Arnold Schwartz

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Bio

Professor of Pathology and Surgery, School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health

Expertise

Expertise:

Environmental and Occupational Health

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Queens College of CUNY
Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, MIT
Doctor of Medicine, University of Miami
Residency/Fellowship, Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Community Service:

Dr. Schwartz is on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Chest, and Pathology Case Reviews. He is an Associate Editor on the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. As a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, Dr. Schwartz is an executive committee member on the Network of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Research

Research:

Dr. Schwartz’ primary research areas are in surgical pathology, molecular pathology, and epidemiology and prognostic markers. The focus of his research interests are in diseases of the lung, including occupational/environmental diseases, and lung cancer. Additional interests involve breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Schwartz has published in the areas of the pathologic effects of a variety of toxic inhalants and lung diseases in humans and animal models.

Publications

Publications:

Histologic Grade Remains a Prognostic Factor for Breast Cancer Regardless of the Number of Positive Lymph Nodes and Tumor Size: A Study of 161?708 Cases of Breast Cancer From the SEER Program
Schwartz AM, Henon DE, Chen D, Rajamarthandan S. Histologic Grade Remains a Prognostic Factor for Breast Cancer Regardless of the Number of Positive Lymph Nodes and Tumor Size: A Study of 161?708 Cases of Breast Cancer From the SEER Program. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2014 Aug;138(8):1048-52. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2013-0435-OA.

Re: Age-specific incidence of breast cancer subtypes: Understanding the black-white crossover
Schwartz, A. M., Henson, D. E., & Patel, A. (2013). Re: Age-specific incidence of breast cancer subtypes: Understanding the black-white crossover. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 105(5), 368-370.

Assessment of K-ras mutant frequency and micronucleus incidence in the mouse duodenum following 90-days of exposure to Cr(VI) in drinking water
O'Brien, T. J., Ding, H., Suh, M., Thompson, C. M., Parsons, B. L., Harris, M. A., . . . Proctor, D. M. (2013). Assessment of K-ras mutant frequency and micronucleus incidence in the mouse duodenum following 90-days of exposure to Cr(VI) in drinking water. Mutation Research, 754(1-2), 15-21.

Diagnostic surgical pathology in lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer
Schwartz, A. M., & Rezaei, M. K. (2013). Diagnostic surgical pathology in lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest, 143(5 Suppl), e251S-62S.

A primary approach to cancers of unknown primary
Schwartz, A. M., & Harpaz, N. (2013). A primary approach to cancers of unknown primary. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 105(11), 759-761.

Alternate estrogen receptors promote invasion of inflammatory breast cancer cells via non-genomic signaling
Ohshiro, K., Schwartz, A. M., Levine, P. H., & Kumar, R. (2012). Alternate estrogen receptors promote invasion of inflammatory breast cancer cells via non-genomic signaling. PloS One, 7(1), e30725.

Thrombin stimulation of inflammatory breast cancer cells leads to aggressiveness via the EGFR-PAR1-Pak1 pathway
Ohshiro, K., Bui-Nguyen, T. M., Divijendra Natha, R. S., Schwartz, A. M., Levine, P., & Kumar, R. (2012). Thrombin stimulation of inflammatory breast cancer cells leads to aggressiveness via the EGFR-PAR1-Pak1 pathway. The International Journal of Biological Markers, 27(4), e305-13.

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Arnold

Schwartz, MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Pathology

Arnold Schwartz

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