Azniv Azar, MD
Assistant Professor
University Hospital, Level 2
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8691
Tel: (631) 444-2003
Fax: (631) 444- 3419
E-mail: Azniv.Azar@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Clinical Practice:
Dr. Azar is Board Certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology (2018).
Education:
2011: University of Aleppo School of Medicine, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic
Residency and Fellowship Training:
July 2018- June 2019: Fellowship- Women’s Health (Breast & Gynecology) Surgical Pathology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
July 2014- June 2018: Residency- Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Current and Previous Appointments:
2026-Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
March 2025 - April 2026: Assistant Professor, Breast and Gynecology Pathology, Head of Gynecology Pathology, Medical Director, UMMC UP Merrit Health Lab
March 2021- Dec 2023: Staff Pathologist, Mississippi Pathology Associates, PA, Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Jan 2024- Dec 2024: Staff Pathologist, Partner, Mississippi Pathology Associates, PA, Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Jan 2022- Dec 2024: Medical Director, Baptist Clinic-Belhaven Laboratory, Mississippi Pathology Associates, PA, Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Dec 2023- Dec 2024: Medical Director, Microbiology, Mississippi Pathology Associates, PA, Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
July 2019- Jan 2021: Staff Pathologist, Tupelo Pathology Group, North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Mississippi
Peer Reviewed Publications (Selected):
1. Xiaoqin Zhu, Sarah Jamshed, Jian Zou, Azniv Azar, Xiuling Meng, Venu Bathini, Karen Dresser, Cara Strock, Bhargavi Yalamarti, Michelle Yang, Keith Tomaszewicz, George Tjionas , Mark C Mochel, Lloyd Hutchinson, Jacob R Bledsoe. Molecular and immunophenotypic characterization of anal squamous cell carcinoma reveals distinct clinicopathologic groups associated with HPV and TP53 mutation status. Modern Pathology. 2021 May;34(5):1017-1030.
2. Nima Azimi, Azniv Azar, Ashraf Khan, Carolynn M DeBenedectis. Benign Breast Cyst in a Young Male. Cureus. 2019 Jun; 11(6): e4814.
3. Gonzalez MF, Azar A, Jamal SME. Solitary soft tissue Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the neck. Cytohistological correlation and review of the literature. Cytopathology. 2018 Feb;29(1):114-117
4. Manucha V, Azar A, Hudgens JL, Lewin J, Shwayder JM. Cystic Adenomatoid Tumor of the Uterus. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. 2015 Oct-Dec; 11(4):967-9.
More information on Dr. Azar's publications can be found here.