Recent News
NYC Viral Hepatitis Research Symposium
Two-Year Clinical Molecular Genetics & Cytogenetics Fellowship Approved
Features
Mark Suhrland, MD, Blogs about See, Test & Treat and the Pathologist’s Expanding Role in Community-Based Healthcare
Exciting Changes to Our Pathology Residency Program!
Charting Her Own Course: From Navy Flight Surgeon to First-Year Pathology Resident
Bangalore to the Bronx: The Making of a Clinical and Molecular Cytogeneticist
Moshe Sadofsky, MD, PhD,
receives two prestigious excellence-in-teaching awards.
Dr. Sadofsky has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Basic Science Teaching. The faculty-nominated award recognizes a faculty member who is an outstanding teacher and leader in basic science education for Einstein medical students. Read More
Amanda Beck, DVM, DACVP, has received the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) 2017 Samuel W. Thompson Lectureship Award. Read More
KH Ramesh, PhD, was the keynote speaker at the 5th International Breast Cancer and Pathology Conference, held in Miami, FL, in April. His topic: “Treatment Implications of HER2 Genetic Heterogeneity Detected by FISH Testing of Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer.” Dr. Ramesh was an invited presenter at the 2nd Indian Cancer Congress held in Bangalore, India, in November 2017. Read More
Moshe Sadofsky, MD, PhD, has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Pathology.
Rouzan G. Karabakhtsian, MD, PhD, has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Pathology.
KH Ramesh, PhD, has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Pathology.
Shweta Gera, MD, Randin Nelson, MD, and Jennifer Oliver-Krasinski, MD attain the rank of
Assistant Professor of Pathology. Read More
Agnes Colanta, MD, joined the Department of Pathology, Division of Cytology, in April. Dr. Colanta holds a dual appointment as full-time attending physician at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Read More
Nicole Anayannis, PhD, has been appointed as a Research Fellow in the laboratory of her mentor, Michael B. Prystowsky, MD, PhD, Professor and University Chair of Pathology at Montefiore Einstein.Read More
Research
Experimental pathology aims to define disease in terms of fundamental molecular and cellular processes. Research in our Department is focused on critical issues in multiple disease classes. Areas of focus include
Research in each of these areas is highly interactive, and the Department strives for a collegial atmosphere in which collaborations can flourish. This effort is conducted through a variety of department-level activities, including regular meetings to discuss work in progress and a departmental retreat at which students, postdoctoral fellows, residents and faculty all have opportunity to present and discuss their research.
Research Funding Program
The Department of Pathology has established a research funding program to encourage residents and fellows to participate in clinical pilot research projects. Up to $2,000 will be awarded per research project, for projects of up to two years in duration.
Research Faculty
Amanda Beck, DVM
Geoffrey Childs, PhD
Joan W. Berman, PhD
Mahalia Desruisseaux, MD, PhD
Amy Fox, MD
David Fooksman, PhD
Rachel Hazan, PhD
Lawrence Herbst, DVM, PhD
Huan Huang, MD
Sunhee C. Lee, MD
Fernando Macian, MD, PhD
Maja Oktay, MD, PhD
Harry Ostrer, MD
Thomas J. Ow, MD
Michael B. Prystowsky, MD, PhD
Moshe Sadofsky, MD, PhD
Laura Santambrogio, MD, PhD
Bridget Shafit-Zagardo, PhD
Louis Weiss, MD
Dr. Herbert B. Tanowitz, MD
In Memoriam
We mourn with the sudden passing on, July
17, of Herbert B. Tanowitz, MD, ’67, professor of
Pathology and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases).
A world-class physician-scientist, Dr. Tanowitz was renowned
for his pioneering research on the pathogenesis of Chagas Disease, a
tropical parasitic
infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. He
embodied the role of the academic physician and was beloved by his patients,
fellows and students.
After graduating from Einstein and completing his residency
in internal medicine at Lincoln Hospital, he joined our faculty in
1975 as an assistant
professor and became an attending physician at Jacobi and
Montefiore Medical Centers. He went on to serve as director, Diagnostic
Parasitology
Laboratory, and associate director, Parasitology Clinic,
at Jacobi. A frequent lecturer at the medical school, he was
director and principal investigator
of a Fogarty International Training Grant to
train students and postdoctoral fellows from Brazil in research methods in
infectious diseases and
geographic medicine. He served as senior associate
editor, American Journal of Pathology; managing editor, Frontier
Bioscience; and founding
co-editor-in-chief, Journal of Neuroparasitology.
Dr. Tanowitz received numerous awards and honors,
including Einstein’s Dominick P. Purpura Distinguished Alumnus Award, the
Brazilian Society
of Protozoology’s Walter Colli Award, and election to the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Beyond his academic medical career, he
proudly served as
a captain in the United States Navy Reserve through 2008.
Herb was a rare person and spirit. His joie
de vivre will continue to guide us and provide a model for the role of
an engaged scholar. We will never
forget his laugh, his passion and all the ways he made us
better.