Sharon Hirschowitz, M.D.

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Work Titles
UCLA Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Physician, Professor, Cytopathology Professor, Surgical Pathology
Education:
Degrees:
M.D., University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, 1978
Fellowship:
1991 - 1992 UCLA School of Medicine
Internship:
1979 - 1980 Johannesburg Hospital
Residency:
1982 - 1985 South African Institute for Medical Research
1980 - 1981 Royal Free Hospital & School of Medicine

Contact Information:

Work Email Address:

shirschowitz@mednet.ucla.edu


Website:

Web-Profile

Work Address:

CHS A3-231A


Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Witt Benjamin L, Wallander Michelle L, Layfield Lester J, Hirschowitz Sharon   Respiratory cytology in the era of molecular diagnostics: a review Diagnostic cytopathology, 2012; 40(6): 556-63.
Layfield Lester J, Hirschowitz Sharon L, Adler Douglas G   Metastatic disease to the pancreas documented by endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration: a seven-year experience Diagnostic cytopathology, 2012; 40(3): 228-33.
Layfield Lester J, Hirschowitz Sharon L, Adler Douglas G   Metastatic disease to the pancreas documented by endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration: A seven-year experience Diagnostic cytopathology, 2010; 40(3): .
Layfield Lester J, Dodd Leslie G, Hirschowitz Sharon, Crabtree Susie Newman   Fine-needle aspiration of primary osseous lesions: A cost effectiveness study Diagnostic cytopathology, 2010; 38(4): 239-43.
Layfield Lester J, Morton M J, Cramer Harvey M, Hirschowitz Sharon   Implications of the proposed thyroid fine-needle aspiration category of "follicular lesion of undetermined significance": A five-year multi-institutional analysis Diagnostic cytopathology, 2009; 37(10): 710-4.
Sullivan Peggy S, Nooraie Farzad, Sanchez Hope, Hirschowitz Sharon, Levin Mary, Rao P Nagesh, Rao Jianyu   Comparison of ImmunoCyt, UroVysion, and urine cytology in detection of recurrent urothelial carcinoma: a "split-sample" study Cancer, 2009; 117(3): 167-73.
Suh Jeffrey D, Kirsch Claudia F, Hirschowitz Sharon L, Wang Marilene B   Pathology quiz case 1. Disseminated coccidioidomycosis of the infratemporal fossa Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery, 2009; 135(6): 616, 618-9.
Chadwick Barbara, Willmore-Payne Carlynn, Tripp Sheryl, Layfield Lester J, Hirschowitz Sharon, Holden Joseph   Histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular classification of 52 IPMNs of the pancreas Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM / official publication of the Society for Applied Immunohistochemistry, 2009; 17(1): 31-9.
Ragavendra Nagesh, Ju Jw, Sayre James W, Hirschowitz Sharon, Chopra Inder, Yeh Michael W   In vivo analysis of fracture toughness of thyroid gland tumors Journal of biological engineering, 2008; 2(1): 12.
Lee Jane W, Nadelman Celina M, Hirschowitz Sharon L, Debruhl Nanette D, Bassett Lawrence W   Malignant phyllodes tumor of a genotypic male, phenotypic female with liposarcomatous differentiation The breast journal, 2008; 13(3): 312-3.
Layfield Lester J, Gopez Evelyn, Hirschowitz Sharon   Cost efficiency analysis for fine-needle aspiration in the workup of parotid and submandibular gland nodules Diagnostic cytopathology, 2006; 34(11): 734-8.
Willmore-Payne Carlynn, Holden Joseph A, Hirschowitz Sharon, Layfield Lester J   BRAF and c-kit gene copy number in mutation-positive malignant melanoma Human pathology, 2006; 37(5): 520-7.
Willmore-Payne Carlynn, Holden Joseph A, Zhou Holly, Gupta Dilip, Hirschowitz Sharon, Wittwer Carl T, Layfield Lester J   Evaluation of Her-2/neu gene status in osteosarcoma by fluorescence in situ hybridization and multiplex and monoplex polymerase chain reactions Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 2006; 130(5): 691-8.
Wu Debbie C, Hirschowitz Sharon, Natarajan Sathima   Ectopic decidua of pelvic lymph nodes: a potential diagnostic pitfall Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 2005; 129(5): e117-20.
Layfield Lester J, Jones Claudia, Hirschowitz Sharon   Statistical analysis of cytologic features useful in separation of metastatic urothelial carcinoma from other metastatic epithelial malignancies Diagnostic cytopathology, 2003; 29(6): 334-8.
Cheng Lirong, Binder Scott W, Gajjar Nupoor A, Hirschowitz Sharon L   Fine-needle aspiration biopsy as an adjunct to the diagnosis of a rare adnexal tumor of hair follicle origin: trichoblastoma Diagnostic cytopathology, 2003; 29(4): 225-8.
Cheng Lirong, Reiter Robert E, Jin Yusheng, Sharon Hirschowitz, Wieder Jeffrey, Lane Timothy F, Rao Jianyu   Immunocytochemical analysis of prostate stem cell antigen as adjunct marker for detection of urothelial transitional cell carcinoma in voided urine specimens The Journal of urology, 2003; 169(6): 2094-100.
Merchant Farrukh H, Hirschowitz Sharon L, Cohan Pejman, Van Herle Andre J, Natarajan Sathima   Simultaneous occurrence of medullary and papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland identified by fine needle aspiration. A case report Acta cytologica, 2003; 46(4): 762-6.
Jones Claudia, Liu Katharine, Hirschowitz Sharon, Klipfel Nancy, Layfield Lester J   Concordance of histopathologic and cytologic grading in musculoskeletal sarcomas: can grades obtained from analysis of the fine-needle aspirates serve as the basis for therapeutic decisions? Cancer, 2002; 96(2): 83-91.

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