George J. Netto, M.D.
Simon Flexner Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 6.037 Gates Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4283
Email: george.netto@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Education
M.D. Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, 1985
Specialty Certification
American Board of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1992
American Board of Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2005
Postgraduate Training
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 1987-1991
Chief Resident, Department of Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX, 1991-1992
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Lauren V. Ackerman Laboratory, Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1992-1993
Urologic Pathology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1993-1994
Awards and Honors
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pathology, The Housestaff Teaching Award for Anatomic Pathology, 2007
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Urology, The Housestaff Teaching Award, 2010
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society of Clinical Pathology, 1993 - Present
College of American Pathology, 1993 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), 1994 - present
International Academy of Pathology, 1996 - Present
Association of Molecular Pathology (AMP), 1998 - Present
American College of Medical Genetics, 2004 - 2005
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2005 - 2016
International Society of Urologic Pathology, 2005 - Present
American Urologic Association, 2006 - Present
Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Biomedical Research Council, Singapore, 2009 - Present
Cancer Research UK, London, England, 2009 - Present
Cambridge Health Institute (CHI), 2012 - 2012
Patrick C Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund, 2012 - 2016
Genentech, 2014 - Present
International Agency for Research on Cancer - World Health Organization, 2015 - 2015
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), 2017 - Present
Association of Pathology Chairs, 2018 - Present
American Medical Association, 2018 - Present
European Society of Pathology, 2018 - Present
International Academy of Pathology (IAP), 2018 - Present
National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Genomics (CCG) The Cancer Genome Atlas Program Testicular Germ Cell (TGCT), 2020 - 2020
International Agency for Research on Cancer-World Health Organization (WHO) Blue Book Editorial Board “Urinary and Male Genital Tumours”, 2020 - 2020
KWF Kankerbestrijding – Dutch Cancer Society, 2020 - 2020
French Ministry of Health and National Cancer Institute of Health (INCa), Translational Cancer Research Project, 2020 - 2020
American Association for Cancer Research, 2020 - Present
MSD (Merck & Co.), 2020 - Present
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Laboratory of Pathology, 2021 - 2021
American Society for Investigative Pathology, 2022 - Present
National Cancer Institute Early Detection Network, 2022 - 2022
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, 2024 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
"A Portrait of HER2- Low Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC) of Breast. Lounes Djerroudi Anne Vincent-Salomon"
Georges J. Netto, Host., PODCASTS (ModPath Chat, the official podcast of Modern Pathology, a journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)), 2024
"Special Episode - Meet the Listeners"
Georges J. Netto, Host., PODCASTS (ModPath Chat, the official podcast of Modern Pathology, a journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)), 2024
"Molecular Profiling of Sinonasal Olfactory Carcinoma with Lisa Rooper, MD"
Georges J. Netto, Host, PODCASTS (ModPath Chat is the official podcast of Modern Pathology, a journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)), 2024
"Automated Deep Learning-Based Diagnosis of AML Using Flow Cytometry with Olga Pozdnyakova and Joshua Lewis"
Georges J. Netto, Host., PODCASTS (ModPath Chat, the official podcast of Modern Pathology, a journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)), 2024
"WHO-HEM5 Updates in Myeloid Neoplasms , Dr. Sanam Loghavi"
Georges J. Netto, Host., PODCASTS (ModPath Chat, the official podcast of Modern Pathology, a journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)), 2024
"Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma, Cribriform Subtype: Novel Fusions and Fusion Partners."
Georges J. Netto, Host., PODCASTS (ModPath Chat, the official podcast of Modern Pathology, a journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)), 2024
Association of Androgen Receptor and PD-L1 Expression in Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
Okuda Y, Kato T, Fujita K, Fushimi H, Miyamoto H, Netto GJ, Nonomura N., Cancer Genomics Proteomics 21(2): 137–143, 2024, PMID:38423597
Proposal for a Novel Histological Scoring System as a Potential Grading Approach for Muscle-invasive Urothelial Bladder Cancer Correlating with Disease Aggressiveness and Patient Outcomes
Eckstein M, Matek C, Wagner P, Erber R, Büttner-Herold M, Wild PJ, Taubert H, Wach S, Sikic D, Wullich B, Geppert CI, Compérat EM, Lopez-Beltran A, Montironi R, Cheng L, van der Kwast T, Colecchia M, van Rhijn BWG, Amin MB, Netto GJ, Lehmann J, Stöckle M, Junker K, Hartmann A, Bertz S., Eur Urol Oncol. 7(1): 128-138, 2024, PMID:37562993
"Is there a Value for Anastomotic Biopsies in Crohn’s Disease?"
Georges J. Netto, Host., PODCASTS (ModPath, the official podcast of Modern Pathology, a journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)), 2024
International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Current Issues in Bladder Cancer. Working Group 2: Grading of Mixed Grade, Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma Including Histologic Subtypes and Divergent Differentiations, and Non-Urothelial Carcinomas
Paner GP, Kamat A, Netto GJ, Samaratunga H, Varma M, Bubendorf L, van der Kwast TH, Cheng L; Members of the ISUP Bladder Tumor Consensus Panel., Am J Surg Pathol. 48(1): e11-e23, 2024, PMID:37382156
