RonaldBalassanianMD

Pathology • San Francisco, CA

Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Assistant Professor, Pathology, UCSF School of Medicine

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Office
1600 Divisadero St
# Ucsf
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-514-6642

Fax+1 415-353-7676

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1997 - 2000
NYU Grossman School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
University of Vermont College of MedicineClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1998 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2014
PA State Medical License 2004 - 2008
NY State Medical License 2002 - 2006
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology Cytopathology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

59 citations
Association of breast cancer with papillary lesions identified at percutaneous image-guided breast biopsy.
Leah S. Gendler, Sheldon Feldman, Ronald Balassanian, Mary A. Riker, Stanley K. Frencher
American Journal of Surgery. 2004-10-01
55 citations
Intratumor Heterogeneity of the Estrogen Receptor and the Long-term Risk of Fatal Breast Cancer.
Linda S. Lindström, Christina Yau, Kamila Czene, Carlie K Thompson, Katherine A. Hoadley
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2018-07-01
1268 citations
Clinical practice guidelines in oncology
William J. Gradishar, Benjamin O. Anderson, Ron Balassanian, Sarah L. Blair, Harold J. Burstein
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2018-03-01

Abstracts/Posters

Development of a Pathway-Directed Drug Screen Platform for Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Using Patient-Derived Xenograft Models
Ronald Balassanian, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019

Lectures

Cytology Seminar
University of California, San Francisco, California - 5/23/2012