
Esther Baranov, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
6 Founders Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Email: esther.baranov@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Anatomic Pathology, Precision and Computational Diagnostics
Clinical Expertise
Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Molecular Pathology
Cancer Genomics
Research Expertise
Immunohistochemistry
Education
BA (Biological Basis of Behavior), University of Pennsylvania
MD (Medicine), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Specialty Certification
Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Molecular Genetic Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Postgraduate Training
Resident, Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Fellow, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Harvard-Mass General Brigham
Fellow, Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Awards and Honors
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Pennsylvania
Jesse H. Frank, MD Prize in Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society for Clinical Pathology
College of American Pathologists
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
American Association for Cancer Research
Association for Molecular Pathology
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.
Hanna J, Russell-Goldman E, Baranov E, Pissaloux D, Li YY, Tirode F, de la Fouchardiere A, Fletcher CDM. PEComa With MITF Overexpression: Clinicopathologic and Molecular Analysis of a Series of 36 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2024 Jun 27. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002276. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38934541.
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. doi: 10.1007/s00428-024-03785-w. Epub 2024 Mar 14.
Baranov E, Nowak JA. Pathologic Evaluation of Therapeutic Biomarkers in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. Surg Pathol Clin 16(4): 635-650, December 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2023.05.002. Epub 2023 Jul 23. Review.
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. 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. 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. doi: 10.1111/his.14680. Epub 2022 May 29.
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. doi: 10.1038/s41379-021-00782-1. Epub 2021 Mar 17.
Kolin DL, Crum CP, Baranov E, Dal Cin P, Chang MC, Colgan TJ, Dickson BC, Hornick JL and Nucci MR. Synovial Sarcoma of the Female Genital Tract: A Protean Mimic of Müllerian Neoplasia. Am J Surg Pathol 44(11):1487-1495, Nov 2020. PMID: 32675659.
Baranov E, McBride MJ, Bellizzi AM, Ligon AH, Fletcher CDM, Kadoch C and Hornick JL. A Novel SS18-SSX Fusion-specific Antibody for the Diagnosis of Synovial Sarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol 44(7):922-933, July 2020. PMID: 32141887.