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Esther Baranov, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
6 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: Esther.Baranov@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Specialty Division

Anatomic Pathology, Precision and Computational Diagnostics

Education

BA (Biological Basis of Behavior), University of Pennsylvania, 2012
MD (Medicine), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2018

Specialty Certification

Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2021
Molecular Genetic Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2023

Postgraduate Training

Resident, Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2018-21
Chief Resident, Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2020
Resident, Subspecialty Training in Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2020-21
Fellow, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Harvard-Mass General Brigham, 2021-22
Fellow, Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2022-23
Fellow, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2023

Awards and Honors

Nu Rho Psi National Honor Society in Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Medical Student Scholarship to the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2015
Jesse H. Frank, MD Prize in Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2018
International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology USCAP Platform Award, International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology, 2020

Memberships and Professional Organizations

American Medical Association, 2013-18
Elizabeth Blackwell Society, 2013-18
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2016-present
College of American Pathologists, 2016-present
Pathology Society of Philadelphia, 2016-18
Massachusetts Medical Society, 2018-present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2018-present
American Association for Cancer Research, 2020-present
Association for Molecular Pathology, 2020-present

Selected Publications

Devins KM, Baranov E, Hung YP, Dickson BC, Oliva E, Deshpande V. Large and Extensive Multilocular Peritoneal Inclusion Cysts Lack Genomic Alterations and Follow an Indolent Clinical Course Despite Rare Recurrences. Am J Surg Pathol. 48(9): 1177-1184, September 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002249. Epub 2024 May 30.

Russell-Goldman E, Baranov E, Siegmund S, Yang CS, Laga AC, Hanna J. Epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated eccrine neoplasm: a rare entity with distinctive clinical and histopathologic features. Virchows Arch. 484(3): 423-427, March 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00428-024-03785-w. Epub 2024 Mar 14. 

Baranov E, Nowak JA.: Emerging Family of Spindle Cell Neoplasms with Kinase Fusions. CAP Expertise in Precision Medicine Articles by the Personalized Health Care Committee. no volume(no issue): no pages, February 2024 Notes: https://www.cap.org/member-resources/articles/emerging-family-of-spindle-cell-neoplasms-with-kinase-fusions.

Baranov E, Nowak JA.: Pathologic Evaluation of Therapeutic Biomarkers in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. Surg Pathol Clin. 16(4): 635-650, December 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.path.2023.05.002. Epub 2023 Jul 23. Review.

Tong CCL, Lin X, Seckar T, Koptyra M, Kohanski MA, Cohen NA, Kennedy DW, Adappa ND, Papagiannopoulos P, Kuan EC, Baranov E, Jalaly JB, Feldman MD, Storm PB, Resnick AC, Palmer JN, Wei Z, Robertson ES.: A metagenomic analysis of the virome of inverted papilloma and squamous cell carcinoma. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 13(11): 2055-2062, November 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1002/alr.23182. Epub 2023 May 28.

Dalal RS, Baranov E, Li J, Hong X, Korzenik J, Hamilton M, Sasson G.: Small Cells, Big Problems: Small Cell Carcinoma of the Rectal Cuff After Ileal-Pouch Anal Anastomosis in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis. Dig Dis Sci. 68(11): 4127-4129, November 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10620-023-08110-0. Epub 2023 Sep 22.

Baranov E, Alston ELJ, Lester SC, Fletcher CDM, Doyle LA.: Angiomyxoma of the Breast: A Clinicopathologic Analysis of 40 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol 47(4): 296-306, March 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001989. Epub 2022 Nov 1.

Baranov E, Winsnes K, O'Brien M, Voss SD, Church AJ, Janeway KA, DuBois SG, Davis JL, Al-Ibraheemi A.: Histologic characterization of paediatric mesenchymal neoplasms treated with kinase-targeted therapy. Histopathology 81(2): 215-227, August 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1111/his.14680. Epub 2022 May 29.

Tong CCL, Koptyra M, Raman P, Rathi KS, Choudhari N, Lin X, Seckar T, Wei Z, Kohanski MA, O'Malley BW, Cohen NA, Kennedy DW, Adappa ND, Robertson ES, Baranov E, Kuan EC, Papagiannopoulos P, Jalaly JB, Feldman MD, Storm PB, Resnick AC, Palmer JN.: Targeted gene expression profiling of inverted papilloma and squamous cell carcinoma. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 12(2): 200-209, February 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1002/alr.22882. Epub 2021 Sep 12.

Baranov E, Black MA, Fletcher CDM, Charville GW, Hornick JL. : Nuclear expression of DDIT3 distinguishes high-grade myxoid liposarcoma from other round cell sarcomas. Mod Pathol 34(7): 1367-1372, July 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41379-021-00782-1. Epub 2021 Mar 17.