Maoxin Wu, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology
Chief of Cytopathology
Director of Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) and Core Biopsy Services
University Hospital Level 2
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7025 Tel: (631) 444-3000
Fax: (631) 444-3424
Email: Maoxin.Wu@stonybrookmedicine.edu
CLINICAL PRACTICE: Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology. Subspecialties in Cytopathology with experties in performance and interpretation of Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) and Core Biopsy with or without ultrasound guidance; and Surgical Pathology with extensive experience in Head/Neck and Pulmonary Pathology. Strong interest in early Cancer detection and predictive tumor marker exploration in cytology samples.
RESEARCH SUMMARY:
- Advanced therapeutic monitoring of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma via FNA and molecular studies
- Study of lung lesions: correlation between cytomorphology and molecular markers in various types of lung lesions including benign, hyperplasia, atypical adenomatous hyperplasia and carcinomas
- miRNA detection and analysis in lung cancers
- Applying molecular studies in routine cytology practice
- Cytological and molecular classification of lung cancers
- Pilot Study to Evaluate miRNA in FNA materials from archived thyroid lesions
- Current Research - Detection of Metastases in Lymph Nodes Using Quantitative-Ultrasound
| EDUCATION: | ||
| Institution/ Location | Degree | Year(s) |
| Shanxi Medical College (P.R. China) | M.D. | 1979-1984 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | M.S. | 1988-1991 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Ph.D | 1991-1995 |
| POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING: | |
| Year(s) | Institution/ Location |
| 1984-1987 | Medical Resident, The First People's Hospital of Luliang District, Shanxi Province, The People's Republic of China |
| 1995-1996 | Resident in Pathology, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1996-1997 | Resident in Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY |
| 1997-1998 | Chief Resident in Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY |
| 1998-1999 | Resident in Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY |
| 1999-2000 | Fellow in Cytopathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY |
| 2007-2008 | Advanced Sonographic Procedures, Western Suffolk BOCES School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, NY |
| POSITIONS HELD:: | |
| Year(s) | Institution/ Location |
| 1987-1990 | Visiting Scholar & Research Assistant, (EPR) Center, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1991-1995 | Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2005-2014 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY |
| 2000-2006 | Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY |
| 2006-2011 | Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY |
| 2011-2014 | Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY |
| 2014-present | Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY |
| 2014-present | Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook Medicine, NY |
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