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1515 Holcombe BlvdHouston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-792-6161
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Education & Training
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Immunopathology, 1993 - 1995
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 1992 - 1993
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1988 - 1992
University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2000 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1996 - 2003
PA State Medical License 1992 - 1996
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology- American Board of Pathology Cytopathology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Impact of adding palbociclib on treatment adherence to ongoing adjuvant endocrine treatment in the global randomized PALLAS randomized trial in patients with early bre...Eileen Shinn, David Zahrieh, Angela DeMichele, Nick Zdenkowski, Julie Lemieux
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2025-03-27 - Gene signatures derived from transcriptomic-causal networks stratify colorectal cancer patients for effective targeted therapy.Akram Yazdani, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Gianluigi Pillonetto, Raul Mendez-Giraldez, Azam Yazdani
Communications Medicine. 2025-01-08 - Prospective and Retrospective Analysis of Whole-Slide Images of Sentinel and Targeted Lymph Node Frozen Sections in Breast Cancer.Qiqi Ye, Timothy Law, Dianna Klippel, Constance Albarracin, Hui Chen
Modern Pathology. 2025-01-07
Press Mentions
Residual Cancer Burden Predicts Outcomes for All Breast Cancer TypesFebruary 25th, 2020
Grant Support
- Evaluation of the Sensitivity to Endocrine Therapy (SET ER/PR) Assay to predict benefit from extended duration of adjuvant endocrine therapy in the NSABP B-42 trialUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR2023–2025
Committees
- Member, Expert Panel, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 - Present
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