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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

Departmental Honors in Biology, Columbia University, 2004
Summa Cum Laude, Columbia University, 2004
Dean's List, Columbia University, 2004
Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University, 2004
Alpha Omega Alpha, New York University School of Medicine, 2008
Fred S. Mandelbaum Award for Excellence in Pathology, 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
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
Innovation Accelerator Program. PI: Ashley Haggerty Project: Improving genetic testing to increase precision cancer care., 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

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

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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

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, 2024, PMID:39549739

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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

Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinomas of No Specific Molecular Profile (NSMP): Genomic Landscape and Subgrouping

Ramesh R, Schwartz L, Chen S, Reyes C, Dumoff K and Alghamdi M., Laboratory Investigation 104(3, Supplement): S1232, 2024

ORF1p Expression from LINE-1 Occurs in Clear Cell Ovarian Carcinoma Precursors and is Detectable in Patient Serum Samples

Rojes de Santiago P, Taylor M, Zhuravlev Y, Schwartz L, Walt D, Burns K and Drapkin R., Laboratory Investigation 104(3, supplement): S1236, 2024

Primary Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma (ASPS) of the Prostate: Report of a Deceptive Case

Parnaz Daneshpajouhnejad, Casey Morrison, Xiaofeng Zhao, Reba E Daniel, Lauren Schwartz, Kumarasen Cooper, Paul Zhang, Priti Lal., Int J Surg Pathol 31(7): 1359-1363, 2023, PMID:36694389

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High-grade serous carcinoma (Ovary)

Daneshpajouhnejad, P and Schwartz L., 2023 PIP-C Performance Improvement Program in Surgical Pathology (CME eligible), College of American Pathologists., 2023