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UMass Chan lost one of its greats when Michael R. Green, MD, PhD, passed away unexpectedly in February 2023. We've established these web pages in his memory so our visitors can take a few minutes, from time to time, to peruse and remember him.

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Andrew H. Fischer, MD

Professor, Department of Pathology; Director, Cytopathology, UMass Chan Medical School

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Andrew H. Fischer, MD

Research Focus - Structural Basis of Diagnostic Nuclear Morphologic Changes in Cancer

Development of the concept that a significant subset of structural changes are induced, in a cell type-specific manner, by the oncogenes that are active in particular tumors
Study of nuclear lamina and nuclear positioning changes induced by B-RAF and RET and TRK tyrosine kinases in human papillary thyroid carcinoma (a subset of diagnostic structural changes induced by cancer genes that have relatively rapid dynamics after oncogene expression)
Development of a robust method for visualizing human tissue samples at high resolution with two-photon microscopy in time lapse (a method that enables gene editing/expression for mechanistic studies), in order to learn about the structural basis and functional significance of oncogene-induced changes in nuclear morphology

Representative Publication

Fischer AH, Zhao C, Li QK, et al. The cytologic criteria of malignancy. J Cellular Biochem. 2010;110(4):795-811.

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