Pathology

Saul Suster, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Dr. Suster serves as the Chair of the Pathology Department and is responsible for the oversight of all clinical service, administrative, teaching and research activities carried out by the department. In addition to a strong emphasis in enhancing the quality of the clinical patient services provided by the department, Dr. Suster’s vision for the pathology department includes developing a strong infrastructure for developing translational research in pathology, in particular as it relates to cancer research, and in creating an outstanding teaching program both at the graduate and postgraduate level within the department.

Research Interests

• Characterization of tumors of the thoracic cavity including lung, mediastinal and pleural neoplasms
• Tumors of the thyroid gland and other endocrine organs
• Pathology and biology of tumors of soft tissue and skin

Professional Background

• Director of Surgical Pathology, Electron Microscopy and Immunohistochemistry Labs, Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, FL - Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL (1990 - 1998)
• Director of Anatomic Pathology and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Pathology, the Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH - Professor of Pathology (with tenure), the Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH (1998 - 2007)
• Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (2007 - present)

Educational Background

• Catholic University of Guayaquil School of Medicine – M.D. (1976)
• University of Tel-Aviv Sackler School of Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel – Residency in Anatomic Pathology (1979 - 1984)
• University of Tel-Aviv Faculty of Life Sciences, Cancer Research Unit – Fellowship in Electron Microscopy (1983)
• Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami and University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL – Resident in Pathology (AP/CP) (1984 - 1988)
• Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT – Fellowship in Research and Surgical Pathology (1988 - 1990)

Board Certifications

• American Board of Pathology (AP/CP)

Selected Publications

• Suster S, Moran CA. Applications and limitations of immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. Advances in Diagnostic Pathology, Vol.13: 316-329, 2006.
• Suster S, Moran CA: Diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis. American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Vol.31: 624-631, 2007.
• Heeji Y, He H, Nagy R, Davuluri R, Suster S, Schoenberg D, Pellegata N, de la Chapelle A. Identification of a novel noncoding RNA gene, NAMA, that is downregulated in papillary thyroid carcinoma with BRAF mutation, and associated with growth arrest. International Journal of Cancer, Vol.121: 767-775, 2007.
• Suster S, Morrison C: Sclerosing poorly-differentiated liposarcoma. Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of a distinct subtype of lipomatous tumor of soft tissue. Histopathology, Vol.52: 283-293, 2008.
• Marchevsky A, Gupta R, McKenna RJ, Wick MR, Moran CA, Zakoweski M, Suster S. Evidence-based pathology and the pathologic evaluation of thymomas: The World Health Organization classification can be simplified into only 3 categories other than thymic carcinoma. Cancer, Vol.112:2780-2788, 2008.
• Perez-Montiel D, Suster S: The spectrum of histologic changes in thyroid hyperplasia: A clinicopathologic study of 300 cases. Human Pathology, Vol.39:1080-1087, 2008.
• Suster S, Moran CA. Classification of thymoma: The WHO and beyond. Hematology Oncology Clinics of North America, Vol.22: 381-392, 2008.
• Nasser MW, Datta J, Nuovo G, Kutay H, Motilawa T, Majumder S, Wang B, Suster S, Jacob ST, Ghoshal K. Downregulation of microRNA-1 (miR-1) in lung cancer: suppression of tumorigenic property of lung cancer cells and their sensitization to doxorubicin induced apoptosis by miR-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry (In-press, 2009; E-pub Sept 25, 2008).
• He H, Nagy R, Liyanarachi S, Jiao H, Li W, Suster S, Kere J, de la Chapelle A. A susceptibility locus for papillary thyroid carcinoma on chromosome 8q24. Cancer Research, Vol.69: 625-631, 2009.