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Research and Clinical Interests

Dr. Oweity is interested in performing and interpreting Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies of various organs, particularly lymph nodes and thyroid. She is also interested in the general pathology and cytopathology of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas, especially neoplasms. She has a special interest in the diagnosis of amyloid on fat pad aspirate.

Selected Publications

Hernandez O, Oweity T, Ibrahim S. Is increased CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio lymph node fine needle aspiration biopsy helpful for diagnosing Hodgkin Lymphoma? A study of 85 lymph node FNAs with increased CD4/CD8 ratio. CytoJournal. 2005 Sep 9;2:14. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 16153296. PMCID: PMC1242242.

Sherman A, Ackert JJ, Rajapaksa R, West AB, Oweity T. Fractured Colon: an endoscopically distinctive lesion associated with colonic perforation following colonoscopy in patients with collagenous colitis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2004 Apr;38(4):341-5. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 15087693.

Shnayder Y, Greenfield BJ, Oweity T, DeLacure MD. Malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the tongue. A case report. Am J Otolaryngol. 2003;24:246-9. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 12884217.

Oweity T, Scheithauer B, Ching HS, Lei CCM, Wong KP. Multi-system Erdheim-Chester disease with massive hypothalamic-sellar involvement and hypopituitarism. J Neurosurg. 2002 Feb;96:344-51. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 11838810.

Selected Books

Oweity T, West AB. Rare Tumors: Clinical Manifestations and Pathology. Chapter 13. In: Procacci C, Megibow AJ, editors. Imaging of the Pancreas: Cystic and Rare Tumors. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag; 2003. pp. 219-47.

Oweity T, West AB. Secondary Tumors: Clinical Manifestations and Pathology. Chapter 15. In: Procacci C, Megibow AJ, editors. Imaging of the Pancreas: Cystic and Rare Tumors. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag; 2003. pp. 269-76.

Organizational Associations

United States And Canadian Academy Of Pathology

Hospital Affiliations

Tisch Hospital
Bellevue Hospital