BenjaminAlanPinskyMDPhD

Microbiology, Clinical Pathology

Associate Professor, Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center

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Dr. Benjamin Pinsky is a pathologist in Stanford, CA and is affiliated with Stanford Health Care. He received his medical degree from University of Washington School of Medicine and has been in practice 10 years. He specializes in microbiology and clinical pathology and is experienced in virology and sequence analysis.

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2009 - 2010
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2007 - 2009
University of Washington School of MedicineClass of 2007

PubMed

The Histopathologic Features of Early COVID Pneumonia in a Pediatric Patient: New Insight into the Role of Macrophages.
Philip L Bulterys, Guangwu Xu, Benjamin A Pinsky, Megan L Troxell, Joshua R Menke
International Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2024-12-01
Nucleic acid amplification testing using dried blood spots to confirm the diagnosis of HIV-1 in adults.
Benjamin A Pinsky, Malaya K Sahoo, Justen Manasa, Tariro Makadzange, Carole L Wallis
Journal of Clinical Virology. 2024-12-01
Opportunities and challenges for the U.S. laboratory response to highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1).
Benjamin A Pinsky, Benjamin T Bradley
Journal of Clinical Virology. 2024-10-01

Journal Articles

Impact of Pre-Transplant Donor BK Viruria in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Aruna K Subramanian, Amy E Gallo, Jane C Tan, Gregory A Storch, Jason Kurzer, Benjamin A Pinsky, Waldo Concepcion, Susanna K Tan, Diane Alonso, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
High Human Herpesvirus 6 Viral Load in Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients Is Associated with Detection in End Organs and High Mortality
Sandhya Kharbanda, Rajesh Punn, Lena E Winestone, Benjamin A Pinsky, Pediatric Transplantation

Abstracts/Posters

Assessment of Sensitivity and Specificity of Patient-Collected Lower Nasal Specimens for Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing
Benjamin Pinsky, MD, JAMA Network Open, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019

Assessment of Sensitivity and Specificity of Patient-Collected Lower Nasal Specimens for Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 TestingJune 2020

Efficacy of mRNA-1273 and Novavax Ancestral or BA.1 Spike Booster Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 BA.5 Infection in Non-Human PrimatesMay 16th, 2023
New COVID-19 Subvariants Are Spreading FastNovember 25th, 2022
Coronavirus Today: How COVID Lies Spread on FacebookOctober 5th, 2022
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