Genetic Research and Discovery in Jewish Populations

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 

Awards, Honors & Appointments

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 

Congratulations to Our Newly Minted PhDs and Graduating Residents and Fellows! Click here to view. 

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 

• Genomics and Cancer Biology 
• Immunopathology  
• Infectious Disease  
• Neuropathology.

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 

Herbert Tanowitz, MD 

Louis Weiss, MD