WilliamF.SymmansMD

Pathology • Houston, TX

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-792-6161

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 - 2025
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

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
5 citations
Neoadjuvant talazoparib in patients with germline BRCA1/2 mutation-positive, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer: exploration of tumor BRCA mutational status.
Melinda L Telli, Jennifer K Litton, J Thaddeus Beck, Jason M Jones, Jay Andersen
Breast Cancer. 2024-09-01

Press Mentions

Residual Cancer Burden Predicts Outcomes for All Breast Cancer TypesFebruary 25th, 2020

Committees

Member, Expert Panel, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 - Present