Rubin EM, DeRose PB, Cohen C: Comparative image cytometric DNA ploidy of liver cell dysplasia and hepatocellular carcinoma. Modern Pathology 1994;7(6):677.

Rubin EM, Martin AA, Thung SN, Gerber MA: Morphometric and immunohistochemical characterization of human liver regeneration. American Journal of Pathology 147(2):397-404, 1995.

Ochoa ER, Lewandrowski K. Bilirubin, serum enzymes, albumin and the prothrombin time: their role in the identification of hepatobiliary disorders. Turnaround Times: Clinical Laboratory Reviews 7(2):1-5, 1998.

Kairhara S, Borenstein J, Koka R, Lalan S, Ochoa ER, Ravens M, Pien M, Cunningham B, Vacanti JP. Silicon micromachining to tissue engineer branched vascular channels for liver fabrication. Tissue Engineering 6(2):front cover,105-117, 2000.

Mullins ME, Chao S, Ochoa ER, Slanetz PJ. Ovarian Carcinoma. American Journal of Roentgenology 177(1):130, 2001.

Ochoa ER, Harris NL, Pilch BZ. Marginal zone b-cell lymphoma of the salivary gland arising in chronic sclerosing sialadenitis (Küttner tumor). The American Journal of Surgical Pathology 25(12): 1546-1550, 2001.

Nasseri BA, Pomerantseva I, Kaaxempur-Mofrad M, Sutherland FWH, Perry T, Ochoa E, Thompson CA, Mayer JE, Oesterle SN, Vacanti JP. A dynamic rotational seeding and cell culture system for vascular tube formation. Tissue Engineering 9(2):291-299, 2003.

Grikscheit T, Ochoa E, Whang E, Vacanti JP. Tissue-engineered colon: characterization and comparison with native colon. 2001 Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, Vol LII; 55-77.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO: Fetal tissue engineering: In utero tracheal augmentation in an ovine model. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 37(7):1000-6, 2002.

Grikscheit TC, Ogilvie JB, Ochoa ER, Alsberg E, Mooney D, Vacanti JP. Tissue-engineered colon exhibits function in vivo. Surgery 132(2):200-4, 2002.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Hannouche D, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Engineered fetal cartilage: structural and functional analysis in vitro. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 37(12):1720-5, 2002.

Terai H, Hannouche D, Ochoa E, Yamano Y, Vacanti JP. In vitro engineering of bone using rotational oxygen-permeable bioreactor system. Materials Science and Engineering 20(1-2):3-8, 2002.

Campo-Ruiz V, Ochoa ER, Lauwers GY, Gonzalez S. Evaluation of hepatic histology by near-infrared confocal microscopy: a pilot study. Human Pathology 2002 Oct;33(10):975-82.

Kaihara S, Ogawa K, Koka R, Lalan S, Ochoa ER, Alsberg E, Mooney DJ, Tanaka K, Vacanti JP. In vitro neomorphogenesis of liver tissue on biodegradable polymer scaffolds under dynamic flow culture. Transplantation (submitted 2002).

Grikscheit TC, Ochoa ER, Ramsanahie A, Alsberg E, Mooney D, Whang EE, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered large intestine resembles native colon with appropriate in vitro physiology and architecture. Annals of Surgery 238(1):35-41, 2003.

Grikscheit T, Ochoa E, Srinivasan A, Gaissert H, Vacanti JP. Tissue-engineered esophagus: experimental substitution by onlay patch or interposition. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 126(2):537-544, 2003.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Hannouche D, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: chest wall reconstruction. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 38(8):1188-93, 2003.

Nasseri BA, Pomerantseva I, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Sutherland FW, Perry T, Ochoa E, Thompson CA, Mayer JE Jr, Oesterle SN, Vacanti JP. Dynamic rotational seeding and cell culture system for vascular tube formation. Tissue Engineering 9(2):291-9, 2003.

Fuchs JR, Pomerantseva I, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: In vitro analysis of muscle constructs. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 38(9):1348-1353, 2003.

Ogawa K, Ochoa ER, Borenstein J, Tanaka K, Vacanti JP. The generation of functionally differentiated, three-dimensional hepatic tissue from two-dimensional sheets of progenitor small hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells. Transplantation 77(12):1783-1789, 2004.

Grikscheit TC, Siddique A, Ochoa ER, Srinivasan A, Alsberg E, Hodin RA, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered small intestine improves recovery after massive small bowel resection. Annals of Surgery. [IN PRESS]]

Reviews, Chapters, and Editorials

Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP. Developing a core platform for the tissue engineering of vital organs.Transplantation Reviews;15(4):184-99, 2001.

Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP. An overview of the pathology and approaches to tissue engineering. Annuals of the New York Academy of Sciences 979:10-26, 2002.

Educational Material

Liver Pathology, Gastrointestinal and Liver Course Syllabus, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Residency Education e-test, Syllabus and Curriculum, intranet Competency Evaluation and Teaching Material, Moodle, Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Clinical Communications

Christensen D. Tissue engineering bolsters lymphatic research. BioMedNet News. 2002 May 6. Reporter Damaris Christensen published an interview of Drs. Erin Rubin Ochoa and Laura Niklason at the Lymphatic Continuum, 2002 May 3, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

PRNewsire: “Put Healthy Lunches at the Top of your Back to School List: pathologists urge parents to encourage kids to eat healthy lunches to reduce their risk for obesity.” Interview of Dr. Erin Rubin Ochoa, August 25,2003.

Abstracts

Rubin EM, DeRose PB, Cohen C. Comparative image cytometric DNA ploidy of liver cell dysplasia and hepatocellular carcinoma. Emory University, Medical Student Research Day, 38th Annual Meeting; 1992 November 17, Atlanta, GA.

Rubin EM, DeRose PB, Cohen C: Comparative image cytometric DNA ploidy of liver cell dysplasia and hepatocellular carcinoma. United States Canadian Academy of Pathology, 82nd Annual Meeting; 1993 March 17, New Orleans, LA.

Rubin EM, Gerber MA: Morphometric and immunohistochemical characterization of ductular hepatocytes and proliferating bile ductules. Eastern Student Research Forum, University of Miami School of Medicine; 1994 February 24-26, Miami, FL.

Cohen C, Wells SJ, Rubin EM, DeRose PB: Prognostic significance of DNA ploidy and proliferative activity in hepatocellular carcinoma: An image cytometric study. XX International congress of the International Academy of Pathology & 11th World Congress of Academic and Environmental Pathology; 1994 October 10-14, Hong Kong.

Rubin EM, Martin AA, Haruna Y, Saito, Thung SN, Gerber MA: Morphometric and
immunohistochemical characterization of liver regeneration. Hepatology, 20(4,2): 266A, 1994. The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Post-Graduate Course & 45th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 11-15, 1994.

Ogawa K, Kaihara S, Koka R, Lalan S, Ochoa E, Vacanti J. Neomorphogenesis of hepatocytes and nonparenchymal hepatic cells on biodegradable polymer scaffolds under dynamic flow culture conditions. XXIV MGH Research Symposium and Poster Session, Boston, MA, February 2, 2000.

Ochoa ER, Ogawa K, Carlson JW, Vacanti JP. The molecular basis of engineered in vitro hepatogenesis. Materials Research Society Fall 2000 Meeting, Boston, MA November 27-December 1, 2000.

Kaihara S, Koka R, Lalan S, Ochoa E, Elsberg E, Mooney D, Tanaka K, Vacanti J. In vitro neomorphogenesis of liver tissue on biodegradable polymer scaffolds under dynamic flow culture conditions. Third Biennial Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, Orlando, FL November 30-December 3, 2000.

Nasseri BA, Pomerantseva I, Ochoa ER, Martin DP, Oesterle SN, Vacanti JP. Comparison of three polymer scaffolds for vascular tube formation. Third Biennial Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, Orlando, FL November 29-December 3, 2000.

Sato M, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP. Rat neoesophagus from esophageal keratinocytes cultured on collagen gels. Third Biennial Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, Orlando, FL November 30-December 3, 2000.

Nasseri BA, Pomerantseva I, Ochoa ER, Martin DP, Oesterle SN, Vacanti JP. Polymer scaffolds for vascular tube formation under dynamic seeding conditions. 30th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Leipzig, Germany February 18-21, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering of cartilage: in-vitro analysis. XXV MGH Research Symposium and Poster Session, Boston, MA January 31, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Pomerantseva I, Ochoa E, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: in vitro analysis of muscle constructs. Presented at the 25th Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Research Symposium (SAC), Boston, MA, Feburary 6, 2001.

Nasseri BA, Pomerantseva I, Colon-Hernandez PJ, Ochoa ER, Martin DP, Oesterle SN, Hetzer R, Vacanti JP. Comparison of three polymer scaffolds for vascular tube formation under dynamic seeding conditions. XXV MGH Research Symposium and Poster Session, Boston, MA January 31, 2001.

Griksheit TC, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon: a first report. XXV Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Advisory Committee Research Symposium and Poster Session, Boston, MA January 31, 2001.

Fuchs J, Pomerantseva I, Ochoa E, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: in vitro analysis of muscle constructs. 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Naples, FL, May 20-23, 2001.

Grikscheit TC, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon: a first report. 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Naples, FL, May 20-23, 2001.

Fuchs J, Terada S, Ochoa E, Vacanti JP, Fauza DO. Fetal tissue engineering: in vitro analysis of cartilage constructs. 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Naples, FL, May 20-23, 2001.

Grikscheit TC, Ochoa ER, Ramsanahie A, Whang EE, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon:characterization and comparison to native colon. Presented at the New England Surgical Society Eighth Annual Research Presentation Day, Boston, MA, May 18, 2001.

Grikscheit TC, Ochoa ER, Ramsanahie A, Whang EE, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon:characterization and comparison to native colon. Current Surgery, 58(6):560, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, and Fauza DO. Fetal Tissue Engineering: In Utero Tracheal Augmentation in an Ovine Model. The American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 20, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, and Fauza DO. Fetal Tissue Engineering: Chest Wall Reconstruction. Presented at the Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 9, 2001.

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, and Fauza DO. Fetal Tissue Engineering: Chest Wall Reconstruction. Proceedings for the 56th Annual Sessions of the Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, October 20, 2001.

Ochoa ER, Campo-Ruiz V, Lauwers GY, Gonzalez S. Near-infrared confocal reflectance microscopy of the human liver. A pilot study. Hepatology 2001; 34 (4) Pt 2 of 2: 190A.

Grikscheit T, Ogilvie J, Ochoa E, Alsberg E, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon exhibits function in vivo. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons, Honolulu, HI, February 13 – 16, 2001.

Fuchs J, Terada S, Ochoa E, Vacanti JP, Fauzo DO. Engineered fetal cartilage: structural
and functional analysis in vitro. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons,
Honolulu, Hawaii, February 13 – 16, 2002.

Grikscheit T, Ogilvie J, Ochoa E, Alsberg E, Mooney D, Vacanti JP. The generation of
splenic mass using tissue engineering. 26th Massachusetts General Hospital Annual
Research Symposium, Boston, MA, February 6, 2002.

Grikscheit T, Ogilvie J, Ochoa E, Alsberg E, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon exhibits
function in vivo. Presented at the 26th Massachusetts General Hospital Annual Research
Symposium, Boston, MA, February 6, 2002.

Terai H, Hannouche D, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP. In vitro engineering of bone using a rotational oxygen-permeable bioreactor system. Accepted to Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 2002.

Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP. An overview of the pathology and approaches to tissue engineering. Lymphatic Continuum; 2002 May 3; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Ochoa ER, Dwyer PJ, Misdraji J, Dorer DJ, Campo-Ruiz V, Lauwers GY, Gonzalez S. Intraoperative assessment of human liver using confocal reflectance microscopy. Hepatology 2002; 36 (4) Pt. 2 of 2: 174A.

Terai H, Hannouche D, Ochoa E, Yamano Y, Vacanti JP. In vitro engineering of bone using a gas-permeable bioreactor system. Presented at the ICMAT 2001 Symposium B: Bioreactors and Tissue Engineering, July 1-6, 2001, Singapore.

Grikscheit T, Ochoa E, Ramsanahie AP, Whang EE, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon:
characterization and comparison with native colon. Presented at the Surgical Forum,
American College of Surgeons, Oct. 10, 2001, New Orleans, LA

Grikscheit T, Ochoa E, Ramsanahie AP, Whang EE, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered colon:
characterization and comparison with native colon. Proceedings for the 56th Annual
Sessions of the Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum 2001 Clinical Congress.

Terada S, Hannouche S, Sato M, Yoshimoto H, Fuchs J, Ochoa E, Pomerantseva I, Vacanti JP. Hydrogel optimization for engineered cartilage in vitro. Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, April 19, 2002, Boston, MA

Fuchs JR, Terada S, Hannouche D, Ochoa ER, Vacanti JP, and Fauza DO. “A Comparative
Analysis of Engineered Cartilage Constructs,” Presented at the Pacific Association of
Pediatric Surgeons, San Diego, CA, May 13-16, 2002.

Grikscheit T, Ogilvie J, Ochoa E, Alsberg E, Mooney D, Vacanti JP. The generation of splenic mass using tissue engineering. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 19-22, 2002, Phoenix, Arizona.

Grikscheit T, Ochoa E, Alsberg E, Mooney D, Gaissert H, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineered esophageal replacement in a rat model. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 19-22, 2002, Phoenix, Arizona.

Grikscheit T, Ochoa E, Alsberg E, Mooney D, Vacanti JP. Experimental tissue engineered small intestine improves recovery after massive small bowel resection. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 19-22, 2002, Phoenix, Arizona.

Grikscheit T, Ogilvie J, Ochoa E, Alsberg E, Mooney D, Vacanti JP. Normal in vivo physiology of a tissue engineered large intestine pouch model. Presented at the 9th Annual Surgical Resident and Fellow Presentation Day, May 17, 2002, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Ogawa K, Ochoa E, Tanaka K, Vacanti JP. The generation of functionally differentiated, three-dimensional hepatic tissue from two-dimensional sheets of small hepatocytes and non-parenchymal stem cells. Presented at The 5th International Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society International, December 8-10, 2002, Kobe, Japan.

Ochoa ER, Zhu L. p27kip1 gene silencing as an ex vivo approach to improving hepatocyte transplantation success. Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology Research Retreat, October 26-27, 2003, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Ochoa ER, Sarkar S, Zhu L. Gene silencing in hepatocytes ex vivo using lentiviral vector delivery of small interfering RNA. Modern Pathology 17(Suppl 1):360A, 2004.

Goodman E, Lo K, Ochoa ER. Qualitative assessment of ghrelin production in the stomach and its relationship to roux-en-y gastric bypass. American Society for Bariatric Surgery 21rst Annual Meeting, June 17, 2004, San Diego, CA.

Madan R, Reinus JF, Thung SN, Ochoa ER. An interesting diagnostic dilemma: a 47 year old man with liver test abnormalities. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2005 [accepted for publication].