Alberto Marchevsky, MD

Director, Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology

Clinical Specialties:
Pulmonary & Mediastinal Pathology
Thyroid Pathology
Autopsy Pathology

Email Address: Alberto.Marchevsky@cshs.org
Phone: 310-423-6623

Education and Training

  • Medico Cuyo University Medical School, Mendoza-Argentina; MD
  • Internship in Pathology, The Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • Residency in Pathology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
  • Fellowship in Pathology Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Fellowship in Pulmonary Pathology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Medical Board Certification

  • Board Certified, Anatomic Pathology
  • Board Certified, Clinical Pathology

Clinical and Research Interests

  • Clinico-Pathologic Research
  • Experimental Pathology
  • Image Analysis
  • Biostatistics
  • Pathology Informatics
  • Evidence Based Pathology

Awards and Activities

  • Past-President, Los Angeles Society of Pathologists
  • Chairman, College of American Pathologists Pulmonary Pathology AP3 Committee
  • Member, Structure Committee, International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
  • Chairman, Small Biopsy Task Force, International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group

Selected Publications:

  • Walts AE, Ines D, Marchevsky AM. Limited role of Ki-67 proliferative index in predicting overall short-term survival in patients with typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoid tumors. Mod Pathol. 2012;25:1258-64.
  • Walts AE, Marchevsky AM. Low cost-effectiveness of CD3/CD20 immunostains for initial triage of lymphoid-rich effusions: an evidence-based review of the utility of these stains in selecting cases for full hematopathologic workup. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012;40:565-9.
  • Walts AE, Bose S, Fan X, Frishberg D, Scharre K, de Peralta-Venturina M, Zhai J, Marchevsky AM. A simplified Bethesda System for reporting thyroid cytopathology using only four categories improves intra- and inter-observer diagnostic agreement and provides non-overlapping estimates of malignancy risks. Diagn Cytopathol 2012;40 Suppl 1:E62-8.
  • Wick MR, Swanson P, Marchevsky AM. Prognostication and Prediction in Anatomic Pathology: Carcinoma of the breast as an illustrative model, in Evidence Based Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Marchevsky AM, Wick MR eds. Springer, New York, 2011.
  • Wick MR, Marchevsky AM. Evidence-based principles in pathology: existing problem areas and the development of "quality" practice patterns. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011;135:1398-404.

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