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Office
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Summary
- After earning his medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Klimstra began in a fellowship at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in 1991. He was invited to join the faculty after completing the program. He is the current Chair of the Department of Pathology at MSKCC.
Dr. Klimstra is a pathologist with more than 20 years of experience in making diagnoses based on examining tissue samples removed by biopsy or during surgery. His expertise is diagnosing tumors that arise in the stomach, colon, and hepatobiliary region (liver, pancreas, and bile ducts).
Over the course of his career he has published more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, and have been honored to serve on editorial boards for several publications, including Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, Virchows Archiv, Modern Pathology, and the American Journal of Surgical Pathology.
Dr. Klimstra serves on two National Cancer Institute committees: the Neuroendocrine Tumor Task Force (since 2011) and the Pancreas Cancer Tissue Acquisition Working Group (since 2010). He has also been a member of the International Cancer Genome Consortium since 2010. Dr. Klimstra serves on the NANETS Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee.
Education & Training
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1991 - 1992
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1988 - 1991
- Yale School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1992 - 2026
- CT State Medical License 2024 - 2025
- American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
- New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012, 2014
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Cholangiocarcinoma classification: current approach, relevance and challenges.Benjamin Goeppert, Yoh Zen, Juan Valle, David Klimstra, Vikram Deshpande
Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2024-12-14 - SWI/SNF Complex-Deficient Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Pancreas: Clinicopathologic and Genomic Analysis.Aslihan Yavas, Kerem Ozcan, N Volkan Adsay, Serdar Balci, Zeynep C Tarcan
Modern Pathology. 2024-11-01 - Proteomic basis for pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma and pancreatoblastoma as similar yet distinct entities.Atsushi Tanaka, Makiko Ogawa, Yihua Zhou, Ronald C Hendrickson, Matthew M Miele
NPJ Precision Oncology. 2024-10-03
Journal Articles
- Diagnosis of Known Sarcoma Fusions and Novel Fusion Partners by Targeted RNA Sequencing with Identification of a Recurrent ACTB-FOSB Fusion in Pseudomyogenic Hemangioe...Brian P Rubin, Meera R Hameed, Khedoudja Nafa, David S Klimstra, Nature
- Prevalence of False-Negative Results of Intraoperative Consultation on Surgical Margins During Resection of Gastric and Gastroesophageal AdenocarcinomaDaniel G Coit, Kelly Olino, David S Klimstra, Kambiz Kamrani, Murray F Brennan, JAMA
Other
- Pathology, classification, and grading of neuroendocrine tumors arising in the digestive systemKlimstra DS, Yang Z
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pathology-classification-and-grading-of-neuroendocrine-tumors-arisi
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-05
Press Mentions
- OmniScreen by Paige: An AI Tool That Simultaneously Screens 505 Genes for Comprehensive Cancer Diagnosis and More Personalized TreatmentsAugust 23rd, 2024
- The Gift of LifeAugust 31st, 2022
- Paige Launches AI Software to Enable Accurate and Efficient Detection of Breast Cancer Metastases in Lymph NodesMarch 24th, 2022
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