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Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
S-417 BST
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
(412) 648-1260


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Department of Pathology - Faculty


R. Marshall Austin , M.D, Ph.D.

Dr. Austin is a member of the Division of Gynecologic Pathology. More information about this division is available here.

Office Location:
Pathology Department
Room 4427
Magee Womens Hospital
300 Halket Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Contact Information:
Office Telephone: (412) 641-3347
Office Fax: (412) 641-1675
Pager: (412) 917-9769
Email Address: raustin@magee.edu

Research Interests:

Risk management in cervical cancer screening
Gynecological Cytopathology
New Technology Enhancements for Cervical Cancer Screening

Selected Publications:

View Dr. Austin's publications on PubMed.

Birdsong, G, Howell, L, Atkinson, K, and Austin, RM. Scientific Issues Relating to Cytology Proficiency Testing Regulations. CytoJournal 2006; 3: 11,1-16.

Austin, RM, and Holladay, EB. Chapter X. Lessons from Litigation. In the Pap Test by RM DeMay, ASCP Press, 2005.

Austin, RM. Lessons Learned from USA Pap Test Litigation: Perspective From Over 100 Litigated Cases. J. Japan Soc Clin Cytol 43S: 77, 2004.

Austin RM. New cervical cancer screening guidelines: the other side of group health care "rights". Diagn Cytopathol. 2004 Mar;30(3):208-10.

Austin RM. Human papillomavirus reporting: minimizing patient and laboratory risk. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Aug;127(8):973-7.

Austin RM. Public expectations, achievable cervical screening sensitivity, and the standard of practice. Cancer. 2003 Feb 25;99(1):1-3.

Davey, DD, Austin, RM, Birdsong, G, et al. ASCCP Patient Management Guidelines: Pap Test Specimen Adequacy and Quality Indicators. J. Lower Fem Gen Tract 6: 195-199, 2002.

Fitzgibbons, P.C., Austin, R.M. Expert review of histologic slides and Papanicolaou tests in the context of litigation or potential litigation. Arch. Pathol. Lab Med. 124: 1717-1719, 2000

Austin, R.M., Raxnzy, I. Increased Detection of Epithelial Cell Abnormalities by Liquid?based Gynecologic Cytology. Acta. Cytol. 42: 178-184, 1998.

Frable, W.J., Austin, R.M., Greening, S.E. Medicolegal Affairs: IAC Task Force Summary. Acta.Cytol. 42: 76?132, 1998.

Austin, R.M., and McLendon, W.W. The Papanicolaou Smear: Medicine's Most Successful Cancer Screening Procedure Is threatened. JAMA 277:754-755, 1997; 278:634, 1997.

Austin, R.M. Blinded Rescreening Versus Biased Retrospective Review. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 127:311?314, 1997.

Austin, R.M. College of American Pathologists Conference XXX on Quality and Liability Issues with the Papanicolaou Smear: Summation. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 121:341-342, 1997.

Austin, R.M., and Norris, H.J. Malignant Brenner Tumor and Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary: A Comparison. Int. J.Gyn.Path. 6:29?39, 1987.

Yoon, J.W., Austin, R.M., Onedira, C., and Notkins, A.L. Isolation of a virus from the pancreas of a child with diabetic ketoacidosis. N. Eng. J. Med. 300: 1173-1179, 1979.



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