Quick Reference Handbook for Surgical Pathologists

Natasha Rekhtman, MD, PhD is currently an Assistant Attending in the Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, where she also completed a cytopathology fellowship. Prior to this, she completed her residency and served as an Assistant in Surgical Pathology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, after receiving her combined MD, PhD degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Dr. Rekhtman has received a number of honors and awards, including Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society election, American Medical Women's Association Janet M. Glasgow Achievement Citation, and Rudin Scholar Award. Dr. Rekhtman has been first author or coauthor on many journal articles and several book chapters. She has presented at the annual meetings of United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, American Society of Cytopathology, and American Society of Clinical Oncology, and has been a speaker at numerous educational courses. Her areas of clinical expertise include thoracic pathology and cytopathology. Justin A. Bishop, MD, is an Assistant Professor in Surgical Pathology at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, where he was previously an Assistant in Surgical Pathology and Chief Resident in Pathology. Prior to this, he received his medical degree at Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Dr. Bishop is the recipient of a number of honors, including a Pathology Young Investigators' Day Award for Excellence in Clinical Research and the Joseph Carr Eggleston Award for Excellence in Surgical Pathology Research, and election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a junior medical student. Dr. Bishop has authored or coauthored many journal articles and several book chapters, and presented several abstracts at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology annual meeting. His primary area of interest is head and neck pathology.