction Syndrome (SOS) in Multiple Myeloma with Renal Failure. <strong>Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, </strong>Published online Dec 3, 2018 </li>
<li>Etan Marks, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Yanhua Wang (2017). CD117 (KIT) is a Useful Marker in The Diagnosis of Plasmablastic Plasma Cell Myeloma. <strong>Histopathology.</strong> 71(1):81-88.</li>
<li>Zhonghua Li, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, John G. Pizzolo, and Yanhua Wang (2017). Utilization of Cytospin Slides in Flow Cytometry Laboratory: A Tool for Correlation of Morphology and Immunophenotype. <strong>Journal of Hematopathology.</strong> 10(2): 55-63.</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Xiaoxian Zhao, Lisa Durkin, Heesun Joyce Rogers, Eric D Hsi (2016). Aberrant activation-induced cytidine deaminase expression in Philadelphia chromosome-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. <strong>Human Pathology.</strong> 52:173-8</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Andrew J Rand, Jennifer H Crow, Joseph O Moore, Anand S Lagoo (2015). Blast phase in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is skewed towards unusual blast types in patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs): a comparative study of 67 cases. <strong>American Journal of Clinical Pathology. </strong>143(1):105-19. </li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Endi Wang (2014). Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a clinicopathologic review. <strong>Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine</strong>. 138(4):564-9.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Yang Shi</strong></span>, Endi Wang (2015). Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma: A Clinicopathologic Review with an Emphasis on Diagnostic Differentiation from Other T-Cell/Natural Killer-Cell Neoplasms. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 139(9):1173-80. </li>
<li>Miglena Komforti, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Maggie Stocker, Endi Wang (2014). Suspicious mammographic masses in the breast of a 65-year-old female: Splenosis in an unusual body site due to a remote ballistic trauma. <strong>British Journal of Haematology</strong>. 167(2):148</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Evan Kulbacki, David H.K. Chui, Endi Wang (2013). Gigantic splenomegaly in a 27-year-old male of South-East Asian descent with concurrent diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasm and hemoglobin H disease. <strong>European Journal of Haematology.</strong> 91(3):284-5.</li>
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Kenneth Shapiro
Dr. Shapiro’s clinical focus is on hernia repairs and the gastrointestinal tract, utilizing state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgery techniques to provide optimal care.
Dr. Shapiro’s research focuses on hernia repair.
<p>Kenneth Shapiro, MD, FACS, is an attending surgeon and Assistant Professor, Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Shapiro’s clinical focus is on hernia repairs and the gastrointestinal tract, utilizing state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgery techniques to provide optimal care. He is proud to have served the Bronx community for his entire career.</p><p>In 1994, Dr. Shapiro graduated from The Sophie Davis School of Biomedicine, receiving his Bachelor of Science in biomedicine. He later attended New York Medical College, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 1996. After several months of clinical research with the Mount Sinai/Cabrini program, Dr. Shapiro pursued his surgery residency at Cabrini Medical Center, completing it in 2002. In 2003, he completed his minimally invasive surgery fellowship at Staten Island University.</p><p>Dr. Shapiro’s research focuses on hernia repair. He has shared his work through publication in peer-reviewed journals and oral and poster presentations.</p><p>Dr. Shapiro is board certified by the American Board of Surgeons. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of several professional organizations including the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons.</p>
Natalie Semenyuk
Jonathan M. Schwartz
<p>Jonathan M. Schwartz is a board Certified Transplant Hepatologist. He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine. He was an Internal Medicine Resident at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Fellow in Gastroenterology/Transplant Hepatology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He returned to New York in 2011 from Portland, Oregon where he served as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University.</p>
<p>Dr. Schwartz has an interest in treating patients with acute and chronic liver diseases including those patients with advanced liver diseases who require liver transplantation.</p>
<p>He has a special interest in the multidisciplinary care of patients with liver tumors.</p>
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<li>Estes JD, Stolpman D, Olyaei A, Ham JM, <strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, Orloff SL. High Prevalence of Potentially Hepatotoxic Herbal Supplement Use in Fulminant Hepatic Failure Patients. Arch Surg. 2003;138(8):852-8.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, Beymer C, Althaus SJ, Larson AM, Zaman A, Glickerman D, Kowdley KV. Cardiopulmonary Consequences of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts: Role of Increased Pulmonary Artery Pressure. J Clin Gastroenterol 2004;38(7):590-594.</li>
<li>Lim LL, Scarborough J, Thorne J, Graham E, Kempen J, Mackensen F, Nguyen Q D, Prabriputaloong T, Read R, Suhler EB, <strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, Smith JR. Uveitis in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009;147(2):332-338.</li>
<li>O’Glasser AY, Scott DA, Corless CL, Zaman A, Sasaki A, Gopal DV, Rayhill SC, Orloff SL, Ham JM, Rabkin JM, Flora K, Davies CH, Broberg CS, and <strong>Schwartz JM.</strong>Hepatic and Cardiac Iron Overload Among Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease Referred for Liver Transplantation. Clinical Transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2010 Sep-Oct;24(5):643-51.</li>
<li>Kanwal F, Befeler A, Chari R, Marrero J, Kahn J, Afdhal N, Morgan T, Roberts L, Mohanty SR, <strong>Schwartz J</strong>, Van Thiel D, Hassanein TI, Li J, Zeringue A, DiBisceglie A. Rate of Potentially Curative Treatment in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Aug;36(3):257-65.</li>
<li>Bichoupan K1, <strong>Schwartz JM,</strong> Martel-Laferriere V, Giannattasio ER, Marfo K, Odin JA, Liu LU, Schiano TD, Perumalswami P, Bansal M, Gaglio PJ, Kalia H,Dieterich DT, Branch AD, Reinus JF. Effect of Fibrosis on Adverse Events in Patients with Hepatitis C Treated with Telaprevir. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2014;39(2):209-16.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz J</strong> and Carithers RL. Epidemiology and Etiologic Associations of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma. In Rose BD, editor. Up to date in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz JM </strong>and Carithers RL, Jr. Clinical features, diagnosis, and screening for primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Up to date in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.</li>
<li>Curley SA, Stewart KE, <strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, Carthers RL, Jr. Nonsurgical therapies for localized hepatocellular carcinoma. Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.<strong> </strong></li>
<li><strong>Schwartz JM</strong>. Approach to the patient with a focal liver lesion. Up to date Inc Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.</li>
<li>Hartwell L and <strong>Schwartz JM. </strong>AsymptomaticLiver Chemistry Abnormalities. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2009; 16 (11): 525-34.</li>
<li>Urquhart J<strong>, Schwartz, JM.</strong> Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in a Western Population with Hepatitis B. Current Hepatitis Reports, 2011.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz, JM </strong>and Reinus JF. Prevalence and Natural History of Alcoholic Liver Disease. Clinics in Liver Disease. 2012; 16 (4): 659-66.</li>
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Scott J. Schafler
Alexander I. Sankin
<p>Dr. Sankin is an academic surgeon in the Department of Urology, at Montefiore Medical Center with a clinical focus on surgical approaches to the management of urologic malignancies of the upper urinary tract and bladder. His academic focus is divided between clinical and translational research studying emerging treatments and techniques central to the surgical care of patients with urologic cancers. </p>
<p>Dr. Sankin is the site-Principal Investigator for multiple clinical trials studying novel therapeutics for patients with bladder cancer who wish to avoid radical cystectomy. As an active member of multiple clinical trial consortiums including Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the Society of Urologic Oncology Clinical Trials Consortium, Dr. Sankin speardeaded the development of a bladder cancer clinical trials program at Einstein. </p>
<p>His translational research focuses on characterizing the tumor immune microenvironment of bladder tumors and the role of novel checkpoint molecules as relevant therpeutic targets. </p>
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<p>Dr. Sankin current research program focuses on the translational application of immune-oncology to the treatment of urologic cancer.</p>
Dr. Sankin's clinical specialty is surgical approaches to treating urological malignancies, including prostate, testicular, renal and bladder cancer.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
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<p align="left">Clark TW, Sankin A, Becske T, Nelson PK, Fox M. Stent-assisted Gugliemi detachable coil repair of wide-necked renal artery aneurysm using 3-D angiography. Vasc Endovascular Surg 2008 Jan; 41(6):528-32</p>
<p align="left">Tareen B, Sankin A, Godoy G, Temkin S, Lepor H, Taneja SS. Appropriate candidates for hemiablative focal therapy are infrequently encountered among men selected for radical prostatectomy in contemporary cohort<em>.</em> Urology. 2009 Feb;73(2):351-4</p>
<p align="left">Tareen B, Godoy G, Sankin A, Temkin S, Lepor H, Taneja SS. Laterality alone should not drive selection of candidates for hemi-ablative focal therapy. J Urol. 2009 Mar;181(3):1082-9</p>
<p align="left">Tareen B, Godoy G, Sankin A, Temkin S, Lepor H, Taneja SS. Can contemporary transrectal prostate biopsy accurately select candidates for hemi-ablative focal therapy of prostate cancer? BJU Int. 2009 Jul;104(2):195-9</p>
<p align="left">Marien T, Sankin A, Lepor H. Factors predicting preservation of erectile function in men undergoing open radical retropubic prostatectomy. J Urol. 2009 Apr;181(4):1817-22</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Tareen B, Lepor H. Side-specific factors associated with extracapsular extension and seminal vesicular invasion in men undergoing open radical retropubic prostatectomy. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2009;12(2):204-8</p>
<p align="left">Mufarrij P, Sankin A, Godoy G, Lepor H. Pathologic outcomes of candidates for active surveillance undergoing radical prostatectomy. Urology. 2010 Sep;76(3):689-92</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Cohen J, Wang H, Macchia RJ, Karanikolas N. Rate of renal cell carcinoma subtypes in different races. Int Braz J Urol. 2011 Feb;37(1):29-32</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Sfakianos J, Schiff J, Sjoberg D, Coleman J. Assessing renal function following partial nephrectomy using renal nuclear scintigraphy and eGFR. Urology. 2012 Aug;80(2):343-6</p>
<p align="left">Ghavamian R, Hakimi AA, Williams SK, Kim PH, Chen L, Sfakianos JP, Keren-Paz GE, Sankin A, Ginzburg N, Coleman JA. Factors affecting proportional glomerular filtration rate following minimally invasive partial nephrectomy. J Endourology 2013 Nov;27(11):1371-5</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Hakimi AA, Mikkilineni N, Ostrovnaya I, Silk MT, Liang Y, Mano R, Chevinsky M, Motzer RJ, Solomon SB, Cheng EH, Durack JC, Coleman JA, Russo P, Hsieh JJ. The impact of genetic heterogeneity on biomarker development in kidney cancer assessed by multiregional sampling. Cancer Medicine 2014 Dec;3(6):1485-92</p>
<p align="left">Mano R, Vertosick E, Sankin A, Chevinsky M, Larish Y, Jakubowski CD, Hotker AM, Sjoberg D, Akin O, Russo P. The clinical significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in patients with renal cell carcinoma. J Urol 2014 Mar;193(3):776-82</p>
<p align="left">Chevinsky M, Imnadze M, Sankin A, Winer A, Mano R, Jakubowski C, Mashni J, Sjoberg DD, Chen YB, Tickoo SK, Reuter VE, Hakimi AA, Russo P. Pathologic stage T3a significantly increases disease recurrence across all tumor sizes in renal cell carcinoma. J Urol 2015 Aug;194(2):310-5</p>
<p align="left">Hakimi AA, Tickoo S, Jacobsen A, Sarungbam J, Sfakianos J, Sato Y, Morikawa T, Kume H, Fukayama M, Homma Y, Chen YB, Sankin A, Mano R, Coleman JA, Russo P, Ogawa S, Sander C, Hsieh JJ, Reuter VE. TCEB1-mutated renal cell carcinoma: a distinct genomic and morphologic subtype. Mod Pathol 2015 June;28(6):845-53</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Hakimi AA, Hsieh JJ, Molina AM. Metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma: an evidence based review of current treatment strategies. Front Oncol 2015 Apr 8;5:67</p>
<p align="left">Hakimi AA, Ostrovnaya I, Jacobsen A, Susztak K, Coleman JA, Russo P, Winer AG, Mano R, Sankin A, Motzer RJ, Voss MH, Offit K, Purdue M, Pomerantz M, Freedman M, Choueiri TK, Hsieh JJ, Klein RJ. Validation and genomic interrogation of the MET variant rs11762213 as a predictor of adverse outcomes in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cancer 2016 Feb 1;122(3):402-10</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A. Discovering biomarkers within the genomic landscape of renal cell carcinoma. J Kidney 2016 Feb 2(1) </p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Tin A, Mano R, Chevinsky M, Jakubowski C, Cha E, Yee A, Friedman F, Sjoberg D, Ehdaie B, Coleman J. Impact of ureteroscopy prior to nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma on oncologic outcomes. Urology 2016 Aug; 94:148-53</p>
<p align="left">Mano R, Hakimi AA, Sankin AI, Sternberg IA, Chevinsky MS, Russo P. Surgical treatment of tumors involving kidneys with fusion anomalies – a contemporary series. Urology 2016 Aug; 98:97-102</p>
<p align="left">Zhou TC, Sankin A, Porcelli SA, Perlin DS, Schoenberg MP, Zang XX. A review of the PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint in bladder cancer: from mediator of immune escape, to target for treatment. Urol Oncol 2017 Jan;35(1):14-20 </p>
<p align="left">Winer AG, Vertosick EA, Ghanaat M, Corradi RB, Carlsson S, Sjoberg DD, Sankin AI, Sfakianos JP, Cha EK, Dalbagni G, Coleman JA. Prognostic value of lymph node yield during nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Urol Oncol 2017 April;35(4):151</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Narasimhulu D, John P, Gartrell B, Schoenberg M, Zang XX. The expanding repertoire of targets for immune checkpoint inhibition in bladder cancer: what lies beneath the tip of the iceberg, PD-L1. Urol Onc 2017 (Epub ahead of print)</p>
<p align="left">Milbar N, Kates M, Chappidi MR, Pederzoli F, Yoshida T, Sankin A, Pierorazio PM, Schoenberg MP, Bivalacqua TJ. Oncological outcomes of sequential intravesical gemcitabine and docetaxel in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Bladder Cancer 2017 Oct 27;3(4):293-303</p>
<p align="left">Daneshmand S, Patel s, Lotan Y, Pohar K, Trabulsi E, Woods M, Downs T, Huang W, Jones J, O’Donnell M, Bivalacqua T, DeCastro J, Steinberg G, Kamat A, Resnick M, Konety B, Schoenberg M, Jones JS, Flexible Blue Light Study Group Collaborators. Efficacy and Safety of Blue Light Flexible Cystoscopy with Hexaminolevulinate in the Surveillance of Bladder Cancer: A Phase III, Comparative, Multicenter Study. J Urol 2018 May;199(5):1158-65</p>
<p align="left">Fridman D, Abeshouse M, Sankin A. Paraurethral Leiomyoma as an Incidental Finding in a Patient with Fibroid Uterus. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol 2018 Feb 7;2018</p>
<p align="left">Adrianzen Hererra DA, Goldberg-Stein S, Sankin A, Sarungbam J, Sharma J, Gartrell BA. Synchronous Bone Metastasis From Multiple Myeloma and Prostate Adenocarcinoma as Initial Presentation of Coexistent Malignancies. Front Oncol, 2018 Apr 30;8:137</p>
<p align="left">Berstein A, Fram EB, Sankin A, Kovac E, Srivastava A, DiVito J, Stern JM. A Comparison of Perinephric Fat Surface Area and Mayo Adhesive Probability Score in Predicting Malignancy in T1 Renal Masses. Urol Onc 2018 Nov; 36(11):499</p>
<p align="left">Sun Y, Reuter VE, Magi-Galluzzi C, Sankin A, Epstein JI. Granular Cell Tumor of the Bladder: A Report of Six Cases. Urology 2018 Nov; 121:203 </p>
<p align="left">Leow JJ, Bedke J, Chamie K, Collins JW, Daneshmand S, Grivas P, Heidenreich A, Messing EM, Royce TJ, Sankin A, Schoenberg MP, Shipley WU, Villers A, Efstathiou J, Bellmunt J, Stenzl A. Recommendations From Joint SIU-ICUD Consultation On Bladder Cancer: Muscle-Invasive Presumably Regional Tumor. World J Urol 2019, Jan;37(1): 61-83</p>
<p align="left">Chand D, Dhawan D, Sankin A, Ren X, Lin J, Schoenberg M, Knapp DW, Zang X. Immune checkpoint B7x (B7-H4/B7S1/VtCN1) is overexpressed in spontaneous canine bladder cancer: the first report and its implications in a preclinical model. Bladder Cancer 2019, Jan 31;5(1)63-71</p>
<p align="left">Bernstein A, Barry E, Fram EB, Sankin A, Kovac E, Stern JM. Does Glomerular Filtration Rate at Discharge After Partial Nephrectomy Predict Long-Term Glomwerular Filtration Rate Stability?. J Endourol 2019, Jun;33(6):488-491</p>
<p align="left">Lotan Y, Bivalacqua TJ, Downs T, Huang W, Jones J, Kamat A, Konety B, Malmstrom PU, McKiernan J, O’Donnell M, Patel S, Pohar K, Resnick M, Sankin A, Smith A, Steinberg G, Trabulsi E, Woods M, Daneshmand S. Blue light flexible cystoscopy with hexaminolevulinate in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: review of the clinical evidence and consensus statement on optimal use in the USA – update 2018. Nat Rev Urol 2019, Jun;16(6):377-386</p>
<p align="left">Sankin A, Chand D, Schoenberg M, Zang X. Human urothelial bladder cancer generates a clonal immune response: the results of T-cell receptor sequencing. Urol Oncol 2019, May 15 (epub ahead of print).</p>
<p align="left">Wang H, Kaur G, Sankin A, Chen F, Guan F, Zang X. Immune checkpoint blockade and CAR-T cell therapy in hematologic malignancies. J Hematol Oncol 2019, Jun 11;12(1):59</p>
<p align="left">Daniels MJ, Barry E, Schoenberg M, Lamm DL, Bivalacqua TJ, Sankin A, Kates M. Contemporary oncologic outcomes of second induction course BCG in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Urol Oncol 2019, Jun 26 (epub ahead of print)</p>
<p align="left">Daniels MJ, Barry E, Milbar N, Schoenberg M, Bivalacqua TJ, Sankin A, Kates M. An evaluation of monthly maintenance therapy among patients receiving intravesical combination gemcitabine/docetaxel for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Urol Oncol 2019, Aug 28 (epub ahead of print)</p>
<p align="left">Khaki AR, Li A, Diamantopoulos LN, Bilen MA, Santos V, Esther J, Morales-Barrera R, Devitt M, Nelson A, Holmes CJ, Shreck E, Assi H, Gartrell BA, Sankin A, Rodriguez-Vida A, Lythgoe M, Pinato DJ, Drakaki A, Joshi M, Isaacsson Velho P, Hahn N, Liu S, Alonso Buznego L, Duran I, Moses M, Jain J, Murgic J, Baratam P, Barata P, Tripathi A, Zakharia Y, Galsky MD, Sonpavde G, Yu EY, Shankaran V, Lyman GH, Grivas P. Impact of performance status on treatment outcomes: A real-world study of advanced urothelial cancer treated with checkpoint inhibitors. Cancer 2019, Dec 12 (epub ahead of print)</p>
<p>Alexander I. Sankin, MD, is Associate Professor, Urology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical specialty is surgical approaches to treating urological malignancies, including prostate, testicular, renal and bladder cancer.</p><p>After earning his Master of Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, Dr. Sankin earned his Doctor of Medicine from New York University in 2008 and completed his residency in surgery and urology at the State University of New York Downstate in 2013. He then completed a fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2015.</p><p>Building on his clinical focus, Dr. Sankin’s research centers on bladder-preserving treatment options in patients with high-risk bladder cancer and the development of new immunotherapies for bladder cancer. He is the site-principal investigator for multiple clinical trials studying novel therapeutics for patients with bladder cancer who wish to avoid radical cystectomy. As an active member of multiple clinical trial consortiums, including Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the Society of Urologic Oncology Clinical Trials Consortium, Dr. Sankin spearheaded the development of a bladder cancer clinical trials program at Einstein. His translational research focuses on characterizing the tumor immune microenvironment of bladder tumors and the role of novel checkpoint molecules as relevant therapeutic targets. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.</p><p>Dr. Sankin is board certified and a member of the American Urological Association and the Society of Urologic Oncology.</p>