Lauren Ende Schwartz, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Vice Chair for Quality
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
6 Founders Pavilion, Rm 6075
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-615-2699
Email: lauren.schwartz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Anatomic Pathology
Clinical Expertise
Gynecological and Genitourinary Pathology
Education
BA (Bachelor of Arts, Biology), Columbia University, 2004
MD (Medical Doctorate), New York University School of Medicine, 2008
Cert (Certificate in Health Care Quality and Safety), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2022
Specialty Certification
American Board of Pathology Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2012
Postgraduate Training
Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2008-2012
Faculty Assistant in Surgical Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2012-2013
Faculty Assistant in Gynecologic Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2013-2014
Awards and Honors
Dean's List, Columbia University, 2004
Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University, 2004
Summa Cum Laude, Columbia University, 2004
Departmental Honors in Biology, Columbia University, 2004
Fred S. Mandelbaum Award for Excellence in Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, 2008
Alpha Omega Alpha, New York University School of Medicine, 2008
Anatomic Pathology Chief Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2011
The Leonard Berwick Residency Training Award, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Penn Center for Precision Medicine Accelerator Fund Recipient. PI: Kara Maxwell, MD Phd. Project: Implication of Gleason Score for the Precision Medicine Treatment of Patients with Localized Prostate cancer, 2018
The Power List 2018 by The Pathologist Magazine, 2018
Innovation Accelerator Program. PI: Ashley Haggerty Project: Improving genetic testing to increase precision cancer care., 2019
HUP 2019 Operational Honorable Mention award for Specimen Pick-Up on Demand Project, 2019
Accepted and Participated in the February 2019 Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Series in La Jolla, California, 2019
40 Under Forty, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2020
The Peter C. Nowell Teaching Award. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine., 2024
Memberships and Professional Organizations
United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2008 - Present
College of American Pathologists, 2009 - Present
Pathology Society of Philadelphia, 2012 - Present
International Society of Genitourinary Pathologists, 2014 - Present
International Society of GYN Pathology, 2014 - Present
Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists, 2018 - Present
American Society of Clinical Pathology, 2019 - Present
Selected Publications
Metastatic Malignancies to the Ovaries
Olivia J Leung, Keshia E Mora, Alessandro Brunetti, Lauren E Schwartz, Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2025, PMID:40335062
Classification of Human Ovarian Follicle Morphology: Recommendations of the NICHD-Sponsored Ovarian Nomenclature Workshop
Jacqueline C Yano Maher, Mary B Zelinski, Kutluk H Oktay, Francesca E Duncan, James H Segars, Marla E Lujan, Hong Lou, Bohyun Yun, Sarina N Hanfling, Lauren E Schwartz, Monica M Laronda, Lisa M Halvorson, Kathleen E O'Neill, Veronica Gomez-Lobo., Fertil Steril 123(5): 761-778, 2025, PMID:39549739
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, the Human Placenta, and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
Rebecca L Linn, Markolline Forkpa, Rita Leite, Jessenia C Guerrero, Maria C Reyes, Lauren E Schwartz, Rebecca A Simmons, Samuel Parry, Thea N Golden., Am J Pathol, 2025, PMID:40316213
Impact of BRCA mutations, age, surgical indication, and hormone status on the molecular phenotype of the human Fallopian tube
Ian Beddows, Svetlana Djirackor, Dalia K Omran, Euihye Jung, Natalie Nc Shih, Ritu Roy, Aaron Hechmer, Adam Olshen, Guillaume Adelmant, Ann Tom, Jacob Morrison, Marie Adams, Daniel C Rohrer, Lauren E Schwartz, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Heidi Auman, Jarrod A Marto, Charles W Drescher, Ronny Drapkin, Hui Shen., Nat Commun 16(1): 2981, 2025, PMID:40140386
LINE-1 ORF1p expression occurs in clear cell ovarian carcinoma precursors and is a candidate blood biomarker
Pamela R de Santiago, Sho Sato, Stephanie J Zhang, Meaghan C Dougher, Kyle M Devins, Agnes J Bilecz, Sagar Rayamajhi, Gabriel Mingo, Hannah S Rendulich, Yi Feng, Connie Wu, Martin S Taylor, Yelena Zhuravlev, Euihye Jung, Dalia K Omran, Tian-Li Wang, Ie-Ming Shih, Lauren E Schwartz, Sarah Kim, Mark A Morgan, Janos L Tanyi, Kathleen H Burns, Ernst Lengyel, Carlos Parra-Herran, Andrew K Godwin, David R Walt, Ronny Drapkin., NPJ Precis Oncol 6(9): 62, 2025, PMID:40050409
Oncologic control and predictors of urologic reconstruction after Mohs micrographic surgery for low-risk penile malignancy
Brian D Cortese, Raju Chelluri, Alexander J Skokan, Leilei Xia, David A Ostrowski, Daniel S Roberson, Lauren Schwartz, Daniel J Lee, Tess M Lukowiak, Thomas J Guzzo, S Bruce Malkowicz, Christopher J Miller, R Caleb Kovell., Int Urol Nephrol 56(12): 3727-3732, 2024, PMID:38922534
Assessing the impact of deep-learning assistance on the histopathological diagnosis of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) in fallopian tubes
Joep Ma Bogaerts, Miranda P Steenbeek, John-Melle Bokhors, Majke Hd van Bommel, Luca Abete, Francesca Addante, Mariel Brinkhuis, Alicja Chrzan, Fleur Cordier, Mojgan Devouassoux-Shisheboran, Juan Fernández-Pérez, Anna Fischer, C Blake Gilks, Angela Guerriero, Marta Jaconi, Tony G Kleijn, Loes Kooreman, Spencer Martin, Jakob Milla, Nadine Narducci, Chara Ntala, Vinita Parkash, Christophe de Pauw, Joseph T Rabban, Lucia Rijstenberg, Robert Rottscholl, Annette Staebler, Koen Van de Vijver, Gian Franco Zannoni, Monica van Zanten; AI‐STIC Study Group; Joanne A de Hullu, Michiel Simons, Jeroen Awm van der Laak., J Pathol Clin Res 10(6): , 2024
Adult granulosa cell tumor (Abdomen)
Walker S and Schwartz L., 2024 PIP-C Performance Improvement Program in Surgical Pathology (CME eligible), College of American Pathologists, 2024
Leiomyosarcoma (Ovary)
Kardys A and Schwartz L., 2024 PIP-B Performance Improvement Program in Surgical Pathology (CME eligible), College of American Pathologists, 2024
Integrating Immunohistochemistry and Next Generation Sequencing to Improve Molecular Classification of Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
Ramesh R, Alghamdi M, Schwartz L, Reyes C, Dumoff K, Chen S., Laboratory Investigation 104(3, Supplement): A1230, 2024
