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Research and Clinical Interests

Autopsy pathology research, including epidemiologic and proteomic studies. Investigations using material obtained via aspiration cytology.

The New York Times recently offered a portrait of Dr. Rapkiewicz in the online multi-media series "One in 8 Million."

Selected Publications

Rapkiewicz A, Roses D, Goldenberg A, Levine P, Bannan M, Simsir A. Encapsulated Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Transformed from Follicular Carcinoma. Acta Cytol. Forthcoming.

Rapkiewicz A, Wen H, Sen F, Das K. Cytomorphologic examination of anaplastic large cell lymphoma by fine-needle aspiration cytology. Cancer Cytopathology. 2007 Dec 25;111(6):499-507. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 17941004.

Rapkiewicz A, Wen H, Sen F, Das K. Cytomorphologic examination of anaplastic large cell lymphoma by fine-needle aspiration cytology. Cancer Cytopathology. Epub 2007 Oct 16. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 17941004.

Rapkiewicz A, Thuy Le B, Simsir A, Cangiarella J, Levine P. Spectrum of head and neck lesions diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology in the pediatric population. Cancer Cytopathology. 2007 Aug 25;111(4):242-5. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 17554755.

Rapkiewicz A, Espina V, Zujewski JA, Lebowitz PF, Filie A, Wulfkuhle J,Camphausen K, Petricoin EF 3rd, Liotta LA, Abati A. The needle in the haystack: application of breast fine-needle aspirate samples to quantitative protein microarray technology. Cancer Cytopathology. 2007 Jun 25;111(3):173-84. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 17487852.

Mojica WD, Rapkiewicz AV, Liotta LA, Espina V. Manual exfoliation of fresh tissue obviates the need for frozen sections for molecular profiling. Cancer Cytopathology. 2005 Dec 25;105(6):483-91. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 16015639.

Rapkiewicz AV, Patel SY, Holland SM, Kleiner DE. Hepatoportal venopathy due to disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in a child with IFN-gamma receptor 2 deficiency. Virchows Arch. 2005 Jul;451(1):95-100. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 17554558.

Rapkiewicz AV, Espina V, Petricoin EF 3rd, Liotta LA. Biomarkers of ovarian tumours. Eur J Cancer. 2004 Nov;40(17):2604-12. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 15541961.

Organizational Associations

USCAP; ASCP; Papanicolaou Society

Selected Awards

Stowell Orbison Autopsy Pathology Award, USCAP 2003
2009 Teacher of the Year Award, NYU Medical School Class of 2011

Hospital Affiliations

Tisch Hospital
Bellevue Hospital